Thursday, July 29, 2010

Summer Post 1: June 4, 2010

"Is that a footnote, or are you just happy to see me?": Examining Meta-narrative in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference Paper by Samira Nadkarni, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Listed in: Television, Music

Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture
By Eileen Luhr
Reviewed by Donna J. Drucker, Colorado College
Listed in: Social Custom

The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890
By Rani-Henrik Andersson
Review by John T. “Jack” Becker, Texas Tech University
Listed in: Native American, Immigrant American

The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election
By Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson Reviewed by Amarnath Amarasingam, Wilfrid Laurier University, Toronto
Listed in: Social Custom

Supernatural Fiction in Early Modern Drama and Culture
By Ryan Curtis Friesen
Review by Suanna H. Davis, Houston Baptist University
Listed in: Literature, Europe

Designing the Modern Interior: From the Victorians to Today
Edited by Penny Sparke, Anne Massey, Trevor Keeble, and Brenda Martin
Review by Paul Ranogajec, City University of New York
Listed in: Material Culture, Europe

Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture
By Alice Echols
Review by Joseph E. Morgan, Brandeis University
Listed in: Music, Social Custom

Controversial Cinema: The Films that Outraged America
By Kendall R. Phillips Review by Robert G. Weiner, Texas Tech University Library
Listed in: Cinema

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Spring Post 1: April 5, 2010

"Look Where Free Will Has Gotten You": Brave New World and Angel's Body Jasmine
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference Paper by Mary Ellen Iatropoulos, SUNY New Paltz
Listed in: Literature, Television

The Tube Has Spoken: Reality TV and History
Edited by Julie Anne Taddeo and Ken Dvorak
Review by Katie Ellis, University of Western Australia
Listed in: Television, Social Custom

Terror in the Heart of Freedom: Citizenship, Sexual Violence, and the Meaning of Race in the Postemancipation South
By Hannah Rosen.
Review by Robin Dasher-Alston, American Historical Association
Listed in: African American, Gender

Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture
Edited by Trystan T. Cotton and Kimberly Springer Review by Katie Ellis, University of Western Australia
Listed in: Television, Social Custom

Serious Play: Modern Clown Performance
By Louise Peacock.
Review by Christophe Collard, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Listed in: Performing Arts

Mainstreaming Sex: The Sexualization of Western Culture
By Feona Attwood Review by Maheswar Satpathy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Listed in: Social Custom, Gender

A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century
Edited by Jane Kromm and Susan Benforado Bakewell.
Review by Kevin M. Flanagan, University of Pittsburgh
Listed in: Visual Arts

History by Hollywood: The Use and Abuse of the American Past. 2nd edition
By Robert Brent Toplin
Review by Greta Methot, Rhode Island School of Design
Listed in: Cinema

He Was Some Kind of Man: Masculinities in the B Western
By Roderick McGillis.
Review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara
Listed in: Gender, Cinema