In den letzten Jahren ist die Popkultur wieder vermehrt von Naturbezügen geprägt. In Songs, Filmen, Romanen, in der Auseinandersetzung mit Vergemeinschaftungen und dem eigenen Körper tauchen Wälder, Folkgitarren und Slackertum auf. Doch diese Phänomene sind keine naive Rückkehr …
Examines the reciprocal relationship shared between feminism and popular culture from the 1940s to the twenty-first century; and discusses representations of women on television and in films, music, advertisements, and other medias.
Whether or not we like to admit it, pop culture is a lens through which we alternately view and shape the world around us. When it comes to feminism, pop culture aids us in translating feminist philosophies, issues, and concepts into everyday language, making them relevant and r…
What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles, lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical clocks, the look appears across popular culture, in movies, art, fashion, and literatu…
"Examines the expansive nature of Indigenous gender representations in history, literature, and film"--.
"_Windows on the Sixties_ explores themes arising from the 'cultural revolution' of the 1960s through analysis of influential productions of the decade. Eight case studies reveal how key texts from the media of film, television, literature and pop music can open 'windows' on the…
Modern forces converge and gender roles are challenged in this volume that explores the influence of Yue opera - a subgenre of Chinese opera that transformed all-male opera into an all-female art forms, with women cross-dressing as male characters.
Modern forces converge and gender roles are challenged in this volume that explores the influence of Yue opera - a subgenre of Chinese opera that transformed all-male opera into an all-female art forms, with women cross-dressing as male characters.
"In this book, Amy Kaplan shows how U.S. imperialism - from "Manifest Destiny" to the "American Century"--Has profoundly shaped key elements of American culture at home, and how the struggle for power over foreign peoples and places has disrupted the quest for domestic order." "…
"Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. This work traces how films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Similarly, it shows how the soundtracks to such films belong to …
"Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. This work traces how films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Similarly, it shows how the soundtracks to such films belong to …
