Explores the ongoing digital revolution and examines the way it is changing - and will change - the way people live and communicate. Starting from the proposition that the Internet is now the center of popular culture, this book offers descriptions of blogs and Twitter and the o…
A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them
With actress Pam Grier's breakthroughs in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films--genres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema is still viewed with ambivalence. …
Over the past decade and a half, Daniel Mendelsohn's reviews for "The New York Review of Books," "The New Yorker," and "The New York Times Book Review" have earned him a reputation as "one of the greatest critics of our time" ("Poets & Writers"). In "Waiting for the Barbarians,"…
A collection of essays by the provocative cultural critic includes her controversial "New York Times Book Review" cover piece on sex and the contemporary American male writer as well as writings on topics ranging from Facebook and friendship to travel and single parenthood
A call to arms for every girl who has ever obsessed over music, comics, film, comedy, books, crafts, fashion, or anything else under the Death Star. Music geek girl Leslie Simon offers an overview of the geek elite by covering groundbreaking women, hall-of-famers, ultimate love …
How--and why--do we focus on those individuals we come to call stars? How does stardom both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can become famous simply…
Reveals the dark side of pink and pretty in this wake up call to parents that offers ways to prevent raising daughters who only care about image
Playing Along shows how video games and social media are bridging virtual and visceral experience, transforming our understanding of musicality, creativity, play, and participation.
"Neo-Feminist Cinema" examines how Hollywood has responded to women's changing social roles through an analysis of a flourishing sub-genre 'the Girly Film', associated with the contemporary 'Chick Flick'. Films designed for a female audience such as "Pretty Woman", "Legally Blon…
