Examining issues of taste, media and lifestyle from the 1900s to 1970s, this volume provides empirical evidence and debate from varied international perspectives. Including examples as diverse as 'Good Housekeeping' and 'Playboy', it explores the continuities and discontinuities between the past and..
A detailed study of the workings of the American film industry during the 1930s. Schindler illustrates how the studios helped to foster ideas of social unity and patriotism...
Holocaust Images and Picturing Catastrophe explores the phenomenon of Holocaust transfer, analysing the widespread practice of using the Holocaust and its imagery for the representation and recording of other historical events in various media sites. Richly illustrated with concrete examples, this b..
Holocaust Images and Picturing Catastrophe explores the phenomenon of Holocaust transfer, analysing the widespread practice of using the Holocaust and its imagery for the representation and recording of other historical events in various media sites. Richly illustrated with concrete examples, this b..
This book examines contemporary American animated humor, focusing on popular animated television shows in order to explore the ways in which they engage with American culture and history and offer a new discourse on a very traditional strain of American humor. With attention to the work of American ..
Hybridity and its Discontents explores the history and experience of 'hybridity' - the mixing of peoples and cultures - in countries such as America, Britain and South Africa...
First full length discussion of hyperreality. Perry provides the reader with a full length discussion of the origins of the concept, nuances of meaning and case studies of hyperrealism - European tourism, American telivision etc...
The notion of identification, especially in the discourse of feminist theory, has come dramatically into focus with the recent interest in such topics as queer performativity, cross-dressing, and racial passing. Identification Papers tracks the evolution of identification's emergence in psychoanalyt..