New Books in Popular Culture
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Travis A. Weisse, "Health Freaks: America's Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness" (UNC Press, 2024)
An interview with Travis A. Weisse
Mimi Okabe, "Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan’s Lost Generation" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
An interview with Mimi Okabe
Shalini Kakar, "Devotional Fanscapes: Bollywood Star Deities, Devotee-Fans, and Cultural Politics in India and Beyond" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2023)
An interview with Shalini Kakar
Peter Singer, "Consider the Turkey" (Princeton UP, 2024)
An interview with Peter Singer
Vivian Asimos, "Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity" (Reaktion, 2024)
An interview with Vivian Asimos
Benjamin Barson, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons" (Wesleyan UP, 2024)
An interview with Benjamin Barson
Anthony Kwame Harrison on Cassette Tapes and Hip Hop Culture
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Kwame Harrison, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. Harrison records and performs under the moniker Mad Squirrel and has co-founded two groupsthe San-Francisco-based
Connie DeNave, "The Image Maker: Shattering Rock and Roll's Glass" (2023)
An interview with Connie DeNave
Karen M. Dunak, "Our Jackie: Public Claims on a Private Life" (NYU Press, 2024)
An interview with Karen M. Dunak
Erin Lee Mock, "Changed Men: Veterans in American Popular Culture after World War II" (U Virginia Press, 2024)
An interview with Erin Lee Mock