New Books in Popular Culture
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Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange, "Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
An interview with Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange
Alex Beringer, "Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century US Comic Strip" (Ohio State UP, 2024)
An interview with Alex Beringer
James A. Cosby, "Rock Music, Authority and Western Culture, 1964-1980" (McFarland, 2024)
An interview with James A. Cosby
En Li, "Betting on the Civil Service Examinations: The Lottery in Late Qing China" (Harvard UP, 2023)
An interview with En Li
Julia A. Cassiday, "Russian Style: Performing Gender, Power, and Putinism" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)
An interview with Julia A. Cassiday
Gina Sipley, "Just Here for the Comments: Lurking as Digital Literacy Practice" (Bristol UP, 2024)
An interview with Gina Sipley
Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, "Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away" (Vernon Press, 2023)
An interview with Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis
Hala Auji et al., "The Arab Nahda as Popular Entertainment: Mass Culture and Modernity in the Middle East" (I. B. Tauris, 2023)
What was popular entertainment like for everyday Arab societies in Middle Eastern cities during the long nineteenth century? In what ways did caf culture, theatre, illustrated periodicals, cinema, cabarets, and festivals serve as key forms of popular ent
Julia Havas, "Woman Up: Invoking Feminism in Quality Television" (Wayne State UP, 2022)
An interview with Julia Havas
Marion R. Casey, "The Green Space: The Transformation of the Irish Image" (NYU Press, 2024)
An interview with Marion R. Casey