New Books in Popular Culture
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Eleanor Patterson, "Bootlegging the Airwaves: Alternative Histories of Radio and Television Distribution" (U Illinois Press, 2024)
An interview with Eleanor Patterson
Reading Taylor Swift as a Cultural and Political Text
Its the UConn Popcast, and Taylor Swift is by some measures the most popular person on the planet. Her periodic reinventions set the mass cultural terms of debate, and her political interventions through exhorting her fans on social media lead to hug
David Savran, "Tell It to the World: The Broadway Musical Abroad" (Oxford UP, 2024)
An interview with David Savran
Samantha Majic, "Lights, Camera, Feminism?: Celebrities and Anti-Trafficking Politics" (U California Press, 2023)
An interview with Samantha Majic
Dune, Part Two: An Interview with Dr. Kara Kennedy
Part Two of director Denis VilleneuvesDunefilms embeds viewers among the Fremen, the Indigenous inhabitants of the planet Arrakis. The sole source of the valuable drug spice, Arrakis has been colonized and its resources extracted by the Imperium. The F
Amy Coddington, "How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race" (U California Press, 2023)
An interview with Amy Coddington
Jinying Li, "Anime's Knowledge Cultures: Geek, Otaku, Zhai" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
An interview with Jinying Li
Justin Owen Rawlins, "Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance" (U Texas Press, 2024)
An interview with Justin Owen Rawlins
Jesse David Fox, "Comedy Book:: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work" (FSG, 2023)
An interview with Jesse David Fox