New Books in Popular Culture
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Brad Balukjian, "The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania" (Hachette, 2024)
An interview with Brad Balukjian
Beth Blum on Self-Help, Dale Carnegie to Today (JP)
Beth Blum,Assistant Professor of English at Harvard,is the author ofThe Self-Help Compulsion(Columbia University Press 2019). In 2020, she spoke with John about how self-help went from its Victorian roots (worship greatness!) to the ingratiating unctu
Maurice Suckling, "Paper Time Machines: Critical Game Design and Historical Board Games" (Routledge, 2024)
An interview with Maurice Suckling
Virginia Nicholson, "All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
An interview with Virginia Nicholson
Aviva Dove-Viebahn, "There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
An interview with Aviva Dove-Viebahn
Yolonda Youngs, "Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)
An interview with Yolonda Youngs
Scott Henderson, "Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame" (U Texas Press, 2019)
An interview with Scott Henderson
John Withington, "A History of Fireworks from: Their Origins to the Present Day" (Reaktion, 2024)
An interview with John Withington
Alexandre Lefebvre, "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton UP, 2024)
An interview with Alexandre Lefebvre
Gerald Sim, "Screening Big Data: Films That Shape Our Algorithmic Literacy" (Routledge, 2024)
An interview with Gerald Sim