New Books in Popular Culture
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The Political Evolution of Taylor Swift
September 12, 2024
Its the UConn Popcast, and today we offer a political science / popular culture studies view of Taylor Swifts endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. We situate Swifts endorsement within the wider moment of popular culture,
Steve Jones, "The Metamodern Slasher Film" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
September 10, 2024
An interview with Steve Jones
Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)
September 08, 2024
An interview with Trevor Boffone
Tom Boniface-Webb, "Modern Music Masters: Oasis" (MMM, 2020)
September 07, 2024
Interview with Tom Boniface-Webb
Yiu Fai Chow et al., "It’s My Party: Tat Ming Pair and the Postcolonial Politics of Popular Music in Hong Kong" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
September 07, 2024
An interview with Yiu Fai Chow, and Jeroen de Kloet
Mark Blake, "Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
September 06, 2024
An interview with Mark Blake
Chris Richardson, "Batman and the Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture" (Routledge, 2020)
September 03, 2024
An interview with Chris Richardson
Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas R. Baima, "Why It's Ok to Be a Gamer" (Routledge, 2024)
September 03, 2024
An interview with Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas R. Baima
John S. Garrison, "Red Hot + Blue" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
September 02, 2024
An interview with John S. Garrison
James P. Leary, “Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946” (U Wisconsin Press, 2015)
September 01, 2024
An interview with James P. Leary
Interview with Scholars of Popular Culture about their New Books
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