New Books in Popular Culture
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Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, "Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism" (Lexington, 2023)
An interview with Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo
Tea Krulos, "American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness" (Feral House, 2020)
An interview with Tea Krulos
Heidi Honeycutt, "I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies" (Headpress, 2024)
An interview with Heidi Honeycutt
Andrew S. Jacobs, "Gospel Thrillers: Conspiracy, Fiction, and the Vulnerable Bible" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
An interview with Andrew S. Jacobs
Darshana Sreedhar Mini, "Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India" (U California Press, 2024)
An interview with Darshana Sreedhar Mini
Kathryn Hughes, "Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
An interview with Kathryn Hughes
Jake Johnson, "The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas" (U Illinois Press, 2023)
An interview with Jake Johnson, Brian F. Wright, and Joanna Dee Dass
Michelle T. King, "Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food" (Norton, 2024)
An interview with Michelle T. King
On Michael Jackson: A Lecture by Margo Jefferson
In September 2006, Margo Jefferson spoke to the Institute about her book,On Michael Jackson(Vintage, 2007). Jefferson received the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for criticism when she was at theNew York Times. Her 2015 book,Negroland: A Memoir, won the National
Barbara Klinger, "Immortal Films: 'Casablanca' and the Afterlife of a Hollywood Classic" (U California Press, 2022)
An interview with Barbara Klinger