Preface |
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1 Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture |
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2 | (2) |
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Why Study Popular Culture? |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (16) |
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Strategies for Actively Reading a Text |
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An Active Reading Casebook: Three Selections About Barbie |
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8 | (14) |
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9 | (1) |
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Barbie's Shoes, Hilary Tham |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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Reading Pop Cultural Criticism |
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12 | (3) |
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The Indignation of Barbie, John Leo |
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13 | (2) |
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Reading Academic Analysis |
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"Seen Through Rose-Tinted Glasses": The Barbie Doll in American Society, Marilyn Ferris Motz |
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22 | (5) |
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Thesis and Thesis Statement |
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36 | (1) |
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Writing Research on Popular Culture |
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Modern Language Association Documentation Format |
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42 | (1) |
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American Psychological Association Documentation Format |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (7) |
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Role-Model Barbie: Now and Forever? |
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2 Advertising |
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Approaches to Advertising |
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The Cult You're In, Kalle Lasn |
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51 | (5) |
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56 | (17) |
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Advertising's Fifteen Basic Appeals, Jib Fowles |
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How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit, John E. Calfee |
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91 | (14) |
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Images of Women in Advertising |
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105 | (35) |
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You're Soaking In It, Jennifer L. Pozner |
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105 | (10) |
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Getting Dirty, Mark Crispin Miller |
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115 | (8) |
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Sex, Lies, and Advertising, Gloria Steinem |
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123 | (17) |
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Additional Suggestions for Writing About Advertising |
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140 | (4) |
3 Television |
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The Cultural Influences of Television |
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Spudding Out, Barbara Ehrenreich |
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Television Addiction Is No Mere Metaphor, Robert Kubey and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi |
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Life According to TV, Harry Waters |
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158 | (11) |
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Watching TV Makes You Smarter, Steven Johnson |
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169 | (13) |
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182 | (49) |
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182 | (19) |
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The Tribe Has Spoken, Rebecca Gardyn |
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182 | (11) |
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Keeping It Real: Why We Like to Watch Reality Dating Television Shows, Robert Samuels |
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193 | (8) |
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The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family, Paul A. Cantor |
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201 | (18) |
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The Evolution of the Seven Deadly Sins: From God to the Simpsons, Lisa Frank |
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219 | (12) |
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Additional Suggestions for Writing About Television |
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231 | (4) |
4 Popular Music |
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237 | (47) |
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Rap and Race: It's Got a Nice Beat, But What About the Message?, Rachel E. Sullivan |
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237 | (15) |
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The Miseducation of Hip-Hop, Evelyn Jamilah |
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252 | (9) |
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Pop Goes the Rapper: A Close Reading of Eminem's Genderphobia, Vincent Stephens |
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261 | (23) |
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Music and Contemporary Culture |
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284 | (50) |
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Marilyn Manson and the Apt Pupils of Littleton, Gary Burns |
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284 | (7) |
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The Money Note: Can the Record Business Be Saved?, John Seabrook |
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291 | (25) |
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I Hate Classical Music, Alex Ross |
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316 | (18) |
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Additional Suggestions for Writing About Popular Music |
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334 | (3) |
5 Technology |
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Technology, Individuals, and Communities |
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Breaking Down Borders: How Technology Transforms the Private and Public Realms, Robert Samuels |
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Cyberhood vs. Neighborhood, John Perry Barlow |
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Our Cell Phones, Ourselves, Christine Rosen |
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372 | (43) |
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Let the Games Begin: Gaming Technology and Entertainment Among College Students, Steve Jones |
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Playing War: The Emerging Trend of Real Virtual Combat in Current Video Games, Brian Cowlishaw |
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385 | (14) |
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399 | (22) |
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Weblogs: A History and Perspective, Rebecca Blood |
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399 | (8) |
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Borg Journalism, John Hiler |
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407 | (8) |
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Additional Suggestions for Writing About Technology |
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415 | (4) |
6 Sports |
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Sport in America, American Sports Across the Globe |
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Fixing Kids' Sports, Peter Cary, Randy Dotinga, and Avery Comarow |
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421 | (11) |
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Baby, You're The Greatest, Tom Farrey |
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432 | (8) |
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Discipline and Push-Up: Female Bodies, Femininity, and Sexuality in Popular Representations of Sports Bras, Jaime Schultz |
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440 | (27) |
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Jack of Smarts: Why the Internet Generation Loves to Play Poker, Justin Peters |
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467 | (6) |
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World Games: The U.S. Tries to Colonize Sport, Tram Nguyen |
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473 | (8) |
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Sports, Stars, and Society |
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481 | (19) |
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481 | (10) |
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Life on the Edge, William Dowell and the Editors of Time Magazine |
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500 | (18) |
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Champion of the World, Maya Angelou |
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500 | (4) |
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Tiger Time: The Wonder of an American Hero, Jay Nordlinger |
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504 | (6) |
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Fields of Broken Dreams: Latinos and Baseball, Marcos Breton |
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510 | (8) |
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Additional Suggestions for Writing About Sports |
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518 | (3) |
7 Movies |
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Film and American Culture |
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523 | (67) |
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The Way We Are, Sydney Pollack |
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523 | (10) |
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The Politics of Moviemaking, Saul Austerlitz |
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The Asian Invasion (of Multiculturalism) in Hollywood, Minh-Ha Pham |
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543 | (22) |
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Fight Club: A Ritual Cure for the Spiritual Ailment of American Masculinity, Jethro Rothe-Kushel |
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565 | (25) |
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Tarantino and The Passion: A Controversy Casebook |
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590 | (32) |
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590 | (8) |
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She'll Kill Bill While You Chill, Thomas de Zengotita |
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598 | (8) |
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606 | (6) |
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Gibson's Sublime Passion: In Defense of the Violence, William Irwin |
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612 | (10) |
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Additional Suggestions for Writing About Movies |
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622 | (3) |
For Further Reading: A Common Culture Bibliography |
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625 | (6) |
Acknowledgments |
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Index by Author and Title |
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636 | (3) |
Index by Academic Discipline |
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639 | (2) |
Index by Rhetorical Mode |
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