With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and mushrooming inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book—or even steady journal articles—may seem li
With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and mushrooming inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book—or even steady journal articles—may seem li
Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the a
Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the a
Fourteen scholarly essays analyze posthumous fame in popular music to explore fandom, celebrity, the mass media, and how death can enhance and transform. "The macabre truism that death can be a good c
Critiquing the mass media, and the role those media play in our lives, requires a critical eye. Media in Society gives students in upper level media courses a unique narrative-based approach to media
