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Author: Bill Felker

Author: James Thomas

'IT'S THE SUN WOT WON IT', was the famous headline claim of Britain's most popular newspaper following the Conservative party's victory over Labour in the 1992 general election. The headline referred to a virulent press ...

Author: Camilla Wright

As any self-respecting media junkie will know, Thursday is Popbitch day. And that means the latest, most accurate, scurrilous insider stories on everything you need to know from the Moscow pig Olympics to Posh and Beck's ...

Author: Anura Guruge

A look at popes and the papacy through the prism of the names associated with the popes -- whether they be birth, priestly, or assumed names. It is the first in-depth exploration of papal names and their meanings with a ...

Author: Anthony O'Hear

Author: Bryan Magee

Author: Chris Rojek

Research in and around popular culture continues to flourish. And its study is, more than ever, a key component of Media and Communications Studies courses, and a vital part of Cultural Studies and Cultural Sociology cur ...

Author: Roger Simon

Illuminating one of the most pervasive issues of our time, "Popular Culture" is the first book to link the importance and implications of popular culture with pedagogical practice. It shows how cultural forms such as ...

Author: Stephanie Newell & Onookome Okome

This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber s ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa," which stimulated new debates about African popular culture and its defining categories. Focusing on performan ...

Author: Margaret C. Hagood

This book addresses the importance of developing w/in children & adolescents a critical awareness of the social, political, & economic messages emanating from the different forms of popular culture. It is written for tea ...

Author: Stewart McCartney

In 1841, John Timbs wrote a book called "Popular Errors Explained". It went on - with Timbs' other great series "Curiosities of ..." - to become one of the great popular books of the 19th century, running into many editi ...

Author: Stewart McCartney

In 1841 John Timbs wrote a book called "Popular Errors Explained". It went on - with Timbs' other great series 'Curiosities of ...' - to become one of the great popular books of the 19th century, running into many editio ...

Author: Wilvena McDowell

What makes a young girl popular is first understanding that being "Popular" is defined by the inner beauty of her personality and character. It is a fact that popular girls don't try to prove themselves to anyone, and ar ...

Author: Anne Hart

Here's how to transform your interest in popular health topics such as gene hunters, medical trends, self-help, nutrition, current issues, or pets into writing salable feature articles for popular publications. Become a ...

Author: Gregory M. Pfitzer

Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, most Americans "heard" rather than "read" national history. They absorbed lessons from the past more readily by attending Patriots' Day orations and anniversary commemorations than by ...

Author: John Trimbur

From the work of medieval spiritualist Margery Kempe and John Foxes’ "Book of Martyrs" to nineteenth century American scrapbooks, Mexican ex-votos, and Italian-American cookbooks, the essays in "Popular Literacy" examine ...

Author: Kelli Hash-Gonzalez

While other studies explain the Rose Revolution in terms of the contribution of the "power players," Popular Mobilization and Empowerment in Georgia's Rose Revolution, by Kelli Hash-Gonzalez, adds to our understanding of ...

Author: Roy Shuker

Presents a comprehensive A-Z glossary of the main terms and concepts used in the study of popular music. This second edition covers new developments in the area, such as the impact of the Internet and reality TV. Author ...

Author: Flora R. Wyatt, Margaret Coggins & Jane Hunter Imber

Introduce students to some of today's best nonfiction authors and their writing-and promote nonfiction reading to young learners! Engaging biographical sketches of 65 current nonfiction authors (some of them award win ...

Author: Jonathan Berkey

Islamic popular preachers and storytellers had enormous influence in defining common religious knowledge and faith in the medieval Middle East. Jonathan Berkey's book illuminates the popular culture of religious storytel ...