Book Review: Gender & pop culture: A text-reader

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 416-416
Author(s):  
Christabel L. Rogalin
Keyword(s):  
Pop Culture

Book Review: Pop Culture Freaks: Identity, Mass Media, and Society

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-136
Author(s):  
Matthew T. Gougherty
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Pop Culture

scholarly journals Book Review: Beauty around the World: A Cultural Encyclopedia

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Stacey Marien
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
The Body ◽  
Identity Performance ◽  
State University ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean

Kenny is an assistant professor of anthropology at Missouri State University with research experience in East and West Africa. Nichols is a professor of Spanish at Drury University with her research specializing in cultures of Latin America. Nichols has also co-written Pop Culture in Latin American and the Caribbean (ABC-CLIO, 2015) and authored a chapter on beauty in Venezuela for the book The Body Beautiful? Identity, Performance, Fashion and the Contemporary Female Body (Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2015). Both authors have taught extensively on the topic of beauty and bodies (xi). 

scholarly journals A BOOK REVIEW: FEMINISM ANDNERSUS FEMINITY OF MODERN WOMEN

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
B. Retang Wohangara
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Politics Of Representation ◽  
Girl Power ◽  
Young Girls ◽  
And Control

One important theme attached to pop culture is the politics of representation and sub-cultural identity. The pop singer Madonna and then the Spice Girls are frequently regarded as the representation of modern women offering a different face of feminism ideology. Successfully entering the market competition, Madonna, through her cry of 'material girl', characterizes herself as an independent woman in the still dominating patriarchal world while challenging the burden of morality placed on the shoulders of women. She asks young women to rebel against male-centred traditions and unashamedly exposes her sensuality as a source of power and even domination, or in short celebrating 'being women'. The flag of Girl Power is also waved by the 1990'sBritish female singers, the Spice Girls, who call young girls to "be strong, be brave, be loud and control your own destiny. Believe that your self can do anything you want to do and be confident. We have to be independent, but it does not mean that you don't need a boy" (Swastika 2004: 66).

scholarly journals Book Review: Pop Culture in Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Amy F. Fyn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Series ◽  
The World

What is the history behind the Dr. Who series? Which bands dominated the Britpop sound in the 1990s? Which fashion icons represent uniquely European pop culture in the twentieth century? Pop Culture in Europe, from ABC-CLIO’s Entertainment and Society around the World series, provides reliable content to patrons researching popular trends and entertainments across the pond. The title efficiently introduces residents of the United States to the stars and amusements primarily associated with Western Europe.

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