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This in-depth exploration of Goth culture invites fresh understandingand a critique of contemporary mainstream culture by comparison.

Goth culture is extremely diverse, touching on visual art, fashion, film, music, and body aesthetics.

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This book offers a series of analyses of contemporary media texts that illustrate how Antonio Gramscis theory of hegemony can inform approaches to media literacy.

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This study is a rich and readable collection of memoirs, some short, some extensive, of those who worked at Granada Television during the first 30 years of its existence. It captures a climate of creative activity now referred to as the Golden Years of British television.

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This book examines the changing depictions of grandparent culture from old to hip through celebrity grandparents, new forms of communication between grandparents and grandchildren, emerging rituals in grandparenting, the marketing of grandparenting as a new life stage, and the impact of the commodification of grandparenting on our culture.

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This book looks at how American rap/metal has engaged with America's defining role in the world after the Cold War. It offers a highly original approach in relating rap/metal to critical theories of economy and culture and introduces a new method of cultural analysis based on theories of negativity and expenditure. -- .

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This book looks at how American rap/metal has engaged with America's defining role in the world after the Cold War. It offers a highly original approach in relating rap/metal to critical theories of economy and culture and introduces a new method of cultural analysis based on theories of negativity and expenditure. -- .

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Democrats and Republicans have two very different visions of America. Which one will make us happier

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Explores the social importance of hair, wherever it grows, explaining the cultural significance of hair and hairiness, and presenting a critical engagement with hair and its stories, histories, performances and rituals. This title includes essays which encompass the study of hair in fashion, film, art, history, performance and consumer culture.

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Explores the social importance of hair, wherever it grows, explaining the cultural significance of hair and hairiness, and presenting a critical engagement with hair and its stories, histories, performances and rituals. This title includes essays which encompass the study of hair in fashion, film, art, history, performance and consumer culture.

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These articles were written between 1910 and 1920 by the Paris hairstylist, Emile Long, in order to keep English coiffeurs informed of trends in French fashion and hairdressing. They cover consumer habits, technology, notions of cleanliness, and changing ideals of femininity and the social order.

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These articles were written between 1910 and 1920 by the Paris hairstylist, Emile Long, in order to keep English coiffeurs informed of trends in French fashion and hairdressing. They cover consumer habits, technology, notions of cleanliness, and changing ideals of femininity and the social order.

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An up-to-date and comprehensive bibliographical and descriptive study of Chinese popular culture. Each chapter is devoted to a particular topic reflecting key elements of Chinese culture, including tea drinking, literature, religion, traditional Chinese drama, comic art and calligraphy.

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A series of essays describing French life styles, attitudes and entertainments as well as the writers and performers currently favoured by the French public. Each chapter provides historical and bibliographic information to enable the reader to pursue subjects of particular interest.

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The editors have put together a solid overview of ten areas of popular culture in Latin America. Popular music, sports, television, popular religion, comics, photonovels, film, newspapers, cartoons, and festivals and carnivals are covered in this much-needed volume.

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Harry Potter and the Myth of Millennials takes an interdisciplinary view of Harry Potter, as a series and a phenomenon, to uncover how the lessons learned from Harrys adventures became a moral compass and a guiding light for millennial readers in an era fraught with turbulence and disharmony.

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This concise encyclopedia examines headwear around the world, from ancient times to the modern era, comprising entries that address cultural significance, religion, historical events, geography, demographic and ethnic issues, fashion, and contemporary trends.

Are feathers from endangered bird species still commonly used on hats

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Offers an account of the city and its cultural development, focusing on the role played by the city's cultural communities in the search for national identity. This book looks at the often creative tensions between external influences (especially Spain, France and the United States) and indigenous cultural pressures.

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Offers an account of the city and its cultural development, focusing on the role played by the city's cultural communities in the search for national identity. This book looks at the often creative tensions between external influences (especially Spain, France and the United States) and indigenous cultural pressures.

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This book argues that fictional television can educate audiences on complex communities and issues long after it has faded from the news cycle. Treme, to date, remains one of the most notable experiments of how post-Katrina New Orleans communities struggle to hold on to their cultural and historical essence.

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This book argues that fictional television can educate audiences on complex communities and issues long after it has faded from the news cycle. Treme, to date, remains one of the most notable experiments of how post-Katrina New Orleans communities struggle to hold on to their cultural and historical essence.

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Based on up-to-date original research, Heart And Soul brings together established and newly emerging scholars who provide detailed examinations the many layers of this multi-faceted and influential band and their singer, the late Ian Curtis, in particular.