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Transforming Harry
The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age
Focuses on the critical and theoretical implications of adapting the Harry Potter novels to films and media.
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ISBN: 9780814344910
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ISBN: 9780814342862
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342879
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Brewed in Michigan
The New Golden Age of Brewing in the Great Beer State
A celebration of Michigan craft beer.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814342107
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814342114
From Tinseltown to Bordertown
Los Angeles on Film
Close readings that look for "the real Los Angeles" in a selection of contemporary movies.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339855
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339862
The X-Files
A social and cultural analysis of The X-Files focusing on the genres the program employed in its interrogation of American history, politics, and identity.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339428
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339435
Blackness Is Burning
Civil Rights, Popular Culture, and the Problem of Recognition
Blackness Is Burning critiques the way the politics of recognition and representation appear in popular culture as attempts to "humanize" black identity through stories of suffering and triumph or tales of destruction and survival.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814340516
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340523
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Considers the influence of The Dick Van Dyke Show on television sitcom history.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814340318
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340325
Father Knows Best
A historical and analytical examination of the iconic 1950s television and radio family sitcom.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339473
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339480
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The Orbit Magazine Anthology
Re-Entry
A history of three of Detroit’s most irreverent and memorable alt-media publications—Orbit, Fun, and White Noise—from 1978 to 1999.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814337318
Maverick
Demonstrates how Maverick, "The Legend of the West," fractured, altered, or undermined nearly every Western code and myth.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339169
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339176
Have Gun—Will Travel
Analyzes the TV Western Have Gun—Will Travel through a close reading of episodes and production history.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814339763
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814339770
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
Examines the reception, formal strategies, production history, and ideological underpinnings of the groundbreaking comedy-variety show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.
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ISBN: 9780814338223
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338230
Reading the Bromance
Homosocial Relationships in Film and Television
Explores the popular cultural phenomenon of "bromance" in film and television and its oppositions between homosexual and homosocial behavior.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814338988
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338995
24
A comprehensive overview of the innovative primetime drama 24.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814338674
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338681
Batman
Offers a fresh understanding of the persistent popularity and ongoing value of the original Batman series.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814338179
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338186
The L Word
Explores representational strategies in the groundbreaking series The L Word.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814338247
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338254
The Time of Our Lives
Dirty Dancing and Popular Culture
An in-depth, multidisciplinary examination of the cultural phenomenon of Dirty Dancing.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814336243
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814336250
The Wire
Analyzes how The Wire repurposed television drama for political critique.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814335901
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814335932
The Sopranos
Surveys the commercial importance, originality, and cultural relevance of the groundbreaking HBO series The Sopranos.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334065
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338520
Millennial Masculinity
Men in Contemporary American Cinema
Examines male representation in films released at the turn of the twenty-first century, from 1990 to present.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814334355
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338445
The West Wing
Explores how the award-winning NBC drama offered a space for vibrant conversation about U.S. politics, identity, and culture.
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ISBN: 9780814334362
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814338094