This book surveys some of the most iconic failures in American popular culture, from fashion flops to marketing mess-ups, shedding light on the inherent, often comic strain in American life between su
This book explores the topic of food and foodways within American jails and prisons. It focuses on food as a political item in the service of control when executed by jail and prison personnel, as wel
This volume takes up the topic of racism in American Cinema from its early days of film production to the present. Covering over 300 entries that include films, producers, directors, actors, genres, a
This volume highlighting the movies that were produced after the Franco’s death in 1976—a new era in which creative expression emerged from the censorship imposed by an autocratic dictator
