Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the a
Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the a
With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and mushrooming inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book—or even steady journal articles—may seem li
With growing academic responsibilities, family commitments, and mushrooming inboxes, scholars are struggling to fulfill their writing goals. A finished book—or even steady journal articles—may seem li
Fourteen scholarly essays analyze posthumous fame in popular music to explore fandom, celebrity, the mass media, and how death can enhance and transform. "The macabre truism that death can be a good c
Critiquing the mass media, and the role those media play in our lives, requires a critical eye. Media in Society gives students in upper level media courses a unique narrative-based approach to media
