Pop Culture

As soon as The Beatles became famous, the spin machine began to construct a myth--one that has continued to this day. But the truth is much more interesting, much more exciting, and much more moving. In this masterpiece, Bob Spitz has written the biography for which Beatles fans have been waiting. 3... More

This book contains the sheet music for Tori Amos: MTV Unplugged.From her critically acclaimed 1992 debut, "Little "Earthquakes, to the recent hit, "Scarlet' s Walk," Tori Amos has been a formidable force in contemporary music, with one of the most dedicated fan bases in the industry. In "Tori Amos: ... More

The late John Lennon's first wife Cynthia recalls her romance and marriage and the rise of the Beatles with the loving honesty of an insider, offering new and fascinating insights.Now in paperback, the "New York Times" bestselling expose of the real John Lennon The time has come when I feel ready to... More

Art and advertising are often seen as potential enemies, with the one being free from commercial concerns and the other dependent upon them. In this clearly written and wide-ranging book, Joan Gibbons argues rather for a mutually enriching relationship between the two, showing how artists have reach... More

"Sexing the Groove" is a stellar ensemble of leading international music and cultural theorists who explore the ways gender and sexuality make popular music. Combining various methodologies with a wide range of case studies, from Mick Jagger to Riot Grrrls, the essays examine the many ways that perf... More

What is popular culture? How does it differ from mass culture? And what does popular "text" reveal about class, race, and gender dynamics in a society? In this bestselling work, Prof. Fiske takes a new approach to studying cultural artifacts.... More

"Transnational Connections" provides a lucid account of culture in an age of globalization, arguing that, in an increasingly interconnected world, national understandings of culture have become insufficient. He explores the implications of boundary-crossings and long-distance cultural flows for esta... More

The first edition of "The Cultural Studies Reader" established itself as the leader in the field, providing the ideal introduction to this exciting and influential discipline. This expanded second edition offers a wider selection of essays covering every major cultural studies method and theory, and... More

Over 200 celebrities. 61 sunglasses. 44 tongues. 28 goofy faces. 14 blown kisses. 12 heavy metal signs. 8 threesomes. The MTV studio photobooth has captured today's biggest celebrities as they've never been seen before. Now for the first time these photos have been collected in one phenomenal book: ... More

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past thirty years. "The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader" brings together a wide array of writings addressing art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media, and other vis... More

For more than thirty years, Jerry Garcia was the musical and spiritual center of the Grateful Dead, one of the most popular rock bands of all time. In "Dark Star, " the first biography of Garcia published since his death, Garcia is remembered by those who knew him best. Together, they explore his re... More

The book's title is an e-mail address. With it, Haraway locates herself and her readers in a sprawling net of associations more far-flung than the Internet. The address is not a cozy home. There is no innocent place to stand in the world where the book's author figure, FemaleMan, encounters DuPont's... More