Popular Culture
Many of the titles listed here are from Popular Press, an imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press.
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Paper $21.95
ISBN 978-0-299-30964-0
Place Names of Wisconsin
Edward Callary
“Up-to-date and fully documented, this alphabetical guide to more than two thousand names of Wisconsin’s counties, towns, cities, and villages will be the definitive resource on Wisconsin place names for years to come. Readers—whether locals, travelers, or scholars—will enjoy learning about the unique history of the state as reflected in its place names.”
—Luanne von Schneidemesser, senior editor, Dictionary of American Regional English
Cloth $24.95
ISBN 978-0-299-31000-4
Lithium Jesus
A Memoir of Mania
Charles Monroe-Kane
“A young man grapples with bipolar ‘voices’ via religion, hedonism, activism, and Lithium. In his debut, Monroe-Kane, a Peabody Award–winning public radio producer, brings a fresh perspective to familiar memoir territory. . . . [A] compelling account of wrestling with inner turmoil against gritty, dramatic international settings.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Casebound $65.00 t
ISBN 978-0-299-30710-3
City of Neighborhoods
Memory, Folklore, and Ethnic Place in Boston
Anthony Bak Buccitelli
“This fascinating deep-dive into historically ethnic neighborhoods reveals that old stereotypes have been supplanted by vibrant, multiethnic neighborhoods that now use ethnicity as a means for inclusion. A riveting, insider look into what really happens in Boston’s diverse neighborhoods.”
—Timothy Tangherlini, University of California, Los Angeles
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Protest on the Page
Essays on Print and the Culture of Dissent
Edited by James L. Baughman, Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, and James P. Danky
Spring 2015
![Dear World](../books/images/5237-90t.jpg)
Dear World
Contemporary Uses of the Diary
Kylie Cardell
Fall 2014
![Eat Smart in Denmark](../books/images/5455-90t.jpg)
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Eat Smart in Denmark
How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure
Carol Schroeder
Fall 2014
![John Williams's Film Music](../books/images/5229-90t.jpg)
John Williams’s Film Music
Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the Return of the Classical Hollywood Music Style
Emilio Audissino
Spring 2014
![Masked](../books/images/5285-90t.jpg)
Masked
The Life of Anna Leonowens, Schoolmistress at the Court of Siam
Alfred Habegger
Spring 2014
![The Last Laugh](../books/images/5104-90t.jpg)
The Last Laugh
Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age
Trevor J. Blank
Spring 2013
![American Nightmares](../books/images/0981-90t.jpg)
American Nightmares
The Haunted House Formula in American Popular Fiction
Dale Bailey
Fall 2012
![Brewed Awakenings](../books/images/3901-90t.jpg)
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Brewed Awakenings
An Illustrated Journey to Coffeehouses in Wisconsin (and Beyond)
Jeff Hagen
Fall 2012
![Faithful Passages](../books/images/5038-90t.jpg)
Faithful Passages
American Catholicism in Literary Culture, 1844–1931
James Emmett Ryan
Fall 2012
![Film and Genocide](../books/images/4954-90t.jpg)
Film and Genocide
Edited by Kristi M. Wilson and Tomás F. Crowder-Taraborrelli
Fall 2011
![Graphic Subjects](../books/images/4764-90t.jpg)
Graphic Subjects
Critical Essays on Autobiography and Graphic Novels
Edited by Michael A. Chaney
Spring 2011
![Tough as Nails](../books/images/4802-90t.jpg)
Tough as Nails
The Life and Films of Richard Brooks
Douglass K. Daniel
Spring 2011
![Death in a Prairie House](../books/images/DrennanCD_DRAFT.jpg)
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Death in a Prairie House
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders
William R. Drennan, As read by Jim Fleming on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Chapter a Day ®
Spring 2009
![Crunch!](../books/images/4399-90t.jpg)
Crunch!
A History of the Great American Potato Chip
Dirk Burhans
Fall 2008
![Escape Artist](../books/images/4181-90t.jpg)
Escape Artist
The Life and Films of John Sturges
Glenn Lovell
Fall 2008
![Cannibal Fictions](../books/images/2819-90t.jpg)
Cannibal Fictions
American Explorations of Colonialism, Race, Gender, and Sexuality
Jeff Berglund
Spring 2006
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Grace Notes for a Year
Stories of Hope, Humor and Hubris from the World of Classical Music
Norman Gilliland
Spring 2004
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Remote
Reflections on Life in the Shadow of Celebrity
David Shields, New foreword by Phillip Lopate
Fall 2003
![Mission Underway](../books/images/0555-90t.jpg)
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Mission Underway
The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Movement 1967–2001
Edited, Revised, and Updated by Ray B. Browne
2002
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Sundae Best
A History of Soda Fountains
Anne Cooper Funderburg
2001
![Grafting Helen](../books/images/3160-90t.jpg)
Grafting Helen
The Abduction of the Classical Past
Matthew Gumpert
Spring 2001
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Reel Rituals
Ritual Occasions from Baptisms to Funerals in Hollywood Films, 1945–1995
Parley Ann Boswell, Paul Loukides
1999
![Graphic Opinions](../books/images/1613-90t.jpg)
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Graphic Opinions
Editorial Cartoonists and Their Art
Edited by Jack Colldeweih and, Kalman Goldstein
1998
![Victims or Villains](../books/images/2522-90t.jpg)
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Victims or Villains
Jewish Images in Classic English Detective Fiction
Malcolm J. Turnbull
1998
![Coming after Oprah](../books/images/0930-90t.jpg)
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Coming after Oprah
Cultural Fallout in the Age of the TV Talk Show
Vicki Abt, Leonard Mustazza
1997
![Leon Forrest](../books/images/1094-90t.jpg)
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Leon Forrest
Introductions and Interpretations
John G. Cawelti
1997
![Retrofitting Blade Runner](../books/images/0765-90t.jpg)
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Retrofitting Blade Runner
Issues in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Edited by Judith B. Kerman
1997
![Vision/Re-Vision](../books/images/2193-90t.jpg)
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Vision/Re-Vision
Adapting Contemporary American Fiction by Women to Film
Edited by Barbara Tepa Lupack
1997
![In the Zone](../books/images/2539-90t.jpg)
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In the Zone
The Twilight World of Rod Serling
Peter Wolfe
1997
![Moving On](../books/images/2120-90t.jpg)
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Moving On
The Heroines of Shirley Ann Grau, Anne Tyler, and Gail Godwin
Susan S. Kissel
1996
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Preview 2001+
Popular Culture Studies in the Future
Edited by Ray B. Browne and Marshall W. Fishwick
1995
![The Wonder Team](../books/images/2518-90t.jpg)
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The Wonder Team
The True Story of the Incomparable 1927 New York Yankees
Leo Trachtenberg
1995
![Take Two](../books/images/2190-90t.jpg)
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Take Two
Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film
Edited by Barbara Tepa Lupack
1994
![Eye on the Future](../books/images/2330-90t.jpg)
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Eye on the Future
Popular Culture Scholarship into the Twenty-First Century in Honor of Ray B. Browne
Edited by Marilyn F. Motz, John Nachbar, Michael Marsden, and Ronald Ambrosetti
1994
![Visions of War](../books/images/2029-90t.jpg)
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Visions of War
World War II in Popular Literature and Culture
Edited by M. Paul Holsinger and Mary Anne Schofield
1992
![Beyond the Stars 3](../books/images/2178-90t.jpg)
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Beyond the Stars 3
The Material World in American Popular Film
Edited by Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller
1992
![Beyond the Stars 4](../books/images/2177-90t.jpg)
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Beyond the Stars 4
Locales in American Popular Film
Edited by Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller
1992
![Popular Culture](../books/images/2331-90t.jpg)
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Popular Culture
An Introductory Text
Edited by Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause
1992
![Digging into Popular Culture](../books/images/1080-90t.jpg)
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Digging into Popular Culture
Theories and Methodologies in Archeology, Anthropology, and Other Fields
Edited by Ray B. Browne and Pat Browne
1991
![Polpop 2](../books/images/1699-90t.jpg)
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Polpop 2
Politics and Popular Culture in America Today
James Combs
1991
![The Picara](../books/images/2080-90t.jpg)
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The Picara
From Hera to Fantasy Heroine
Anne K. Kaler
1991
![Marginal Conventions](../books/images/2488-90t.jpg)
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Marginal Conventions
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Social Deviance
Edited by Clinton R. Sanders
1991
![Beyond the Stars 2](../books/images/2176-90t.jpg)
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Beyond the Stars 2
Plot Conventions in American Popular Film
Edited by Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller
1990
![Against Academia](../books/images/1000-90t.jpg)
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Against Academia
The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Movement, 1967–1988
Ray B. Browne
1989
![Beyond the Stars 1](../books/images/2158-90t.jpg)
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Beyond the Stars 1
Stock Characters in American Popular Film
Edited by Paul Loukides and Linda K. Fuller
1989
![Symbiosis](../books/images/1077-90t.jpg)
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Symbiosis
Popular Culture and Other Fields
Edited by Ray B. Browne and Marshall W. Fishwick
1988
![Search and Clear](../books/images/2497-90t.jpg)
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Search and Clear
Critical Responses to Selected Literature and Films of the Vietnam War
Edited by William J. Searle
1988
![Rock Eras](../books/images/1791-90t.jpg)
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Rock Eras
Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954–1984
Jim Curtis
1987
![The God Pumpers](../books/images/0000-90t.jpg)
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The God Pumpers
Religion in the Electronic Age
Edited by Marshall W. Fishwick and Ray B. Browne
1987
![In Search of the Paper Tiger](../books/images/2038-90t.jpg)
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In Search of the Paper Tiger
A Sociological Perspective of Myth, Formula, and the Mystery Genre in the Entertainment Print Mass Medium
Gary Hoppenstand
1987
![Laws of Our Fathers](../books/images/1068-90t.jpg)
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Laws of Our Fathers
Popular Culture and the U.S. Constitution
Edited by Ray B. Browne and Glenn J. Browne
1986
![The Empire Strikes Out](../books/images/1815-90t.jpg)
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The Empire Strikes Out
Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction
William B. Fischer
1984
![Mystery Fanfare](../books/images/1786-90t.jpg)
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Mystery Fanfare
A Composite Annotated Index to Mystery and Related Fanzines 1963–1981
Michael L. Cook
1983
![Ananda](../books/images/0984-90t.jpg)
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Ananda
Where Yoga Lives
John Ball
1982
![Learning To See](../books/images/0738-90t.jpg)
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Learning To See
Historical Perspectives on Modern Popular/Commercial Arts
Alan Gowans
1981
![The New Gods](../books/images/2818-90t.jpg)
The New Gods
Psyche and Symbol in Popular Art
Harold Schechter
1980
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SF
The Other Side of Realism
Edited by Thomas D. Clareson
1971
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