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Professor Nancy Wang Yuen on Her Career, Pop-Culture Studies, and Her Book, Reel Inequality

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:15:16 +0000

Reel Inequality" title="Professor Nancy Wang Yuen on Her Career, Pop-Culture Studies, and Her Book, Reel Inequality" style="float:left;" />Professor Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist, documentary producer, and pop culture geek who has made a career examining how mass media represents Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She has recently published a book titled,… [more]

Rob Salkowitz on His Book, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, and the State of the Comic Convention Industry

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:20:28 +0000

Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, and the State of the Comic Convention Industry" title="Rob Salkowitz on His Book, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, and the State of the Comic Convention Industry" style="float:left;" />Rob Salkowitz is a leading expert on the comic book industry and entertainment in general. Salkowitz regularly writes for Forbes (his profile is here) and ICv2 (you can find these articles here). After learning about… [more]

Elvis and Nixon Trailer Promises Ironic Fun

Ian Dawe — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:30:44 +0000

Elvis and Nixon Trailer Promises Ironic Fun" title="Elvis and Nixon Trailer Promises Ironic Fun" style="float:left;" />The most-requested photo in the US National Archives is not the flag at Iwo Jima, nor is it the last photograph of Abraham Lincoln, nor one of the iconic Kennedy portraits. It’s, in fact, a… [more]

The Value of Cultural Literacy

Ian Dawe — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:00:49 +0000

Cultural literacy doesn’t appear to be a value that all segments of society embrace. Or, at least, some groups in our world embrace it in a very different way from me. I’ve recently had a… [more]