Auteur: Booker M. Keith Booker

In a postmodern world of globalised capital, how does the concept of Orientalism inform understandings of cultural exchange? In this detailed and wide-ranging examination, Arab popular culture is …

In a postmodern world of globalised capital, how does the concept of Orientalism inform understandings of cultural exchange? In this detailed and wide-ranging examination, Arab popular culture is …

Focusing on the intersection of literature and politics since the beginning of the 20th century, this book examines authors, historical figures, major literary and political works, national …

Focusing on the intersection of literature and politics since the beginning of the 20th century, this book examines authors, historical figures, major literary and political works, national …

For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone. On a deeper level, the …

The work of James Joyce, especially Ulysses, can be fully understood only when the colonial and postcolonial context of Joyce’s Ireland is taken into account. Reading Joyce as a postcolonial writer …

Science fiction series have remained a staple of American television from its inception: classic programs such as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Star Trek, along with recent and current …

Several hundred A-Z entries cover Achebe’s major works, important characters and settings, key concepts and issues, and more.Though best known as a novelist, Achebe is also a critic, activist, and …

The 1950s are widely regarded as the golden age of American science fiction. This book surveys a wide range of major science fiction novels and films from the long 1950s–the period from 1946 to …

In America, the long 1950s were marked by an intense skepticism toward utopian alternatives to the existing capitalist order. This skepticism was closely related to the climate of the Cold War, in …

This work is a wide-ranging survey of American children’s film that provides detailed analysis of the political implications of these films, as well as a discussion of how movies intended for …

The most comprehensive reference ever compiled about the rich and enduring genre of comic books and graphic novels, from their emergence in the 1930s to their late-century breakout into the …

Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the …

From television, film, and music to sports, comics, and everyday life, this book provides a comprehensive view of working-class culture in America.The terms "blue collar" and "working …

Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the …

Postmodernism is essential to American culture today. We can see its manifestations on billboards and on television; we can hear its tone on the radio and in everyday conversation; and we can even …

Decades of Western Cold War propaganda were designed to depict socialism as inimical to genuine aesthetic acheivement. Now, in the wake of the Cold War, it is becoming possible to reassess the past …

Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large. The characters and motifs from such shows …

Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature a political process. Moreover, given the power and persuasiveness of the cinema as …

From television, film, and music to sports, comics, and everyday life, this book provides a comprehensive view of working-class culture in America.The terms "blue collar" and "working …

This work is a wide-ranging survey of American children’s film that provides detailed analysis of the political implications of these films, as well as a discussion of how movies intended for …