Midwest Popular Culture Association
EDITORIAL: What is Popular Culture?
Bob Batchelor
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Daniel Amos and Me: The Power of Pop Culture and Autoethnography
Andrew F. Herrmann
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When the Abyss Looks Back: Treatments of Human Trafficking in Superhero Comic Books
Bond Benton and Daniela Peterka-Benton
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Being-in-the-Technologically-Mediated-World: The Existential Philosophy of Marshall McLuhan
Marcelo Vieta and Laureano Ralon
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9/11 Did Not Take Place: Apocalypse and Amnesia in Film and The Road
Jesse Kavadlo
Michael T. Marsden Award Winner
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“I Did Them Things So You Wouldn’t Have To”: Secret Window and the Characters Who Won’t Stay Dead
Jan Whitt
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Boardwalk Empire: The Romantic Side of Crime and Capitalism
Ashley M. Donnelly
Michael T. Marsden Award Winner
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Why Engaging with Ray Browne and Marshall Fishwick Matters: A Review Essay
Bob Batchelor
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INTERVIEW: Figure/Ground Communication Presents: Arthur Asa Berger
Interviewed by Laureano Ralon
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BOOK REVIEW: New Perspectives on Classics Texts
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Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870
Nathan Saunders
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BOOK REVIEW: Reviews of New Books
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Gaga Feminism: Gender, Sexuality, and the End of Normal
Tammie Jenkins
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Harry Potter and the Millennials: Research Methods and the Politics of the Muggle Generation
Veronica Popp