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Broads, Sisters, Exes

Feminist Millennial Television

by Vincent L. Stephens

Series edited by Barry Keith Grant

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814350263

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2025

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

256 Pages

Through elegant prose deeply rooted in an intersectional feminist perspective, Stephens expands the aesthetic and narrative grammars of contemporary television.

Will & Grace

by Tison Pugh

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814349069

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

132 Pages

In negotiating protocols of network television and the desires of audiences both gay and straight, this trailblazing series remains simultaneously haunted by and liberated from longstanding queer stereotypes.

Recollecting Collecting

A Film and Media Perspective

Edited by Lucy Fischer

Price: $36.99

ISBN: 9780814348550

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

300 Pages

Recollecting Collecting interrogates and illustrates the meaning and practical nature of film and media collections while considering the vast array of personal and professional motivations behind their assemblage.

Mad Men

by Gary R. Edgerton

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814345467

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

80 Pages

Throughout its seven seasons, the series struck a delicate balance of being both complex and cerebral while entertaining and accessible, a balance that Edgerton skillfully carries over to this book.

Parks and Recreation

by Holly Willson Holladay

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814347881

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2023

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

220 Pages

Throughout its run, Parks and Recreation engaged with political debates simmering in American culture, offering a humorous ripped-from-the-headlines take on issues such as same-sex marriage, distrust of politicians, government shutdowns, and corporate bailouts Through compelling analysis, Holladay untangles representations of women and BIPOC in the series as they engage with contemporary discourse surrounding media and identity politics.

Starring Tom Cruise

Edited by Sean Redmond

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814347188

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2021

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

88 Pages

Students, scholars, and readers of film, media, and celebrity studies will enjoy this deep dive into a complex Hollywood figure.

Cinderella Across Cultures

New Directions and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Gillian Lathey and Monika Wozniak

Preface by Cristina Bacchilega

Price: $34.99

ISBN: 9780814341551

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2016

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

440 Pages

Readers interested in the visual arts, in translation studies, or in popular culture, as well as a wider audience wishing to discover the tale anew will delight in this collection.

Batman

by Matt Yockey

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814338179

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2014

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

160 Pages

Batman fans, from popular culture enthusiasts to television history scholars, will enjoy this volume.

The West Wing

by Janet McCabe

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814334362

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2012

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

144 Pages

Fans of the series as well as students and teachers of television history will enjoy this detailed volume.

Deadwood

by Ina Rae Hark

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814334492

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2012

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

128 Pages

Fans of the show and scholars of television history will enjoy Hark’s analysis of Deadwood.

Detroitland

A Collection of Movers, Shakers, Lost Souls, and History Makers from Detroit's Past

by Richard Bak

Foreword by Neal Rubin

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814334997

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2011

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

368 Pages

Told in Bak’s conversational and eminently readable style, the historical essays in Detroitland will prove hard to put down for anyone interested in Detroit’s history or those looking for an informative and entertaining read.

If We Must Die

From Bigger Thomas to Biggie Smalls

by Aimé J. Ellis

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814334133

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: June 2011

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

African Amerian studies scholars and those interested in race in contemporary American culture will appreciate this thought-provoking volume.

Keepin' It Hushed

The Barbershop and African American Hush Harbor Rhetoric

by Vorris L. Nunley

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814333488

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: February 2011

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

224 Pages

Rhetoricians and readers interested in African American life and culture will appreciate the cogent analysis in Nunley’s volume.

Miami Vice

by Steven M. Sanders

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814334195

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2010

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

136 Pages

Fans of the show and scholars of television history and American popular culture will appreciate this illuminating look at Miami Vice.

I Love Lucy

by Lori Landay

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814332610

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2010

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

136 Pages

For scholars of American television history as well as the series’ many fans, I Love Lucy will be an enjoyable and informative read.

The Honeymooners

by David Sterritt

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814333969

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: October 2009

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

120 Pages

Scholars of film and television studies, fans of The Honeymooners, and readers interested in 1950s American culture and television history will enjoy Sterritt’s analysis of The Honeymooners.

Doctor Who

by Jim Leach

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814333082

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2009

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

120 Pages

Film and television studies scholars, fans of the show, and general readers interested in popular cultural studies will enjoy this enlightening volume.

Tracking King Kong

A Hollywood Icon in World Culture, 2nd Edition

by Cynthia Erb

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814334300

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: April 2009

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

240 Pages

Scholars of film and television studies as well as general readers interested in film and popular culture will appreciate this significant volume.

Angel

by Stacey Abbott

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814333198

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2009

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

136 Pages

Fans of Angel and students and scholars of film and television studies will enjoy this thought-provoking analysis of the series.

"Gettin' Our Groove On"

Rhetoric, Language, and Literacy for the Hip Hop Generation

by Kermit E. Campbell

Price: $26.99

ISBN: 9780814329252

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2005

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

216 Pages

Itself infused with the hip hop idiom and an engaging style free of academic jargon, Gettin’ Our Groove On presents a thorough and provocative contribution to cultural and rhetorical studies.

Fabricating Pleasure

Fashion, Entertainment, and Cultural Consumption in Germany, 1780-1830

by Karin Wurst

Price: $62.99

ISBN: 9780814331316

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2005

Format: Hardcover

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

512 Pages

From art and music to fashion and travel, Wurst places these popular forms of entertainment and pleasurable diversion in their social and historical contexts and shows how they have remarkable bearing on present-day debates on cultural literacy.

Dialogic Moments

From Soul Talks to Talk Radio in Israeli Culture

by Tamar Katriel

Price: $29.99

ISBN: 9780814327753

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: September 2004

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

402 Pages

In another sense, however, it seeks to offer a more general statement about the culturally constructed nature of the quest for authenticity as a project of modernity by focusing on conceptions of communication and language as its quintessential loci."—From the Introduction by Tamar Katriel

Disney TV

by J. P. Telotte

Price: $19.99

ISBN: 9780814330845

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: March 2004

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

136 Pages

This book will attract a wide array of readers—scholars of television, media, and film studies, popular culture students, and all those touched by the magic of Disney.

Leaving Springfield

The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture

Edited by John Alberti

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814328491

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 2003

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

384 Pages

Leaving Springfield will be of importance to both scholars of media and fans of the show interested in the function of satire in popular culture in general and television in particular.

Im Kwon-Taek

The Making of a Korean National Cinema

Edited by David E. James and Kyung Hyun Kim

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814328699

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: December 2001

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

296 Pages

Im Kwon-Taek will interest students and scholars of film studies, Korean studies, religious studies, postcolonial studies, and Asian studies.

Cultural Memory and the Construction of Identity

Edited by Dan Ben-Amos and Liliane Weissberg

Introduction by Liliane Weissberg

Afterword by Dan Ben-Amos

Price: $31.99

ISBN: 9780814327531

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 1999

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

336 Pages

Building on research in the field, their contributions clearly show that cultural memory has become the creative invention of the past in service of both the present and an imagined future.

Imitations of Life

A Reader on Film & Television Melodrama

Edited by Marcia Landy

Price: $32.99

ISBN: 9780814320655

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Publication Date: January 1991

Format: Paperback

Imprint: Wayne State University Press

624 Pages

Imitations of Life thus provides a variety of perspectives-chronological, theoretical, and international-on the genre while investigating its cultural, social, and political significance.

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