Popular Culture  (tagged articles)

Sensationalism of Trauma in American Film and Literature

Clare M. Nee - The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides, as well as Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation, utilize the literary and cinematic tropes of suicide to explore female suicides as romantic notions and assertions of agency within the teenage world of five sisters... Keep Reading »

Propaganda, Idealism, and Subculture: The Evolution of Che Guevara's Image in Chinese Cultural Memory

Linda . Gao - Being a worldwide popular icon, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been differently re-appropriated by a variety of movements across the globe; but his reception and symbolization in contemporary China has been less discussed... Keep Reading »

Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films

Meagen Tajalle - In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia, which is often masked as irreconcilable religious and cultural difference although it has in fact been consistently manufactured and... Keep Reading »

Globalization of Chinese Online Literature: Understanding Transnational Reading of Chinese Xuanhuan Novels Among English Readers

Yuxi Wang - Since its emergence in the 19th century, fantasy fiction has proliferated throughout the world, from the global craze of Lord of the Rings (1954) to Harry Potter (1997). As a sub-genre of fantasy based on Chinese traditional mythology and martial arts literature, Xuanhuan... Keep Reading »

The Feminine Threat: Reconsidering the Damsel in Distress in Early Disney Films

Hugo Ljungback - “Disney perpetuated a male myth through his fairy-tale films,” argues Jack Zipes (1995, p. 37). He writes that Walt Disney framed “women’s lives through a male discourse” in his films (p. 36), and that he reinforced “nineteenth-century... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Popular Culture is tagged in the following 16 articles.

American Literature
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Sensationalism of Trauma in American Film and Literature
By Clare M. Nee
The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides, as well as Sofia Coppola’s film adaptation, utilize the literary and cinematic tropes of suicide to explore female suicides as romantic notions and assertions of agency within the teenage world... Read Article »
Trauma Suicide American Literature Popular Culture Film Studies
Modern Chinese History
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Propaganda, Idealism, and Subculture: The Evolution of Che Guevara's Image in Chinese Cultural Memory
By Linda Gao
Being a worldwide popular icon, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been differently re-appropriated by a variety of movements across the globe; but his reception and symbolization in contemporary China has... Read Article »
Modern Chinese History Popular Culture Socialist Revolution Idealism Iconography Che Guevara
Popular Culture
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Recycled Tropes and the Persistence of Islamophobia in American Films
By Meagen Tajalle
In this essay, I provide a content analysis of commercially and critically successful films that perpetuate popularized Islamophobia, which is often masked as irreconcilable religious and cultural difference although it has in fact been consistently... Read Article »
Islamophobia Popular Culture Film Studies Film Criticism American Cinema War on Terror
Chinese Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 12
Globalization of Chinese Online Literature: Understanding Transnational Reading of Chinese Xuanhuan Novels Among English Readers
By Yuxi Wang
Since its emergence in the 19th century, fantasy fiction has proliferated throughout the world, from the global craze of Lord of the Rings (1954) to Harry Potter (1997). As a sub-genre of fantasy based on Chinese traditional mythology and martial... Read Article »
Chinese Literature China Popular Culture Science Fiction Fan Fiction Xuanhuan
Film Studies
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
The Feminine Threat: Reconsidering the Damsel in Distress in Early Disney Films
By Hugo Ljungback
“Disney perpetuated a male myth through his fairy-tale films,” argues Jack Zipes (1995, p. 37). He writes that Walt Disney framed “women’s lives through a male discourse” in his films (p. 36), and that he reinforced... Read Article »
Disney Gender Roles Film Studies Sociology Popular Culture Walt Disney Femininity Masculinity
Film Studies
2016, Vol. 8 No. 06
The Danish Girl (2015) and the De/Construction of Gender Identity
By Annalena Lorenz
By and large, today’s Western audience is unlikely to be roused by the story told in The Danish Girl (2015, directed by Tom Hooper), although it is based on true events. The artist Einar Wegener is in gender trouble:[1] he was born in a male... Read Article »
Film Studies Queer Studies Identity Gender Transgender Popular Culture Gender And Sexuality LGBT
Social Media
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Yoga On Instagram: Disseminating or Destroying Traditional Yogic Principles?
By Skyler Cowans
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
Today, more than 15 million Americans practice yoga, making the ancient Indian discipline synonymous with the Western society's culture of wellness. As a way to market themselves, practitioners and instructors of yoga have utilized Instagram &ndash... Read Article »
Yoga Instagram Social Media Personal Health Popular Culture
Gender Roles
2016, Vol. 12 No. 2
Analyzing Female Gender Roles in Marvel Comics from the Silver Age (1960) to the Present
By Katherine J. Murphy
Published by Discussions
Comic books, a form of American Popular Culture, offer a window into the past, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if, how, and how much female gender roles have changed... Read Article »
Comics Marvel Gender Roles Comic Strips Popular Culture Print Magazines
Memoirs
2014, Vol. 6 No. 11
The Modern Memoir: Popular Confession and How it Sells 'A Million Little Pieces'
By Edward A. Carr
In recent years the memoir has come to the forefront of American literature as a popular form for both writers and readers. The best seller list is often clogged with memoirs, or, at least, books that claim to be memoirs. Despite the nagging question... Read Article »
James Frey Memoir Autobiography Confession Popular Culture Oprah Winfrey
Popular Culture
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Making Sense of Memes: Where They Came From and Why We Keep Clicking Them
By Marion Provencher Langlois
Are memes mere distractions from our normal office boredom? Funny, stupid, or poignant, this most simple digital medium captures our attention in particularly unique ways. But how and why did this form of cultural transmission become so popular,... Read Article »
Memes Popular Culture Internet Technology Trends Visual Rhetoric
Pop Culture
2012, Vol. 3 No. 2
Anime: From Cult Following to Pop Culture Phenomenon
By Samantha Nicole Inëz Chambers
Published by Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications
This study examined the scope of influence that Japanese anime had on American people born in the '80s and '90s. Relying on secondary research and a survey using a convenience sample of 107 students and young adults, this study found that anime... Read Article »
Anime Japan Television Pop Culture Fansub Soft Power Japanese Popular Culture
Television
2012, Vol. 4 No. 04
The LOST Soundtrack: An Analysis
By Danielle D. Ayer
LOST is a narrative acclaimed for its complex characters and mythological elements, securing an enormous fan base from different cultures all over the world. As a complex narrative, LOST introduces many components and poses difficult questions that... Read Article »
Television Soundtrack Popular Culture Active Viewing Fandom LOST
Nietzsche
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Dexter, Democracy, and Nietzsche: Puzzling Through the Deep End of America's TV Obsession
By Maxwell G. Mensinger
Within the milieu of American television, the vigilante serial killer, Dexter, stands alone with one of the largest audiences. Why should a violent antihero, who stalks and kills other serial killers, be so appealing to Americans with a democratic... Read Article »
Friedrich Nietzsche Dexter Television Mass Media Liberty Justice Democracy Popular Culture Fandom
Japan
2010, Vol. 2 No. 05
Exploring Japanese Popular Culture as a Soft Power Resource
By Michael J. Norris
Power is the ability to achieve one’s purposes or goals.[1] Through the scholarship of Joseph Nye, the concept of power occupies two distinct spheres: ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. The former purports to have a coercive function... Read Article »
Japan Japanese Foreign Policy Japanese Soft Power Japanese Popular Culture Soft Power Anime
Popular Culture
2010, Vol. 2 No. 05
Vampires: The Ever-Changing Face of Fear
By Tori E. Godfree
In the past two-hundred or so years, vampires have transformed from a sort of worst nightmare into the charming hero of our dreams. Flashback to 1734, Oxford English Dictionary’s first record of the word vampire: they were generally and, depending... Read Article »
Vampires Popular Culture John Polldori Mary Shelley Lord Byron History Of Vampires Dracula
Photography
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Making Contact: The Photographer's Interface with the World
By Kia M. Carbone
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a key twentieth-century cultural theorist, has been influential in various fields, including art and literary criticism. He wrote “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” in 1935 to examine... Read Article »
Photography Digital Photography Technology Visual Art Popular Culture

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