The wow climax : tracing the emotional impact of popular culture / Henry Jenkins.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenkins, Henry, 1958-
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Popular culture > United States.
Popular culture > United States > Psychological aspects.
Emotions > Social aspects > United States.
Affect (Psychology) > United States.
Aesthetics > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media > United States > Psychological aspects.
United States > Social conditions > 1933-1945.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
Physical Description:vi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Games, the new lively art
  • Monstrous beauty and mutant aesthetics : rethinking Matthew Barney's relation to the horror genre
  • Death-defying heroes
  • Never trust a snake : WWF wrestling as masculine melodrama
  • Exploiting feminism in Stephanie Rothman's Terminal Island
  • "You don't say that in English!" : the scandal of Lupe Velez
  • "Going bonkers!" : children, play, and Pee-Wee
  • "Complete freedom of movement" : video games as gendered play spaces
  • "Her suffering aristocratic majesty" : the sentimental value of Lassie.