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Kewpies and Beyond

The World of Rose O'Neill

University Press of Mississippi

The life and times of the Kewpie doll and its fascinating socially conscious creator

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Ladies First

Women in Music Videos

University Press of Mississippi

A book that shows how the world of music video has thrust feminism to the forefront

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Dark Laughter

The Satiric Art of Oliver W. Harrington

Edited by M. Thomas Inge
University Press of Mississippi

An appreciative retrospective of the art created by the man Langston Hughes called America’s greatest black cartoonist

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Born in the U.S.A.

The Myths of America in Popular Music from Colonial Times to the Present

University Press of Mississippi

The vision of America seen through the lyrics of its popular songs

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Whose Improv Is It Anyway?

Beyond Second City

University Press of Mississippi

An inside view of improv comedy in Chicago

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Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans

University Press of Mississippi

A history of the trailblazing comics that broke color barriers and portrayed African Americans in heroic storylines

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Accidental Ambassador Gordo

The Comic Strip Art of Gus Arriola

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the notable Mexican American cartoonist and an appreciative history of his creation

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Defining New Yorker Humor

University Press of Mississippi

A penetrating look into what really gave America’s most notable magazine its distinctive punch

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The Lasting of the Mohicans

History of an American Myth

University Press of Mississippi

How media versions of Cooper’s classic frontier novel have perpetuated the myth of “America”

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Country Music Culture

From Hard Times to Heaven

University Press of Mississippi

A search for the heart of America’s most prevalent form of music to learn what caused its astonishing popularity

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Super Heroes

A Modern Mythology

University Press of Mississippi

A study of one of popular culture’s superstars whose enchanting mystique pervades the modern world

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The Comics

By Coulton Waugh; Introduction by M. Thomas Inge
University Press of Mississippi

Insights into the aesthetics of one of popular culture’s favorite art forms

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Garrison Keillor

A Voice of America

University Press of Mississippi

A pleasurable look at the comic imagination of Lake Wobegon’s favorite son and contemporary America’s favorite humorist

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