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As religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray and
Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture
Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United
States--the country with the highest church attendance in the
Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It
can wax and wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is
what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and
Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and
popular culture, and why religion has become a major force in
contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered
the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about
popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores
five great religious revivals or "Great Awakenings: " the Atlantic
Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the
Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick
explores the current events preceding and during each awakening,
its leaders, followers, and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new
understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an
anticipation for the next great awakening.
From "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?" to a list of all
song titles containing the word "werewolf," Rock Music in American
Popular Culture II: More Rock 'n'Roll Resources continues where
1995's Volume I left off. Using references and illustrations drawn
from contemporary lyrics and supported by historical and
sociological research on popular cultural subjects, this collection
of insightful essays and reviews assesses the involvement of
musical imagery in personal issues, in social and political
matters, and in key socialization activities. From marriage and sex
to public schools and youth culture, readers discover how popular
culture can be used to explore American values. As Authors B. Lee
Cooper and Wayne S. Haney prove that integrated popular culture is
the product of commercial interaction with public interest and
values rather than a random phenomena, they entertainingly and
knowledgeably cover such topics as: answer songs--interchanges
involving social events and lyrical commentaries as explored in
response recordings horror films--translations and transformations
of literary images and motion picture figures into popular song
characters and tales public schools--images of formal educational
practices and informal learning processes in popular song lyrics
sex--suggestive tales and censorship challenges within the popular
music realm war--examinations of persistent military and home front
themes featured in wartime recordingsRock Music in American Popular
Culture II: More Rock 'n'Roll Resources is nontechnical, written in
a clear and concise fashion, and explores each topic thoroughly,
with ample discographic and bibliographic resources provided for
additional research. Arranged alphabetically for quick and easy
reference to specific topics, the book is equally enjoyable to read
straight through. Rock music fans, teachers, popular culture
professors, music instructors, public librarians, sound recording
archivists, sociologists, social critics, and journalists can all
learn something, as the book shows them the cross-pollination of
music and social life in the United States.
Who is the Bill Bailey whose exploits were chronicled in song? How
many popular songs have titles containing the words "moon,"
"heart," or "baby"? Where is the road to Mandalay? How many female
names can you think of that have been mentioned in song titles?
Discover this fascinating information and more about some of
America's most known and loved popular songs in this delightful
sampler. The Popular Song Reader contains over 200 short essays on
the backgrounds of a wide variety of twentieth-century American
popular songs. The witty and knowledgeable essays touch upon
several hundred traditional-style pop songs as well as early rock
compositions. The essays are filled with anecdotes, humor, irony,
and even poetry that reflect the author's offbeat and somewhat
irreverent manner, while also presenting a broad spectrum of
American popular songs in their historical and cultural contexts.
In addition to information about each song and its composer, the
author also discusses how the song reflected society at the time
and also how the song itself has influenced popular culture. Pop
music fans will find this a highly entertaining and readable guide
to the best American popular music of the twentieth century.
Divided into five sections, the book covers popular songs from the
Tin Pan Alley era (By the Light of the Silvery Moon, California,
Here I Come, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, She'll Be Comin'Round the
Mountain, and When Irish Eyes are Smiling), the swing/big band era
(Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Heart and Soul, In the Mood,
Stardust, and Stormy Weather), and the rock era (Chances Are, Good
Vibrations, Love Me Tender, Misty, Rock Around the Clock, Stop In
the Name of Love, and The Twist). The Popular Song Reader provides
new insights on all-time favorites from Broadway musicals, movies,
and television including Ain't Misbehavin', Give My Regards to
Broadway, My Funny Valentine, Aquarius, Cabaret, Luck Be a Lady,
Mack the Knife, Don't Fence Me In, Over the Rainbow, Singin'in the
Rain, and the theme songs from Star Wars, All in the Family,
Cheers, and M*A*S*H.
Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies is the low-cal answer to
satisfying chocolate cravings. Documenting the chocolate phenomenon
by means of 1,000+ chocolate chunks of information, this tempting
book discusses: Chocolate Fads: chocolate books, chocolate goodies
(cakes, candy, cookies, ice cream), chocolate clubs, chocolate
festivals, chocolate fund-raising, chocolate marketing, chocolate
media, and chocolate novelties Chocolate Folklore: chocolate
companies, chocolate history, chocolate nutrition, chocolate
moguls, chocolate quotes, chocolate tips, chocolate trivia, and
chocolate types Chocolate Fantasies: chocoholism, chocolate feasts,
chocolate love, chocolate parties, chocolate promotions, and
chocolate psychology. At the end of the book is a 200-item
Chocoquiz, in the style of Trivial Pursuit, so that readers can use
the book as a reference source to know everything there is to know
about chocolate.Reference sections include acknowledgments to
chocolate manufacturers, chocolate-related companies, a listing of
chocolate publications (media articles, children's books, chocolate
guides, cookbooks, chocolate humor, and chocolate specialities),
and an impressive list of addresses and telephone numbers for more
than 100 chocolate and chocolate-related companies. All
chocoholics, out of the closet or not, will want to read this book.
Chocolate Fads, Folklore & Fantasies promises to be the last
word in chocolate, no fudging!
Fads by nature and by definition are hard to capture, yet Hoffmann
and Bailey have captured over one hundred of the passing fashion
fancies and merchandising miracles during America s short history
in their latest collection of fads, Fashion & Merchandising
Fads.Life devoid of fads is impossible to imagine, and the fads
that do enter our lives become vehicles for amusement upon
retrospection. How long any fad stays in vogue is anybody s guess,
but Hoffmann and Bailey have again found those fads that somehow
took root and flourished, if only for a short period of time, in
America. Concise entries describe each fad from its beginning to
its demise and its devout followers. Readers are sure to recognize
many of the trends and fads collected in Fashion &
Merchandising Fads. A browse through the contents will have readers
smiling as they remember Alex, Stroh s Beer-Drinking Dog and "Baby
On Board" Stickers Barbie Dolls and Celebrity Perfumes
Convertibles, Digital Watches, and Drive-In Banking Garfield, G. I.
Joe, and Handbags for Men Knickers and Matchbox Cars The Model T
and the Mustang Paper Dolls and Rubik s Cube Silly Putty, the
Slinky, and Synthetics in Clothes Top Hats, the Trilby, and Twiggy
VCRs, Yuppies, and ZubazEach fad featured in Fashion &
Merchandising Fads is examined thoroughly and concisely by the
authors. They look at the historical setting, how the trend became
popular, and the people most fascinated and involved with the
trend. References follow each entry to make further reading on each
fad a relatively easy task for those intrigued by fads. As fads
enter and encompass society for a period of time, this collection
of fads, arranged alphabetically, is sure to captivate readers from
beginning to end, or, in a world of fads, from the A-2 Flight
Jacket to the Zipper."
Fads by nature and by definition are hard to capture, yet Hoffmann
and Bailey have captured over one hundred of the passing fashion
fancies and merchandising miracles during America s short history
in their latest collection of fads, Fashion & Merchandising
Fads.Life devoid of fads is impossible to imagine, and the fads
that do enter our lives become vehicles for amusement upon
retrospection. How long any fad stays in vogue is anybody s guess,
but Hoffmann and Bailey have again found those fads that somehow
took root and flourished, if only for a short period of time, in
America. Concise entries describe each fad from its beginning to
its demise and its devout followers. Readers are sure to recognize
many of the trends and fads collected in Fashion &
Merchandising Fads. A browse through the contents will have readers
smiling as they remember Alex, Stroh s Beer-Drinking Dog and "Baby
On Board" Stickers Barbie Dolls and Celebrity Perfumes
Convertibles, Digital Watches, and Drive-In Banking Garfield, G. I.
Joe, and Handbags for Men Knickers and Matchbox Cars The Model T
and the Mustang Paper Dolls and Rubik s Cube Silly Putty, the
Slinky, and Synthetics in Clothes Top Hats, the Trilby, and Twiggy
VCRs, Yuppies, and ZubazEach fad featured in Fashion &
Merchandising Fads is examined thoroughly and concisely by the
authors. They look at the historical setting, how the trend became
popular, and the people most fascinated and involved with the
trend. References follow each entry to make further reading on each
fad a relatively easy task for those intrigued by fads. As fads
enter and encompass society for a period of time, this collection
of fads, arranged alphabetically, is sure to captivate readers from
beginning to end, or, in a world of fads, from the A-2 Flight
Jacket to the Zipper."
True to the spirit of the all-American athlete and our society's
seemingly endless pursuit of and passion for leisure activities is
Sports & Recreation Fads. This readable and fascinating
reference book highlights some of the most notable as well as some
long-forgotten pastimes and personalities. Sporting and recreation
events have thrived in the United States for more than two
centuries. Just about every sport and recreation embraced from
Colonial America to the present has had its faddish aspects. The
fascinating introduction provides a basic understanding of the
importance of fads in the development of sports and recreation. No
book on sports fads would be complete without several chapters on
baseball, and this exciting volume is no different--Hank Aaron's
715th home run, baseball card collecting, Mark "the Bird" Fidrych's
shining season with the Detroit Tigers, Bo Jackson's double career,
Jackie Robinson's success in breaking the color barrier, and Pete
Rose's gambling troubles--a true slice of Americana, the best and
the worst of our favorite pastime!From the controversial people and
events in professional athletics--Mohammed Ali, Joe Namath, Mike
Tyson, the "battle of the sexes" between Billie Jean King and Bobby
Riggs, the "Black Sox Scandal," and the Dallas Cowboys
cheerleaders, to the heroes--Charles Atlas, Joe Louis, and Babe
Ruth, Hoffmann and Bailey illustrate the often fickle and sometimes
enduring interest that Americans have for sports figures and their
games. This informative and entertaining book also examines our
personal quest for fitness, our devotion to automobiling, and our
love of games, including bridge, charades, crossword puzzles,
Monopoly, Dungeons & Dragons, Scrabble, and Trivial Pursuit.
Sports &Recreation Fads is a handy guide to our favorite
leisure activities of the last 200 years.
As religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray and
Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture
Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United
States--the country with the highest church attendance in the
Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It
can wax and wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is
what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and
Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and
popular culture, and why religion has become a major force in
contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered
the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about
popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores
five great religious revivals or "Great Awakenings: " the Atlantic
Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the
Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick
explores the current events preceding and during each awakening,
its leaders, followers, and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new
understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an
anticipation for the next great awakening.
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