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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451891603321

Autore

Jenkins Henry <1958->

Titolo

The wow climax [[electronic resource] ] : tracing the emotional impact of popular culture / / Henry Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-4311-0

0-8147-4370-6

1-4356-0035-5

Descrizione fisica

vi, 285 p. : ill

Disciplina

302.230973

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 1933-1945

United States Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.