PopMeC research blog The US Representation in Popular Media and Culture
Author: Rebekah Brammer Sarina Russo Institute Download PDF version One of the most striking artistic features of both The Handmaid’s Tale[1] adaptations, the film directed by Volker Schlöndorff (1990) and the Hulu ongoing television series (2017–present), is the use of...
Author: Kevin Farrell Radford University Download PDF version This study begins with Rhiannon Giddens’ 2018 show at the Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount, Virginia. A small venue—maximum capacity 460—specializing in Americana acts, nostalgia tours, and cover bands, the Harvester...
Author: Alex Adams Independent Scholar Download PDF version In 2014, Legendary Pictures released Godzilla, the first entry in a still-expanding cinematic franchise of monster movies known to fans as the MonsterVerse. Ten years and three movies later, the MonsterVerse continues...
Author: Jolene Mendel American Public University Download PDF version The anthology television series Black Mirror (Netflix 2011–2023) has been praised for exploring ways that technology, left unregulated, can potentially affect our lives. While the series originated in the United Kingdom,...
Author: Lily Corwin Virginia Tech Download PDF version On his 2017 album Gathering, Josh Ritter took a giant step forward on a creative journey he had been on for years: using and rearranging images of the American West alongside images...
Author: Hatice Bay Cappadocia University Download PDF version INTRODUCTION Popular media has a great impact on the way science, scientists, and their works are represented. Typically, STEM fields and geek culture are considered to be White and male-oriented domains. As...
Author: Sotiris Petridis Hellenic Open University Download PDF version INTRODUCTION Since cinema usually narrates its stories through the camera, the structure of a typical film is in third person. Although cinema has a third-person narrative, there are some elements that...
Our book recommendation for this month is Brit Bennet’s The Vanishing Half. Through the pages of the book, we travel to Mallard (Louisiana), a small village impossible to find on the maps, with an extremely peculiar trait. In fact, Mallard’s...
Author: Lizbette Ocasio-Russe Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Download PDF version While the United States has come a long way since lawful slavery and colonial conquest, it’s no secret there are still hierarchical power structures that benefit some and...
Author: Mansi Garneni Columbia University Download PDF version “Made a mil’ off that, uh/ Off that mumblin’ shit.” – Playboi Carti, “R.I.P.” INTRODUCTION: THE QUESTION OF MUMBLE RAP Mumble rap is a polarizing topic within the rap community...
Author: Shawn Driscoll University of Massachusetts – Lowell Download PDF version Television shows provide a never-ending cycle of heroes and villains. The symbiotic relation between these two sides becomes both necessary and at times frustrating. Necessary for the connection...