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Lauren Greenfield : Generation Wealth / by Greenfield, Lauren,photographer.(CARDINAL)684358; Schor, Juliet,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)307604; Stack, Trudy Wilner,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)204243;
"Lauren Greenfield: Generation Wealth is both a retrospective and an investigation into the subject of wealth over the last twenty-five years. Greenfield has traveled the world - from Los Angeles to Moscow, Dubai to China - bearing witness to the global boom-and-bust economy and documenting its complicated consequences. Provoking serious reflection, this book is not about the rich, but about the desire to be wealthy, at any cost"--Publisher.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Portrait photography.; Rich people; Leisure class; Children of the rich; Success in popular culture; Photography, Artistic.;
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La ley 50 / by 50 Cent(Musician)(CARDINAL)541907; Translation of (work) :50 Cent(Musician).50th law.; Greene, Robert.(CARDINAL)652609; Mercado, Enrique,translator.(CARDINAL)554845;
Subjects: 50 Cent (Musician); Self-actualization (Psychology); Success in popular culture.; Courage.; Rap musicians; African Americans;
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The Abercrombie age : millennial aspiration and the promise of consumer culture / by Lascity, Myles Ethanauthor;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Be popular and good-looking-it's the key to a happy life. Luckily, with a bit of know-how and money, you, too, can have it all. At least, that's what teen pop culture was selling in surround sound at the turn of the millennium. From movies like Clueless to TV's Dawson's Creek to the music videos on MTV's Total Request Live and the catalogs of Abercrombie & Fitch, a consumer-minded ethos drove pop culture storytelling as millennials came of age in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But in the long shadow of the Great Recession, the upwardly mobile aspirations fostered by the era's popular culture and media seem to have been thwarted. Many millennials today lack the wealth their parents had at the same age, and the gaps between rich and poor rival those of the Gilded Age. The Abercrombie Age reconsiders teen popular culture from the turn of the twenty-first century, revealing how it told young people that life not only could but surely would get better. Far from frivolous or forgettable, the era's superficial, materialistic culture sold millennials unrealistic expectations of what life could offer, setting up a stark juxtaposition with the realities of today." --
Subjects: Generation Y.; Mass media and culture; Mass media; Moral and ethical aspects; Consumption (Economics); Success in popular culture;
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Country music culture : from hard times to Heaven / by Ellison, Curtis W.(CARDINAL)386187;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-292) and index.
Subjects: Country music;
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Salvation with a smile : Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity / by Sinitiere, Phillip Luke,author.(CARDINAL)801551;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-299) and index.John Osteen's Pentecost : the origins of Lakewood Church -- John Osteen's prosperity gospel : faith and divine healing at the Oasis of Love -- Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel, part I : "We believe in new beginnings" -- Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel, part II : the mind, mouth, and body becoming better -- Joel Osteen's tel-e-vangelism : the message and its media -- Lakewood's charismatic core : healing hurts, extending hope -- The redemptive self : finding and forging faith at Lakewood Church -- Joel Osteen's piety of resistance : new Calvinism and evangelicalism's crisis of authority -- Appendix A. Joel Osteen, "what the Resurrection means to us as believers" (1999) -- Appendix B. Joel Osteen, "Vision Sunday" (1999)."Salvation with a Smile situates Lakewood Church in the context of American religious history and illuminates how Joel Osteen has parlayed an understanding of American religious and political culture into vast popularity and success,"--NoveList.
Subjects: Biographies.; Osteen, Joel.; Lakewood Church (Houston, Tex.);
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Epic fails : the Edsel, the mullet, and other icons of unpopular culture / by Jiménez Murguía, Salvador,author.(CARDINAL)803631;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Edsel -- Athletic uniform failures -- Betamax -- LaserDisc -- The mullet -- Blublocker sunglasses -- Zubaz -- New Coke -- Bud Dry -- Crystal Pepsi -- Burger King's table service -- Zima -- WOW Chips -- Y2K -- XFL -- McAfrika -- Microsoft Zune -- Google Wave."This book surveys some of the most iconic failures in American popular culture in order to shed light on the inherent, often comic strain in American life between success and failure, fame and infamy, and, in sum, what Americans most strive for and what they most fear. Epic fails, as I describe them, are not only the 'next-big-things' but also those more popularly unpopular things that get bundled in with those major flashes in the pan. From such failed gadgetry as the Betamax and Microsoft Zune to fashion flops like the Mullet and Zubaz pants, this text captures the entertaining milieu of failure, while offering interpretations of both the intentions of endeavors prior to their collapse, as well as speculations about their counterfactual position and place in the history of American popular culture"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Popular culture; Business failures; Marketing;
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Faith journey through fantasy lands : a Christian dialogue with Harry Potter, Star wars, and the lord of the rings / by Dalton, Russell W.(CARDINAL)867081;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Introduction: Christian approaches to fantasy and fiction -- A whole new world -- A call to journey -- Learning the way: education and training for the journey -- Travel provisions: God gives us what we need for the journey -- Traveling companions: friendship and fellowship -- Staying on the right path (and our potential to stray from it) -- Road signs: virtues in the fantasy lands -- Rough roads ahead: hope and hard times -- The trail of trials: our internal and external battles -- The way of Christ: Images of Christ and sacrifice -- There and back again: celebrating and returning from the journey -- Special section: Dangers along the path: cautions and concerns."Faith Journey through Fantasy Lands engages popular culture in the hugely successful stories of Harry Potter, Star Wars, and The Lord of the Rings. Russell W. Dalton guides the reader through these contemporary fantasy stories and illuminates them with light from the Christian faith journey. The book opens doors to faith-sharing, promotes faith-focused interaction with popular culture, and includes reflection questions for individual or group use. The concluding section offers insights into important issues within the stories that have led some Christians to reject them. Book jacket."--Jacket.
Subjects: Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Granger, Hermione (Fictitious character); Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.; Rowling, J. K.; Lucas, George, 1944-; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization); Fantasy fiction, English; Spirituality in literature.; Christianity and literature.; Star Wars films; Christian life.;
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Demon Copperhead [large print] : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara,author.(CARDINAL)290656;
Southern Appalachia. He was born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Damon braves the perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Subjects: Large print books.; Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Teenage boys; Orphans; Mothers; Opioid abuse; Mothers.;
Available copies: 35 / Total copies: 69
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All made up : a girl's guide to seeing through celebrity hype and celebrating real beauty / by Brashich, Audrey D.,author.(CARDINAL)477008; Banner, Shawn,author.(CARDINAL)638375;
Includes bibliographical references.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Girls; Beauty, Personal; Girls in popular culture; Self-perception in adolescence; Body image in adolescence; Girls.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The monster movies of Universal Studios / by Neibaur, James L.,1958-author.(CARDINAL)748442;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 1931, Universal Studios release Dracula starring Bela Legosi. It was a box-office success, and the first in a series of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics. Neibaur reviews the key horror films that Universal produced into the mid-1950s, provided production information, critical commentary, and an overall assessment of the movie's significance. He also examines their impact on popular culture, into the cinemas of today.Prologue -- Dracula -- Frankenstein -- The mummy -- The invisible man -- The bride of Frankenstein -- Werewolf of London -- Dracula's daughter -- Son of Frankenstein -- The invisible man returns -- The mummy's hand -- The invisible woman -- The wolf man -- The ghost of Frankenstein -- Invisible agent -- The mummy's tomb -- Frankenstein meets the wolf man -- Son of Dracula -- The invisible man's revenge -- The mummy's ghost -- House of Frankenstein -- The mummy's curse -- House of Dracula -- She-wolf of London -- Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein -- Abbott and Costello meet the invisible man -- Creature from the Black Lagoon -- Revenge of the creature -- Abbot and Costello meet the mummy -- The creature walks among us -- Epilogue: The continued legacy of the Universal monster movies.
Subjects: Catalogs.; Universal City Studios; Monster films; Horror films;
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