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Popular Culture / American Studies / Media Studies

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Mystery, Violence, and Popular Culture Mystery, Violence, and Popular Culture John G. Cawelti A Ray and Pat Browne Book, Popular Press Warriors, villains, feminists, bandits, playboys, and revolutionaries—violence and mystery American-style John G. Cawelti discusses American popular culture and violence, from its precursors in Homer and Shakespeare to the Lone Ranger and Superman. Cawelti deciphers the overt sexuality, detached violence, and political intrigue embedded within Batman and .007. He analyzes the work of such famous pop-culture icons as Alfred Hitchcock, the Beatles, and Andy Warhol and looks at a range of films, from Psycho to Dances with Wolves, and literature, from The Waste Land to Catch 22. "This will become a standard text in popular culture studies for years to come."—Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University, editor of the Journal of Popular Culture, and former PCA president John G. Cawelti is professor emeritus of English and humanities at the University of Kentucky. His many books include Apostles of the Self-Made Man; Adventure, Mystery, and Romance; and Leon Forrest. For more information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

April 2004 LC: 203020569 HM 408 pp. 6 x 9 ISBN 0-299-19630-5 Cloth $65.00 s ISBN 0-299-19634-8 Paper $21.95 t To order, you can accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.