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Ambiguity in Star Wars and Harry Potter
The study combines theories of myth, popular culture, structuralism and poststructuralism to explain the enormous appeal of "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter". Although much research …
Paradoxes of Authenticity
Authenticity is one of the most crucial, but also most contested concepts in literary and cultural studies. Hollowed out by postmodernist theory, it paradoxically enough persists …
The Art of Reverse Engineering
Reverse Engineering is a term that comes originally from the field of mechanical engineering. Reverse Engineering indicates the process of analysing an existing object or system by …
Grinding California
"Grinding California" provides the first academic analysis of the subculture of skate punk at book-length. It establishes highly critical evaluations of the discourses that …
Games | Game Design | Game Studies
How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How …
Remakes and Remaking
From "Avatar" to danced versions of "Romeo and Juliet", from Bollywood films to "Star Wars Uncut": This book investigates film remakes as well as forms of remaking in other media, …
Represented Reporters
War correspondents are prominent actors in the media world. They took hold in the cultural imaginary soon after their profession had been created in the mid-19th century. With a …
Machines as Agency – Artistic Perspectives
This book supports and deepens the existing interfaces between art, science, and technology - transgressing traditional principles and styles of research, and selectively …
Space (Re)Solutions
The rapid changes currently taking place in our urban, political and institutional environments have shifted spatial practice to centre stage both in civic life and academic …
Mind and Matter
The terms "mind" and "matter" appear to signify two concepts irreplaceable and permanent in nature. The increasing challenges and modes of reflection of digital life and cultural …
Ritual and Narrative
Ritual and narrative are pivotal means of human meaning-making and of ordering experience, but the close interrelationship between them has not as yet been given the attention it …
Media, Culture, and Mediality
Current culturally oriented media studies have significantly advanced central concepts such like "mediality", "media culture", "media discourse" and "procedures of media". Focused …