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  • Why the Humanities Matter Today

    In Defense of Liberal Education

    by Kirk Fitzpatrick, James W. Harrison, Nozomi Irei, David Lunt, Kristopher G. Phillips, Lee Trepanier ...
    The humanities in American higher education is in a state of crisis with declining student enrollment, fewer faculty positions, and diminishing public prestige. Instead of recycling old arguments that have lost their appeal, the humanities must discover and articulate new rationales for their value to students, faculty, administrators, and the public. Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

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    Arrested Development and Philosophy

    They've Made a Huge Mistake

    by William Irwin, Kristopher G. Phillips, J. Jeremy Wisnewski ...
    Narrated by Stephan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir ...
    Series series The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

    Unabridged

    7 hours 38 min

    This book steps into the void left by Arrested Development's premature demise by exploring the fascinating philosophical issues at the heart of the quirky Bluths and their comic exploits. Whether it's reflecting on Gob's self-deception or digging into Tobias's double entendres, you'll watch your favorite scenes and episodes of the show in a whole new way.● Takes an entertaining look at the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Arrested Development and Philosophy

    They've Made a Huge Mistake

    by William Irwin ...
    Series Book 18 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT AND PHILOSOPHYIs George Michael’s crush on his cousin unnatural?Is it immoral for Lindsay to lie about stealing clothes to hide her job?Is Gob better off living his life in bad faith?What inferences can we draw from Tobias’s double-entendres?Are the pictures really of bunkers or balls?The Bluth family’s faults, foibles, and character flaws are so excruciatingly familiar that.. ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Reel to Real

    Race, Sex and Class at the Movies

    by bell hooks ...
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    Movies matter – that is the message of Reel to Real, bell hooks’ classic collection of essays on film. They matter on a personal level, providing us with unforgettable moments, even life-changing experiences and they can confront us, too, with the most profound social issues of race, sex and class. Here bell hooks – one of America’s most celebrated and thrilling cultural critics – talks back to ... Read more

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  • SCUM Manifesto

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    Classic radical feminist statement from the woman who shot Andy Warhol“Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.”Outrageous and violent, SCUM ... Read more

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  • 30 Rock and Philosophy

    We Want to Go to There

    by William Irwin ...
    Series Book 19 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    A fascinating exploration of the philosophy behind NBC’s hit TV series, 30 RockWith edgy writing and a great cast, 30 Rock is one of the funniest television shows on the air—and where hilarity ensues, philosophical questions abound: Are Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy ethical heroes? Kenneth redefines "goody two shoes", but what does it really mean to be good? Dr. Leo Spaceman routinely demonstrates ... Read more

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  • Rewriting

    How To Do Things With Texts

    by Joseph Harris ...
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    The shower scene in Psycho; Cary Grant running for his life through a cornfield; innocent” birds lined up on a fence waiting, watching - these seminal cinematic moments are as real to moviegoers as their own lives. But what makes them so? What deeper forces are at work in Hitchcock’s films that so captivate his fans? This collection of articles in the series that’s explored such pop-culture ... Read more

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  • Watching with The Simpsons

    Television, Parody, and Intertextuality

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  • We See Each Other

    A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film

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