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  1. The wow climax
    tracing the emotional impact of popular culture
    Published: c2007
    Publisher:  New York University Press, New York

    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0814742823; 0814742831; 9780814742822; 9780814742839
    RVK Categories: AP 44983 ; MR 7100
    Subjects: Gesellschaft; Massenmedien; Psychologie; Ästhetik; Popular culture; Popular culture; Emotions; Affect (Psychology); Aesthetics; Mass media; Mass media; Alltagskultur; Popkultur; Gefühl; Massenkultur; Massenmedien
    Scope: vi, 285 p.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-272) and index

    Games, the new lively art -- Monstrous beauty and mutant aesthetics : rethinking Matthew Barney's relation to the horror genre -- Death-defying heroes -- Never trust a snake : WWF wrestling as masculine melodrama -- Exploiting feminism in Stephanie Rothman's Terminal Island -- "You don't say that in English!" : the scandal of Lupe Velez -- "Going bonkers!" : children, play, and Pee-Wee -- "Complete freedom of movement" : video games as gendered play spaces -- "Her suffering aristocratic majesty" : the sentimental value of Lassie