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Tag Archives: pop culture

Wildest Dreams: The Pervasive Irony of Taylor Swift’s 1989

March 2, 2016

I can honestly say that I liked Taylor Swift since she became cool. I am in the deepest and truest …

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The Tyranny of the Relevant: Thoughts on the Bible, Pop Culture, and Irrelevance

March 24, 2015

This week I’ve been wallowing in irrelevance.  Nothing new there, then.  But teaching a course on literature and popular culture …

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Burberry and Bacardi Breezers: Chavs by Owen Jones

May 23, 2013

“Chav” is a tricky term to pin down, but the very disagreement over its origins is revealing.  Some insist it …

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Danse Macabre: Matthew Bourne’s Gothic Sleeping Beauty

May 11, 2013

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is an astonishing work.  Witty, trashy, sexy and unsettling, it rewrites the classic narrative to produce …

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The Playmate’s Tragedy: Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage

May 9, 2013

I found my allotted space near the top of the Royal Opera House and began the ancient English ritual of …

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Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender by Rhian E Jones

March 31, 2013

Rhian E. Jones is a historian and commentator on politics, music and pop culture.  Her book Clampdown: Pop-cultural Wars on …

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Link: Clothes-horse of the Apocalypse

August 8, 2012

I’m very cheered to announce that I’ve just joined the team over at Bad Reputation, the popular culture and gender …

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Link: Does “Merlin” Have A Misogyny Problem?

June 28, 2012

I’ve been recapping the TV show Merlin over at California Literary Review, and one of the things I’m most often …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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