Popular Stories and Promised Lands: Fan Cultures and Symbolic Pilgrimages

by Roger C. Aden

Book Overview

A conversation about who we are, where we've been, and where we might be going

Popular Stories and Promised Lands enters a conversation about who we are, where we've been, and where we might be going by suggesting that possible answers to those questions can be found in the popular stories we encounter at the movies, on television, in popular magazines, and even on the funny pages.

As countless scholars and popular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817354727
• ISBN13: 9780817354725
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Popular Stories... interesting and relevant

This is an interesting book if you want to learn more about modern society and the importance and value we place upon popular culture. Anyone who is a fan of Dilbert should be especially interested in this book's perspective on the relationship between Dilert and its followers. As a university student studying communications and its relationship to our society, I found this book to be a useful and relevant resource to further my understanding of these areas. I would recomend this book to anyone interested in pop-culture and related fields.