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POPULAR CULTURE

Internet Afterlife Oy Oy Oy Gevalt!
Virtual Salvation in Jews and Punk
the 21st Century MICHAEL CROLAND

KEVIN O’NEILL “ Jews and punk. Two
Can you imagine swapping your words that can seem
body for a virtual version? This contradictory, and yet . . .
technology-based look at the Michael Croland shows
afterlife chronicles America’s the similarities of these
”
fascination with death and two worlds.
August 2016 reveals how digital immortality April 2016 —European Institute of Jewish
247pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 may become a reality. 181pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Music, February 9, 2017
Print: 978-1-4408-3796-8 Print: 978-1-4408-3219-2 Step inside a fascinating world of
$48.00, £37.00, €44.00 FEATURES $37.00, £29.00, €34.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-3797-5 eBook: 978-1-4408-3220-8 Jews who relate to their Jewishness
• Reveals the period in American
through the vehicle of punk—from
history that established cultural views about the afterlife prominent figures in the history of punk to musicians who
proudly put their Jewish identity front and center.
KEVIN O’NEILL, PhD, is professor emeritus of philosophy
and one of the founding members of the Johnston Center for MICHAEL CROLAND has written about Jews and punk for the
Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands. Forward, New Voices, and his former blog, heebnvegan.

Radio 2.0 American Popular
Uploading the First Culture in the
Broadcast Medium Era of Terror

MATTHEW LASAR Falling Skies, Dark
“ This is a remarkable Knights Rising, and
Collapsing Cultures
work that is not only an
academic textbook which JESSE KAVADLO
is highly referenced and
well-argued but also a > AWARD WINNER
highly readable book of
March 2016 general interest to the September 2015 Best Single Work by One or More
185pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 radio listener. 218pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Authors Honorable Mention
Print: 978-1-4408-3243-7 ” Print: 978-1-4408-3562-9 –Midwest Popular Culture
$37.00, £29.00, €34.00 —Radio User, July 29, 2016 $48.00, £37.00, €44.00 Association/American Culture
eBook: 978-1-4408-3244-4 eBook: 978-1-4408-3563-6 Association
Welcome to the uncertain world of “Radio 2.0”—where Fred E.H. Schroeder Paper Award –
podcasts, mobile streaming, and huge music databases are the Popular Culture Studies Journal
new reality, as are tweeting deejays and Apple’s Siri serving “ An engaging critical analysis of American culture in
”
as music announcer—and understand the exciting status this the wake of terrorism and 9/11.
medium has, and will continue to have, in our digitally inclined
—The Popular Culture Studies Journal, October 10, 2016
society.
Bringing together the most popular genres of the 21st century,
this book argues that Americans have entered a new era of
MATTHEW LASAR, PhD, holds a doctorate in history from the
Claremont Graduate School and teaches history and media narrative dominated by the fear—and wish fulfillment—of the
courses at the University of California at Santa Cruz. breakdown of authority and terror itself.

JESSE KAVADLO, PhD, is professor of English at Maryville
University of St. Louis.

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