Art and Social Change
By NYU Press
By NYU Press
Whether it’s a blockbuster or a sitcom, a roleplaying game or a comic book, great art doesn’t just reflect our lives— it changes them.
Avidly Reads Screen Time
Phillip Maciak
$14.95 $13.90"A witty, intimate meditation on the way we watch now." ~Emily Nussbaum, author of I Like to Watch
The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
$22.00"One of the most radiant and thought-provoking descriptions of the potentials of fantastic literature." ~LA Review of Books
Are the Arts Essential?
$32.95
"A vigorous, timely, necessary defense of creativity." ~Kirkus, STARRED Review
The Privilege of Play: A History of Hobby Games, Race, and Geek Culture
Aaron Trammell
$34.50The story of white masculinity in geek culture, told through a history of hobby gaming
The Revolution Will Be Hilarious: Comedy for Social Change and Civic Power
Caty Borum
$34.50"Beautifully illustrates how humor can help us shape the world." ~Roy Wood Jr., correspondent on The Daily Show
Avidly Reads Poetry
Jacquelyn Ardam
$14.95 $13.90"Readers looking to start a poetry habit will appreciate this earnest consideration." ~Publishers Weekly
Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics
Darieck Scott
$34.50Finalist for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies
Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change
Aaron Sachs
$24.20"A fresh, creative approach to addressing one of the biggest challenges of the time—climate change." ~Foreword Reviews
Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures
Arielle Zibrak
$14.95 $13.90"Such a fun and fast conversation that reading it feels like having brunch with a hilarious dear friend." ~Popmatters
Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee
Daryl Joji Maeda
$33.00"Forcefully that [Bruce Lee's] achievements in blending cultural traditions are worthy of celebration." ~Kirkus Reviews
Avidly Reads Making Out
Kathryn Bond Stockton
$14.95 $13.90"A wonderfully intense experience from start to finish." ~Popmatters
Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste
Jonathan Gray
$34.50"An entertaining, yet thoroughly complex piece of research that is indeed worthy of its name." ~Communication Design Quarterly
Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution
Ramon Lobato
$32.20"Explores how the digital distribution of the television is reshaping modern civilization... well-researched, nuanced and brilliantly-written." ~The Washington Book Review
Avidly Reads Opera
Alison Kinney
$14.95 $13.90"An appealing primer by a fan, for (potential) fans." ~Library Journal
Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City
Shanté Paradigm Smalls
$32.20Winner of a 2022-2023 New York City Book Award
Celebrity: A History of Fame
Andrea McDonnell and Susan J. Douglas
$34.50"Highlights a transformation that has only intensified in the era of twenty-four-hour cable and Twitter." ~New York Review of Books
Video Games Have Always Been Queer
Bo Ruberg
$34.50"Powerfully calls for the reclaiming of the entirety of the games medium." ~Feminist Media Studies
Board Games
Eric Thurm
$14.95 $13.90"Puts this marvelous form of group entertainment center stage." ~Manhattan Book Review
Latino TV: A History
Mary Beltrán
$34.50"An essential contribution to the expanding scholarship on Latina/o/x media" ~Film Quarterly
Streaming Video: Storytelling Across Borders
$34.50
An international team of experts explores how streaming services are disrupting traditional storytelling.
This is a sponsored post.