Stephen King is at times more self-reflective about his depictions of blackness than it might seem at first glance. He ruminates upon his own complicated role as a white writer who, on occasion, speaks through the mouths of black characters. King has demonstrated a willingness, especially in his twenty-first century fiction, to interrogate his biases. Put simply, we should not be too hasty in dismissing (or cancelling) King. To address this further, we propose another look at Duma Key, a novel that scrutinizes the role of popular artists in reinforcing as well as revising ideas about race in America.
{"title":"Stephen King's evolution on race: Re-reading Duma Key","authors":"Michael J. Blouin, Carl H. Sederholm","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13313","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13313","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Stephen King is at times more self-reflective about his depictions of blackness than it might seem at first glance. He ruminates upon his own complicated role as a white writer who, on occasion, speaks through the mouths of black characters. King has demonstrated a willingness, especially in his twenty-first century fiction, to interrogate his biases. Put simply, we should not be too hasty in dismissing (or cancelling) King. To address this further, we propose another look at <i>Duma Key</i>, a novel that scrutinizes the role of popular artists in reinforcing as well as revising ideas about race in America.</p>","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 2","pages":"63-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139795749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multilingual fiction series: Genres, geographies and performances By Nahuel Ribke. Routledge, 2024. 184 pp. $170.00 hardcover","authors":"Zilong Zhong, Lin Fan","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13311","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 2","pages":"126-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139796814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Harry Potter and resistance By Beth Sutton-Ramspeck. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. 2023. 224 pp. $33.89 paper. ISBN: >978-1032319872","authors":"Meaghan Dodson, she/her","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13312","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13312","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 2","pages":"128-129"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139799003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest Since the Eighteenth Century By Kathleen Lubey, Redwood City, CA: Stanford UP. 2022. 288 pp. $28.00 paper","authors":"Tiffany Sidders","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13309","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 2","pages":"122-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139858313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teen Movies: A Century of American Youth. Timothy Shary. New York: Wallflower Press, 2023. 184 pp. $22.00 paper.","authors":"Eric Deutsch","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13314","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13314","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 3","pages":"189-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139865686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article investigates the hallmarks of generational seriality—the term coined by Matt Hills—using Cobra Kai, and its predecessor, The Karate Kid trilogy, as case studies. It combines textual analysis of overarching themes of these texts, such as the portrayal of white masculinity, and aligned conceptualizations of class, with the examination of televisual nostalgia. It draws on existing scholarship on TV returns and revivals, exploring how Cobra Kai enters a dialogue with the fans of the franchise, and how that dialogue is articulated. While building upon the iconography familiar to The Karate Kid fans, Cobra Kai contains a great degree of self-reflexivity, with dialogue or entire plot lines that parody regressive gender politics of the 1980s. The series brings together the generic conventions of the teen film and ample opportunities for nostalgia in its original fan base; thus, it significantly expands its appeal to two distinctive demographics.
{"title":"Cobra Kai Never Dies! Generational seriality and revived legacies of The Karate Kid","authors":"Agata Frymus","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.13303","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article investigates the hallmarks of generational seriality—the term coined by Matt Hills—using <i>Cobra Kai</i>, and its predecessor, <i>The Karate Kid</i> trilogy, as case studies. It combines textual analysis of overarching themes of these texts, such as the portrayal of white masculinity, and aligned conceptualizations of class, with the examination of televisual nostalgia. It draws on existing scholarship on TV returns and revivals, exploring how <i>Cobra Kai</i> enters a dialogue with the fans of the franchise, and how that dialogue is articulated. While building upon the iconography familiar to <i>The Karate Kid</i> fans, <i>Cobra Kai</i> contains a great degree of self-reflexivity, with dialogue or entire plot lines that parody regressive gender politics of the 1980s. The series brings together the generic conventions of the teen film and ample opportunities for nostalgia in its original fan base; thus, it significantly expands its appeal to two distinctive demographics.</p>","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 1","pages":"20-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpcu.13303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139745069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption. Edited by Qiao Li, David Wilson, and Yanqiu Guan, New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. 163 pp. $170.00 hardcover.","authors":"Hong Tuo","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13307","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13307","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 2","pages":"118-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140490493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Astros and Asterisks: Houston's Sign-stealing Scandal Explained. Edited by Jonathan Silverman. Austin, TX: U of Texas P, 2023. 280 pp. $90.00 hardcover.","authors":"Andrew Kettler","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13308","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13308","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 2","pages":"120-121"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140490893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I'm a Wild Seed. Sharon Lee De La Cruz, Street Noise Books, 2021. 96 pp. $12.99 paper.","authors":"Anjitha Tom","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13306","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13306","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 1","pages":"42-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139600512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding and Translating Chinese Martial Arts. By Dan Jiao, Defeng Li, Lingwei Meng, Yuhong Peng (Eds.), Singapore: Springer, 2023. 138 pp. €129.99 hardcover.","authors":"Litao Zhang, Yang Yao, Qiujun Su","doi":"10.1111/jpcu.13305","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jpcu.13305","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46552,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Popular Culture","volume":"57 1","pages":"40-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139524248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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