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This book demonstrates how pop culture examples can be used to demystify complex social theory. It provides tangible, metaphorical examples that shows how it is possible to "do philosophy" rather than subscribe to a theorist by showing that each theorist intersects and overlaps with others. The book is embedded in the literary theory that tapping into background knowledge is a key step in helping people engage with new and difficult texts. It also acknowledges the important role of popular culture in developing comprehension. Using a choose your own adventure structure, this book not only shows students of social theory how various theories can be applied but also reveals the multitude of possible pathways theory provides for comprehending society.

Popular culture. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Social sciences --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Philosophy. --- Study and teaching. --- Cultural studies --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Social philosophy --- Social theory

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Idols and images. --- Popular culture. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Iconography, Religious --- Images and idols --- Religious iconography --- Religious images --- Religious statuettes --- Statuettes, Religious --- Religion --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Gods in art

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This book is the first comprehensive attempt to identify the deeper causes that have shaped contemporary behaviour patterns and motivations among football fans in Poland. Fan culture in Poland has long been based on a distinctively grassroots, spontaneous movements that ruled out any cooperation with local authorities and sports organizations. The activity of supporter groups has regularly failed to meet the principles set by official bodies, intentionally breaching the moral and legal standards of the day. Based on data derived from ethnographic fieldwork, content analysis of fan journals, magazines, social media and online forums, as well as a wide range of qualitative interviews conducted over the years, the book analyses the ways in which fandom culture in Poland has evolved: from its moderate beginnings in the shadows of a communist regime in the 1970’s, through the anomic, ‘uncivilized’ and pathological decade of the 1990’s, to the peculiar culture based on strong cohesion, capabilities of social mobilization and emerging 'resistance identity' in the 21st century. It thus provides a detailed analysis of Polish fandom’s multi-dimensional structure, and will be of interest to students and academics interested in the growing field of football research, as well as those researching the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, or more generally in European Studies.

Sports—Sociological aspects. --- Sports sciences. --- Culture. --- Popular Culture. --- Sociology of Sport and Leisure. --- Sport Science . --- Sociology of Culture. --- Popular Culture . --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Sciences, Sports --- Sport sciences --- Physical education and training --- Science --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Soccer hooliganism --- Soccer fans --- Soccer fans. --- Soccer --- Soccer spectators --- Sports spectators --- Hooliganism, Soccer --- Disorderly conduct --- Fans

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Chinese and Western Literary Influence in Liu Cixin’s Three Body Trilogy examines Liu Cixin’s acclaimed trilogy, a Chinese science fiction epic whose translation is exceedingly popular in the Western world. Will Peyton argues that the ingenuity of Liu’s writing is found in its conscious engagement with translated Western fiction rather than, as one might expect, in Chinese language science fiction of the past. The book illustrates how contemporary Chinese fiction, since the economic opening of China in the late 1980s, is deeply and complexly influenced by various strains in Western literary and intellectual thought, an area that scholars of Chinese literature have tended to neglect. Providing a lucid and succinct close-reading and textual analysis of Three Body trilogy, the book also makes reference to broader ideas and themes in modern Chinese and Western intellectual history.

Liu, Cixin --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 刘慈欣 --- liu, ci xin --- Oriental literature. --- Literature. --- Comparative literature. --- Ecocriticism. --- Popular Culture. --- China --- Asian Literature. --- World Literature. --- Comparative Literature. --- History of China. --- Ecological literary criticism --- Environmental literary criticism --- Criticism --- Comparative literature --- Literature, Comparative --- Philology --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Authors --- Authorship --- Asian literature --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- History. --- History and criticism --- Popular culture.

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Science Fiction in Translation: Perspectives on the Global Theory and Practice of Translation focuses on the process of translation and its implications. The volume explores the translation of works of science fiction (SF) from one language to another and the translation of SF tropes, terms, and ideas of SF theory into cultures outside the West. Providing a comprehensive examination of the state of translation into English, the essays consider how representative the body of translated work of SF is from the source language/culture. It also considers the social, political, and economic choices in selecting a work to translate. The book illustrates the dramatic growth both in SF production outside the Anglosphere, the translation of works from other languages into English, and the practice of translating English-language SF into other languages. Altogether, the essays map the theory, practice, and business of SF translation around the world.

Science fiction. --- Science --- Science stories --- Fiction --- Future, The, in literature --- Fiction. --- Literature. --- Literature --- Popular Culture. --- Philology. --- Fiction Literature. --- World Literature. --- Literary Methods. --- Literary Theory. --- Languages. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Literature and philosophy --- Philosophy and literature --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Novelists --- Philosophy. --- Theory --- Philosophy --- Popular culture.