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Incongruous Entertainment: Camp, Cultural Value, and the MGM Musical

by admin on June 10, 2010

Review
“Steven Cohan’s Incongruous Entertainment brings together two fascinating subjects–camp and the musical–that are often casually linked but have never been explored as carefully and usefully as they are here.”–Pamela Robertson Wojcik, author of Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna “Steven Cohan’s scholarship is impeccable [...]

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A Cultural History of Tarot: From Entertainment to Esotericism

by admin on May 27, 2010

Review
“Deeply researched and elegantly written, Farley’s is by far the most important contemporary contribution to the academic study of the Tarot. No serious work in the history of  Western Esotericism will be able to ignore the author’s ground-breaking study. Engrossing and fascinating.”– Philip C Almond, Emeritus Professor of Studies in Religion, University of [...]

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