Jenkins, Henry,  1958- <br/><br/>
The wow climax :  tracing the emotional impact of popular culture / 
Henry Jenkins. 
 - New York :  New York University Press,  c2007. 
 - vi, 285 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Games, the new lively art -- Monstrous beauty and mutant aesthetics : rethinking Matthew Barney's relation to the horror genre -- Death-defying heroes -- Never trust a snake : WWF wrestling as masculine melodrama -- Exploiting feminism in Stephanie Rothman's Terminal Island -- "You don't say that in English!" : the scandal of Lupe Velez -- "Going bonkers!" : children, play, and Pee-Wee -- "Complete freedom of movement" : video games as gendered play spaces -- "Her suffering aristocratic majesty" : the sentimental value of Lassie. 
<br/><br/> Contains essays in which scholar Henry Jenkins explores the tradition of trying to provoke an emotional reaction from the audience in a variety of media, including film, television, literature, comics, and games. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814742839 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006022413 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture--Psychological aspects.--United States<br/>Emotions--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Affect (Psychology)--United States.<br/>Aesthetics--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Mass media--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Mass media--Psychological aspects.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.23/0973