Popul ar Cultur e R e vi e w
Volum e 19, no. 1
W in t e r 2008
Fro m th e E d it or's D e s k ..................................................................................... 3
Th e P ersist e nc e o f a Nu cl e a r Th r e a t: T e s t a m e n t (1 9 8 3 ) a nd R e d D a w n
(1 9 8 4 ) as C ult ur a l N a rra tiv e s o f t h e R e a g a n Y e a r s ................................... 5
Ron B ril e y
" F il t h y " L e w k e r Ta k e s on Ass ort e d Mo u n t a in e e rin g M i s c r e a n t s ........... 19
Arm a n d Sing e r
Fro m th e Wild e rn e s s into t h e Clo s e t: Bro k e b a c k M ount a in a nd th e Lost
A m e ric a n D r e a m ................................................................................................ 27
J a n W h itt
O f Su p e rb ro a d s , R e nt e d M e n, a nd C h a m p a g n e Di e t s: H er a Lind a nd
th e N e w G e rm a n W o m e n's N o v e l ................................................................. 39
K a ty a S k o w
Fri e dric h Ni e tzsch e a nd th e G e rm a n G o t h ic B a n d " D a s I c h " ..................47
G a bri e l e E c k a rt a n d M a jh on Phillips
K e n Foll e tt's F o r a y into Film: W h a t Th o s e Old Scrip t s C a n Te ll U s ..... 57
C a rlos R a m e t
My N a m e is My P a s sw ord: R e vision in A u t h o rs h ip a nd A g e n c y in N a n cy
D r e w .....................................................................................................................71
S a r a B e rr e y
Big Lov e : R e writi ng th e Mo d e rn M a n ............................................................. 79
J e n n i f e r L a wr e n c e
H ero ic Te a c h e rs , Re scu e d S t u d e n t s, a nd t h e C i n e m a t ic Disco urs e on
E d u c a t i o n ............................................................................................................ 91
D o n a ld J. N e w m a n
B O O K R E V IE W S:
F ro m L o w b ro w to N o b ro w by P e t er Swirs k i
R e vi e w e d by Lisa C h e u n g ..................................................................... 103
Willing S u s p e n sio n o f Disb e li e f: Po e tic F a ith in F ilm by A n t h o n y J.
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R e vi e w e d by W a rr e n D. C o b b ............................................................ 105
Moos e C ro s s in g: Portl a n d to Portl a n d o n th e Th e o d or e Ro o s e v e lt
In t e rn a t io n a l H ig h w a y by Ma x 3. S k id m or e
R e vi e w e d by Jo h n C u l v e r ...................................................................... 106