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The Popular Culture Studies Journal THE POPULAR CULTURE STUDIES JOURNAL VOLUME 5 NUMBERS 1 & 2 2017 Editor NORMA JONES Liquid Flicks Media, Inc./IXMachine Associate Editor KATHLEEN TURNER Jefferson City High School Managing Editor JULIA LARGENT McPherson College Assistant Editor GARRET CASTLEBERRY Mid-America Christian University Copy Editor Heather Flynn Independent Scholar Reviews Editor MALYNNDA JOHNSON Indiana State University Assistant Reviews Editor JESSICA BENHAM University of Pittsburgh Please visit the PCSJ at: http://mpcaaca.org/the-popular-culture-studies-journal/ The Popular Culture Studies Journal is the official journal of the Midwest Popular and American Culture Association. Copyright © 2017 Midwest Popular and American Culture Association. All rights reserved. MPCA/ACA, 421 W. Huron St Unit 1304, Chicago, IL 60654 Cover credit: Cover Artwork: “Princesw/Warrior” by Brent Jones © 2017 EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD ANTHONY ADAH FALON DEIMLER Minnesota State University, Moorhead University of Wisconsin-Madison JESSICA AUSTIN HANNAH DODD Anglia Ruskin University The Ohio State University AARON BARLOW ASHLEY M. DONNELLY New York City College of Technology (CUNY) Ball State University Faculty Editor, Academe, the magazine of the AAUP JOSEF BENSON LEIGH H. EDWARDS University of Wisconsin Parkside Florida State University PAUL BOOTH VICTOR EVANS DePaul University Seattle University GARY BURNS JUSTIN GARCIA Northern Illinois University Millersville University KELLI S. BURNS ALEXANDRA GARNER University of South Florida Bowling Green State University ANNE M. CANAVAN MATTHEW HALE Salt Lake Community College Indiana University, Bloomington ERIN MAE CLARK NICOLE HAMMOND Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota University of California, Santa Cruz BRIAN COGAN ART HERBIG Molloy College Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne JARED JOHNSON ANDREW F. HERRMANN Thiel College East Tennessee State University JESSE KAVADLO MATTHEW NICOSIA Maryville University of St. Louis Rochester Institute of Technology KATHLEEN A. KENNEDY PAUL PETROVIC Missouri State University Emmanuel College WILLIAM KIST MILENA POPOVA Kent State University University of the West of England, Bristol LARRY Z. LESLIE LAUREANO RALON University of South Florida Figure/Ground Communication KRISTINE LEVAN CARRIELYNN D. REINHARD University of Idaho Dominican University MATTHEW MIHALKA PHIL SIMPSON University of Arkansas - Fayetteville Eastern Florida State College LAURIE MOROCO SARAH MCFARLAND TAYLOR Colorado Mountain College Northwestern University CARLOS D. MORRISON RAYMOND I. SCHUCK Alabama State University Bowling Green State University Firelands SALVADOR MURGUIA MARYAN WHERRY Akita International University Independent Scholar ANGELA M. NELSON JUSTIN WIGARD Bowling Green State University Michigan State University CARYN NEUMANN SHAWN DAVID YOUNG Miami University York College of Pennsylvania THE POPULAR CULTURE STUDIES JOURNAL VOLUME 5 NUMBERS 1 & 2 2017 CONTENTS Being Different 1 Norma Jones ARTICLES Taking Back the “P-word”: Princess Leia Feminism, an 5 Autoethnography Sarah Symonds LeBlanc Striking Combinations: Transformation and Dissonance at the 24 Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky Mary Rosner and Scott Rogers Challenging or Embracing Heteronormativity in Fictional 54 Riverdale: An Analysis of The First Gay Character in Archie Comics Karen McGrath Following in Footprints: Influence of Celebrities to Generate 78 Community College Search Kristy Tucciarone INTERVIEW 105 The Popular Culture Studies Journal Interview CAROLYN COCCA SPECIAL SECTION Thoughts on Wonder Woman Introduction 114 Norma Jones Wonder Woman: The Journey of a Female Superhero 117 Nathan Miczo Lynda Carter: The Original Wonder Woman 124 Anita K. McDaniel Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman: “A Bridge to a Greater 132 Understanding” Katie Snyder REVIEWS 140 Introduction Malynnda Johnson By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism by Henry Jenkins, Sangita Shresthova, Liana Gamber-Thompson, Neta Kligler-Vilenchik, and Arely M. Zimmerman. Tyler J. Snelling Citizen Spies: The Long Rise of America’s Surveillance Society by Joshua Reeves Adam J. Gaffey Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture edited by Andrew F. Herrmann and Art Herbig Daniel Sipocz Connecting The Wire: Race, Space and Postindustrial Baltimore by Stanley Corkin Edward Arke The Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration: Gender, Race, and Media by Leah Perry Anita J. Mixon Cyberbullying and the Wild, Wild Web: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jayne Hitchcock Ali Gattoni Divergent and Philosophy: The Factions of Life by Lewis Courtland Annette N. Hamel Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films edited by Salvador Murguia Matt Foy The Essential Jack Nicholson by James L. Neibaur Raymond Blanton Girls’ Series Fiction and American Popular Culture by LuElla D’Amico Jennifer Schneider Graphic Borders: Latino Comic Books Past, Present and Future edited by Frederick L. Aldama and González, Christopher. Scott A. Mitchell Imprints of Revolution: Visual Representations of Resistance edited by Lisa B. Y. Calvente and Guadalupe García. Xinxin Jiang Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis, and Aesthetics of Humor by Elliot Oring Elizabeth Benacka Keywords for Media Studies edited by Laurie Ouellette and Jonathan Gray Peggy J. Bowers Making Sense of Cinema: Empirical Studies into Film Spectators and Spectatorship edited by Carrielynn D. Reinhard and Christopher J. Olson McKenzie Caldwell Muslim Cool: Race, Religion, and Hip Hop in the United States by Su’ad A. Khabeer Leah P. Hunter Pressing Matters: Vinyl Records and Analog Culture in the Digital Age by Paul E. Winters Chani Marchiselli, Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema. Christopher J. Olson and Carrielynn D. Reinhard Leandra H. Hernández Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media edited by Neil Jackson, Shaun Kimber, Johnny Walker, and Thomas Joseph Watson. Mike Alvarez Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation by Carolyn Cocca Jessica L. Benham Vampires and Zombies: Transnational Migrations and Transcultural Interpretations edited by Dorothea Fisher-Hornung and Moniker Mueller G. Michelle Collins-Sibley The War of the Worlds: From H.G. Wells to Orson Welles, Jeff Wayne, Steven Spielberg & Beyond by Peter J. Beck Brenda Tyrrell Watching TV with a Linguist by Kristy Beers Fӓgersten Linda Levitt Whose Global Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World. by Ramesh Srinivasan Chelsea M. Mead ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 222 Editorial: Being Different NORMA JONES This story of the introduction of Popular Culture into academia….is sometimes sad, often aggravating, the story is nevertheless always optimistic and pleasurable because it charts a movement which is pushing back some of the impediments to a proper American education, cracking some of the shells of the holy of holies about education, and rewriting forever some of the myths and rituals about American Academia.1 Ray B. Browne Studying popular culture makes us different from, perhaps, some other more established and traditional disciplines. What we do, by nature, crosses several boundaries in terms of what we research, why we research, and how we research. In short we are different. When my mentor and advisor, Bob Batchelor, mentioned that he was starting this open access journal, I was beyond enthusiastic. I could follow in my parents’ footsteps of being different. My father was one of the first television producers in Taiwan to launch a show in a banned dialect. He was different. My mother started one of the first bilingual Chinese/English magazines in the U.S. She was different. I could leverage what I learned from them (writing/editing/production) and from my corporate experiences to make this journal a reality. I wanted to be different. In 1989, our intellectual forefather, Ray B. Browne, wrote that Midwest PCA/ACA was one of the more effective and active regional chapters of the national association (91). I hope we can continue to carry 1 (Browne 3) The Popular Culture Studies Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1&2 Copyright © 2017 1 2 Norma Jones that mantel by challenging what is holy and taken for granted. I hope to celebrate that difference now, as well as in our upcoming special issues centered on professional wrestling, monstrosity, as well as Asian American & Pacific Worlds. In this current volume, I hope we challenge the way we re/consider popular culture. Sarah Symonds LeBlanc invites us to investigate Princess Leia and consider her as an alternative to Cinderella feminism. Mary Rosner and Scott Rogers gives us a different understanding of space as they guide us through the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Karen McGrath shows us how a non-lead character in a comic book series can challenge social norms. From there, Kristy Tucciarone shows us the importance of celebrities in popular culture in a different higher education environment. Together, I hope we are starting conversations about being different. *** Before I sign off, I want to offer my appreciation to a few important individuals. First, I wish to thank the Executive Councilof MPCA/ACA for allowing me this chance to continuing to make The Popular Cultural Studies Journal (PCSJ) different. I would like to thank Bob for creating such a wonderful forum for scholars and broader audiences to engage with popular culture. Bob has not only been an amazing mentor for me, he has also been a champion and ally on my behalf. I would like to thank Kathleen Turner for her continued friendship and service. She is moving on after this volume. I feel great sorrow that Midwest PCA/ACA and higher
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