{"title":"Jim Morrison, Secret Teacher of the Occult: A Journey to the Other Side. By Paul Wyld, Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2024. pp. 256. ISBN: 979-8-88-850080-4","authors":"Dwaipayan Roy","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"75-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar AmericaBy Henry Jenkins, New York: New York University Press, 2025 367 pp. ISBN: 978-1-47-983189-0","authors":"Kathy Merlock Jackson","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"73-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147569271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comic Fascism: Ideology, Catholicism, and Americanism in Italian Children's Periodicals. By Elward, Zane. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press. 2025. 226 pp. ISBN: 978-0-81-421592-0","authors":"Mark John Isola","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70061","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"68-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making Originals Out of Adaptations: The Case of Fox's The Gifted","authors":"Ahmad Hayat","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>American network television is based on an advertiser-supported economic model that mandates the production of series that target a broad range of demographics and at the same time refrain from developing characters and storylines that could potentially deter advertisers. These production conditions inform the adaptation process of comic-book properties. This article examines the Fox network's <i>The Gifted</i> (2017–2019), a live-action superhero television series based on Marvel Comics' X-Men properties. It foregrounds the changes made to such properties to address the network's diversity ambitions by offering representations that could potentially reflect their heterogeneous audience, adequately satisfy advertisers, and simultaneously reinforce the network's edgy identity. The study illustrates how the economic, audience, and contract commitment factors are reflected in the narrative elements of the show, informing the selection of particular source material mutants and facilitating the development of original X-Men characters on television.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"12-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Race Relations on the Silver Screen: “Hollywood's Racial Reckoning and the Conservative Response”","authors":"Alex Pinelli","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines the intersection of race, film, and conservative cultural commentary from 1976 to 2000. It explores how conservative film critics engaged with Black-led films and shifting portrayals of race in American cinema. By analyzing film reviews from major conservative publications—including <i>National Review, Commentary, The American Spectator, Crisis, Human Events, Reason,</i> and <i>Chronicles</i>—this study traces the evolution of conservative responses to Black narratives on screen. The article reveals a shift from indifference and colorblind interpretations in the 1970s and 1980s to increasing discomfort and opposition in the 1990s, as films confronted racial injustices more explicitly. The findings contribute to broader discussions on race, media representation, and political ideology in late 20th-century America.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"49-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147562263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 1968 Florida Teachers' Strike: Public Sector Unionism and the Fight Against Sunshine State Conservatism. By Jody Baxter Noll, Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2025. 209 pp. ISBN: 978-0-80-718300-7","authors":"Zachary Kizer","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philadelphia, the Revolutionary CityBy Patrick Spero, Michelle Craig McDonald, John Van Horne, David R. Brigham, Caroline O'Connell, and Bayard Miller, Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society Press, 2025. 110 pp. ISBN: 978-1-60-618122-5","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"81-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Playing Through Pain: The Violent Consequences of Capitalist Sport. By Daniel Sailofsky, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 244 pp. ISBN: 978-1-46-968587-8","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"77-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas. By Craig Thompson Friend, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 420 pp. ISBN: 978-1-46-968534-2","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"70-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steven Spielberg's Children. By Linda Ruth Williams, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2025. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0-81-357167-6","authors":"Kathy Merlock Jackson","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"66-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}