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  1. Editor's note

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  2. Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Popular Music Stars, 2nd Edition Kristin J. Lieb. Routledge, 2018.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  3. Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films Molly Haskell. Yale University Press, 2017.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  4. Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp in America, 1947-77 Lisa SteinHaven. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  5. Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit GarryApgar. Walt Disney Family Foundation Press, 2015.Disney Culture John Wills. Rutgers University Press, 2017.Music in Disney's Animated Features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book James Bohn.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  6. Call for Papers

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  7. A Body Undone: Living On After Great Pain ChristinaCrosby. New York University Press, 2016.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  8. A Bun in the Oven: How the Food and Birth Movements Resist Industrialization BarbaraKatz Rothman. New York University Press, 2016.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  9. A Mickey Mouse Reader GarryApgar, Editor. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  10. Handsome Heroes and Vile Villains: Men in Disney's Feature Animation Amy M.Davis. New Barnet, Herts, UK: John Libby Publishing, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  11. “The Dick Van Dyke Show” JoanneMorreale. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2015.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  12. The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921 Adam D.Shprintzen. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  13. The Encyclopedia of Epic Films ConstantineSantas, James M. Wilson, Maria Colavito, and Djoymi Baker. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  14. Kidding Around: The Child in Film and Media ed. by Alexander N. Howell and Wynn Yarbrough

    Article • Children s Literature Association Quarterly, January 2015, Project Muse

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  15. Betty Bumpers: Champion of Childhood Immunization and Peace Anna L.Eblen and MarthaJane Eblen, Editors. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  16. The Photographed Cat: Picturing Human-Feline Ties, 1890-1940 ArnoldArluke and LaurenRolfe. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  17. Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America JonathanRees. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  18. Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability JohnsonCheu, Editor. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  19. The Princess Story: Modeling the Feminine in Twentieth-Century American Fiction and Film SarahRothschild. New York: Peter Lang, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  20. Part of a Complete Breakfast: Cereal Characters of the Baby Boom Era TimHollis. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2012.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  21. The College Question: Why College (As We Know It) Isn't Working for the Millennial Generation AlexBitterman. Buffalo, NY: Balanne and Co., 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  22. Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood Hilary A.Hallett. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2013.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  23. A Tribute to Gary Hoppenstand, Editor of The Journal of Popular Culture

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  24. Celebrity Treatment: The Intersection of Star Culture and Medical Tourism in American Society

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  25. Walt before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928. Timothy S.Susanin. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  26. Playing Dead: Mock Trauma and Folk Drama in Staged High School Drunk Driving Tragedies. MontanaMiller. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2012.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  27. Turning the Tables: Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920. Andrew P.Haley. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  28. Reinventing Childhood after World War II. Paula S.Fass, and MichaelGrossberg, Eds. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  29. Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America. Jo B.Paoletti. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2012.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, August 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  30. Educated Tastes: Food, Drink, and Connoisseur Culture JeremyStrong, Editor. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  31. The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide James A.Kaser. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  32. The Dark Days of Abraham Lincoln's Widow, as Revealed by Her Own LettersMyra Helmer Pritchard. Edited and Annotated by JasonEmerson. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  33. Editor's Note: New Book Review Editors

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  34. Working with Disney: Interviews with Animators, Producers, and Artists Don Peri. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  35. Body Shots: Hollywood and the Culture of Eating DisordersEmily Fox-Kales. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  36. Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls by Nikki Bado-Fralick and Rebecca Sachs Norris

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  37. Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill by Charles Eldridge Griffin

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  38. Rituals and Ceremonies in Popular Culture by Ray B. Browne, Editor

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  39. Teaching American Culture in a Global Society: Ray B. Browne's Legacy

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  40. Andy Warhol by Arthur C. Danto

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  41. The Canals of Mars: A Memoir. By Gary Fincke

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  42. It's All for the Kids: Gender, Families, and Youth Sports by Michael A. Messner

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  43. Book Reviews: The Disney Song Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinson

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  44. Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks 1900-1975 by Stephen J. Gertz

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  45. Viewing an American Ethnic Community: Rochester, New York, Italians in Photographs by Frank A. Salamone

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  46. Editor's Note: A New Book Review Editor

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  47. A Celebration That Defined a Generation: Grant Park, New Media, and Barack Obama's Historic Victory of the US Presidency

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  48. An Introduction to “Parties and Celebrations in American Culture”: Toasting Bill Jones

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  49. Disney, Pixar, and the Hidden Messages of Children's Films (review)

    Article • Children s Literature Association Quarterly, January 2010, Project Muse

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  50. Editor's Introduction: Remembering Ray, Our Founder and Friend

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  51. Editor's Introduction: Remembering a Year

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  52. Editor's Introduction: Why Study American Culture?

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  53. Scrapbooks: An American History by Jessica Helfand

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  54. Chick Flicks: Contemporary Women at the Movies by Suzanne Ferriss and Mallory Young, Editors

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  55. On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations About Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film by Eric Patterson

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  56. The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation (review)

    Article • Children s Literature Association Quarterly, January 2009, Project Muse

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  57. The Epic in Film: From Myth to Blockbuster by Constantine Santas

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  58. Empire of Dreams: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of Steven Spielberg by Andrew M. Gordon

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  59. Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer. A Memoir of the Sex, Art, Salon, Pop Culture War, and Gay History of Drummer Magazine, the Titanic 1970s to 1999, Vol. 1 by Jack Fritscher. Collected and Edited by Mark Hemry

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  60. Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America by Giles Slade

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  61. We Boys Together: Teenagers in Love before Girl-Craziness by Jeffery P. Dennis

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  62. The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms by Joseph W. Campbell

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  63. The Words and Music of John Lennon by Ben Urish and Ken Bielen

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2008, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  64. The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney by Michael Barrier

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  65. Oz in Perspective: Magic and Myth in the L. Frank Baum Books by Richard Tuerk

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  66. Remembering Bill Jones

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  67. If Kids Could Vote by Sally Sugarman

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  68. Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema by S. Torriano Berry and Venise T. Berry

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  69. Walt Disney: Conversations by Kathy Merlock Jackson, Editor

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  70. Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham by Kathleen Gorman, Editor

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  71. The Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas by Jim Cox

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  72. Crime Wave: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Movies by Howard Hughes

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  73. Crossroads: American Popular Culture and the Vietnam Generation by Mitchell K. Hall

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  74. Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America by Thomas J. Ferraro

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  75. Kids These Days: Facts and Fiction About Today's Youth by Karen Sternheimer

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  76. Dependent States: The Child's Part in Nineteenth-Century American Culture by Karen Sánchez-Eppler

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  77. The Revenge of Hatpin Mary: Women, Professional Wrestling and Fan Culture in the 1950s by Chad Dell

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  78. Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table by Sherrie A. Inness

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  79. The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries by Marilyn Johnson

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  80. Babes in Tomorrowland: Walt Disney and the Making of the American Child by Nicholas Sammond and Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment by Douglas Brode

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  81. Leaving Rosebud, Leaving the Valley: Vestiges of Childhood in Two Classic Films from 1941

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  82. From the Editor

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  83. Historical Dictionary of African-American Television

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  84. Inside Toyland: Working, Shopping, and Social Inequity

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  85. Coining Capital: Movies, Marketing, and the Transformation of Childhood

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  86. Neil Young and the Poetics of Energy

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  87. Laboring to Play: Home Entertainment and the Spectacle of Middle-Class Cultural Life, 1850-1920

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  88. Hit Records, 1950-1975

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  89. Coal and Culture: Opera Houses in Appalachia

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  90. Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  91. Legendary Lionel Trains

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  92. Amp'd: A Father's Backstage Pass

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  93. The Commodification of Childhood: The Children's Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  94. The Cute and the Cool: Wondrous Innocence and Modern American Children's Culture

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  95. Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  96. Psychological First Aid: The Hallmark Company, Greeting Cards, and the Response to September 11

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2005, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  97. The Art of Lionel Trains: Toy Trains and the American Dream

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2004, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  98. Editors' Foreword

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, June 2004, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  99. Mickey and the Tramp: Walt Disney's Debt to Charlie Chaplin

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, December 2003, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  100. The Political Economy of Disney's World

    Article • Review of Communication, April 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  101. Editorial

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, March 2003, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  102. How to Read Superhero Comics and Why (review)

    Article • Children s Literature Association Quarterly, January 2003, Project Muse

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  103. From Control to Adaptation: America's Toy Story

    Article • The Journal of American Culture, April 2001, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  104. From Control to Adaptation: America's Toy Story

    Article • Journal of American & Comparative Cultures, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  105. Playing It Again and Again:Casablanca's Impact on American Mass Media ad Popular Culture

    Article • Journal of Popular Film and Television, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  106. Twentieth-Century Teen Culture by the Decades: A Reference Guide (review)

    Article • Children s Literature Association Quarterly, January 2000, Project Muse

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  107. Introduction. Walt Disney: Its Persuasive Products and Cultural Contexts

    Article • Journal of Popular Film and Television, April 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson

  108. Redesigning Pocahontas: Disney, the “White Man's Indian,” and the Marketing of Dreams

    Article • Journal of Popular Film and Television, April 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kathy Merlock Jackson