Popular Culture Review
Volume xiv, no. 2
Introduction................................................................................................................. i
Carnival Entertainment: The Carnival Origins o f Professional Wrestling
and Casino Gambling, or “Sports Entertainment ” and
“Casino Entertainment” ...........................................................................................5
David G. Schwartz
Project Kingfish, 1951-1967: The U.S. Information Agency*s
Clandestine Distribution o f American Propaganda Newsreels to
Foreign Movie Theaters............................................................................................ 15
Dennis Russell and Richard Lentz
Female Academic Detectives: Bridging the Border Between
Individualism and Community.................................................................................29
Katja Hawlitschka
On the Origin o f the Species: The Source o f Vampirism in
Millennial F ilm ......................................................................................................... 43
J. Robert Craig
But Is He Really Smart?: Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Theory in the World o f Harry Potter....................................................................... 55
Alicia Willson-Metzger and David Metzger
“Subversion ” and “Imitation ” in Romanian Popular C ulture............................63
Adina Ciugureanu
Dressing History: Nostalgia and Class in the Worlds o f Ralph Lauren............ 71
Mark Moss