Studies in Popular Culture: Issue 29.1, October 2006

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"Reinventing the Hero: Gardner's Grendel and the Shifting Face of Beowulf in Popular Culture" -- Michael Livingston & John William Sutton	"'Sigmund Freud, Analyze This': How Madonna Situates "Die Another Day" Beyond the Pleasure Principle" -- David Sigler
"Cowboys, Indians, and Iraq: Jessica Lynch, Loria Pestewa, and the Great American Makeover." - Gioia Woods	"Linguistic Variation in Judge Greg Mathis' Courtroom." -- Milford A. Jeremiah
"Artistic Schizophrenia: How Fight Club's Message is Subverted by its Own Nature" -- Kyle Bishop	Book Reviews
"Michael, Are You Okay? You've Been Hit By a Smooth Criminal: Racism, Contraversy, and Parody in the Video Clips "Smooth Criminal" and "You Rock My World." -- Elenda Oliete