Nik at Nite: Best Book Cover Ever

Monday, August 16, 2010

As someone who love academic takes on popular culture, I nearly spit my water across my desk when I saw this spoof cover. This is BRILLIANT.

If only it were real. I'd totally read it. You can see the original post here.

JS said...: Brill. Did you ever see Beiber or die?; 16 August 2010 at 23:00
Joan Crawford said...: This is phenomenal.

But you can hear all the moms clucking their tongues: "I just don't know about that Bieber boy...Madison loves him but I just feel oogy about that new book."; 17 August 2010 at 01:08
Gillian Whitfield said...: @Joan: My thoughts exactly!; 17 August 2010 at 09:36
Fred said...: It wouldn't really be that hard to write a Bieber spoof essay. Here's a few titles:

"Jouissance and the Bieber Cut: The Oedipus Complex Unachieved"

"Archetypes of the Abject: Boy Pop Stars and Children of the Corn, an Analysis of Infantile Gaze"

"Is There a Song on this CD? Musical Style Beyond YouTube"

"Adolescent Patriarchy, the Political Unconscious and Ideology in Bieber's Lyrics"

and the most read spoof essay,

"Prandial Peregrinations and Opsomanic Desires: Gastromatic Entertainments and Erethismic Effects Due to the Troubadour Wassailian Gyre in Bieber Dance"

This last has to have been penned by that inimitable Dr. Pateman.; 17 August 2010 at 12:03