{"product_id":"index-book-jeff-pike-9780692629581","title":"Index","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou can dissect a song or analyze a movie until you're blue in the face. But when a favorite TV show or a book really, truly speaks to you, it's a feeling you just can't explain. There's no mathematical formula for that otherworldly joy, that love that drives fans to obsess over their media darlings. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo what's a critic of pop culture to do when forced to find a balance between dissecting the value of this media and simply letting the magic of enjoyment happen?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince 2006, Jeff Pike has been discussing these conundrums of cultural criticism while reviewing music, books, and movies on his blog \u003ci\u003eCan't Explain\u003c\/i\u003e. There, he contemplates the value of mindless versus mindful entertainment, issues of consensus and taste, and the complexities of constructing a cultural canon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, in this collection of short essays, Pike provides a fascinating look into his life and work as a media critic with a handpicked selection of reviews from his blog.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized alphabetically, from \u003ci\u003eAI: Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e to an analysis of the letter Z, \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a guide to pop culture and the reasons we love it-written for people everywhere who love to listen, read, and watch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53354215211281,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53354215637265,"sku":"NIN9780692629581","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780692629581.jpg?v=1786119130","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/index-book-jeff-pike-9780692629581","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}