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The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies—$25 for all the Big Lebowski-themed sociology, literature and pop culture studies papers you can handle. From "The Really Big Sleep: Jeffrey Lebowski as the Second Coming of Rip Van Winkle" to "Logjammin' and Gutterballs: Masculinities in The Big Lebowski". (Via Ivan Oransky)

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Frank W

Fuck it. Let’s go bowling.
RainyRat

And it doesn’t include “Two Gentlemen of Lebowski”? I’faith!
michael holloway

Available at Google books right now! Not sure how much of it is online, or for how long; scrolled through the 33 page introduction, and the first essay seems to be all there…

http://books.google.ca/books?id=B_rQPB8QHawC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Year%27s+Work+in+Lebowski+Studies&hl=en&ei=dcZuTKv7E46onQej8NjNCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true
Felton

Is this your homework, Larry? Is this your homework, Larry?
Finnagain

Don’t be fatuous, Jeffrey.
Phart

Only $16.47 at Amazon…
dross1260

It’s ALWAYS about the carpets.
bmcraec

The Editor’s a good man. And thorough.
Alan

Lebowskiology?
Avi Solomon

The Dude’s cool but my wife wrote a sociological paper on ‘Six Feet Under’ that’s quite popular (and available for free) on Scribd:)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/403594/Coming-Out-of-the-Coffin-LifeSelf-and-DeathSelf-in-Six-Feet-Under
Brainspore

It really ties the curriculum together.
querent

…in the parlance of our times….
Sensi206

A great collection of essays all about The Big Lebowski. Ranging from Tumbleweeds to the significance of the White Russian. A must have for any urban achiever’s library!
michael holloway

You do not fuck with the Jesus.