From the Editor’s Desk
I f anyone had told me when I assumed the editorship o f PCR 24 years
ago that I would still be doing it today, I would have thought them mad, but here
I am, and here it is: V olum e 1 o f the 25^^ Anniversary Issue.
N o longer anyone’s stepchild. Popular Culture is a force in today’s
academe and this issue’s selection em phasizes its scope and increasing
globalization. W e begin with H. Peter Steeve’s “The 1988 Show” which reprises
his wonderful keynote address at the 25