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Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King

Authors: Debbie Olson

Description: This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King’s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King’s use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, complicates, challenges, or terrorizes children and notions of childhood provide a unique lens through which to examine American culture, including both adult and social anxieties about children and childhood across the decades of King’s works.

Langue: en

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Categories: Social Science

Revenge Capitalism

Authors: Max Haiven

Description: Capitalism is in a profound state of crisis. Beyond the mere dispassionate cruelty of 'ordinary' structural violence, it appears today as a global system bent on reckless economic revenge; its expression found in mass incarceration, climate chaos, unpayable debt, pharmaceutical violence and the relentless degradation of common life. In Revenge Capitalism, Max Haiven argues that this economic vengeance helps us explain the culture and politics of revenge we see in society more broadly. Moving from the history of colonialism and its continuing effects today, he examines the opioid crisis in the US, the growth of 'surplus populations' worldwide and unpacks the central paradigm of unpayable debts - both as reparations owed, and as a methodology of oppression. Revenge Capitalism offers no easy answers, but is a powerful call to the radical imagination.

Langue: en

Publisher: Pluto Books

Categories: Business & Economics

All Kinds of Scary

Authors: Jonina Anderson-Lopez

Description: Horror fiction--in literature, film and television--display a wealth of potential, and appeal to diverse audiences. The trope of "the black man always dies first" still, however, haunts the genre. This book focuses on the latest cycle of diversity in horror fiction, starting with the release of Get Out in 2017, which inspired a new speculative turn for the genre. Using various critical frameworks like feminism and colonialism, the book also assesses diversity gaps in horror fictions, with an emphasis on marketing and storytelling methodology. Reviewing the canon and definitions of horror may point to influences for future implications of diversity, which has cyclically manifested in horror fictions throughout history. This book studies works from literature, film and television while acknowledging that each of the formats are distinct artforms that complement each other. The author compares diverse representation in novels like The Castle of Otranto, Frankenstein, Fledgling, Broken Monsters and Mexican Gothic. Horror films like Bride of Frankenstein, It Comes at Night, Us and Get Out are also examined. Lastly, the author emphasizes the diverse horror fictions in television, like The Exorcist, Fear the Walking Dead, The Twilight Zone and Castle Rock.

Langue: en

Publisher: McFarland

Categories: Performing Arts

George Lucas: Episode 2

Authors: Laurent Hopman

Description: Episode 2 des ultimativen Making-of zu »Star Wars« als Graphic Novel! Einen Tag nachdem »Star Wars« in die Kinos kam, ist George Lucas nicht mehr der verschrobene Träumer, den niemand ernst nimmt. Er ist ein Star, um Millionen reicher und hat alle Zügel in der Hand, um seine Zukunft selbst zu bestimmen. Und er ist entschlossen, sich aus dem tyrannischen Studiosystem von Hollywood zu befreien. Indem er seinen nächsten Film komplett selbst finanziert, setzt er alles auf eine Karte. Eine folgenschwere Entscheidung... Der zweite Teil der Graphic-Novel-Trilogie »George Lucas« dreht sich um die fast vergessene Entstehungsgeschichte von »Das Imperium schlägt zurück«. Mehr Dramen, mehr Konflikte und mehr unwahrscheinliche Komplikationen machten diese Produktion zu einem Höllenritt, an dem Lucas fast zugrunde ging – und aus dem ein Film entstand, der vielen als der beste Teil von »Star Wars« gilt. Außerdem in diesem Band: die Produktionsgeschichte von »Indiana Jones« als zauberhaftes Zwischenspiel!

Langue: de

Publisher: Splitter Verlag

Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels

Introducing Religion

Authors: Robert S. Ellwood ,Patrick Horn

Description: Introducing Religion examines the different ways of looking at religion in the twenty-first century. Providing a broad overview to the discipline of religious studies, this new edition continues to introduce students to engaging and contemporary topics such as: sociology of religion psychology of religion history of religion religion and art religious ethics popular religion religion and violence Thoroughly updated throughout, this sixth edition includes new coverage of current debates and hot topics in the field, such as concerns about "essentialism" in religion, the importance of categorization, and the role of psychology in religious experience. This textbook is fundamental reading for students approaching this subject area for the first time.

Langue: en

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Categories: Religion

New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers: 1893-1893

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Langue: en

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Categories: Canada

AB Bookman's Weekly

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Langue: en

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Categories: Antiquarian booksellers

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror

Authors: Stephen Jones ,Ramsey Campbell

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Langue: en

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Categories: Horror tales, American

New Jersey Register

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Langue: en

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Categories: Delegated legislation

News Media Yellow Book

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Langue: en

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Categories: Mass media

Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives

Authors: Standard and Poor's Corporation

Description: This principal source for company identification is indexed by Standard Industrial Classification Code, geographical location, and by executive and directors' names.

Langue: en

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Categories: Capitalists and financiers