Terrors of Uncertainty (Routledge Revivals)
Title | Terrors of Uncertainty (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Grixti |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2014-08-21 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317638085 |
From Frankenstein and Dracula to Psycho and The Chainsaw Massacre, horror fiction has provided our culture with some of its most enduring themes and narratives. Considering horror fiction both as a genre and as a social phenomenon, Joseph Grixti provides a theoretical and historical framework for reconsidering horror and the cultural apparatus that surrounds it. First published in 1989, this book looks at shifts in the genre’s meaning – its fascination with excess, its commentaries on the categories and boundaries of culture – and at interpretations of horror from psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, cultural and media studies. Terrors of Uncertainty brings together a provocative range of perspectives from across the disciplines, which combine to raise important questions about the relationship between fiction and society, and the way in which we use fiction to resolve or evade our fears of uncertainty.
Terrors of Uncertainty
Title | Terrors of Uncertainty PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Grixti |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 214 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Horror tales |
ISBN | 9780415025973 |
From Frankenstein to Psycho, horror fiction has provided our culture with some of its most enduring narratives. Grixti looks at interpret ations of the genre from psychology, psycho- analysis, sociology, cultural and media studies.
Fear in Front of the Screen
Title | Fear in Front of the Screen PDF eBook |
Author | Maya Götz |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 2019-01-17 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1538121247 |
Experiencing fear in front of the screen is a common phenomenon in childhood, and a focus of public concern. In this innovative book, this universal experience is investigated in depth via two complementary studies: a retrospective study of experiences and a study of current nightmares by watching television of 510 children in five countries.
Trick, Treat, Transgress
Title | Trick, Treat, Transgress PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Danneil |
Publisher | Schüren Verlag |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 2021-09-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 3741001457 |
The Simpsons are not only the world's most famous TV family; they are also the protagonists of one of the longest-lasting animation programs in US television. Over the course of the past thirty years, the yellow five from Springfield have become an indispensable part of American popular culture which still turns academics into fans and inspires fans to research the objects of their fascination. This book focuses on the Halloween Special TREEHOUSE OF HORROR, a part of THE SIMPSONS which research has largely left unnoticed. If THE SIMPSONS revolutionized how we look through television at US-American culture and society, TREEHOUSE OF HORROR has changed the way we re-member popular-culture history by way of horror traditions. This study demonstrates how Matt Groening's cartoon shows have painted a yellow archive of the digital age.
Revival After the Great War
Title | Revival After the Great War PDF eBook |
Author | Luc Verpoest |
Publisher | Leuven University Press |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 2020-12-08 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9462702500 |
The challenges of post-war recovery from social and political reform to architectural design In the months and years immediately following the First World War, the many (European) countries that had formed its battleground were confronted with daunting challenges. These challenges varied according to the countries' earlier role and degree of involvement in the war but were without exception enormous. The contributors to this book analyse how this was not only a matter of rebuilding ravaged cities and destroyed infrastructure, but also of repairing people’s damaged bodies and upended daily lives, and rethinking and reforming societal, economic and political structures. These processes took place against the backdrop of mass mourning and remembrance, political violence and economic crisis. At the same time, the post-war tabula rasa offered many opportunities for innovation in various areas of society, from social and political reform to architectural design. The wide scope of post-war recovery and revival is reflected in the different sections of this book: rebuild, remember, repair, and reform. It offers insights into post-war revival in Western European countries such as Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, as well as into how their efforts were perceived outside of Europe, for instance in Argentina and the United States.
Victorian Britain (Routledge Revivals)
Title | Victorian Britain (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook |
Author | Sally Mitchell |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 1014 |
Release | 2012-08-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1136716173 |
First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.
Ethnography and the Evocative World of Policing
Title | Ethnography and the Evocative World of Policing PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Bacon |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 325 |
Release | 2023-12-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1003811558 |
This book demonstrates the unique contribution police ethnographies make to our understanding of policing cultures and practices in a variety of international settings. It features contemporary examples of police ethnographies that demonstrate the continuing value of ethnographic work to our understanding of policing. The first section of the book focuses on the police and Anglo-American policing. The second section is international in scope and seeks to enrich our understandings of policing ‘beyond’ the police. Chapters explore police interactions during a stop and search and at a carnival. They peer behind the scenes at the control room and at the use of intelligence. We listen in to the experiences of new recruits and the stories told in canteens. They also take us into the world of private security agencies, to Kenya and to Vietnam. The book explores the position of ethnographers asking: whether we do too much with rather than on the police; and whether our work reveals more about us as academics than them as officers. Together, they are revealing of a changing policing landscape. Ethnography and the Evocative World of Policing demonstrates the unique value of ethnographic work in the fields of policing studies and criminology. It will be a key resource for scholars and researchers of policing, criminology, sociology, law, and research methods.The chapters in this book were originally published in two special issues of Policing and Society.