wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction
ISBN: 9780786475438 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Recent works of young adult fantastic fiction such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga have been excoriated for glamorizing feminine subordination. However, young adult horror fiction with female protagonists who have paranormal abilities suggests to female readers the possibility of resisting restrictive gender roles that are presented to them as natural and therefore immutable. In this type of fiction, the monstrous Other is a double with a difference, a metaphor of the adolescent girl in Western culture who is pressured to embody a doll-like feminine ideal which is untenable because it...
Recent works of young adult fantastic fiction such as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga have been excoriated for glamorizing feminine subordination. How...
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189,45 zł |
Listen to Punk Rock!: Exploring a Musical Genre
ISBN: 9781440865725 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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296,54 zł |
Ghosts in Popular Culture and Legend
ISBN: 9781440834905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more modern popular culture and entertainment, ghosts are a popular mainstay from A Christmas Carol and Casper the Friendly Ghost to The Amityville Horror, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, and Ghost Whisperer. This book comprehensively examines ghost and spirit phenomena in all its incarnations to provide readers with a holistic perspective on the subject. It presents insightful information about the... The concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more modern popul... |
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461,29 zł |
Richard Matheson's Monsters: Gender in the Stories, Scripts, Novels, and Twilight Zone Episodes
ISBN: 9781442260672 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Richard Matheson was one of the leading writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in the twentieth century. Matheson's most famous early works, the novels I Am Legend (1954) and The Shrinking Man (1956), both depict traditionally masculine figures thrust into extraordinary situations. Other thought-provoking novels, including Hell House (1971), Bid Time Return (1975), and What Dreams May Come (1978)--as well as short stories and screenplays--convey the ambiguous status of masculinity: how men should behave vis-a-vis women and what role they should occupy in the family dynamic and in...
Richard Matheson was one of the leading writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in the twentieth century. Matheson's most famous early works, ...
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494,24 zł |
Read On...Horror Fiction
ISBN: 9781591581765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hundreds of popular horror fiction titles are described and categorized according to their underlying appeal features, and under topics and themes you'll never find in the library catalog: the plot thickens (complex plots), fear factors (truly terrifying), big city horror, over-the-top weirdos, and many other themes that appeal to horror readers and fans. Use these unconventional, sometimes whimsical reading lists to identify read-alikes rooted in shared appeal features or in the specific characteristics on which the lists are based. Post individual lists on your library Web site, put... Hundreds of popular horror fiction titles are described and categorized according to their underlying appeal features, and under topics and themes ... |
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192,20 zł |
Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth
ISBN: 9781440803888 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 381 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the new vampires" in popular culture. The editors and contributors of "Encyclopedia of the Zombie: The Walking Dead in Popular Culture and Myth" took on the prodigious task of covering all aspects of the phenomenon, from the less-known historical and cultural origins of the zombie myth to the significant works of film and literature as well as video games in the modern day that feature the insatiable, relentless zombie character. The encyclopedia... The proliferation of zombie-related fiction, film, games, events, and other media in the last decade would seem to indicate that zombies are "the n... |
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461,29 zł |
Dead Reckonings No. 19-20 (Fall 2016)
ISBN: 9781614981855 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This double issue features regular columnist Ramsey Campbell, six pungent reviews from the formidable S. T. Joshi, new releases from John Langan, Michael Cisco, Michael Griffin, and others and substantial pieces on Robert Aickman, The Twilight Zone authors, and interview with Chet Williamson and reviews of his two latest releases, and more This double issue features regular columnist Ramsey Campbell, six pungent reviews from the formidable S. T. Joshi, new releases from John Langan, M... |
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73,38 zł |