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Investigating Heroes

Author : David Simmons
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786488689
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Investigating Heroes written by David Simmons and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Premiering in September of 2006, the weekly NBC television series Heroes was an immediate commercial and critical hit, lasting four successful seasons. Heroes follows a group of interrelated characters who discover they have superhuman powers, with each successive episode exploring how these people react to and utilize their powers for good or for evil. This collection of essays explores a variety of issues surrounding Heroes, examining the series' content, marketing and reception. Also investigated is the show's fusion of "cult" and mainstream elements of television, analyzing its ability to combine so-called lowbrow elements (comic books and superheroes) with a high-quality television form prizing such factors as moral ambiguity and depth of characterization--and what this blending process suggests about the current hybrid state of genre television, and about the medium as a whole.

What If I Had Been the Hero?

Author : Sue Thornham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839021160
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book What If I Had Been the Hero? written by Sue Thornham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sue Thornham's study explores issues in feminist filmmaking through an examination of a wide range of films by women filmmakers, ranging from the avant-garde to mainstream Hollywood, and from the 1970s to the present day, discussing directors including Sally Potter, Jane Campion, Julie Dash, Patricia Rozema and Lynne Ramsay.

Egypt's Place in Universal History: An historical Investigation

Author : Christian C. J. Bunsen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752531029
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Egypt's Place in Universal History: An historical Investigation written by Christian C. J. Bunsen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Egypt's Place in Universal History: an Historical Investigation in Five Books Christian C. J. Bunsen

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Egypt's Place in Universal History: an Historical Investigation in Five Books Christian C. J. Bunsen written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fan CULTure

Author : Kristin M. Barton
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786474181
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Fan CULTure written by Kristin M. Barton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fan CULTure explores how present-day fans interact with the films, television shows, books, and pop culture artifacts they love. From creating original works of fanfiction to influencing the content of major primetime series through social media, fans are no longer passive consumers. They have evolved into active participants in creating and shaping these works. The all-new essays in this collection provide in-depth analyses of how fans interact with such popular franchises as Harry Potter, Lost, Supernatural, Lord of the Rings and Joss Whedon's Serenity, and examines as well topics not based on media-like fans of LEGO building blocks, Disneyland, and NFL quarterback Tim Tebow.

Alan Moore and the Gothic tradition

Author : Matthew Green
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152610184X
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Alan Moore and the Gothic tradition written by Matthew Green and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length study to address Moore’s significance to the Gothic, this volume is also the first to provide in-depth analyses of his spoken-word performances, poetry and prose, as well as his comics and graphic novels. The essays collected here identify the Gothic tradition as perhaps the most significant cultural context for understanding Moore’s work, providing unique insight into its wider social and political dimensions as well as addressing key theoretical issues in Gothic Studies, Comics Studies and Adaptation Studies. Scholars, students and general readers alike will find fresh insights into Moore’s use of horror and terror, homage and parody, plus allusion and adaptation. The international list of contributors includes leading researchers in the field and the studies presented here enhance the understanding of Moore’s works while at the same time exploring the ways in which these serve to advance a broader appreciation of Gothic aesthetics.

Wonderful Investigations

Author : Dan Beachy-Quick
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 1571318410
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Wonderful Investigations written by Dan Beachy-Quick and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of six critically acclaimed books—including a compelling meditation on Moby-Dick—Dan Beachy-Quick has established himself as “one of America’s most significant young poets” (Lyn Hejinian). In Wonderful Investigations, Beachy-Quick broaches “a hazy line, a faulty boundary” between our daily world and one rich with wonder; a magical world in which, through his work as a writer, Beachy-Quick participates with a singular combination of critical intelligence and lyricism. Touching on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Proust, and Plato, among others, Beachy-Quick outlines the problem of duality in modern thought—the separation of the mind and body, word and referent, intelligence and mystery, human and natural—and makes the case for a fuller kind of nature poetry, one that strives to overcome this false separation, and to celebrate the notion that “wonder is the fact that the world has never ceased to be real.”

New Critical Essays on H.P. Lovecraft

Author : D. Simmons
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137320966
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book New Critical Essays on H.P. Lovecraft written by D. Simmons and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in H.P. Lovecraft in academic and scholarly circles. New Critical Essays on H.P. Lovecraft seeks to offer an expansive and considered account of a fascinating yet challenging writer; both popular and critically valid but also problematic in terms of his depictions of race, gender and class.

Heroes in the Night

Author : Tea Krulos
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613747780
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Heroes in the Night written by Tea Krulos and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Watchman didn't arrive in a Batmobile but drove a tan, four-door Pontiac. He was in costume, of course—a trench coat, motorcycle gloves, army boots, a domino mask, and a red hooded sweatshirt emblazoned with a W logo. Journalist Tea Krulos had spoken to him over the phone but never face-to-mask. By the end of the interview, he wasn't sure if the Watchman was delightfully eccentric or completely crazy. But he was going to find out. Heroes in the Night traces Krulos's journey into the strange subculture of Real Life Superheroes, random citizens who have adopted comic book&–style personas and hit the streets to fight injustice. Some concentrate on humanitarian or activist missions—helping the homeless, gathering donations for food banks, or delivering toys to children—while others actively patrol their neighborhoods looking for crime to fight. By day, these modern Clark Kents work as dishwashers, pencil pushers, and executives in Fortune 500 companies. But by night, only the Shadow knows. Well, the Shadow and Tea Krulos. Through historical research, extensive interviews, and many long hours walking patrol in Brooklyn, Seattle, San Diego, Minneapolis, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Krulos discovered what being a RLSH is all about. He shares not only their shining, triumphant moments but some of their ill-advised, terrifying disasters as well. It's all part of the life of a superhero. As the Watchman explains, &“If everyone made little changes in what they did, gave a little more to charity, watched out for their neighbors, we wouldn't have the problems that we have.&”

Time-Travel Television

Author : Sherry Ginn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442255773
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Time-Travel Television written by Sherry Ginn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of time travel have been part of science fiction since H. G. Wells sent his nameless hero hurtling into Earth’s distant future in The Time Machine. Time travel enables the storyteller to depict alternate realities, bring fictional characters face to face with historical figures, and depict moral and ethical dilemmas in which millions of lives (or the world as we know it) are at stake. From Doctor Who and Quantum Leap to the multiple incarnations of Star Trek, time travel has been a staple of science fiction television for more than fifty years. Time-Travel Television: The Past from the Present, the Future from the Pastsurveys the whole range of time travel stories on the small screen. The essays in this collection explore time travel series both familiar (Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1) and forgotten (The Time Tunnel, Voyagers!), as well as time-travel themed episodes and arcs in series where it is not central, such as Red Dwarf, Lost, and Heroes. Contributors to this volume consider some of the classic themes of time-travel stories: the promise (and peril) of “fixing” the past, the chance to experience (and choose) possible futures, and the potential for small changes to have great effects. Exploring time travel as a teaching tool, as a vehicle for moral lessons, and as a background for high adventure, this book offers new perspectives on many familiar programs and the first serious study of several unjustly neglected ones. Time-Travel Television is essential reading for science fiction scholars and fans, and for anyone interested in the many ways that television brings the fantastic into viewers’ living rooms.

The Sacred and Its Scholars

Author : Thomas A. Idinopulos
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004106239
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Sacred and Its Scholars written by Thomas A. Idinopulos and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays is devoted to a careful examination of the importance of methodology in the study of primary religious data. The essays focus on the 'Sacred' as an ultimate object of descriptive analysis and critical scrutiny on the part of a select number of North American and European methodologists in the study and teaching of the history of religions and its allied disciplines. The central question to which the contributors respond are these: What is the Sacred? Is it a being or a concept of a being; is it a mental state or an objective reality or something else entirely? Can the Sacred be described as an empirical fact, or as a formal rule for religious inquiry? If the Sacred is a valid category in the study and teaching of religion, then what can be said about the antithesis of the sacred, namely the profane or the secular? This volume probes these questions with great care in order to justify a number of ways the Sacred can be construed as an indispensable notion for the study and teaching of religion.

Courage, a Philosophical Investigation

Author : Douglas N. Walton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520054431
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Courage, a Philosophical Investigation written by Douglas N. Walton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Critical Theory and Political Engagement

Author : C. Pawling
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137315237
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Critical Theory and Political Engagement written by C. Pawling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely study, Pawling argues for a renewal of the 'politics of intellectual life', calling for an engaged critical theory written in the spirit of May 1968, as exemplified in the works of figures such as Sartre, Derrida, Badiou, Jameson and Said.

Fredric Jameson

Author : D. Kellner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230523528
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Fredric Jameson written by D. Kellner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-03-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together original work from internationally recognized scholars that critically engages with the full range of Jameson's work, including: Sartre, Lukács, 'Third World' literature, architecture, postmodernity, globalization, film, dialectics and Brecht. In a series of lively, and at times iconoclastic readings, the contributors challenge accepted views of Jameson's work and locate his project in the historical, political and institutional context that shaped it. The volume concludes with an original contribution by Jameson himself, providing an opportunity for readers to critically engage with his work themselves.

The Evolution of American Investigative Journalism

Author : James L. Aucoin
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 082621746X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of American Investigative Journalism written by James L. Aucoin and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with America’s first newspaper, investigative reporting has provided journalism with its most significant achievements and challenging controversies. Yet it was an ill-defined practice until the 1960s when it emerged as a potent voice in newspapers and on television news programs. In The Evolution of American Investigative Journalism, James L. Aucoin provides readers with the first comprehensive history of investigative journalism, including a thorough account of the founding and achievements of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE). Aucoin begins by discussing in detail the tradition of investigative journalism from the colonial era through the golden age of muckraking in the 1900s, and into the 1960s. Subsequent chapters examine the genre’s critical period from 1960 to 1975 and the founding of IRE by a group of journalists in the 1970s to promote investigative journalism and training methods. Through the organization’s efforts, investigative journalism has evolved into a distinct practice, with defined standards and values. Aucoin applies the social-moral development theory of Alasdair MacIntyre—who has explored the function, development, and value of social practices—to explain how IRE contributed to the evolution of American investigative journalism. Also included is a thorough account of IRE’s role in the controversial Arizona Project. After Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles (a founding member of IRE) was murdered while investigating land fraud, scores of reporters from around the country descended on the area to continue his work. The Arizona Project brought national attention and stature to the fledgling IRE and was integral to its continuing survival. Emerging investigative reporters and editors, as well as students and scholars of journalism history, will benefit from the detailed presentation and insightful discussion provided in this book.

Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

Author : Bruce Garen Peabody
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199982961
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Where Have All the Heroes Gone? written by Bruce Garen Peabody and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Have All the Heroes Gone? provides an analysis of heroism's application and meaning among political and media elites, as well as the mass public over the past fifty years. In asking "what has happened" to American heroes over this span, it explores how heroes are used strategically by governing officials and providers of media content in ways that are frequently divergent from and even directly opposed to popular expectations.