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Gender and Contemporary Horror in Television
Av Steven Gerrard, Samantha Holland m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1028 kr
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The successful return of horror to our television screens in the post-millennial years, and across a multi-media range of platforms, demonstrates that this previously moribund genre is once again vibrant, challenging and long-lasting. The traditional TV audience of the past would have watched very …
Gender and Contemporary Horror in Comics, Games and Transmedia
Av Robert Shail, Samantha Holland m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1028 kr
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Contemporary popular media has been marked by its startling ability to morph into a wide variety of formats, fed by the ongoing revolution in digital technology. Despite these significant changes, the horror genre has retained its attraction for audiences, and the representation of gender has been …
Gender and Contemporary Horror in Film
Av Samantha Holland, Robert Shail m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1028 kr
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The horror genre will always remain current because it reflects our anxieties, shining a light onto our worst fears whilst creating worlds defined by darkness. Horror as a genre has always engaged with era-specific societal mores and moral panics, often about isolation or abandonment, changing …
Gender and Action Films 1980-2000
Beauty in Motion
Av Steven Gerrard, Renée Middlemost
Inbunden, 2022
1042 kr
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Sylvester Stallone’s action thriller, First Blood, hit cinema screens in 1982, leading to the cementing of what can be called the Action Movie Canon. With films like Die Hard, Under Siege and Total Recall pioneering post-millennial Action Movies such as Tomb Raider, The Bourne Identity and Atomic …
Gender and Action Films
Road Warriors, Bombshells and Atomic Blondes
Av Steven Gerrard, Renée Middlemost
Inbunden, 2022
972 kr
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The noughties witnessed rapid change in Action Cinema, carrying with it the new action stars of the previous decade, and the boundary blurring experimentation of films such as The Matrix, that incorporated not only action but science fiction. The now dominant Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) …
Gender and Action Films 2000 and Beyond
Transformations
Av Steven Gerrard, Renée Middlemost
Inbunden, 2022
972 kr
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Lying at the heart of the modern Action Cinema Canon is the concept of transformation. As the action genre evolves and shifts into the new millennia, innovative additions blend with nostalgic returns – the move away from a male-dominated space to feature even more prominent female roles co-exists …
Gender and Female Villains in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives
From Evil Queens to Wicked Witches
Av Natalie Le Clue, Janelle Vermaak-Griessel
Inbunden, 2022
1042 kr
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For every hero, there is a villain, and for every villain there is a story. But how much do we really know about the villain? Filling a gap in the field of gender representation and character evolution, the chapters in this edited collection focus on female villains in the fairy tale narratives of …
Tattooing and the Gender Turn
Labour, Resistance and Activism in a Male-Dominated Industry
Av Emma Beckett
Inbunden, 2023
1056 kr
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Since the 1990s, the West has seen a significant increase in women entering the tattoo industry as professional artists. Examining this kind of work through a sociological and feminist lens, Tattooing and the Gender Turn explores the experiences of women tattoo artists in what has historically been …
Gender, True Crime and Criminology
Offenders, Victims and Ethics
Inbunden, 2024
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Interest in true crime as a form of popular entertainment has sky-rocketed in recent years. Drawing on this current popularity and its significance in the context of digital culture, Gender, True Crime and Criminology challenges traditional definitions of the genre, expanding representations of …
Gender and the Male Character in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives
From Enchanted Heroes to Modern Masculinities
Inbunden, 2024
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From the shady and complicated Rumpelstiltskin to the born-again hero of Captain Hook in Once Upon a Time, as well as films which magnify the male character such as The Huntsman: Winter’s War, Tangled, Frozen, and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the male fairy tale character has received …
From Blofeld to Moneypenny
Gender in James Bond
Inbunden, 2020
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The world of James Bond is complex and ever growing. The British secret agent started off life as a semi-fictional, part-biographical character in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, Casino Royale. Since then, 007 has captured the minds and hearts of a worldwide audience, and the franchise is now available …
Gendered Domestic Violence and Abuse in Popular Culture
Av Shulamit Ramon, Michele Lloyd m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1028 kr
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As binge-watching and streaming lead to increasing amounts of content and screen time, understanding how domestic violence and abuse is portrayed in popular culture and its impact on DVA in our society is more important than ever. Amid current international attention on sexual harassment, abuse and …
Navigating Tattooed Women’s Bodies
Intersections of Class and Gender
Inbunden, 2021
972 kr
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Although tattoos have become increasingly available to us, there are still spaces where they are not accepted, and even 'othered'. Looking at the UK, where media discourses are often unfavourable towards tattooed women discussing their own bodies, this book explores how we understand tattooed …
Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner
A Feminist Analysis
Inbunden, 2021
678 kr
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Gender and Parenting in the Worlds of Alien and Blade Runner is a comparative, gendered analysis study of Ridley Scott’s contributions to the genre of science fiction and horror cinema. Observing that while Ridley Scott’s science fiction classics Blade Runner and Alien each feature future worlds in …
