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Speaking of Monsters

A Teratological Anthology

By: Caroline Joan S. Picart,John Edgar Browning

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Speaking of Monsters

A Teratological Anthology

By: Caroline Joan S. Picart,John Edgar Browning

Employing a range of approaches to examine how "monster-talk" pervades not only popular culture but also public policy through film and other media, this book is a "one-stop shop" of sorts for students and instructors employing various approaches and media in the study of "teratologies," or discourses of the monstrous.

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Springer

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1137101490

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9781137101495

Shapeshifters

A History

By: John B. Kachuba

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Shapeshifters

A History

By: John B. Kachuba

There is something about a shapeshifter—a person who can transform into an animal—that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon, or flit through the night like a bat. Werewolves, vampires, demons, and other weird creatures appeal to our animal nature, our “dark side,” our desire to break free of the bonds of society and proper behavior. Real or imaginary, shapeshifters lurk deep in our psyches and remain formidable cultural icons. The myths, magic, and meaning surrounding shapeshifters are brought vividly to life in John B. Kachuba’s compelling and original cultural history. Rituals in early cultures worldwide seemingly allowed shamans, sorcerers, witches, and wizards to transform at will into animals and back again. Today, there are millions of people who believe that shapeshifters walk among us and may even be world leaders. Featuring a fantastic and ghoulish array of examples from history, literature, film, TV, and computer games, Shapeshifters explores our secret desire to become something other than human.

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201

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Reaktion Books

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1789140978

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9781789140972

Zombie Talk

Culture, History, Politics

By: John Edgar Browning,David Castillo,David Schmid,David A. Reilly

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Zombie Talk

Culture, History, Politics

By: John Edgar Browning,David Castillo,David Schmid,David A. Reilly

Zombie Talk offers a concise, interdisciplinary introduction and deep analytical set of theoretical approaches to help readers understand the phenomenon of zombies in contemporary and modern culture. With essays that combine Humanities and Social Science methodologies, the authors examine the zombie through an array of cultural products from different periods and geographical locations: films ranging from White Zombie (1932) to the pioneering films of George Romero, television shows like AMC's The Walking Dead, to literary offerings such as Richard Matheson's I am Legend (1954) and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride, Prejudice and Zombies (2009), among others.

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140

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Springer

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1137567724

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9781137567727

Dracula in Visual Media

Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010

By: John Edgar Browning,Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart

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Dracula in Visual Media

Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010

By: John Edgar Browning,Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart

This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, animated works, and video games, as well as nearly a thousand comic books and stage adaptations. While they vary in length, significance, quality, genre, moral character, country, and format, each of the cited works adopts some form of Bram Stoker's original creation, and Dracula himself, or a recognizable vampiric semblance of Dracula, appears in each. The book includes contributions from Dacre Stoker, David J. Skal, Laura Helen Marks, Dodd Alley, Mitch Frye, Ian Holt, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, and J. Gordon Melton.

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313

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McFarland

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0786462019

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9780786462018

Transnational Zombie Cinema, 2010 to 2020

Readings in a Mutating Tradition

By: John R. Ziegler

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Transnational Zombie Cinema, 2010 to 2020

Readings in a Mutating Tradition

By: John R. Ziegler

Transnational Zombie Cinema, 2010 to 2020: Readings in a Mutating Tradition examines selected films produced outside the United States in the second decade of the millennial zombie renaissance. Ziegler analyzes how the films adapt the zombie myth to localized concerns as it circulates in post-Great Recession transnational zombie cinema.

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293

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666903418

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9781666903416

Queering the Family in The Walking Dead

By: John R. Ziegler

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Queering the Family in The Walking Dead

By: John R. Ziegler

This book traces how The Walking Dead franchise narratively, visually, and rhetorically represents transgressions against heteronormativity and the nuclear family. The introduction argues that The Walking Dead reflects cultural anxiety over threats to the family. Chapter 1 examines the destructive competition created by heteronormativity, such as the conflict between Rick and Shane. Chapter 2 focuses on the actual or attempted participation of characters such as Carol and Negan in queer relationships. Chapter 3 interprets zombies as queer antagonists to heteronormativity, while Chapter 4 explores the incorporation of zombies into the lives of characters such as the Governor and the Whisperers. The conclusion asserts that The Walking Dead presents both queer alternatives to and damaging contradictions within the traditional heterosexual family model, helping to question this model and to consider the struggle of queer American families. Overall, this study holds special interest for students and scholars of queerness, zombies, and the family.

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127

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Springer

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331999798X

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9783319997988

Uncertainty and Economic Evolution

Essays in Honour of Armen Alchian

By: John L. Lott Jr.

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Uncertainty and Economic Evolution

Essays in Honour of Armen Alchian

By: John L. Lott Jr.

The theory of the firm has recently undergone a dramatic transformation, drawing heavily on the pathbreaking work of Armen Alchian. This volume explores his contribution to the debate, including essays by Harold Demetz, Ben Klein, Jerry Jordan and Art Devany.

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304

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Routledge

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1134745605

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9781134745609

Going Private

The International Experience with Transport Privatization

By: Jose Gomez-Ibanez,John R. Meyer

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Going Private

The International Experience with Transport Privatization

By: Jose Gomez-Ibanez,John R. Meyer

In the last decade many countries turned to private sources to provide services formerly offered by public agencies. Europeans, particularly the British and the French, were leaders in this movement. Developing countries also experimented extensively with privatization in the 1980s, with varying degrees of success. Because governments around the world are heavily involved in transportation, it is a natural focus of privatization experiments and in many ways has been at the cutting edge. Going Private examines the diverse privatization experiences of transportation services and facilities. Cases are drawn from the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since almost every country has experimented to some degree with highway and bus privatization, the authors focus particularly on these services, although they also discuss urban rail transit and airports. Highways and buses, they explain, encompass all three of the most common and basic forms of privatization: the sale of an existing state-owned enterprise; use of private, rather than public, financing and management for new infrastructure development; and contracting out to private vendors public services previously provided by government employees. After thoroughly examining these services and discussing the motives for, and objections to, privatization, the authors look at the prospects for privatization in other sectors and industries. They assess those circumstances in which privatization is most likely to succeed and those in which it is most likely to fail, for political as well as economic reasons. The authors conclude that privatization involves many political and social as well as economic dimensions. Privatization is usually not simply a matter of efficiency improvements or capital augmentation but also involves such deeply imbedded societal concerns as equity, income transfers, environmental problems, and attitudes toward taxation and the role of government.

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325

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815715706

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9780815715702

Economics of Public Policy

By: Edwin G. Dolan,John C. Goodman

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Economics of Public Policy

By: Edwin G. Dolan,John C. Goodman

Goodman's name appears first on the earlier editions. Includes bibliographies.

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Arden Shakespeare

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0314481214

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9780314481214

Speaking of Monsters

A Teratological Anthology

By: Caroline Joan S. Picart,John Edgar Browning

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A Teratological Anthology

By: Caroline Joan S. Picart,John Edgar Browning

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Palgrave Macmillan

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1349295973

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The Kentucky Encyclopedia

By: John E. Kleber

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The Kentucky Encyclopedia

By: John E. Kleber

The Kentucky Encyclopedia's 2,000-plus entries are the work of more than five hundred writers. Their subjects reflect all areas of the commonwealth and span the time from prehistoric settlement to today's headlines, recording Kentuckians' achievements in art, architecture, business, education, politics, religion, science, and sports. Biographical sketches portray all of Kentucky's governors and U.S. senators, as well as note congressmen and state and local politicians. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in the lives of such figures as Carry Nation, Henry Clay, Louis Brandeis, and Alben Barkley. The commonwealth's high range from writers Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, reformers Laura Clay and Mary Breckinridge, and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Jr., and Georgia Powers, to sports figures Muhammad Ali and Adolph Rupp and entertainers Loretta Lynn, Merle Travis, and the Everly Brothers. Entries describe each county and county seat and each community with a population above 2,500. Broad overview articles examine such topics as agriculture, segregation, transportation, literature, and folklife. Frequently misunderstood aspects of Kentucky's history and culture are clarified and popular misconceptions corrected. The facts on such subjects as mint juleps, Fort Knox, Boone's coonskin cap, the Kentucky hot brown, and Morgan's Raiders will settle many an argument. For both the researcher and the more casual reader, this collection of facts and fancies about Kentucky and Kentuckians will be an invaluable resource.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813128838

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9780813128832

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Speaking of Monsters

Speaking of Monsters

Shapeshifters

Shapeshifters

Zombie Talk

Zombie Talk

Dracula in Visual Media

Dracula in Visual Media

Transnational Zombie Cinema, 2010 to 2020

Transnational Zombie Cinema, 2010 to 2020

Queering the Family in The Walking Dead

Queering the Family in The Walking Dead

Uncertainty and Economic Evolution

Uncertainty and Economic Evolution

Going Private

Going Private

Economics of Public Policy

Economics of Public Policy

Speaking of Monsters

Speaking of Monsters

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

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