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Dining with Madmen

Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror

By: Thomas Fahy

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Dining with Madmen

Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror

By: Thomas Fahy

In Dining with Madmen: Fat, Food, and the Environment in 1980s Horror, author Thomas Fahy explores America’s preoccupation with body weight, processed foods, and pollution through the lens of horror. Conspicuous consumption may have communicated success in the eighties, but only if it did not become visible on the body. American society had come to view fatness as a horrifying transformation—it exposed the potential harm of junk food, gave life to the promises of workout and diet culture, and represented the country’s worst consumer impulses, inviting questions about the personal and environmental consequences of excess. While changing into a vampire or a zombie often represented widespread fears about addiction and overeating, it also played into concerns about pollution. Ozone depletion, acid rain, and toxic waste already demonstrated the irrevocable harm being done to the planet. The horror genre—from A Nightmare on Elm Street to American Psycho—responded by presenting this damage as an urgent problem, and, through the sudden violence of killers, vampires, and zombies, it depicted the consequences of inaction as terrifying. Whether through Hannibal Lecter’s cannibalism, a vampire’s thirst for blood in The Queen of the Damned and The Lost Boys, or an overwhelming number of zombies in George Romero’s Day of the Dead, 1980s horror uses out-of-control hunger to capture deep-seated concerns about the physical and material consequences of unchecked consumption. Its presentation of American appetites resonated powerfully for audiences preoccupied with body size, food choices, and pollution. And its use of bodily change, alongside the bloodlust of killers and the desolate landscapes of apocalyptic fiction, demanded a recognition of the potentially horrifying impact of consumerism on nature, society, and the self.

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249

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496821556

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9781496821553

The Georgia Peach

Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South

By: Thomas Okie

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The Georgia Peach

Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South

By: Thomas Okie

This book explores the significance of the peach as a cultural icon and viable commodity in the American South.

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321

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Cambridge University Press

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1107071720

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9781107071728

Public Banks

Decarbonisation, Definancialisation and Democratisation

By: Thomas Marois

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Public Banks

Decarbonisation, Definancialisation and Democratisation

By: Thomas Marois

Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic institutions, made and remade by contentious social forces. As the first single-authored book on public banks, this timely intervention examines how these institutions can confront the crisis of climate finance and catalyse a green and just transition. The author explores six case studies across the globe, demonstrating that public banks have acquired the representative structures, financial capacity, institutional knowledge, collaborative networks, and geographical reach to tackle decarbonisation, definancialisation, and democratisation. These institutions are not without contradictions, torn as they are between contending public and private interests in class-divided society. Ultimately, social forces and struggles shape how and if public banks serve the public good.

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337

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Cambridge University Press

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1108996434

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9781108996433

Thomas Knox's Business and Family Directory of Springfield, Illinois, for 1881-82

By: Thomas Knox

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Thomas Knox's Business and Family Directory of Springfield, Illinois, for 1881-82

By: Thomas Knox

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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138

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385470838

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9783385470835

The History of England from the Accession of James II

By: Thomas Babington Macaulay

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The History of England from the Accession of James II

By: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Perhaps the most famous example of the "Whig interpretation of history"-the idea that the human story has been inevitably destined for enlightenment, progress, and scientific truth-this five-volume work instantly revolutionized the British understanding of history when its first volume was published in 1848. Though not without its detractors-Karl Marx called author BARON THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-1859), an English politician and historian, "a systematic falsifier of history"-it nevertheless became a standard text, and one that is today required reading for anyone who wishes to explore changing values and ideals in historical scholarship. Volume I introduces the reader to Britain before James II, from life under the Romans and Saxons and the conversion to Christianity to the Monmouth Rebellion of Scotland in 1685 and James II's taking of the throne.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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1605209643

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9781605209647

The Railway Girls

Their bond will see them through

By: Maisie Thomas

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The Railway Girls

Their bond will see them through

By: Maisie Thomas

The first novel in the wonderful new Railway Girls series, perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Ellie Dean. _____________________ 'Stunning writing [and] perfectly paced' Frost Magazine 'A story of true friendship, love, loss and trust' Candis _____________________ In February, 1922, at the western-most entrance to Victoria Station in Manchester, a massive plaque was unveiled. Beneath a vast tiled map showing the lines of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway network, a series of seven bronze panels recorded the names of the men of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War - a total of 1,460 names. In March, 1940, a group of women of varying ages and backgrounds, stand in front of the memorial, ready to do their bit in this new World War... _____________________ Mabel is determined to make a fresh start as a railway girl where no one will know the terrible thing she did and she can put her guilt behind her... Or is she just running away? Meanwhile Joan will never be as good as her sister, or so her Gran keeps telling her. A new job as a station clerk could be just the thing she needs to forget her troubles at home. And Dot is further into her forties than she cares to admit. Her beloved sons are away fighting and her husband - well, the less said about him the better. Ratty old sod. She is anxious to become a railway girl just like her dear mam - anything to feel she is supporting the sons she prays for every night. The three women start off as strangers, but soon form an unbreakable bond that will get them through the toughest of times... _____________________ **Maisie's brand new novel THE RAILWAY GIRLS IN LOVE is available to pre-order now. Just search: 9781787463981**

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Random House

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1473571731

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9781473571730

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Dining with Madmen

Dining with Madmen

The Georgia Peach

The Georgia Peach

Public Banks

Public Banks

Thomas Knox's Business and Family Directory of Springfield, Illinois, for 1881-82

Thomas Knox's Business and Family Directory of Springfield, Illinois, for 1881-82

The History of England from the Accession of James II

The History of England from the Accession of James II

The Railway Girls

The Railway Girls

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