Since its emergence in the 1960s, belief in alien abduction has saturated popular culture. Drawing on interviews with alleged abductees from the New York area, this title looks at how the belief in abduction by extraterrestrials is constituted by and through popular discourse and the images provided by print, film, and television.
Looks at how the belief in abduction by extraterrestrials is constituted by and through popular discourse and the images provided by print, film, and television. This work contends that the abduction phenomenon is symptomatic of a period during which people have come to feel divested of the ability to know what is true about themselves.
Published to coincide with the Time Out 50 celebrations: our birthday festival in King's Cross. This will bring together the best and the coolest London chefs, mixologists, performers, institutions and artists, to give Londoners a tasting menu of the best of the city right now. A future-focused fringe series of discussions and talks will look ......
America may be the land of plenty, but in the midst of our Walmarts, enormous supermarkets, and other signs of material surfeit, it seems that many are experiencing a gnawing spiritual hunger. This book examines the historical roots and the appeal of pop mysticisms.
Trans Identities in the French Media: Representation, Visibility, Recognition explores the representation of trans identities, with essays in fields as wide-ranging as translation studies, women's and gender studies, film studies, and comics studies. This bookanalyzes the multi-layered meaning of "representation" to reflect on the questions of ......
Essays on Donald Trump in Literature, Film, and Television
Trump Fiction examines depictions of Donald Trump and his fictional avatars in literature, film, and television. Covering a range of texts and approaches, the essays in this collection analyze the place Trump has assumed in literary and popular culture before and during his presidency.
Gender and Adolescence in Disney and Nickelodeon Sitcoms
This book looks at the portrayals of girls on Disney and Nickelodeon tweencoms. It covers character tropes like main girls, mean girls, cheerleaders, and adults as well as special topics such as popularity, friendships, and girl power.
How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero
While the Jewish contribution to film, theatre, music and comedy has been well-documented, the Jewish role in the creation of the All-American superhero has been left unexplored - until now. The early comic book creators were almost all Jewish, and as children of immigrants, they spent their lives trying to escape the second-class mentality which ......
