Sharon Leon: 3 books
An Image of God
The Catholic Struggle with Eugenics
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
During the first half of the twentieth century, supporters of the eugenics movement offered an image of a racially transformed America by curtailing the reproduction of “unfit” members of society. Through institutionalization, compulsory sterilization, the restriction of immigration and marriages,...
Screening the Undead
Vampires and Zombies in Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
The vampire and the zombie, the two most popular incarnations of the undead, are brought together for a forensic critical investigation in Screening the Undead. Both have a long history in popular fiction, film, television, comics and games; the vampire also remains central to popular culture today,...
Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow
Canadian Health Professionals’ Experience of Compassion Fatigue
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers...