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by F. Tolhurst
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Feminist Origins of the Arthurian Legend provides the first feminist analysis of both the Arthurian section of The History of the Kings of Britain and The Life of Merlin .
Ecofeminist Subjectivities
Chaucer’s Talking Birds
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
This book analyzes the interaction between gender and species in Chaucer's poetry and strives to understand his adaptation of medieval discourse through an ecofeminist lens. Works that either speak of animals, or those with animals speaking, give new insights into the medieval textual handling of the 'others' of society.
The Genre of Medieval Patience Literature
Development, Duplication, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This book examines evolution of medieval patience literature from a focus on male and female sufferers to a focus on female suffers in particular. Using feminist revisions of genre-theory, Waugh analyses the concept of counterfeit consciousness in the works of Margery Kempe and Chaucer among others.
Speaking of Monsters
A Teratological Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
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.
Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic
Specters of Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad.
Rethinking the Romance Genre
Global Intimacies in Contemporary Literary and Visual Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance genre has proven such an irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers as they approach global issues. In contemporary texts ranging from literary works, to films, to social media, romance facilitates a range of intimacies that offer new feminist models in the age of globalization.
Investigating Shrek
Power, Identity, and Ideology
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2011
An exploration of the social significance of Shrek from a variety of theoretical perspectives, this book pursues two different, yet intertwined objectives. The first is to present Shrek as pedagogical tool that could be usefully employed in a number of different disciplines. Shrek is approached from...
Comparatively Queer
Interrogating Identities Across Time and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
These innovative essays take a comparative approach to queer studies while simultaneously queering the field of comparative literature, strengthening the interdisciplinary of both. The book focuses not only on comparative praxis, but also on interrogating our assumptions and categories of analysis.
by T. Lightcap
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Why did it happen? Why did the United States begin to torture detainees during the War on Terror? Instead of an indictment, this book presents an explanation. Crises produce rare opportunities for overcoming the domestic and foreign policylogjams facing political leaders. But what if the projects...
The Making of the Chinese Middle Class
Small Comfort and Great Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
This book analyses the making of the Chinese middle class that started in the 1990s using a constructivist approach. With the development of the Chinese economy, a new group of middle wage earners appeared. Chinese social scientists and state institutions promoted the idea that China needs a middle...
Amácio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil
After Cinema Novo
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Amácio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the population usually either ignored or viewed with contempt by the established, experimental filmmakers.
by J. LeBlanc
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
John Randolph LeBlanc examines the political oeuvre of critic and activist Edward Said and finds that Said preferred "reconciliation" to segregation in Palestine/Israel. LeBlanc argues that Said's criticism speaks to the importance of negotiating the troubling, proximate, and unsettling presence of our most perplexing others.
Disruptive Feminisms
Raced, Gendered, and Classed Bodies in Film
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Disruptive Feminisms provides a revolutionary new approach to feminism as a disruptive force. By examining various films and filmmakers who are not so obviously read as feminist or Marxist, Gwendolyn Foster showcases their ability to disrupt and effectively challenge everything from class and racism, as well as sexism, ageism, and homophobia.
Gender and Lynching
The Politics of Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
The authors probe the reasons and circumstances surrounding the death and torture of African American female victims, relying on such methodological approaches as comparative historical work, content and media analysis, as well as literary criticism.