Possessed Women, Haunted States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Possessed Women, Haunted States write by Christopher J. Olson. This book was released on 2016-11-02. Possessed Women, Haunted States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the release of The Exorcist in 1973, there has been a surge of movies depicting young women becoming possessed by a demonic force that only male religious figures can exorcise, thereby saving the women from eventual damnation. This book considers this history of exorcism cinema by analyzing how the traditional exorcism narrative, established in The Exorcist, recurs across the exorcism subgenre to represent the effects of demonic possession and ritual exorcism. This traditional exorcism narrative often functions as the central plot of the exorcism film, with only the rare film deviating from this structure. The analysis presented in this book considers how exorcism films reflect, reinforce or challenge this traditional exorcism narrative. Using various cultural and critical theories, this book examines how representations of possession and exorcism reflect, reinforce or challenge prevailing social, cultural, and historical views of women, minorities, and homosexuals. In particular, exorcism films appear to explore tensions or fears regarding empowered and sexually active women, and frequently reinforce the belief that such individuals need to be subjugated and disempowered so that they no longer pose a threat to those around them. Even more recent films, produced after the emergence of third wave feminism, typically reflect this concern about women. Very rarely do exorcism films present empowered women and feminine sexuality as non-threatening. In examining this subgenre of horror films, this book looks at films that have not received much critical scrutiny regarding the messages they contain and how they relate to and comment upon the historical periods in which they were produced and initially received. Given the results of this analysis, this book concludes on the necessity to examine how possession and exorcism are portrayed in popular culture.
The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries write by Catherine Spooner. This book was released on 2021-08-19. The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first volume to provide an interdisciplinary, comprehensive history of twentieth and twenty-first century Gothic culture.
The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries write by Catherine Spooner. This book was released on 2021-08-19. The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 3, Gothic in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The third volume of The Cambridge History of the Gothic is the first book to provide an in-depth history of Gothic literature, film, television and culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (c. 1896-present). Identifying key historical shifts from the birth of film to the threat of apocalypse, leading international scholars offer comprehensive coverage of the ideas, events, movements and contexts that shaped the Gothic as it entered a dynamic period of diversification across all forms of media. Twenty-three chapters plus an extended introduction provide in-depth accounts of topics including Modernism, war, postcolonialism, psychoanalysis, counterculture, feminism, AIDS, neo-liberalism, globalisation, multiculturalism, the war on terror and environmental crisis. Provocative and cutting edge, this will be an essential reference volume for anyone studying modern and contemporary Gothic culture.
Convergent Wrestling
Convergent Wrestling - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Convergent Wrestling write by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard. This book was released on 2019-03-04. Convergent Wrestling available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines how the current era of "convergence" has affected, and is reflected in, the world of professional wrestling, which combines several different genres, including drama, action, comedy, horror, science fiction, and even romance. Professional wrestling’s business practices exist at the intersection of bottom-up fan-centric strategies and strict top-down corporate control. Meanwhile, the wrestlers themselves combine aspects of carnival hucksters, actors/actresses, comedians, superheroes, martial artists, or stuntmen, and the narratives consist of everything from social critique to geopolitical allegories, and from soap opera melodramas to stereotyped exploitation. Bringing together the latest scholarship in the field, Convergent Wrestling analyzes various texts, business practices, and fan activities to explore the commonalities that define professional wrestling and consider how it exists in today’s new media ecology. In addition, the book considers the professional wrestling industry from several different angles, from massive multinational conglomerate World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to local indie federations. As such, it will appeal to scholars with interests in popular culture, media and cultural studies, and fan practices.
Law and Religion in the Liberal State
Law and Religion in the Liberal State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Law and Religion in the Liberal State write by Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan. This book was released on 2020-05-28. Law and Religion in the Liberal State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The relationship between law and religion is evident throughout history. They have never been completely independent from each other. There is no doubt that religion has played an important role in providing the underlying values of modern laws, in setting the terms of the relationship between the individual and the state, and in demanding a space for the variety of intermediate institutions which stand between individuals and the state. However, the relationships between law and religion, and the state and religious institutions differ significantly from one modern state to another. There is not one liberalism but many. This work brings together reflections upon the relationship between religion and the law from the perspectives of different sub-traditions within the broader liberal project and in light of some contemporary problems in the accommodation of religious and secular authority.
