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Myth in the modern world : essays on intersections with ideology and culture / edited by David Whitt and John Perlich.

Contributor(s): Whitt, David [editor.] | Perlich, John R [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: viii, 232 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780786478408 (softcover : acidfree paper); 0786478403 (softcover : acid-free paper)Subject(s): Myth | Myth in literature | Myth in mass media | Myth in motion pictures | Popular cultureDDC classification: 201/.3 LOC classification: BL304 | .M865 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Breaking Bad and blending boundaries : revisioning the myths of masculinity and the superhero / Lisa Weckerle -- 20th Century Boys : blending eastern and western storytelling / Michael W. Marek and Pin-Hsiang Natalie Wu -- A change of scenery : the southern, the western and the evolution of the frontier myth in Justified / Aaron Duncan -- The mythology of suffering and redemption in the discourse of Al Qaeda / Jason A. Edwards -- Mothers and monsters : the return of the great goddess in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire / Sharon Dee Goertz -- Myth and meaning-making in Showtime's The L Word / Judy Battaglia -- The day environmentalism stood still : film, myth and the ecological jeremiad / Richard D. Besel -- Field of dreams and gods of the gridiron : the trinity of myth, sport and the hero / Karen L. Hartman -- Reclaiming the wolf myth in the shadow of the Twilight flims : the Quileute people's exhibit / Lindsay R. Calhoun and Keaton Maddox -- The ultimate hunger games : Adam Richman as comic Hercules in Man v. Food / David Whitt.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL304 .M865 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903472658

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Breaking Bad and blending boundaries : revisioning the myths of masculinity and the superhero / Lisa Weckerle -- 20th Century Boys : blending eastern and western storytelling / Michael W. Marek and Pin-Hsiang Natalie Wu -- A change of scenery : the southern, the western and the evolution of the frontier myth in Justified / Aaron Duncan -- The mythology of suffering and redemption in the discourse of Al Qaeda / Jason A. Edwards -- Mothers and monsters : the return of the great goddess in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire / Sharon Dee Goertz -- Myth and meaning-making in Showtime's The L Word / Judy Battaglia -- The day environmentalism stood still : film, myth and the ecological jeremiad / Richard D. Besel -- Field of dreams and gods of the gridiron : the trinity of myth, sport and the hero / Karen L. Hartman -- Reclaiming the wolf myth in the shadow of the Twilight flims : the Quileute people's exhibit / Lindsay R. Calhoun and Keaton Maddox -- The ultimate hunger games : Adam Richman as comic Hercules in Man v. Food / David Whitt.

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