Ghouls Hell And Transcendence
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Ghouls Hell And Transcendence
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Author : Jasie Stokes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Ghouls Hell And Transcendence written by Jasie Stokes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Electronic dissertations categories.
Considering the amount of media created around the zombie and the sustained interest in its role in our society, we can clearly see that a cultural phenomenon is underway, and it is important for us to question this phenomenon in order to gain some understanding of how and why its appeal has stretched so far. The zombie is somehow enthralling, and it is my opinion that this is in part because the zombie is a study of what it means to be human in the postmodern world. My main purpose here is not to ask why zombies are popular or why people are enthralled by horror films of any kind. Instead I wish to investigate what zombies mean to us in our culture and society. A study of this culture offers invaluable insight into our own contemporary Western society and culture, as the zombie provides a physical form, embodying our fears and anxieties into something that is sharable and valuable to an increasing number of people. I examine the zombie2s origins within the American Gothic tradition and explore its role as a barometer for social anxieties, focusing on issues of religion in the second chapter. I step away from the traditional view of zombie origins embedded in the Haitian voodoo practice of zombification and its implied post-colonial issues, and instead focused on the zombie as a Western European and American invention, looking at its folkloric and literary heritage. I also take a new perspective of the zombie and its relation to religion in order to explore the profound way the zombie genre can address contemporary concerns. I finish the study with a chapter devoted to a close reading of the film Shaun of the Dead in order to show how the zombie genre has shifted in tone and purpose in the new millennium. What I hope to accomplish in this study is to facilitate a new perspective of the zombie, its origins, its uses and its role in contemporary culture and society, and I hope to contribute in some small way a deeper understanding of where the zombie came from and what it means to us in the 21st century.
Collision Of Realities
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Author : Lars Schmeink
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2012-05-29
Collision Of Realities written by Lars Schmeink and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
Even though the fantastic (in its most inclusive definition) has been a part of our culture for as long as it exists, it has not been a prominent feature of European academic interest. With its inherent transgressive moment the fantastic allows for an ideal space of the cultural negotiation of political, social and physical boundaries, which should place it at the center of popular cultural research, not as is the case, at its periphery. But the commencing boom of fantastic themes in contemporary media production has facilitated a paradigmatic change in research, prompting a wide interest in the fantastic in all its forms, from fantasy to horror, from fairy tale to science fiction. This volume addresses this growing interest by reviewing the status of research on the fantastic in Europe so far and by providing a necessary outlook for the future. In the essays current trends, such as the liminality debate, as well as established discourses, as for example on genre theory, are brought together to show interested researchers a network of interdisciplinary (from literary, media and social studies) approaches towards the fantastic.
Freak Show Legacies
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Author : Gary S. Cross
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-05-06
Freak Show Legacies written by Gary S. Cross and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-06 with History categories.
Society has long been fascinated with the freakish, shocking and strange. In this book Gary Cross shows how freakish elements have been embedded in modern popular culture over the course of the 20th century despite the evident disenchantment with this once widespread cultural outlet. Exploring how the spectacle of freakishness conflicted with genteel culture, he shows how the condemnation of the freak show by middle-class America led to a transformation and merging of genteel and freak culture through the cute, the camp and the creepy. Though the carnival and circus freak was marginalised by the 1960s and had largely disappeared by the 1980s, forms of freakish culture survived and today appear in reality TV, horror movies, dark comedies and the popularity of tattoos. Freak Show Legacies will focus less on the individual 'freak' as 'the other' in society, and more on the audience for the freakish and the transformation of wonder, sensibility and sensitivity that this phenomenon entailed. It will use the phenomenon of 'the freak' to understand the transformation of American popular culture across the 20th century, identify elements of 'the freak' in popular culture both past and present, and ask how it has prevailed despite its apparent unpopularity.
Ghouls
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Author : Ronni Radner
language : en
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
Release Date : 1997-06
Ghouls written by Ronni Radner and has been published by White Wolf Games Studio this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-06 with Fantasy games categories.
What are we? The Damned childer of caine? The grotesque lords of humanity? The pitiful wretches of eternal hell? We are vampires, and that is enough. I am a vampire, and that is far more than enough. I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine -- now and forever. No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me. The guide to playing vampires' human pawns.
Demons And Ghouls
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Author : Anita Ganeri
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2010-08-15
Demons And Ghouls written by Anita Ganeri and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
All kinds of demons of ghouls populate mythology. This book explains the history of these creepy characters and offers examples of fictional demons and ghouls from around the world. Vivid illustrations accompany the engaging text.
The Spirit Transcendent
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Author : Mark F. Yama
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-03-26
The Spirit Transcendent written by Mark F. Yama and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-26 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
What are we to make of direct spiritual experience? Of accounts of going to heaven or meeting angels? Traditional science would call these hallucinations or delusions. Clinical psychologist Dr. Mark Yama argues the opposite. Through interviews with his patients, he shows that underneath the visions and experiences there is a unifying spiritual reality apart from the material world. One of the stories recounted in this book is the experience of a woman who could see the future. In a spiritual transport, she was taken to heaven where truths were revealed to her that she later discovered were already written in Gnostic scripture. Another woman lived a life marked by a spiritual sensitivity that defied materialist explanation. After she passed away of cancer, she came to inhabit the consciousness of another of Dr. Yama's patients in the form of a benign possession. These stories, and many others, argue for a deeper reality that places spirituality on an equal footing with the material world.
The Anthology Of Ceremonial And Transcendental Occult Magic Volume 2
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Author : Donald Jones
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-08-27
The Anthology Of Ceremonial And Transcendental Occult Magic Volume 2 written by Donald Jones and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This collection of works expand over several centuries of Magi and Sorcerers throughout the history of Ceremonial and Transcendental Occult Magic. This work is an anthology of all the source materials used to create today's updated spellbooks and reference journals.
The Doctrine And Ritual Of Transcendental Magic
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Author : Eliphas Levi
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-10-11
The Doctrine And Ritual Of Transcendental Magic written by Eliphas Levi and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-11 with categories.
A landmark work in the theory and practice of the occult, Levi lays out the basic philosophy and practice of magic. While this work may be considered controversial in some circles, it is a useful tool for anyone that wants to get a basic understanding of what lays beyond the veil of magic and power. Although this kind of work can be dangerous to those that are unprepared for what lays within, those that want to understand a side of society that is often looked down on, this would be a good starting point.
Poe And The Idea Of Music
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Author : Charity McAdams
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2017-10-24
Poe And The Idea Of Music written by Charity McAdams and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
Edgar Allan Poe often set the scenes of his stories and poems with music: angels have the heartstrings of lutes, spirits dance, and women speak with melodic voices. These musical ideas appear to mimic the ways other authors, particularly Romanticists, used music in their works to represent a spiritual ideal artistic realm. Music brought forth the otherworldly, and spoke to the possible transcendence of the human spirit. Yet, Poe's music differs from these Romantic notions in ways that, although not immediately perceptible in each individual instance, cohere to invert Romantic idealism. For Poe, artistic transcendence is impossible, the metaphysical realm is unreachable, and humans cannot perceive anything but their own failure of spirit. In this book, I show how we can look at Poe's poems and stories on the whole to discover this, and in doing so, unpack some of Poe's mysticism along the way.
Noite N O Restariam Rosas A Amea A Epid Mica Em Narrativas Vampirescas
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Author : Thiago Sardenberg
language : pt-BR
Publisher: Editora Appris
Release Date : 2022-08-19
Noite N O Restariam Rosas A Amea A Epid Mica Em Narrativas Vampirescas written by Thiago Sardenberg and has been published by Editora Appris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-19 with Education categories.
Vírus e vampiros: duas palavras "v" com correspondências íntimas e reveladoras, desde sua natureza parasitária à reprodução, amiúde um processo de replicação desencadeado por uma infecção. Quando acreditamos que já os superamos, eis que ressurgem: uma nova variante, que aguardara o momento preciso para irromper, lançando mais uma vez uma sombra de dúvidas por seu caminho. À Noite Não Restariam Rosas: a ameaça epidêmica em narrativas vampirescas centraliza narrativas literárias e audiovisuais que defrontam a questão da ameaça epidêmica por meio do contato com o corpo do vampiro, aqui caracterizado como um híbrido de predador e patógeno. No que propaga infecções, a ?gura faz eclodir também uma miríade de ardores e anseios humanos — um baile eclético que inclui tensões palpáveis, cambiantes, mas que acabam por convergir nestes espaços em nossa vulnerabilidade diante de eventos de contágio. Neste livro, o pesquisador do gótico e doutor em Estudos de Literatura, Thiago Sardenberg, não apenas ilumina a forma como essas narrativas anteciparam diversos aspectos de vivências associadas à Pandemia da covid-19, como também busca tornar manifestas re?exões latentes até mesmo acerca de nosso papel na construção desses cenários de desastre. Meditamos assim sobre o presente, bem como sobre um futuro pelo qual teremos de nos responsabilizar e que, como fomos vividamente lembrados, pode ser mais frágil do que gostaríamos de supor.