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The American Villain
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Author : Richard A. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-12-02
The American Villain written by Richard A. Hall and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic villains in American popular culture. Since the 1980s, pop culture has focused on what makes a villain a villain. The Joker, Darth Vader, and Hannibal Lecter have all been placed under the microscope to get to the origins of their villainy. Additionally, such bad guys as Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows have emphasized the desire for redemption—in even the darkest of villains. Various incarnations of Lucifer/Satan have even gone so far as to explore the very foundations of what we consider "evil." The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to collect all of those stories into one comprehensive volume. The volume opens with essays about villains in popular culture, followed by 100 A–Z entries on the most notorious bad guys in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various villains. A glossary of key terms and a bibliography provide students with resources to continue their study of what makes the "baddest" among us so bad.
American Villains
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Author : Salem Press
language : en
Publisher: Salem Press
Release Date : 2008
American Villains written by Salem Press and has been published by Salem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Assassins categories.
American Villains explores the lives, deeds and punishments of 177 of the most infamous villains of our time. What makes this set unique is that it focuses on U.S. criminals who are not generally covered in American biographical surveys. While there are many books that cover fictional villains in videogames, comic-books, and movies, few cover real villains of history in one convenient set.
The American Villain
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Author : Richard A. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-12-02
The American Villain written by Richard A. Hall and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic villains in American popular culture. Since the 1980s, pop culture has focused on what makes a villain a villain. The Joker, Darth Vader, and Hannibal Lecter have all been placed under the microscope to get to the origins of their villainy. Additionally, such bad guys as Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows have emphasized the desire for redemption—in even the darkest of villains. Various incarnations of Lucifer/Satan have even gone so far as to explore the very foundations of what we consider "evil." The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to collect all of those stories into one comprehensive volume. The volume opens with essays about villains in popular culture, followed by 100 A–Z entries on the most notorious bad guys in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various villains. A glossary of key terms and a bibliography provide students with resources to continue their study of what makes the "baddest" among us so bad.
Heroes Villains And Fools
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Author : Orrin Edgar Klapp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Heroes Villains And Fools written by Orrin Edgar Klapp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with English language categories.
Heroes Villains And Fools
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Author : Orrin E. Klapp
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Heroes Villains And Fools written by Orrin E. Klapp and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with History categories.
This volume presents three major social types in American society-heroes, villains, and fools-as models for American behaviour. Approaching these models primarily through language, Orrin E. Klapp explores what they may suggest about Americans as a people. Rather than study people, the author describes abstract types named and embedded in popular language. These social types are important symbols; and a way to attack a symbol is by identifying its meaning in various contexts. He further argues that the language surrounding heroes, villains, and fools reveals a social structure. We may not escape being ascribed a type, but we do have a choice of type. Known more commonly as "finding oneself," we can manipulate cues-with dress, facial expressions, style of life, or conspicuous public roles-to build an identity. This classic study has serious contemporary implications. For a public figure, an inevitable result of the typing process is the development of at least two selves, the public and the private. When the book originally appeared in 1962, the struggle to balance two images generally only plagued celebrities and politicians. Today, social media offers everyone the opportunity to develop an online persona. This volume will be of interest to sociologists as well as anyone who has a Facebook account.
Hoodlums
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Author : William L. Van Deburg
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-10-21
Hoodlums written by William L. Van Deburg and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-21 with Social Science categories.
Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X. Muhammad Ali. When you think of African American history, you think of its heroes—individuals endowed with courage and strength who are celebrated for their bold exploits and nobility of purpose. But what of black villains? Villains, just as much as heroes, have helped define the black experience. Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers, Hoodlums examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. Here, William L. Van Deburg offers the most extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America. He first explores the evolution of this problematic racial stereotype in the literature of the early Republic—documents in which the enslavement of African Americans was justified through exegetical claims. Van Deburg then probes antebellum slave laws, minstrel shows, and the works of proslavery polemicists to consider how whites conceptualized blacks as members of an inferior and dangerous race. Turning to key works by blacks themselves, from the writings of Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois to classic blaxploitation films like Black Caesar and The Mack, Van Deburg demonstrates how African Americans have combated such negative stereotypes and reconceptualized the idea of the badman through stories of social bandits—controversial individuals vilified by whites for their proclivity toward evil, but revered in the black community as necessarily insurgent and revolutionary. Ultimately, Van Deburg brings his story up-to-date with discussions of prison and hip-hop culture, urban rioting, gang warfare, and black-on-black crime. What results is a work of remarkable virtuosity—a nuanced history that calls for both whites and blacks to rethink received wisdom on the nature and prevalence of black villainy.
Forging The American Character
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Author : John R. M. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Pearson
Release Date : 2003
Forging The American Character written by John R. M. Wilson and has been published by Pearson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with United States categories.
Broad and balanced in perspective--and reader-friendly in format and design--this collection of authoritative readings focuses on the various forces, ideologies, people, and experiences that have forged the distinctive American character. Drawn from an extensive and impressive variety of historical sources--including popular history journals, chapters from key books, and scholarly journals--coverage ranges from traditional fields such as historiography and political, cultural, diplomatic, and religious history, to the new social and women's history.
Shaping The American Character
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Author : John R. M. Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Shaping The American Character written by John R. M. Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with National characteristics, American categories.
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The American Character
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Author : Denis William Brogan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
The American Character written by Denis William Brogan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with National characteristics, American categories.
1982 Census Of Retail Trade
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
1982 Census Of Retail Trade written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Retail trade categories.