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Examines how horror cinema has changed as a result of 9/11 and, conversely, how horror films construct and give meaning to 9/11....
In 2013 an apparently simple, back-to-basics scary movie transformed horror cinema for the rest of the decade. Based on the allegedly true story of th...
Greek Tragedy and African American Theatre
Many playwrights, authors, poets and historians have used images, metaphors and references to and from Greek tragedy, myth and epic to describe the Af...
Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900 – 2000 is a ground-breaking survey, tracking the advent of modern drama in Japan, India, China, Korea and ...
This book explores the appropriation of Shakespeare by youth culture and the expropriation of youth culture in the manufacture and marketing of 'Shake...
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Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films
George Lucas's first Star Wars trilogy shows the influences of its era; Cold War tension is evident in its theme of rebellion against totalitarianism....
Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters
Spanning myth, history, and contemporary culture, a terrifying and illuminating excavation of the meaning of cannibalism. Every culture has monsters t...
Remakes of the Romero Zombie Films as Markers of Their Times
Since 1968, the name of motion picture director George Romero has been synonymous with the living dead. His landmark film Night of the Living Dead for...
Shakespearean Echoes assembles a global cast of established and emerging scholars to explore new connections between Shakespeare and contemporary cult...
Modern African Adaptations of Classical Greek Tragedy
Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particula...
American Christianity in the 2004-2009 Television Series
The reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica (2005 to 2009 on the Sci Fi Channel), features religion and theology among its central concerns-...
Playwright Adventurer
"Tom Murphy shot to fame with the London production of A Whistle in the Dark in 1961, establishing him as the outstanding Irish playwright of his gene...
Twenty historical horror stories presented for your consideration. Learn the real reasons behind the trial of Socrates, the curse of Glamis Castle, an...