Vader, Voldemort and Other Villains

Essays on Evil in Popular Media
Herausgeber: Heit, Jamey

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is evil? How do we understand it in our culture? The thirteen essays in this critical volume explore the different ways in which evil is portrayed in popular culture, particularly film and novels. Iconic figures of evil are considered, as is the repeated use of classic themes within our intellectual tradition. Topics covered include serial killers in film, the Twilight series, the Harry Potter series, Star Wars, and more. Collectively, these essays suggest how vital the notion of evil is to our culture, which in turn suggest a need to reflect on what it means to value what is good.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9780786458455
• ISBN-10: 0786458453
• Artikelnr.: 31585511

Autorenporträt

Jamey Heit is the co-founder and CEO of Essay Assay, Inc., an automated assessment company. An active researcher and writer in cultural studies, he teaches humanities courses online at Walden University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
1. The Aesthetic of Evil     
DANIEL A. FORBES
2. The Devil Made Me Do It! The Devil in 1960s-1970s Horror Film     
ANTOINETTE F. WINSTEAD
3. Frankenstein's Legacy: The Mad Scientist Remade     
KRISTINE LARSEN
4. Focus on the Family: Good and Evil Vampires in the Twilight Saga     
A.J. GRANT
5. The Dichotomy of the Great Mother Archetype in Disney Heroines and
Villainesses     
SARAH LYNNE BOWMAN
6. Exploring the Relay Gaze in Hollywood Cinema: Serial Killers and the
Women Who Hunt Them     
SARAH LAFFERTY
7. Wanting the White Witch     
BRYAN DOVE
8. Paradise Inverted: Philip Pullman's Use of High Fantasy and Epic Poetry
to Portray Evil in His Dark Materials     
E. QUINN
9. Sim Evil: Avatars and the Ethical Game Mechanic     
KELLY KELLEWAY
10. Making Modern Evil: Terrorism, Torture, and the Creation of Evil in
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MICHAEL J. LEWIS
11. No Laughing Matter: The Joker as a Nietzschean Critique of
Morality     
JAMEY HEIT
12. I Am Your Father: The Villain and the Future Self     
NATHANIEL VAN YPEREN
13. Hearts of Darkness: Voldemort and Iago, with a Little Help from Their
Friends     
KEN ROTHMAN
Epilogue     
About the Contributors     
Index