"This book examines novels of Faulkner and Morrison as well as Mark Twain and Ralph Ellison in order to show that their works forcefully undermine the racial and sexual divisions characterizing both the South and contemporary culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries"--.
Why We Watch -- Horror and Hysteria -- Curators and Enthusiasts -- Documenters and Cleaners -- Normies -- The Poltergeist Theory of Terrorism. "Watching Murder shines a light onto the dark world of jihadi murder videos and the people who watch and share them on the internet. Im…
"Early modern audiences, readerships, and viewerships were not homogenous. Differences in status, education, language, wealth, and experience (to name only a few variables) could influence how a group of people, or a particular person, received and made sense of sermons, public …
In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the past. Seeking a formal language to display these new findings, Romantic-era plate books presented a wide array of objects as ancient relics. This p…
In the course of the eighteenth century, discoveries ranging from Tahiti to Pompeii initiated a scientific turn in the study of the past. Seeking a formal language to display these new findings, Romantic-era plate books presented a wide array of objects as ancient relics. This p…
"Explores a variety of theological and methodological approaches to film spectatorship through a dialogue of international contributions"--
"An exploration of the 100 photographs that shaped the human experience."--Page [4] cover.
