Subversive Spirits

Author : Robin Roberts
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496815576

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Subversive Spirits by Robin Roberts Pdf

The supernatural has become extraordinarily popular in literature, television, and film. Vampires, zombies, werewolves, witches, and wizard have become staples of entertainment industries, and many of these figures have received extensive critical attention. But one figure has remained in the shadows--the female ghost. Inherently liminal, often literally invisible, the female ghost has nevertheless appeared in all genres. Subversive Spirits: The Female Ghost in British and American Popular Culture brings this figure into the light, exploring her cultural significance in a variety of media from 1926 to 2014. Robin Roberts argues that the female ghost is well worth studying for what she can tell us about feminine subjectivity in cultural contexts. Subversive Spirits examines appearances of the female ghost in heritage sites, theater, Hollywood film, literature, and television in the United States and the United Kingdom. What holds these disparate female ghosts together is their uncanny ability to disrupt, illuminate, and challenge gendered assumptions. As with other supernatural figures, the female ghost changes over time, especially responding to changes in gender roles. Roberts's analysis begins with comedic female ghosts in literature and film and moves into horror by examining the successful play The Woman in Black and the legend of the weeping woman, La Llorona. Roberts then situates the canonical works of Maxine Hong Kingston and Toni Morrison in the tradition of the female ghost to explore how the ghost is used to portray the struggle and pain of women of color. Roberts further analyzes heritage sites that use the female ghost as the friendly and inviting narrator for tourists. The book concludes with a comparison of the British and American versions of the television hit Being Human, where the female ghost expands her influence to become a mother and savior to all humanity.

Author : Carol K. Mack,Dinah Mack
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1559704470

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A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits by Carol K. Mack,Dinah Mack Pdf

The Macks divert our gaze from our contemporary red-faced, cloven-hoofed misrepresentation of demons to remind us of the ancient roles demons were originally assigned to play. From the Tommyknockers of North American mountain mines to the South African Mbulu that waits in the river for lone travelers, A Field Guide to Demons classifies these creatures by their domains--water, mountain, forest--rather than in alphabetical or cultural order, dishing out antique and contemporary lore on these most misunderstood of spirits. A Field Guide to Demons melds folklore and mythology; maintains a surprisingly evenhanded view of demons; and reveals their role as the necessary challenger to established order, the antagonist--without which there could be no hero--and the darkness through which goodness shines brightest. --Brian Patterson

Author : Carol K. Mack,Dinah Mack
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781611451009

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A Field Guide to Demons, Vampires, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits by Carol K. Mack,Dinah Mack Pdf

The field guide to some of the most horrific and fascinating creatures found in mythology and legend.

Author : Jason Wilson
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781580082884

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Boozehound by Jason Wilson Pdf

While some may wonder, “Does the world really need another flavored vodka?” no one answers this question quite so memorably as spirits writer and raconteur Jason Wilson does in Boozehound. (By the way, the short answer is no.) A unique blend of travelogue, spirits history, and recipe collection, Boozehound explores the origins of what we drink and the often surprising reasons behind our choices. In lieu of odorless, colorless, tasteless spirits, Wilson champions Old World liquors with hard-to-define flavors—a bitter and complex Italian amari, or the ancient, aromatic herbs of Chartreuse, as well as distinctive New World offerings like lively Peruvian pisco. With an eye for adventure, Wilson seeks out visceral experiences at the source of production—visiting fields of spiky agave in Jalisco, entering the heavily and reverently-guarded Jägermeister herb room in Wolfenbüttel, and journeying to the French Alps to determine if mustachioed men in berets really handpick blossoms to make elderflower liqueur. In addition, Boozehound offers more than fifty drink recipes, from three riffs on the Manhattan to cocktail-geek favorites like the Aviation and the Last Word. These recipes are presented alongside a host of opinionated essays that cherish the rare, uncover the obscure, dethrone the overrated, and unravel the mysteries of taste, trends, and terroir. Through his far-flung, intrepid traveling and tasting, Wilson shows us that perhaps nothing else as entwined with the history of human culture is quite as much fun as booze.

Author : Frederique Apffel-Marglin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199912476

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Subversive Spiritualities by Frederique Apffel-Marglin Pdf

In this book, Frederique Apffel-Marglin draws on a lifetime of work with the indigenous peoples of Peru and India to support her argument that the beliefs, values, and practices of such traditional peoples are ''eco-metaphysically true.''

Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476663555

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Encyclopedia of Spirits and Ghosts in World Mythology by Theresa Bane Pdf

Of all the anomalous phenomenon reported, ghost sightings are by far the most common. The words "ghost" and "spirit" are used interchangeably in American English but in other cultures the lingering souls of the departed are not to be confused with ancestral spirits, demonic spirits, numens or poltergeists. This encyclopedia lists hundreds of entities of the spirit realm--from aatxe to zuzeca--from world mythology and folklore.

Author : J. King
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230503571

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The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction by J. King Pdf

The Victorian Woman Question in Contemporary Feminist Fiction explores the representation of Victorian womanhood in the work of some of today's most important British and North American novelists including A.S. Byatt, Sarah Waters, Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter and Toni Morrison. By analysing these novels in the context of the scientific, religious and literary discourses that shaped Victorian ideas about gender, it contributes to an important inter-disciplinary debate. For while showing the power of these discourses to shape women's roles, the novels also suggest how individual women might challenge that power through their own lives.

Author : Gary R. Varner
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780875864365

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The Mythic Forest, the Green Man and the Spirit of Nature by Gary R. Varner Pdf

In this world tour of folklore and ancient art, Varner examines the images we give to the spirit of nature and explores this important aspect of human perception.

Author : V. Kärkkäinen,K. Kim,A. Yong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137268990

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Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World by V. Kärkkäinen,K. Kim,A. Yong Pdf

This volume presents interdisciplinary, intercultural, and interreligious approaches directed toward the articulation of a pneumatological theology in its broadest sense, especially in terms of attempting to conceive of a spirit-filled world.

Author : Leslie A. Wade,Robin Roberts,Frank de Caro
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496823793

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Downtown Mardi Gras by Leslie A. Wade,Robin Roberts,Frank de Caro Pdf

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region in 2005, the city debated whether to press on with Mardi Gras or cancel the parades. Ultimately, they decided to proceed. New Orleans’s recovery certainly has resulted from a complex of factors, but the city’s unique cultural life—perhaps its greatest capital—has been instrumental in bringing the city back from the brink of extinction. Voicing a civic fervor, local writer Chris Rose spoke for the importance of Carnival when he argued to carry on with the celebration of Mardi Gras following Katrina: “We are still New Orleans. We are the soul of America. We embody the triumph of the human spirit. Hell, we ARE Mardi Gras." Since 2006, a number of new Mardi Gras practices have gained prominence. The new parade organizations or krewes, as they are called, interpret and revise the city’s Carnival traditions but bring innovative practices to Mardi Gras. The history of each parade reveals the convergence of race, class, age, and gender dynamics in these new Carnival organizations. Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans examines six unique, offbeat, Downtown celebrations. Using ethnography, folklore, cultural studies, and performance studies, the authors analyze new Mardi Gras’s connection to traditional Mardi Gras. The narrative of each krewe’s development is fascinating and unique, illustrating participants’ shared desire to contribute to New Orleans’s rich and vibrant culture.

Author : Raena Rood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1952431069

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Subversive by Raena Rood Pdf

Author : June Pulliam
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476616636

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Monstrous Bodies by June Pulliam Pdf

Recent works of young adult fantastic fiction such as Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga have been criticized for glamorizing feminine subordination. But YA horror fiction with female protagonists who have paranormal abilities suggests a resistance to restrictive gender roles. The “monstrous Other” is a double with a difference, a metaphor of the Western adolescent girl pressured to embody an untenable doll-like feminine ideal. This book examines what each of three types of female monstrous Others in young adult fiction—the haunted girl, the female werewolf and the witch—has to tell us about feminine subordination in a supposedly post-feminist world, where girls continue to be pressured to silence their voices and stifle their desires.

Author : Michael Welker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467462082

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In God's Image by Michael Welker Pdf

From the 2019/2020 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh In God’s Image describes how centering our culture on the human and divine spirit can revitalize four universally acknowledged characteristics of a thriving human existence: justice, freedom, truth, and peace. Inspired not only by religious sources but also by scientists, philosophers, economists, and legal and political theorists, Michael Welker develops the idea of a “multimodal” spirit that generates the possibility of living and acting in the image of God. Welker’s new approach to natural theology explains why the human and the divine spirit cannot adequately be grasped in simple bipolar relations and why the human spirit should not be reduced to the rational mind. Addressing the question What is the calling of human beings? in the context of late-modern pluralistic societies, he aims at explaining to believers and nonbelievers alike what it means to be persons created in the image of God, moved by a spirit of justice, freedom, truth, and peace.

Author : Rosemary Guiley
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438131917

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The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology by Rosemary Guiley Pdf

Explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world. Includes numerous entries documenting beliefs about demons and demonology from ancient history to the present.

Author : Devon E. Hinton,Alexander L. Hinton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107069541

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Genocide and Mass Violence by Devon E. Hinton,Alexander L. Hinton Pdf

Genocide and Mass Violence brings together a unique mix of anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and historians to examine the effects of mass trauma.