This scholarly collection offers a comprehensive analysis of The Rocky Horror Picture Show through various lenses, including gender and queer studies, disability studies, cultural studies, genre studies, and film studies. Each contribution provides unique insights into the film's cultural impact and significance, making it an essential resource for understanding its multifaceted themes and enduring legacy.
Tim Burton has had a massive impact on twentieth and twenty-first century culture through his films, art, and writings. This book examines how his aesthetics, influences, and themes reflect the shifting social expectations in American culture by tracing his Burton's move from a peripheral figure in the 1980s to the center of Hollywood filmmaking.
Focusing on auteur director M. Night Shyamalan, this collection features essays from prominent film scholars analyzing his Hollywood blockbusters, from The Sixth Sense to The Happening. The contributors examine themes, aesthetics, and marketing strategies, highlighting Shyamalan's "star status" within the film industry. This work represents the first serious academic inquiry into his films, providing a comprehensive analysis of his contributions to cinema and the cultural impact of his work.
Collection of scholarly essays on the wildly popular Comedy Central show.
A diverse examination of the blockbuster independent film The Blair Witch Project that explores questions about cinema, hoax, media blitz, and American culture.
Focusing on the evolution of the American ghost story, this book explores its roots in Indigenous traditions, Puritan beliefs, and Enlightenment thought. It highlights the genre's peak during the nineteenth century and examines its ongoing influence in contemporary literature and visual culture, revealing how these narratives have adapted and persisted over time.
Neil Gaiman's 1996 novel Neverwhere serves as an excellent introduction to fantasy and adaptation. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock's A Critical Companion analyzes the work in the context of the fantasy genre, focusing on themes like the Hero’s Journey and urban fantasy. It concludes with an interview with Gaiman and a bibliography of related scholarly works.
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is the UK's leading heritage railway, carrying holidaymakers from the popular seaside resort of Whitby across the spectacular North Yorkshire Moors to the market town of Pickering. The line has been made famous by the TV programme 'Heartbeat', in which the station and village at Goathland features prominently as the fictional Aidensfield, and more recently by Channel 5's 'fly on the wall' documentary 'Yorkshire Steam Railway'. The author is not only a skilled photographer, but also a full time member of the railway's staff, which gives him a unique ability to capture the behind the scenes activities on the railway.