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Walking Raddy - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Walking Raddy - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Contributions by Jennifer Atkins, Vashni Balleste, Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd, Ron Bechet, Melanie Bratcher, Jerry Brock, Ann Bruce, Violet Harrington Bryan, Rachel Carrico, Sarah Anita Clunis, Phillip Colwart, Keith Duncan, Rob Florence, Pamela R. Franco, Daniele Gair, Meryt Harding, Megan Holt, DeriAnne Meilleur Honora, Marielle Jeanpierre, Ulrick Jean-Pierre, Jessica Marie Johnson, Karen La Beau, D. Lammie-Hanson, Karen Trahan Leathem, Charles Lovell, Annie Odell, Ruth Owens, Steve Prince, Nathan "Nu'Awlons Natescott" Haynes Scott, LaKisha Michelle Simmons, Tia L. Smith, Gailene McGhee St.Amand, and Kim Vaz-DevilleSince 2004, the Baby Doll Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans has gone from an obscure, almost forgotten practice to a flourishing cultural force. The original Baby Dolls were groups of black women, and some men, in the early Jim Crow era who adopted New Orleans street masking tradition as a unique form of fun and self-expression against a backdrop of racial discrimination. Wearing short dresses, bloomers, bonnets, and garters with money tucked tight, they strutted, sang ribald songs, chanted, and danced on Mardi Gras Day and on St. Joseph feast night. Today's Baby Dolls continue the tradition of one of the first street women's masking and marching groups in the United States. They joyfully and unabashedly defy gender roles, claiming public space and proclaiming through their performance their right to social citizenship.Essayists draw on interviews, theoretical perspectives, archival material, and historical assessments to describe women's cultural performances that take place on the streets of New Orleans. They recount the history and contemporary resurgence of the Baby Dolls while delving into the larger cultural meaning of the phenomenon. Over 140 color photographs and personal narratives of immersive experiences provide passionate testimony of the impact of the Baby Dolls on their audiences. Fifteen artists offer statements regarding their work documenting and inspired by the tradition as it stimulates their imagination to present a practice that revitalizes the spirit.

DKK 307.00
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Robert Kirkman - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Robert Kirkman - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Robert Kirkman (b. 1978) is probably best known as the creator of The Walking Dead. The comic book and its television adaptation have reinvented the zombie horror story, transforming it from cult curiosity and parody to mainstream popularity and critical acclaim. In some ways, this would be enough to justify this career-spanning collection of interviews. Yet Kirkman represents much more than this single comic book title. Kirkman''s story is a fanboy''s dream that begins with him financing his irreverent, independent comic book Battle Pope with credit cards. After writing major titles with Marvel comics (Spider-Man, Captain America, and X-Men), Kirkman rejected companies like DC and Marvel and publicly advocated for creator ownership as the future of the comics industry. As a partner at Image, Kirkman wrote not only The Walking Dead but also Invincible, a radical reinvention of the superhero genre. Robert Kirkman: Conversations gives insight to his journey and explores technique, creativity, collaboration, and the business of comics as a multimedia phenomenon. For instance, while continuing to write genre-based comics in titles like Outcast and Oblivion Song, Kirkman explains his writerly bias for complex characters over traditional plot development. As a fan-turned-creator, Kirkman reveals a creator''s complex relationship with fans in a comic-con era that breaks down the consumer/producer dichotomy. And after rejecting company-ownership practices, Kirkman articulates a vision of the creator-ownership model and his goal of organic creativity at Skybound, his multimedia company. While Stan Lee was the most prominent comic book everyman of the previous era of comics production, Kirkman is the most prominent comic book everyman of this dynamic, evolving new era.

DKK 267.00
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Imperiled Whiteness - Penelope Ingram - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Imperiled Whiteness - Penelope Ingram - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

In Imperiled Whiteness , Penelope Ingram examines the role played by media in the resurgence of white nationalism and neo-Nazi movements in the Obama-to-Trump era. As politicians on the right stoked anxieties about whites "losing ground" and "being left behind," media platforms turned whiteness into a commodity that was packaged and disseminated to a white populace. Reading popular film and television franchises ( Planet of the Apes , Star Trek , and The Walking Dead ) through political flashpoints, such as debates over immigration reform, gun control, and Black Lives Matter protests, Ingram reveals how media cultivated feelings of white vulnerability and loss among white consumers. By exploring the convergence of entertainment, news, and social media in a digital networked environment, Ingram demonstrates how media''s renewed attention to "imperiled whiteness" enabled and sanctioned the return of overt white supremacy exhibited by alt-right groups in the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017 and the Capitol riots in 2021.

DKK 849.00
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Books of the Dead - Tim Lanzendorfer - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Books of the Dead - Tim Lanzendorfer - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

The zombie has cropped up in many forms--in film, in television, and as a cultural phenomenon in zombie walks and zombie awareness months--but few books have looked at what the zombie means in fiction.Tim Lanzendörfer fills this gap by looking at a number of zombie novels, short stories, and comics, and probing what the zombie represents in contemporary literature. Lanzendörfer brings together the most recent critical discussion of zombies and applies it to a selection of key texts including Max Brooks's World War Z , Colson Whitehead's Zone One , Junot Díaz's short story "Monstro, " Robert Kirkman's comic series The Walking Dead , and Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies . Within the context of broader literary culture, Lanzendörfer makes the case for reading these texts with care and openness in their own right.Lanzendörfer contends that what zombies do is less important than what becomes possible when they are around. Indeed, they seem less interesting as metaphors for the various ways the world could end than they do as vehicles for how the world might exist in a different and often better form.

DKK 312.00
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He Stopped Loving Her Today - Jack Isenhour - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

He Stopped Loving Her Today - Jack Isenhour - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a country music masterpieceWhen George Jones recorded "He Stopped Loving Her Today" more than thirty years ago, he was a walking disaster. Twin addictions to drugs and alcohol had him drinking Jim Beam by the case and snorting cocaine as long as he was awake. Before it was over, Jones would be bankrupt, homeless, and an unwilling patient at an Alabama mental institution. In the midst of all this chaos, legendary producer Billy Sherrill--the man who discovered Tammy Wynette and cowrote "Stand by Your Man"--would somehow coax the performance of a lifetime out of the mercurial Jones. The result was a country masterpiece.He Stopped Loving Her Today, the story behind the making of the song often voted the best country song ever by both critics and fans, offers an overview of country music''s origins and a search for the music''s elusive Holy Grail: authenticity. The schizoid bottom line--even though country music is undeniably a branch of the make-believe world of show biz, to fans and scholars alike, authenticity remains the ultimate measure of the music''s power.Jack Isenhour, Nashville, Tennessee, is the author of Same Knight, Different Channel: Basketball Legend Bob Knight at West Point and Today and coauthor, with Dennis Rodman, of the basketball star''s memoir, I Should Be Dead by Now.

DKK 339.00
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Working-Class Comic Book Heroes - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Working-Class Comic Book Heroes - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Contributions by Phil Bevin, Blair Davis, Marc DiPaolo, Michele Fazio, James Gifford, Kelly Kanayama, Orion Ussner Kidder, Christina M. Knopf, Kevin Michael Scott, Andrew Alan Smith, and Terrence R. WandtkeIn comic books, superhero stories often depict working-class characters who struggle to make ends meet, lead fulfilling lives, and remain faithful to themselves and their own personal code of ethics. Working-Class Comic Book Heroes: Class Conflict and Populist Politics in Comics examines working-class superheroes and other protagonists who populate heroic narratives in serialized comic books. Essayists analyze and deconstruct these figures, viewing their roles as fictional stand-ins for real-world blue-collar characters.Informed by new working-class studies, the book also discusses how often working-class writers and artists created these characters. Notably Jack Kirby, a working-class Jewish artist, created several of the most recognizable working-class superheroes, including Captain America and the Thing. Contributors weigh industry histories and marketing concerns as well as the fan community's changing attitudes towards class signifiers in superhero adventures.The often financially strapped Spider-Man proves to be a touchstone figure in many of these essays. Grant Morrison's Superman, Marvel's Shamrock, Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta , and The Walking Dead receive thoughtful treatment. While there have been many scholarly works concerned with issues of race and gender in comics, this book stands as the first to deal explicitly with issues of class, cultural capital, and economics as its main themes.

DKK 858.00
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Taking a Stand - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Taking a Stand - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Contributions by Jared N. Champion, Miriam M. Chirico, Thomas Clark, David R. Dewberry, Christopher J. Gilbert, David Gillota, Kathryn Kein, Rob King, Rebecca Krefting, Peter C. Kunze, Linda Mizejewski, Aviva Orenstein, Raúl Pérez, Philip Scepanski, Susan Seizer, Monique Taylor, Ila Tyagi, and Timothy J. Viator Stand-up comedians have a long history of walking a careful line between serious and playful engagement with social issues: Lenny Bruce questioned the symbolic valence of racial slurs, Dick Gregory took time away from the stage to speak alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and--more recently--Tig Notaro challenged popular notions of damaged or abject bodies. Stand-up comedians deploy humor to open up difficult topics for broader examination, which only underscores the social and cultural importance of their work. Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals draws together essays that contribute to the analysis of the stand-up comedian as public intellectual since the 1980s. The chapters explore stand-up comedians as contributors to and shapers of public discourse via their live performances, podcasts, social media presence, and political activism. Each chapter highlights a stand-up comedian and their ongoing discussion of a cultural issue or expression of a political ideology/standpoint: Lisa Lampanelli''s use of problematic postracial humor, Aziz Ansari''s merging of sociology and technology, or Maria Bamford''s emphasis on mental health, to name just a few. Taking a Stand offers a starting point for understanding the work stand-up comedians do as well as its reach beyond the stage. Comedians influence discourse, perspectives, even public policy on myriad issues, and this book sets out to take those jokes seriously.

DKK 312.00
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The Writing Dead - Thomas Fahy - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

The Writing Dead - Thomas Fahy - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

The Writing Dead features original interviews with the writers of today's most frightening and fascinating shows. They include some of television's biggest names--Carlton Cuse ( Lost and Bates Motel ), Bryan Fuller ( Hannibal , Dead Like Me , Wonderfalls , and Pushing Daisies ), David Greenwalt ( Angel and Grimm ), Gale Anne Hurd ( The Walking Dead , The Terminator series, Aliens , and The Abyss ), Jane Espenson ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar Galactica ), Brian McGreevy ( Hemlock Grove ), Alexander Woo ( True Blood ), James Wong ( The X-Files , Millennium , American Horror Story, and Final Destination ), Frank Spotnitz ( The X-Files and Millennium ), Richard Hatem ( Supernatural , The Dead Zone , and The Mothman Prophecies ), Scott Buck ( Dexter ), Anna Fricke ( Being Human ), and Jim Dunn ( Haven ). The Writing Dead features thought-provoking, never-before-published interviews with these top writers and gives the creators an opportunity to delve more deeply into the subject of television horror than anything found online. In addition to revealing behind-the-scene glimpses, these writers discuss favorite characters and storylines and talk about what they find most frightening. They offer insights into the writing process reflecting on the scary works that influenced their careers. And they reveal their own personal fascinations with the genre. The thirteen interviews in The Writing Dead also mirror the changing landscape of horror on TV--from the shows produced by major networks and cable channels to shows made exclusively for online streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Studios. The Writing Dead will appeal to numerous fans of these shows, to horror fans, to aspiring writers and filmmakers, and to anyone who wants to learn more about why we like being scared.

DKK 312.00
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Conversations with Terrence McNally - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Conversations with Terrence McNally - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Arriving in New York at the tail end of what has been termed the "Golden Age" of Broadway and the start of the Off Broadway theater movement, Terrence McNally (1938-2020) first established himself as a dramatist of the absurd and a biting social critic. He quickly recognized, however, that one is more likely to change people''s minds by first changing their hearts, and--in outrageous farces like The Ritz and It''s Only a Play --began using humor more broadly to challenge social biases. By the mid-1980s, as the emerging AIDS pandemic called into question America''s treatment of persons isolated by suffering and sickness, he became the theater''s great poet of compassion, dramatizing the urgent need of human connection and the consequences when such connections do not take place. Conversations with Terrence McNally collects nineteen interviews with the celebrated playwright. In these interviews, one hears McNally reflect on theater as the most collaborative of the arts, the economic pressures that drive the theater industry, the unique values of music and dance, and the changes in American theater over McNally''s fifty-plus year career. The winner of four competitive Tony Awards as the author of the Best Play ( Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class ) and author of the book for the Best Musical ( Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime ), McNally holds the distinction of being one of the few writers for the American theater who excelled in straight drama as well as musical comedy. In addition, his canon extends to opera; his collaboration with composer Jake Heggie, Dead Man Walking , has proven the most successful new American opera of the last twenty-five years.

DKK 939.00
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Conversations with Terrence McNally - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Conversations with Terrence McNally - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

Arriving in New York at the tail end of what has been termed the "Golden Age" of Broadway and the start of the Off Broadway theater movement, Terrence McNally (1938-2020) first established himself as a dramatist of the absurd and a biting social critic. He quickly recognized, however, that one is more likely to change people''s minds by first changing their hearts, and--in outrageous farces like The Ritz and It''s Only a Play --began using humor more broadly to challenge social biases. By the mid-1980s, as the emerging AIDS pandemic called into question America''s treatment of persons isolated by suffering and sickness, he became the theater''s great poet of compassion, dramatizing the urgent need of human connection and the consequences when such connections do not take place. Conversations with Terrence McNally collects nineteen interviews with the celebrated playwright. In these interviews, one hears McNally reflect on theater as the most collaborative of the arts, the economic pressures that drive the theater industry, the unique values of music and dance, and the changes in American theater over McNally''s fifty-plus year career. The winner of four competitive Tony Awards as the author of the Best Play ( Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class ) and author of the book for the Best Musical ( Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime ), McNally holds the distinction of being one of the few writers for the American theater who excelled in straight drama as well as musical comedy. In addition, his canon extends to opera; his collaboration with composer Jake Heggie, Dead Man Walking , has proven the most successful new American opera of the last twenty-five years.

DKK 231.00
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The Writing Dead - Thomas Fahy - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

The Writing Dead - Thomas Fahy - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

The Writing Dead: Talking Terror with TV''s Top Horror Writers features interviews with the writers of today''s most frightening and fascinating shows. They include some of TV''s biggest names-Carlton Cuse (Lost and Bates Motel), Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies), David Greenwalt (Angel and Grimm), Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead, The Terminator series, Aliens, and The Abyss), Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Battlestar Galactica), Brian McGreevy (Hemlock Grove), Alexander Woo (True Blood), James Wong (The X-Files, Millennium, American Horror Story, and Final Destination), Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files and Millennium), Richard Hatem (Supernatural, Grimm, The Dead Zone, and The Mothman Prophecies), Scott Buck (Dexter), Anna Fricke (Being Human), and Jim Dunn (Haven).The Writing Dead features thought-provoking, original interviews with these top writers and gives them the opportunity to delve deeper into horror TV than anything found online. In addition to revealing behind-the-scene glimpses into these shows, these writers discuss favorite characters and story lines. They talk about the things they find most frightening to write about. They offer insights into the writing process. They reflect on the horror works that influenced their careers. And they reveal their own personal fascination with the genre. The thirteen interviews in The Writing Dead also reflect the changing landscape of horror TV-from the shows being produced by major networks and cable channels to shows made exclusively for online streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Studios. The Writing Dead will appeal to numerous rabid fans of these shows (many of whom spend countless hours blogging about their favorite show), to horror fans everywhere, to aspiring writers and filmmakers, and to anyone who wants to learn more about why we like being scared.

DKK 858.00
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