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Media type:
Book
Title:
Myth in the modern world
:
essays on intersections with ideology and culture
Contains:
PART 1: ENVISIONING HEROES AND EVOLVING FRONTIERS. Breaking Bad and blending boundaries : revisioning the myths of masculinity and the superhero
/ Lisa Weckerle
20th Century Boys : blending eastern and western storytelling
/ Michael W. Marek and Pin-Hsiang Natalie Wu
A change of scenery : the southern, the western and the evolution of the frontier myth in Justified
/ Aaron Duncan
PART 2: RIGHT OR LEFT OF CENTER. The mythology of suffering and redemption in the discourse of Al Qaeda
/ Jason A. Edwards
Mothers and monsters : the return of the great goddess in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
/ Sharon Dee Goertz
Myth and meaning-making in Showtime's The L Word
/ Judy Battaglia
The day environmentalism stood still : film, myth and the ecological jermiad
/ Richard D. Besel
PART 3: REALITY BITES. Field of dreams and gods of the gridiron : the trinity of myth, sport and the hero
/ Karen L. Hartman
Reclaiming the wolf myth in the shadow of the Twilight flims : the Quileute people's exhibit
/ Lindsay R. Calhoun and Keaton Maddox --The ultimate hunger games : Adam Richman as comic Hercules in Man v. Food
Footnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description:
"Ubiquitous and enduring, myths remain an inherent part of culture. These 10 essays explore the role of myth in the modern world, delving not only into science fiction and fantasy, but also into sport, terrorist rhetoric and television. The power of myth extends beyond ancient stories to express the hopes, fears and reality of everyday life"--