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Gender, Genre and Dracula: Joan Copjec and “Vampire Fiction”

open access: yesHumanities, 2020
This article critiques a certain psychoanalytic approach both to the genre of “Vampire Fiction” and the “anxiety” it induces. Joan Copjec’s claim is that these are founded on “nothing”, genre and affect being defined by the “overwhelming presence of the ...
Neil Cocks
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‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
wiley   +1 more source

Vampires in Video Games: Mythic Tropes for Innovative Storytelling

open access: yeseTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2017
This paper discusses traditional vampire tropes as a tool for innovation and novel experiences in the history of video games. A selection of games and vampires will be analysed in terms of gameplay and storytelling elements to show how the rich ...
Roberto Dillon, Anita Lundberg
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Disaster and Emotion in Richard Matheson’s Novel I Am Legend [PDF]

open access: yesUniversity of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2022
This article seeks to examine the emotional impact of disaster in the novel I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson, one of the most celebrated writers of science fiction and horror genre in the 20th century.
Shpetim Madani
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THE CONCERN TOWARD THE IRAQ WAR IN JOHN TRUDELL’S “BOMBS OVER BAGHDAD” LYRIC [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Timur Tengah adalah daerah yang sering menjadi langganan konflik perang. Sejak Perang Dunia I hingga II, negara-negara di Timur Tengah menjadi sasaran empuk negara-negara hyper-power yang datang menjajah untuk mengeksploitasi ladang minyak mereka.
Christianto, Ryan
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Tim Burton's Christmas Chaos: Abject Transgression in Batman Returns, the Nightmare Before Christmas, and Edward Scissorhands

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tim Burton's Christmas trilogy, Batman Returns, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Edward Scissorhands are all characterized by his trademark features. These include characters with ambiguous identities, apparently “normal” worlds adjacent to spaces associated with difference and exclusion, and the inevitable intrusion of the latter into the ...
Fran Pheasant‐Kelly
wiley   +1 more source

Gothic Matters: Introduction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Once considered escapist or closely linked to fantasy, the Gothic genre (or mode, as scholars increasingly call it) has recently begun to be explored for its material concerns and engagement with real-world matters.
Monnet, Agnieszka Soltysik
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Dupilumab treatment in children aged 6 months to 5 years with severe atopic dermatitis

open access: yesJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
The results of this French Early Access Program were consistent with those reported in dupilumab randomized clinical trials in children aged 6 months–5 years with moderate‐to‐severe AD. This research offers insights into the practical use of dupilumab in routine clinical practice.
Audrey Lasek   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do we Always Practice What we Preach? Real Vampires’ Fears of Coming out of the Coffin to Social Workers and Helping Professionals

open access: yesCritical Social Work, 2019
Helping professionals in multiple disciplines, including social workers, are commonly taught to embrace human diversity, think critically, empower clients, and respect client self-determination.
D. J. Williams, Emily E. Prior
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Rapid increase in abundance and distribution of invasive pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) within a diverse, large Barents Sea catchment

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Pink salmon originate from the North Pacific area but were introduced into northwest Russia from the late 1950s onwards. Since 2017, the alien species has increased dramatically in abundance and rapidly invaded adjacent areas of the North Atlantic region.
Jaakko Erkinaro   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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