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Author:   Jamey Heit
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9780786458455

ISBN 10:   0786458453
Pages:   233
Publication Date:   04 April 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      1. The Aesthetic of Evil      DANIEL A. FORBES 2. The Devil Made Me Do It! The Devil in 1960s–1970s Horror Film      ANTOINETTE F. WINSTEAD 3. Frankenstein’s Legacy: The Mad Scientist Remade      KRISTINE LARSEN 4. Focus on the Family: Good and Evil Vampires in the Twilight Saga      A.J. GRANT 5. The Dichotomy of the Great Mother Archetype in Disney Heroines and Villainesses      SARAH LYNNE BOWMAN 6. Exploring the Relay Gaze in Hollywood Cinema: Serial Killers and the Women Who Hunt Them      SARAH LAFFERTY 7. Wanting the White Witch      BRYAN DOVE 8. Paradise Inverted: Philip Pullman’s Use of High Fantasy and Epic Poetry to Portray Evil in His Dark Materials      E. QUINN 9. Sim Evil: Avatars and the Ethical Game Mechanic      KELLY KELLEWAY 10. Making Modern Evil: Terrorism, Torture, and the Creation of Evil in 24      MICHAEL J. LEWIS 11. No Laughing Matter: The Joker as a Nietzschean Critique of Morality      JAMEY HEIT 12. I Am Your Father: The Villain and the Future Self      NATHANIEL VAN YPEREN 13. Hearts of Darkness: Voldemort and Iago, with a Little Help from Their Friends      KEN ROTHMAN Epilogue      About the Contributors      Index     

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Looks at villains and evil as portrayed primarily in the movies...interesting look at pop culture --Critical Mass.

Looks at villains and evil as portrayed primarily in the movies...interesting look at pop culture --Critical Mass

Author Information

Jamey Heit is the co-founder and CEO of Essay Assay, Inc., an automated assessment company. An active researcher and writer in cultural studies, he teaches humanities courses online at Walden University.

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