Cyberpunk Heroes

Author : Rocío Carrasco Carrasco
Publisher : Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva
ISBN 13 : 841706673X
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NEW HEROES ON SCREEN written by Rocío Carrasco Carrasco and published by Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Huelva. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the representation of new models of masculinity in US recent science fiction cinema. By examining the figure of the “new hero”, a male protagonist with visible unconventional features, it explores new ways of gender representation on screen. Lynch’s Dune (1984) and the Wachowsky brothers’ The Matrix (1999) share many traits concerning gender representation and offer the type of the androgynous hero who stands for innovative prototypes of masculinity. As a result of these films’ analysis, the book uncovers the tangible controversy in current US society about gender tolerance.

Author : Dani Cavallaro
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1847140351
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cyberpunk & Cyberculture written by Dani Cavallaro and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyberpunk and Cyberculture explores the work of a wide range of writers- Acker, Cadigan, Rucker, Shierley, Sterling, Williams and, of course, Gibson - setting their work in the context of science fiction, other literary genres, genre cinema - from Metropolis to Terminator to The Matrix - and contemporary work on the culture of technology.

Author : Eric Mylonas
Publisher : Prima Games
ISBN 13 : 0761552057
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book City of Heroes Binder written by Eric Mylonas and published by Prima Games. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exclusive City of Heroes Artwork • Complete maps for all Zones featuring massive amounts of exclusive info • Strategy for building the ideal Archetypes • Complete power lists with full stats • Strategy covering the all-new Base building elements • Appendices containing Badge locations, Task Force info, and more Includes a Complete Binder System: • Customizable — Color-coded sections for custom organization • Simple — Individual 3-hole-punched pages of clearly organized information make this binder a snap to use • Organized — Keep all of your City of Heroes information in one place for easy reference

Author : Sara Mills
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317892992
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Gender written by Sara Mills and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines important themes in the theoretical debates on the relationship of language and gender. It analyses this relationship across a range of different disciplinary perspectives from linguistics, literary theory, cultural studies and visual analysis. The focus of the book goes beyond an analysis of women's language to discuss the complexities of gendered language with chapters on lesbian poetics, the language of girls and boys and the relationship between gender and genre.

Author : James P. Henderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134785232
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The State of the History of Economics written by James P. Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997-08-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores emerging areas in the history of economics and provides a valuable insight into contemporary research in the field. The papers focus on four areas: * Science and Economics. Authors investigate how science is perceived and how its history is related, details early history of probability and examine 'cyberpunk' - a science fiction genre that draws heavily on modern economic ideas * David Ricardo's contribution to international trade theory. Texts by David Ricardo are re-examined to provide a framework for a more consistent and coherent interpretation of Ricardo and to demonstrate how history of economic thought approaches can be applied to the treatment of current theory and policy concerns * The contributions of individual economists including Joseph A. Schumpeter, Werner Sombart and John Maynard Keynes and a comparison of Hicks' and Lindahl's views on monetary stability * Economics and events before Adam Smith. An investigation into English policies toward Ireland at the time of Cromwell's occupation is followed by explorations of the ideas of Vincent de Gourney and debates in French economic journals in the period 1750-1770.

Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857287923
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History written by Graham Seal and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an overview and analysis of the global tradition of the outlaw hero. The mythology and history of the outlaw hero is traced from the Roman Empire to the present, showing how both real and mythic figures have influenced social, political, economic and cultural outcomes in many times and places. The book also looks at the contemporary continuations of the outlaw hero mythology, not only in popular culture and everyday life, but also in the current outbreak of global terrorism. The book also presents a more general argument related to the importance of understanding folk and popular mythologies in historical contexts. Outlaw heroes have a strong purchase in high and popular culture, appearing in film, books, plays, music, drama, art, even ballet. To simply ignore and discard such powerful expressions without understanding their origins, persistence and especially their ongoing cultural consequences, is to refuse the opportunity to comprehend some profoundly important aspects of human behaviour. These issues are pursued through discussion of the processes through which real and mythical outlaw heroes are romanticised, sentimentalised, sanitised, commodified and mythologised. The result is a new position in the continuing controversy over the existence the 'social bandit' that highlights the central role of mythology in the creation and perpetuation of outlaw heroes.

Author : Ernest Mathijs
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820463964
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Watching the Lord of the Rings written by Ernest Mathijs and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did audiences across the world respond to the films of The Lord of the Rings? This book presents findings from the largest film audience project ever undertaken, drawing from 25,000 questionnaire responses and a wide array of other materials. Contributors use these materials to explore a series of widely speculated questions: why is film fantasy important to different kinds of viewers? Through marketing, previews and reviews, debates and cultural chatter, how are audiences prepared for a film like this? How did fans of the book respond to its adaptation on screen? How do people choose their favorite characters? How was the films' reception shaped by different national and cultural contexts? The answers to these questions shed fresh light on the extraordinary popularity of The Lord of the Rings and provide important new insights into the global reception of cinema in the twenty-first century.

Author : Graham J. Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136973184
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Cyberpunk written by Graham J. Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of essays that considers the continuing cultural relevance of the cyberpunk genre into the new millennium. Cyberpunk is no longer an emergent phenomenon, but in our digital age of CGI-driven entertainment, the information economy, and globalized capital, we have never more been in need of a fiction capable of engaging with a world shaped by information technology. The essays in explore our cyberpunk realities to soberly reconsider Eighties-era cyberpunk while also mapping contemporary cyberpunk. The contributors seek to move beyond the narrow strictures of cyberpunk as defined in the Eighties and contribute to an ongoing discussion of how to negotiate exchanges among information technologies, global capitalism, and human social existence. The essays offer a variety of perspectives on cyberpunk’s diversity and how this sub-genre remains relevant amidst its transformation from a print fiction genre into a more generalized set of cultural practices, tackling the question of what it is that cyberpunk narratives continue to offer us in those intersections of literary, cultural, theoretical, academic, and technocultural environments.

Author : Carl Neville
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178279297X
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No More Heroes? written by Carl Neville and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interface between neoliberalism, steroids, cocaine, finance and American mythology as reflected in the films of the 70s and 80s.

Author : William Mahan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1666925837
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hackers as Heroes in German Film and Television written by William Mahan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2023 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, William Mahan analyzes German feature films and TV series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero over the past twenty-five years. The author introduces the German hacker genre to the ongoing academic discussion of genre in German cinema and argues for its continued relevance in both national and global contexts.