Super Bitches and Action Babes
Super Bitches and Action Babes

Author: Rikke Schubart

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-08-23

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0786482842

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With actress Pam Grier's breakthrough in Coffy and Foxy Brown, women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial arts films--genres that had previously been considered the domain of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema, however, was--and still is--viewed with ambivalence. While women were cast in new and exciting roles, they did not always arrive with their femininity intact, often functioning both as a sexualized spectacle and as a new female hero rather than female character. This volume contains an in-depth critical analysis and study of the female hero in popular film from 1970 to 2006. It examines five female archetypes: the dominatrix, the Amazon, the daughter, the mother and the rape-avenger. The entrance of the female hero into films written by, produced by and made for men is viewed through the lens of feminism and post-feminism arguments. Analyzed works include films with actors Michelle Yeoh and Meiko Kaji, the Alien films, the Lara Croft franchise, Charlie's Angels, and television productions such as Xena: Warrior Princess and Alias.

The Amazon's Curse
The Amazon's Curse

Author: Gena Showalter

Publisher: HQN Books

Published: 2017-03-13

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1488024014

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Before The Lords of the Underworld, there was Gena Showalter's Atlantis series. Discoverthe mythical world of immortals, magic and dark seduction in this novella, The Amazon'sCurse. Zane, a fierce vampire warrior, has been enslaved by the Amazons. Nola, a lovelyAmazon soldier, has been cursed with invisibility. Now, these two stubborn enemies mustovercome the pasts that haunt them and embrace a love that can set them free…. “A world of myth, mayhem and love under the sea!”—New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward on TheNymph King Look for the rest of Gena Showalter's Atlantis series: Heart of the Dragon,Jewel of Atlantis, The Nymph King and The Vampire's Bride, available now. Originally published in 2009

Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England
Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England

Author: Gesa Stedman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 135194696X

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Gesa Stedman's ambitious new study is a comprehensive account of cross-channel cultural exchanges between seventeenth-century France and England, and includes discussion of a wide range of sources and topics. Literary texts, garden design, fashion, music, dance, food, the book market, and the theatre as well as key historical figures feature in the book. Importantly, Stedman concentrates on the connection between actual, material transfer and its symbolic representation in both visual and textual sources, investigating material exchange processes in order to shed light on the connection between actual and symbolic exchange. Individual chapters discuss exchanges instigated by mediators such as Henrietta Maria and Charles II, and textual and visual representations of cultural exchange with France in poetry, restoration comedies, fashion discourse, and in literary devices and characters. Well-written and accessible, Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England provides needed insight into the field of cultural exchange, and will be of interest to both literary scholars and cultural historians.

The Huevolution of Sacred Muur Science Past and Present
The Huevolution of Sacred Muur Science Past and Present

Author: Noble Timothy Myers - EL

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2004-12-30

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1418469491

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This book is a theoretical compilation on the huevolution of sacred Muur Science past and present. It contains valuable information never before seen in one volume regarding religion, numerology, Freemasonry, history, science etc. By reading this book one can gain insight on such historical figures such as Noble Drew Ali, Benjamin Banneker, Paul Cuffe, Benjamin Franklin, Marcus Garvey, Queen Calafia, and Sir Francis Bacon to name a few. So, come travell through a mystical labyrinth, where sacred Muur Science interfaces with Freemasonry and esotericism.

Heroes and Heroines of Greece and Rome
Heroes and Heroines of Greece and Rome

Author: Brian Kinsey

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2012-01-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0761499814

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Explores well-known heroic figures as well as the demigods, nymphs, sorceresses, and other creatures that inhabited the mortal world and figured prominently in the myths of the heroes and heroines of Greece and Rome.

Historiographical Alexander
Historiographical Alexander

Author: Borja Antela-Bernádez

Publisher: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra / Coimbra University Press

Published:

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9892624629

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In a famous statement, Ulrich Wilcken argues that each historian has his own Alexander. A critical examination of the traditions in Historiographic Alexander allows to reconsider both our ideas of alterity and success, and how great can be a human being, or to what extent what was great in the past still has to be accepted as such in our present days. To sum up, to revisit Alexander from the eyes of the historians in the Contemporary Age offers a genuine opportunity to rethink History as such, and to evaluate how can we imagine new ways to explain the past in order to build a rich appreciation of the present in order to imagine brand new futures. The aim of the following pages is to review Alexander’s portraits and concerns in the works and scopes of the more recent historical traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

From Alexander to Jesus
From Alexander to Jesus

Author: Ory Amitay

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 0520948173

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Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to the earliest theology of the nascent Christian churches. Ory Amitay delves into a wide range of primary texts in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew to trace Alexander as a mythological figure, from his relationship to his ancestor and rival, Herakles, to the idea of his divinity as the son of a god. In compelling detail, Amitay illuminates both Alexander’s links to Herakles and to two important and enduring ideas: that of divine sonship and that of reconciliation among peoples.

Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines

Author: Patricia Monaghan, PhD

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1608682188

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More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.