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  • Literary Onomastics

    de Dorothy Dodge Robbins, Dorothy Dodge Robbins, Susan J. Behrens, Christine De Vinne, Kara Kennedy, Christopher L. Robinson, Ernest P. Rufleth, Derek R. Whaley ...
    Series series Names and Naming in the Social Sciences and Humanities
    Literary Onomastics surveys different methods of studying names in works of literature and offers representative works of literary onomastic analysis. Included in this volume are qualitative studies that examine select names as well as quantitative studies that examine entire systems of names. These studies of literary names straddle centuries, cross genres, and defy simple categorization. Leading ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Frank Herbert's "Dune"

    A Critical Companion

    de Kara Kennedy ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book offers a critical study of Frank Herbert’s Dune (1965), the world’s bestselling science fiction novel. Kara Kennedy discusses the novel’s exploration of politics and religion, its influential ecological messages, the focus on the human mind and consciousness, the complex nature of the archetypal hero, and the depiction of women’s influence and control. In Dune, Herbert demonstrated that ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe

    Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction

    de Kara Kennedy ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book undertakes the first large-scale analysis of women’s agency in Frank Herbert’s six-book science fiction Dune series. Kara Kennedy explores how female characters in the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood—from Jessica to Darwi Odrade—secure control and influence through five avenues of embodied agency: mind-body synergy, reproduction and motherhood, voices, education and memory, and sexuality. She ... Leer más

    $107.99 USD

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  • Dune and Philosophy

    Weirding Way of the Mentat

    de Jeffery Nicholas ...
    Series Libro 56 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Frank Herbert’s Dune is the biggest-selling science fiction story of all time; the original book and its numerous sequels have transported millions of readers into the alternate reality of the Duniverse. Dune and Philosophy raises intriguing questions about the Duniverse in ways that will be instantly meaningful to fans. Those well-known characters-Paul Atreides, Baron Harkkonen, Duncan Idaho, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Stories in a New Skin

    Approaches to Inuit Literature

    de Keavy Martin ...
    Series Libro 3 - Contemporary Studies on the North
    In an age where southern power-holders look north and see only vacant polar landscapes, isolated communities, and exploitable resources, it is important to note that the Inuit homeland encompasses extensive philosophical, political, and literary traditions. Stories in a New Skin is a seminal text that explores these Arctic literary traditions and, in the process, reveals a pathway into Inuit ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Dune and Philosophy

    Minds, Monads, and Muad'Dib

    de William Irwin, Kevin S. Decker ...
    Series series The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    Explore the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune in all its philosophical richness“He who controls the spice controls the universe.” Frank Herbert’s Dune saga is the epic story of Paul, son of Duke Leto Atreides, and heir to the massive fortune promised by the desert planet Arrakis and its vast reservoirs of a drug called “spice.” To control the spice, Paul and his mother Jessica, a devotee of the ... Leer más

    $18.00 USD

  • The Science Fiction Mythmakers

    Religion, Science and Philosophy in Wells, Clarke, Dick and Herbert

    de Jennifer Simkins ...
    Series Libro 54 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    A literary genre that pervades 21st-century popular culture, science fiction creates mythologies that make statements about humanity's place in the universe and embody an intersection of science, religion and philosophy.This book considers the significance of this confluence through an examination of myths in the writings of H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Frank Herbert. ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Discovering Dune

    Essays on Frank Herbert's Epic Saga

    de Donald E. Palumbo ...
    Series Libro 81 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    Frank Herbert's Dune is one of the most well-known science fiction novels of all time, and it is often revered alongside time-honored classics like The Lord of the Rings. Unlike Tolkien's work, the Dune series has received remarkably little academic attention. This collection includes fourteen new essays from various academic disciplines--including philosophy, political science, disability studies ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • Environments in Science Fiction

    Essays on Alternative Spaces

    Edición de Susan M. Bernardo, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III ...
    Series Libro 44 - Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
    The all-new essays in this book respond to the question, How do spaces in science fiction, both built and unbuilt, help shape the relationships among humans, other animals and their shared environments? Spaces, as well as a sense of place or belonging, play major roles in many science fiction works. This book focuses especially on depictions of the future that include, but move beyond, dystopias ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Will to Change

    Men, Masculinity, and Love

    de bell hooks ...
    From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, an evergreen treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all.Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Anime and Philosophy

    Wide Eyed Wonder

    de Josef Steiff, Tristan D. Tamplin ...
    Series Libro 47 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Anime and Philosophy focuses on some of the most-loved, most-intriguing anime films and series, as well as lesser-known works, to find what lies at their core. Astro Boy, Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell, and Spirited Away are just a few of the films analyzed in this book. In these stories about monsters, robots, children, and spirits who grapple with the important questions in life we find ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Chalice and the Blade

    Our History, Our Future---Updated With a New Epilogue

    de Riane Eisler ...
    Now with an updated epilogue celebrating the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking and increasingly relevant book."May be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes." – LA WeeklyThe Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins, tracing humanity’s long-forgotten history into deep prehistory. This landmark work of feminist history shows that warfare and the war of ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD