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UNINA9910782007003321 |
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Autore |
Abbott Stacey |
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Celluloid vampires [[electronic resource] ] : life after death in the modern world / / Stacey Abbott |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Vampire films - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes filmography: p. [255]-258. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-254) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Little Less Ritual and a Little More Fun -- PART ONE. Bram Stoker’s Dracula from Novel to Film -- 1. Dracula: A Wonder of the Modern World -- 2. The Cinematic Spectacle of Vampirism: Nosferatu in the Light of New Technology -- 3. From Hollywood Gothic to Hammer Horror: The Modern Evolution of Dracula -- PART TWO. The Birth of the Modern American Vampire -- 4. The Seventies: The Vampire Decade -- 5. George Romero’s Martin: An American Vampire -- 6. Walking Corpses and Independent Filmmaking Techniques -- 7. Special Makeup Effects and Exploding Vampires -- PART THREE. Reconfiguring the Urban Vampire -- 8. New York and the Vampire Flâneuse -- 9. Vampire Road Movies: From Modernity to Postmodernity -- 10. Los Angeles: Fangs, Gangs, and Vampireland -- PART FOUR. Redefining Boundaries -- 11. Vampire Cyborgs -- 12. Vampires in a Borderless World -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index |
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In 1896, French magician and filmmaker George Méliès brought forth the first celluloid vampire in his film Le manoir du diable. The vampire continues to be one of film's most popular gothic monsters and in fact, today more people become acquainted with the vampire through film than through literature, such as Bram Stoker's classic Dracula. How has this long legacy of celluloid vampires affected our understanding of vampire mythology? And how has the vampire morphed from its folkloric and literary origins? In this entertaining and absorbing work, |
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Stacey Abbott challenges the conventional interpretation of vampire mythology and argues that the medium of film has completely reinvented the vampire archetype. Rather than representing the primitive and folkloric, the vampire has come to embody the very experience of modernity. No longer in a cape and coffin, today's vampire resides in major cities, listens to punk music, embraces technology, and adapts to any situation. Sometimes she's even female. With case studies of vampire classics such as Nosferatu, Martin, Blade, and Habit, the author traces the evolution of the American vampire film, arguing that vampires are more than just blood-drinking monsters; they reflect the cultural and social climate of the societies that produce them, especially during times of intense change and modernization. Abbott also explores how independent filmmaking techniques, special effects makeup, and the stunning and ultramodern computer-generated effects of recent films have affected the representation of the vampire in film. |
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UNINA9910574079703321 |
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Embracing Well-Being in Diverse African Contexts: Research Perspectives / / edited by Lusilda Schutte, Tharina Guse, Marié P. Wissing |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (432 pages) |
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Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology, , 2210-5425 ; ; 16 |
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Positive psychology |
Quality of life |
Ethnopsychology |
Positive Psychology |
Quality of Life Research |
Cross-Cultural Psychology |
Benestar |
Psicologia positiva |
Llibres electrònics |
Àfrica |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Preface -- Part I Theoretical perspectives on well-being in Africa -- Chapter 1 Embracing Well-Being in Diverse Contexts: The Third Wave of Positive Psychology and African Imprint -- Chapter 2 Well-Being in Africa: Towards an Africa(n) Centred Positive Psychology -- Chapter 3 Socially Influenced Health Norms: Their Construction and Enactment in African Culture Settings -- Part II Measuring well-being in Africa -- Chapter 4 Factorial Validity of the Twi Version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form and Prevalence of Mental Health in a Rural Ghanaian Sample -- Chapter 5 Conceptualising and Measuring Hospitality in Relation to Wellbeing in Kenya: Is Hospitality a Character Strength? -- Chapter 6 The factor structure of the Peer and Community Relational Health Indices in two South African samples: A bifactor exploratory structural equation modelling approach -- Part III Manifestations and dynamics of well-being in Africa -- Chapter 7 Resilience in the Context of Chronic, Complex Stressors: An Emerging Adult’s Account -- Chapter 8 Psychological Well-being among Yung People Living with HIV: Role of Social Support, Self-esteem and Socio-demographic Variables -- Chapter 9 Exploring Protective Resources that Facilitate Positive Outcomes Among Married Girls in the Northern Region of Ghana -- Chapter 10 Factors Contributing to Student Wellbeing: Student Perspectives -- Chapter 11 Nature and Role of Student Hope and Meaning in Goal Setting: Implications for Higher Education in South Africa -- Chapter 12 Virtues and Character strengths, Subjective Well-being and Academic Achievement: An Exploratory Study with Angolan University Students -- Chapter 13 Adult Attachment and Well-Being in the Medical Education Context: Attachment Security is Associated with Psychological Well-being through Self-Efficacy -- Chapter 14 Exploration of Harmony as a Quality of Happiness: Findings from South Africa and Ghana -- Chapter 15 Concordance of Goals and Meaning with Reference to theInterpersonal Relationships Domain: Associations with Sociodemographic Variables and Well-being in a Multicultural South African Group -- Part IV Well-being promotion in Africa -- Chapter 16 Positive Psychological Interventions in African Contexts: A Scoping Review -- Chapter 17 Community-based Interventions to Improve Well-being of Youth in a High-risk Community in South Africa: Researcher’s Experiences and Implementation Outcomes. |
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This is the first volume providing a research platform to showcase research in the field of positive psychology and well-being science in African contexts. Next to enhancing context-sensitive theory and practice on the African continent, it also contributes to the global discourse in positive psychology and facilitates the development of a science that reflects and is relevant to complexity and diversity in a globalising society. This volume brings together work from African scholars, featuring research on theoretical perspectives on well-being in Africa, measurement of well-being in Africa, manifestations and dynamics of well-being in Africa, and well-being promotion in Africa. It stimulates further research in positive psychology and well-being science in the African context and globally, and emphasises the interconnectedness and situatedness of human functioning and well-being, contributing to a more balanced perspective on well-being in an |
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international perspective. Thevolume benefits researchers, students and practitioners in Africa and other international contexts who study or apply the science of positive psychology and well-being in diverse contexts. Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. <p>< p="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </p>^. |
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