ENGL 1183.106: Word and Image: Casualties of Villainization (Spring 2024): Find Background

3 vols. Examines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modern era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Some of the nearly 400 articles address broad theoretical topics that have helped to shape modern ideas about race and racism; others address more specific subjects in the larger fields.

Covers important topics, events, and persons relevant to race and ethicity in society. Also addresses other issues of inequality that intersect with race and ethnicity, including ability status, age, class, gender, and sexual orientation.

Brings together thirty-four original chapters from international experts that address key features of contemporary racisms. The Handbook has a global orientation and covers contemporary racisms in both the western and non-western geopolitical environments.

4 volumes. Illustrated. Signed articles with bibliographies.

Up-to-date & designed for easy access, this single-volume encyclopedia presents information on the major aspects of the Holocaust. Essays by scholars from eleven countries draw on a number of sources -- including recently uncovered evidence from the former Soviet bloc -- to provide in-depth studies on the political, social, religious, & moral issues of the Holocaust as well as short entries identifying events, sites, & individuals.

Examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the distinct development of this art form both in America and around the world. Also explores the diverse subgenres often associated with it.

The definitive compilation on witchcraft and witch hunting in the early modern era exploring significant people, places, beliefs, and events.

Presents a detailed look at the Craft and its history from its ancient origins to its modern revival. Covers witchcraft practices around the world in different time periods and societies, including entries on magic, shamanism, the occult, and wizadry. Also included are biographies of influential characters in the witchcraft movement and how they shaped the traditions and practices of their followers.

A comprehensive and interdisciplinary study of the belief in witches from antiquity to the present day, providing both an introduction to the subject of witchcraft and an overview of the on-going debates.

2 volumes; Focuses on significant gender scholarship within commonly recognized areas of social research.

"The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the overlapping areas of gender, feminist, queer, masculinity, and sexuality studies; and acknowledges the growing interdisciplinary impact of these fields. "

Surveys more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States, presented through over 500 entries. Coverage includes people, public policy, economics, social issues, identities, and culture, among many others.

Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory.

Features a series of newly-commissioned essays from experts in Gothic studies that cover all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture. Provides comprehensive coverage of relevant authors, national traditions, critical developments, and notable texts that define, shape, and inform the genre.