ISBN:
0415340217
,
0415340225
,
9781280552502
,
9780203462867
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 230 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Mummy's Curse : Mummymania in the English-speaking World
DDC:
393.3
Keywords:
Mummy films History and criticism
;
Mummies
;
Mummies in mass media
;
Mummies in literature
;
Blessing and cursing
Abstract:
A study of the Mummy's curse. This book covers 19th century fiction and poetry, study of mummy horror films, and the prejudices embedded in children's toys. It shows that the curse's structure and meaning has changed, as public attitudes toward archaeology and the Middle East were transformed by events such as the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. UNRAVELLING THE MUMMY; 2. SEX AND DEATH: NINETEENTH- AND EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE; 3. FEAR AND LOATHING: TWENTIETH-CENTURY CLASSIC MUMMY LMS; 4. GIGGLES AND GOOSEBUMPS: LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY POPULAR CULTURE; 5. ATTRACTION AND REPULSION: MUMMIES IN MUSEUMS; 6. WRAPPING IT UP; APPENDIX: QUESTIONNAIRES, INTERVIEWS AND PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; OBJECTOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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