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  • 1
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    Existential Threats : American Apocalyptic Beliefs in the Technological Era (2017)
    Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press | Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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    ISBN: 9780812294019
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 306.0973
    RVK:
    HU 1075
    RVK:
    HU 1691
    Abstract: Americans have long been enthralled by visions of the apocalypse. Will the world end through nuclear war, environmental degradation, and declining biodiversity? Or, perhaps, through the second coming of Christ, rapture of the faithful, and arrival of the Antichrist—a set of beliefs known as dispensationalist premillennialism? These seemingly competing apocalyptic fantasies are not as dissimilar as we might think. In fact, Lisa Vox argues, although these secular and religious visions of the end of the world developed independently, they have converged to create the landscape of our current apocalyptic imagination.In Existential Threats, Vox assembles a wide range of media—science fiction movies, biblical tractates, rapture fiction—to develop a critical history of the apocalyptic imagination from the late 1800s to the present. Apocalypticism was once solely a religious ideology, Vox contends, which has secularized in response to increasing technological and political threats to American safety. Vox reads texts ranging from Christianity Today articles on ecology and the atomic bomb to Dr. Strangelove, and from Mary Shelley's The Last Man to the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, demonstrating along the way that conservative evangelicals have not been as resistant to science as popularly believed and that scientists and science writers have unwittingly reproduced evangelical eschatological themes and scenarios in their own works. Existential Threats argues that American apocalypticism reflects and propagates our ongoing debates over the authority of science, the place of religion, uses of technology, and America's evolving role in global politics.
    Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017)
    DOI: 10.9783/9780812294019
    URL: https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294019
    URL: Cover
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    Regensburg UB
    BSZ
    GBV
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    BVB
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    The blacker the ink : constructions of black identity in comics and sequential art (2015)
    New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press | Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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    ISBN: 9780813572369 , 9780813572352
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 343 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 741.5/973
    RVK:
    LB 48610
    RVK:
    LC 84610
    RVK:
    EC 7120
    RVK:
    HU 1728
    Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: When many think of comic books the first thing that comes to mind are caped crusaders and spandex-wearing super-heroes. Perhaps, inevitably, these images are of white men (and more rarely, women). It was not until the 1970s that African American superheroes such as Luke Cage, Blade, and others emerged. But as this exciting new collection reveals, these superhero comics are only one small component in a wealth of representations of black characters within comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels over the past century. The Blacker the Ink is the first book to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry. Organized thematically into "panels" in tribute to sequential art published in the funny pages of newspapers, the fifteen original essays take us on a journey that reaches from the African American newspaper comics of the 1930s to the Francophone graphic novels of the 2000s. Even as it demonstrates the wide spectrum of images of African Americans in comics and sequential art, the collection also identifies common character types and themes running through everything from the strip The Boondocks to the graphic novel Nat Turner. Though it does not shy away from examining the legacy of racial stereotypes in comics and racial biases in the industry, The Blacker the Ink also offers inspiring stories of trailblazing African American artists and writers. Whether you are a diehard comic book fan or a casual reader of the funny pages, these essays will give you a new appreciation for how black characters and creators have brought a vibrant splash of color to the world of comics.
    Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019)
    DOI: 10.36019/9780813572369
    URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813572369
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Keywords for Asian American Studies (2015)
    New York, NY : New York University Press | Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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    ISBN: 9781479883851
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Keywords 4
    DDC: 305.895073
    RVK:
    HD 474
    RVK:
    HU 1729
    Keywords: Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch ; Wörterbuch
    Abstract: A new vocabulary for Asian American studiesBorn out of the Civil Rights and Third World Liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Asian American Studies has grown significantly over the past four decades, both as a distinct field of inquiry and as a potent site of critique. Characterized by transnational, trans-Pacific, and trans-hemispheric considerations of race, ethnicity, migration, immigration, gender, sexuality, and class, this multidisciplinary field engages with a set of concepts profoundly shaped by past and present histories of racialization and social formation. The keywords included in this collection are central to social sciences, humanities, and cultural studies and reflect the ways in which Asian American Studies has transformed scholarly discourses, research agendas, and pedagogical frameworks. Spanning multiple histories, numerous migrations, and diverse populations, Keywords for Asian American Studies reconsiders and recalibrates the ever-shifting borders of Asian American studies as a distinctly interdisciplinary field. Visit keywords.nyupress.org for online essays, teaching resources, and more.
    Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
    DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9781479883851.001.0001
    URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479883851
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    Würzburg UB
    KOBV
    HeBIS
    BVB
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