Miranda corcoran (123 résultats)

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.

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paperback. Etat : Fine. LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.

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Paperback. Etat : New. "Ghosts frequently speak of a lost past, but just as often they gesture forwards to an unrealised future, a dream that failed to come true."The witches and ghouls of New England; vampires and zombies in the bible belt; atomic monsters of the desert west; and satanic cults in California: this is a book about the American Gothic, the horrors haunting the vast landscapes of the United States and populating its movies and literature. Why do we continue to summon such creatures? Why do we give them such grotesque shapes and imbue them with taboo desires? Moreover, why do we sometimes desire them?Part cultural history and part travelogue, Haunted States traces the American Gothic's roots in its natural and manmade environments and the nation's dark history of colonialism, slavery, violence and oppression - past sins that continue to haunt the national consciousness to this day."Miranda Corcoran makes the best of guides to the rich ghost lore of the United States, bringing a rare wisdom to the subject in this eloquent, insightful and compulsively readable book."Susan Owens, author of The Ghost: A Cultural History.…

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the dark history of the US and exploring how past horrors - from witch trials to slavery and genocide - continue to haunt the national consciousness.A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the dark history of the US and exploring how past horrors - from witch trials to slavery and genocide - continue to haunt the national consciousness."Ghosts frequently speak of a lost past, but just as often they gesture forwards to an unrealised future, a dream that failed to come true."The witches and ghouls of New England; vampires and zombies in the bible belt; atomic monsters of the desert west; and satanic cults in California: this is a book about the American Gothic, the horrors haunting the vast landscapes of the United States and populating its movies and literature. Why do we continue to summon such creatures? Why do we give them such grotesque shapes and imbue them with taboo desires? Moreover, why do we sometimes desire them?Part cultural history and part travelogue, Haunted States traces the American Gothic's roots in its natural and manmade environments and the nation's dark history of colonialism, slavery, violence and oppression - past sins that continue to haunt the national consciousness to this day."Miranda Corcoran makes the best of guides to the rich ghost lore of the United States, bringing a rare wisdom to the subject in this eloquent, insightful and compulsively readable book."- Susan Owens, author of The Ghost: A Cultural History A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the darkhistory of the US and exploring how past horrors from witch trials to slavery and genocide continue to haunt the national consciousness. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Etat : New.

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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Etat : New. 2024. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . .

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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 352 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 352 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Etat : New. In English.

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paperback. Etat : New. Special order direct from the distributor.

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Paperback. Etat : New. In the decades since the Second World War, the teenage witch has emerged as a major American cultural trope. Appearing in films, novels, comics and on television, adolescent witches have long reflected shifting societal attitudes towards the teenage demographic. At the same time, teen witches have also served as a means through which adolescent femininity can be conceptualised, interrogated and reimagined. Drawing on a wide theoretical framework - including the works of Deleuze and Foucault as well as recent new materialist philosophies - this book explores how the adolescent witch has evolved over the course of more than seventy years. Moving from the birth of the bobby soxer in the 1940s through to twenty-first-century teenage engagements with fourth-wave feminism, this book treats a range of themes including embodiment, agency, identity, violence and sexuality.…

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