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George R.R. Martin's acclaimed seven-book fantasy series A Song of
Ice and Fire is unique for its strong and multi-faceted female
protagonists, from teen queen Daenerys, scheming Queen Cersei,
child avenger Arya, knight Brienne, Red Witch Melisandre, and many
more. The Game of Thrones universe challenges, exploits, yet also
changes how we think of women and gender, not only in fantasy, but
in Western culture in general. Divided into three sections
addressing questions of adaptation from novel to television, female
characters, and politics and female audience engagement within the
GoT universe, the interdisciplinary and international lineup of
contributors analyze gender in relation to female characters and
topics such as genre, sex, violence, adaptation, as well as fan
reviews. The genre of fantasy was once considered a primarily male
territory with male heroes. Women of Ice and Fire shows how the GoT
universe challenges, exploits, and reimagines gender and why it
holds strong appeal to female readers, audiences, and online
participants.
Mastering Fear analyzes horror as play and examines what functions
horror has and why it is adaptive and beneficial for audiences. It
takes a biocultural approach, and focusing on emotions, gender, and
play, it argues we play with fiction horror. In horror we engage
not only with the negative emotions of fear and disgust, but with a
wide range of emotions, both positive and negative. The book lays
out a new theory of horror and analyzes female protagonists in
contemporary horror from child to teen, adult, middle age, and old
age. Since the turn of the millennium, we have seen a new
generation of female protagonists in horror. There are feisty teens
in The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017), troubled mothers in The
Babadook (2014), and struggling women in the New French extremity
with Martyrs (2008) and Inside (2007). At the fuzzy edges of the
genre are dramas like Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Black Swan (2010),
and middle-age women are now protagonists with Carol in The Walking
Dead (2010-) and Jessica Lange's characters in American Horror
Story (2011-). Horror is not just for men, but also for women, and
not just for the young, but for audiences of all ages.
Recently, technological progress and the rise of DNA barcoding
efforts have led to a significant increase in the availability of
molecular datasets on intraspecific variability. Carcinologists and
other organismal biologists, who want to use molecular tools to
investigate patterns on the scale of populations, face a
bewildering variety of genetic markers, analytical methods, and
computer programs from which to choose. A modern overview of
population genetic and phylogeographic studies, Phylogeography and
Population Genetics in Crustacea offers insights to guide research
on intraspecific genetic variation in crustaceans. Combining theory
and case studies of current best practices, the book helps
researchers select methods of analysis and interpret their results.
The theoretical chapters discuss the potential of currently used
and upcoming molecular markers in the context of marine non-model
species. They also gather practical tips and address the effect of
seldom-discussed sources of error, such as spatial and temporal
variation, stochasticity, and choice of statistical parameters.
Case studies of marine and limnic crustaceans from around the world
highlight the importance and diversity of sources of population
structure in intraspecific variation. Written by an international
team of 46 leading experts, the book showcases the use and analysis
of molecular markers, including mitochondrial and nuclear DNA
sequence data, coding and non-coding sequences, microsatellites,
and cytogenetics. It gives researchers and students a valuable
summary of current knowledge on the processes that shape genetic
variability and geographic distribution patterns in space and time.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Recently, technological progress and the rise of DNA barcoding
efforts have led to a significant increase in the availability of
molecular datasets on intraspecific variability. Carcinologists and
other organismal biologists, who want to use molecular tools to
investigate patterns on the scale of populations, face a
bewildering variety of genetic markers, analytical methods, and
computer programs from which to choose. A modern overview of
population genetic and phylogeographic studies, Phylogeography and
Population Genetics in Crustacea offers insights to guide research
on intraspecific genetic variation in crustaceans. Combining theory
and case studies of current best practices, the book helps
researchers select methods of analysis and interpret their results.
The theoretical chapters discuss the potential of currently used
and upcoming molecular markers in the context of marine non-model
species. They also gather practical tips and address the effect of
seldom-discussed sources of error, such as spatial and temporal
variation, stochasticity, and choice of statistical parameters.
Case studies of marine and limnic crustaceans from around the world
highlight the importance and diversity of sources of population
structure in intraspecific variation. Written by an international
team of 46 leading experts, the book showcases the use and analysis
of molecular markers, including mitochondrial and nuclear DNA
sequence data, coding and non-coding sequences, microsatellites,
and cytogenetics. It gives researchers and students a valuable
summary of current knowledge on the processes that shape genetic
variability and geographic distribution patterns in space and time.
Total Loss Farm in Guilford, Vermont, was and is a wordy place. Its
hilly acres and flimsy buildings provided a refuge from a riven
country, a place to grow paragraphs and stanzas, among the tilled
rows of the market garden. Peter Gould's first novel Burnt Toast
was a youthful exploration of this mythic turf. Peter left the farm
to pursue love and work. In Horse-Drawn Yogurt, Peter returns to
offer his take on how we lived in times that seem exotic, yet oddly
familiar, in this second edition, with three new stories and an
introduction by Vermont author Bill Schubart. Gould is eloquent,
whimsical, critical, musical, magical, and tender. The new stories
in this second edtion are gems with additional line drawings by the
author.
Real war is a cruel theater of death, yet it is also an exciting
narrative exploited for national, political and commercial purposes
and turned into numerous films, television shows, computer games,
news stories and reenactment plays. This book examines the
relationship between war, visual media and entertainment from a
number of academic perspectives such as film studies, cultural
studies, new media studies, sociology and history. Key topics of
the essays include: how war is used as an imaginary site to stage
dramas; how boundaries between war, media, and entertainment
dissolve as new media alters the formal qualities of
representation; how entertainment is used to engage audiences; and,
what effect products of war and entertainment have on consumers of
popular culture.
With actress Pam Grier's breakthroughs in Coffy and Foxy Brown,
women entered action, science fiction, war, westerns and martial
arts films - genres that had previously been considered the domain
of male protagonists. This ground-breaking cinema, however, was -
and still is - viewed with ambivalence. While women were cast in
new and exciting roles, they did not always arrive with their
femininity intact, often functioning more as a pseudo-male rather
than female character. This volume contains an in-depth critical
analysis and study of the female hero in popular film from 1970 to
2005. It examines five female archetypes: the dominatrix, the
Amazon, the daughter, the mother and the rapeavenger. The entrance
of the female into films written by, produced by and made for men
is viewed through the lens of feminism and post-feminism arguments.
Analyzed works include the ""Alien"" films, the Lara Croft
franchise, ""Charlie's Angels"", and television productions such as
""Xena: Warrior Princess"" and ""La Femme Nikita"".
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