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Many of the chapters in this book explore, not just the villain, but the ambiguity of the villain in literature, religion, society and history. These chapters explore the image of the villain, not only as a villain, but as it is overlaid with images of heroes and victims that both clarify and confuse all three categories. These brief essays represent the presentations and discussions taking place at the first international, interdisciplinary conference on Villains and Villainy which took place at Mansfield College, Oxford in September 2009 as part of the research network Inter-Disciplinary. Net. The extraordinary collection of scholars from around the world and across numerous academic disciplines resulted in a discussion of villains that transcended traditional definitions and limitations and began to address some of the truly challenging questions arising from our image of the villain. In order to facilitate the representation of the depth and breadth of discussion which emerged during this conference, this book is divided into six thematic sections: Part I: Villains: Culture, Religion and Spirituality Part II: Villainy and the Community Part III: Villains, Gender and Societal Structures Part IV: Historical Villains Part V: Villains in Life: Prejudice, Stereotypes and Ideology Part VI: Villains, Heroes and Victims: Villainous and Moral Ambiguity

Table of Contents:
Introduction Dana Lori Chalmers PART I: Villains: Culture, Religion and Spirituality The Book of Dede Korkut: The Villains In and Out of Turks Dilek Tufekci Can & Metin Ekici Language and the Shadow: Post Structuralism as Ontological Divorce in Goethe's Faust Luke Strongman Rahu, Mars and Saturn and the Villain Stars: The Making of a Villain in Thai Astrology Matthew Kosuta PART II: Villains and the Community Why So Saracen? Using Villains to Define the Nation in the Thornton Manuscripts Danny Gorny From Evil to Evil: Revisiting Ravana as a Tool for Community Building Anita Shukla PART III: Villains, Gender and Societal Structures The Silent Villain: The Minimalist Construction of a Patriarchal Villainy in John Le Carre's Karla Trilogy Sara Martin Villains in the Family: Monstrous Mothers-, Daughters- and Sisters-in-Law Dikmen Yakalu-A amodlu PART IV: Historical Villains Witches and Villains: The 'Bad Guys' of the Salem Witchcraft Trials in the 19th Century Fiction Marta Maria Gutierrez Rodriguez Bandits, Spies, Mercenaries or Traitors? The Counter-Guerrilla of Manuel Dominguez and the Mexican American War (1847-1848) Adriana Perez PART V: Villains in Life: Prejudice, Stereotypes and Ideology Villains in Nazi Theatre and ParaTheatre Dana Lori Chalmers Historicizing Racialised Objects of Horror: The Black Renaissance Villain Anna Fahraeus Jarinko Chie and Ya-San Tetsu: Representing the Face, Heart and Underbelly of Osaka Jason Christopher Jones PART VI: Villains, Heroes and Victims: Villainous Ambiguity The Disguise of Subjectivity and the Limitations of the Satanic Character Panagiota-Naya Tsentourou Cheaters Sometimes Win: Shifting Modes of Villainy in The Cheaters Ann-Marie Cook Who Can Find a Virtuous CTU Agent? Jack Bauer and the Tragedy of a Good Villain Monika Bokiniec Join Me and We Cannot be Defeated Daniel J. Connell

About the Author :
Dana Lori Chalmers is a doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Her research interests include genocide, ideology and theatre, with particular emphasis on the interactions between all three.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848880085
  • Publisher: Inter/Connexions
  • Publisher Imprint: Inter-Disciplinary Press
  • Height: 210 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1848880081
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Width: 148 mm


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