Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge

Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism.

This Perversion Called Love positions one of Japan's most canonical and best translated 20th century authors at the center of contemporary debates in feminism.

Unruly women are not often represented in a good light.

Our Bodies, Ourselves, first published by a mainstream press in 1973, is now in its eighth major edition.

Sex trafficking is not a recent phenomenon.

"e;Laura Bier unpacks the complicated dynamics and legacy of an historical moment in which women were understood to be crucial to modern nation-building.

Insulated from the dust, noise, and crowds churning outside, China's luxury hotels are staging areas for the new economic and political landscape of the country.

This innovative volume studies women as economic, political, and cultural mediators of space, gender, value, and language in informal markets.

Perhaps no one has keener insight into human nature than the small-town trial lawyer.

On November 8, 1943, U.

Written for everyone interested in women's and gender history, History Matters reaffirms the importance to feminist theory and activism of long-term historical perspectives.

Was, wenn der Urknall weniger eine unumstößliche Wahrheit als vielmehr eine gedankliche ›Erfindung‹ ist?

This work offers an original interpretation of the mothers of the protagonists in Dickens's autobiographical novels.

Long dismissed as ciphers, sycophants and "e;Stepford Wives,"e; women characters of primetime television during the 1950s through the 1980s are overdue for this careful reassessment.

This is the first, full-length biography of Florence Nightingale told from a post-feminist perspective.

Glastonbury, a small town in Somerset, England, stands at the epicenter of a longstanding tradition placing the Holy Grail in Britain.

Archetypal symbols in ancient myths as well as the folktales, nursery stories, and fairytales of the Middle Ages are the blueprints of modern fantasy literature.

The author has determined in an earlier McFarland book (The Historic King Arthur, 1996, paperback 2007) that there was not a historic King Arthur during the sixth century.

Legends are a mirror of the culture that creates them, a revealing lens through which to observe society, religion, history, and traditions.

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Throughout history, humans have pondered the question of their existence.

On every continent and in every nation, animals unrecognized by modern science are reported on a daily basis.

The United States has a rich haunted history not often recounted in school.

This exhaustive volume catalogs nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions.

Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays covering a full range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture.

Angela Carter, a prolific author who worked in numerous genres, remains one of the most important British writers of the last century.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Celtic mythology and religion, encompassing numerous aspects of ritual and belief.

When the first Europeans arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, the volcano goddess Pele was the central deity of a complex religion in the volcano districts of Hawai'i Island.

For many years, conspiracy theories have been among the most popular story elements in Hollywood films.

With actress Pam Grier's breakthrough 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.

Once tainted by association with Hitler and Nazism, Richard Wagner's work has experienced an international cultural renaissance in the last 25 years.

A first edition of The Halloween Encyclopedia was published by McFarland in 2003 (Booklist: "e;a worthy addition to public and school libraries as well as the reference shelves of journalists and leaders of community events"e;); it was the first encyclopedic reference book on the cultural phenomenon (which also deals with such related holidays as Britain's Guy Fawkes Day, Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, and the Celtic celebration Samhain).

The relationship between traditional myths, fairytales and current fiction novels featuring women as crime-solvers is examined in this critical study.

Madonna has long been accepted as a pop culture icon, but this text postulates a greater cultural importance by analyzing her as a postmodern myth.

The Baganda people of Uganda enjoy an extraordinarily rich oral tradition, which serves as a window into their culture, history, and experiences as a people.

Contemporary myths, particularly science fiction and fantasy texts, can provide commentary on who we are as a culture, what we have created, and where we are going.

From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind's deeply-rooted fears.

This biographical dictionary separates myth from history by differentiating and defining figures associated with Arthuriana.

The word "e;hero"e; seems in its present usage, an all-purpose moniker applied to everyone from Medal of Honor recipients to celebrities to comic book characters.

Gothic cinema, typified by the films of Universal, Hammer, Amicus and Tigon, grew out of an aesthetic that stretches back to the 18th century and beyond, even to Shakespeare.

An exploration into the beliefs and origins of the Druids, this book examines the role the Druids may have played in the story of King Arthur and the founding of Britain.

Few figures have captured Hollywood's and the public's imagination as completely as have medieval heroes.

By the 12th century, European literature was rich with tales of a procession carrying a group of objects closely tied to the Passion of Christ--the Holy Grail, the lance that pierced Christ's side, the sword used to behead John the Baptist, and a dish from the Last Supper.

Many playwrights, authors, poets and historians have used images, metaphors and references to and from Greek tragedy, myth and epic to describe the African experience in the New World.

The idea of the complete annihilation of all life is a powerful and culturally universal concept.

Break the cycle of doubting yourself, take God at His word, and talk back with truth - a new message of freedom from bestselling coauthor of Wild and Free Hayley Morgan.

In her highly anticipated nonfiction debut, comedian Kelly Bandas uses her trademark humor to recount stories of growing up and becoming a semifunctional adult in a dysfunctional world.

A unique biblical and practical approach to uncluttering our internal thoughts and feelings.

How well do you know the Holy Spirit?