As baby boomers gray, cinematic depictions of aging and the aged are on the rise. In the horror genr... more

what cost?
 This collection of new essays examines nearly a century of genre horror in which on-screen texts drive and...... more

focus on consumption? In what ways do they hold a mirror to our taken-for-granteds about food and humanity, asking if what...... more

of new essays explores fifty years of genre horror in which manifestations of the sacred or profane play a material role...... more

focus on consumption? In what ways do they hold a mirror to our taken-for-granteds about food and humanity, asking if what...... more

This volume serves as a guide for teaching history with sci-fi films. In addition to covering key themes and concepts...... more

Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have compiled essays on the comic undead that look at the subgenre from a variety...... more

This volume explores the representation of the supernatural in war stories in various media. These e... more

the Frontier, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled a collection of essays that explore the...... more

This companion to Undead in the West (Scarecrow 2012) explores the blending of the Western genre wit... more

The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-R... more

. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled a collection of essays that explore the many tropes and themes through which undead Westerns...... more

volume focuses on a different type of Disney "edutainment" film. Together they provide the first comprehensive look at Walt...... more

Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warr... more

from their origins to the present day, with a particular emphasis on the years since World War II. All three principal uses...... more

with the wave of a medical gizmo. The media makes it all look easy. Can scientists hope to accomplish such amazing feats in...... more

travels gone wrong. Usually, these stories heavily feature the exotic or unknown, and can transform any journey into a...... more

economy--that play a key role in constructing and framing fear, monsters, and the monstrous across a range of films and eras....... more

economy--that play a key role in constructing and framing fear, monsters, and the monstrous across a range of films and eras....... more

Home, we are taught from childhood, is safe. Home is a refuge that keeps the monsters out--until it isn’t. This...... more

The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-R... more

Founded in 1642 as Great Harbor, Edgartown is the oldest of Martha s Vineyard s six townships. It has been a shire town...... more

Cromwell on "The History of Oak Bluffs As a Popular Resort for Blacks" (1984); Jacqueline Holland on "The African-American...... more

Inventors in American Film and TV since 1930, A. Bowdoin Van Riper focuses on the dramatized portrayals of a particular group of...... more

. Imagining Flight is a history of the air age as the rest of us have experienced it: on the pages of books, the screens of movie...... more

effort. A vivid account of how the discovery of human antiquity forced Victorians to redefine their assumptions about human...... more

A. Bowdoin Van Riper provides an account of how Victorian scientists raised and resolved the question of human...... more