{"product_id":"beasts-of-the-deep-sea-creatures-and-popular-culture-paperback-softback-9780861967339","title":"Beasts of the Deep; Sea Creatures and Popular Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780861967339","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeasts of the Deep\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSea Creatures and Popular Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJon Hackett (Edited by), Seán Harrington (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780861967339\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 January 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, 17 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 17 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.331 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a compilation of fourteen conference papers turned into a tastefully illustrated tome, this deep sea probe is for anyone fascinated with maritime lore—a lore that reflects anxieties about life on land and what lies beneath the water's surface as well as our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (Western Folklore) \u003cp\u003eOverall, this book is a fascinating and well-curated overview of the different ways in which to examine and understand the monstrosity of the sea and its creatures. Through very engaging research and its use of illustrations, the book is very approachable and enjoyable. But perhaps its most salient aspect, beyond the quality of its content, is the volume's ability to be multidisciplinary from a reader's and author's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Folklore Research) \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeasts of the Deep\u003c\/em\u003e offers entertaining and enlightening reading on a fascinating topic.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of American Culture)\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeasts of the Deep: Sea Creatures and Popular Culture offers its readers an in-depth and interdisciplinary engagement with the sea and its monstrous inhabitants; through critical readings of folklore, weird fiction, film, music, radio and digital games. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWithin the text there are a multitude of convergent critical perspectives used to engage and explore fictional and real monsters of the sea in media and folklore. The collection features chapters from a variety of academic perspectives; post- modernism, psychoanalysis, industrial-organisational analysis, fandom studies, sociology and philosophy are featured. Under examination are a wide range of narratives and media forms that represent, reimagine and create the Kraken, mermaids, giant sharks, sea draugrs and even the weird creatures of H.P. Lovecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeasts of the Deep offers an expansive study of our sea-born fears and anxieties, that are crystallised in a variety of monstrous forms. Repeatedly the chapters in the collection encounter the contemporary relevance of our fears of the sea and its inhabitants – through the dehumanising media depictions of refugees in the Mediterranean to the encroaching ecological disasters of global warming, pollution and the threat of mass marine extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Folklore and Weird Tales\u003cbr\u003e\"From Beneath the Waves\": Sea-Draugr and the Popular Conscience – Alexander Hay\u003cbr\u003eThe Depths of our Experience: Thalassophobia and the Lovecraftian Horror – Seán J. Harrington\u003cbr\u003eFrom Depths of Terror to Depths of Wonder: The Sublime in Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu and Cameron's The Abyss – Vivan Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\"Is there sound in the deep?\": Representation and resonance in radio dramatisations of The Kraken Wakes – Farokh Soltani\u003cbr\u003ePart 2: Depths of Desire\u003cbr\u003eBeauty and the Octopus: Cephalopods as Sexualized Monsters – Marco Carbone \u003cbr\u003eThe Octopussy: Exploring Representations of Female Sexuality and Animality in Victor Hugo's The Toilers of the Sea (1866) and The Laughing Man (1868) – Laura Ettenfield\u003cbr\u003eTransformations of Desire in The Life Aquatic (2004) – Pete Fossey \u003cbr\u003ePsychedelic Deep Blues: Jimi Hendrix's, 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to be) (1968), Tim Buckley's, Song of the Siren (1968) and Captain Beefheart's, Grow Fins (1972) – Richard Mills\u003cbr\u003ePart 3: Aquatic Spaces and Practices\u003cbr\u003eFan Totems: Affective Investments in the Sea Creatures of Horror and Science Fiction – Brigid Cherry\u003cbr\u003eMermaid Spotting: the rise of mermaiding in popular culture – Maria Mellins\u003cbr\u003eJourneys in Liquid Space: Representations of the Sea in Disney Theme Parks– Lee Brooks\u003cbr\u003eRivers of blood, Sea of bodies: An analysis of recent media coverage of migration and trafficking on the High Seas – Carole Murphy\u003cbr\u003ePart 4: Screening Sea Creatures\u003cbr\u003eBecoming the Shark and\/vs. Controlling the Shark: Jaws Unleashed, the Animal Avatar, and Human-Animal Relationships – Michael Fuchs\u003cbr\u003eSongs of the Sea: Sea Beasts and Maritime Folklore in Global Animation – Mark Fryers\u003cbr\u003eJurassic World's Mosasaurus as the saviour of the classic cinema blockbuster – Damian O'Byrne \u003cbr\u003eNessie Has Risen from the Grave – Ian Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"John Libbey Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676687560984,"sku":"9780861967339","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beasts-of-the-deep-sea-creatures-and-popular-culture-paperback-softback-9780861967339","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}