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Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic

Stefan Ekman

Urban fantasy, the genre of fantastic literature in which magic and monsters meet modern society, is fairly young but has old roots. Stefan Ekman’s book, Urban Fantasy: Exploring Modernity through Magic, examines the genre in depth, including its inherent social commentary, its historical development, and its interplay between modernity and the fantastic.

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Twilight Zone Reflections: An Introduction to the Philosophical Imagination

Saul Traiger

Twilight Zone Reflections is the first book of its kind to explore the entirety of The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) as a series. It acts as both an introduction to the field of philosophy and as a complete guide to the philosophical issues illustrated throughout the original 1959–64 television series.

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Theater and Crisis: Myth, Memory, and Racial Reckoning in America, 1964–2020

Patrice D. Rankine

Theater and Crisis aligns narratives about Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin, and George Floyd, among others, with ancient, mythic figures such as Christ, Dionysus, Oedipus, and Moses.

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The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad: A Videographic Book

Jason Mittell

This multimedia, open access project explores the landmark American television series Breaking Bad (2008–13) via the emerging format of videographic criticism.

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