El Santo: Wrestler, Saint and Superhero – Gabrielle Murray

Dec 4, 2006 | Comics, Film, Older Media, Volume 10

Abstract:In Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata Álvaron A. Fernández Reyes notes that within the immense cultural productions of modern Mexico, the ritual and myths that revolve around the heroic figure of Santo, are peculiarly diverse, embodying the creation of new...

Buffy vs. Dracula”: Intertextuality, Carnival and Cult – Patrick J. Porter

Jul 4, 2006 | Television, Volume 09

Buffy: Who are you? Dracula: I apologize. I assumed you knew. I am Dracula. Contemporary television drama serials often rely on media-literate audiences who are able to trace a plethora of often subtly encoded and obscure allusions to other narratives. However,...

THE SUPERHERO: Conscience of the King – Rod Marsden

Oct 2, 2005 | Comics

Superheroes are often used as symbols, by the artist and writer, for either the way they feel about a situation, or of their country and the direction it is going in. Thus, superheroes can be our guide to how certain people, living in countries such as the USA , the...

A Community of Writers – Carolyn Eddy

Oct 2, 2005 | Digital Media/Internet

The Internet has made it possible for writers all over the world, to get together in social groups, to discuss all things literary, but how successful can these virtual communities be?Are they really sociable places and do they satisfy the people that take part in...

Vampire Hip: Style as Subcultural Expression in Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Patricia Bieszk

Feb 4, 2005 | Television

Patricia explores the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, subculture and style. White on white Translucent black capes Back on the rack. Bela Lugosi’s dead. The Bats have left the bell tower, The victims have been bled, Red velvet lines the black box. Bela Lugosi’s...

Moving Listening: a Poetic Cycle – Antonia Pont

Feb 4, 2005 | Sound

Can moving enhance listening? Through a series of research sessions that used movement in order to note its relationship to, and effect upon, her capacity to listen, Antonia Pont attempts to answer this question… through poetic means. At the beginning of 2002, I...