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Monster hunting is more than just going out into the woods or hanging out in graveyards. The history and performance of monster hunting, from Alexander the Great to scientific expeditions of the Victorian era, can lead us directly to modern-day Bigfoot searches. Combining methods of scientific exploration with aspects of tourism theory demonstrates how monster-hunting is performative and, through an analysis tool called The Cryptid Tourist Gaze, this book examines how and why we go looking for monsters and the ways in which small towns celebrate the monsters that once haunted them. By looking at specific museums such as The North American Bigfoot Center and Expedition Bigfoot: The Sasquatch Museum as well as various festivals and conferences such as The Mothman Festival and the UFO Festival in Roswell, we can witness the ways modern monster-hunting practices are performed and see how much they have evolved from their predecessors. Through themes of liminality, community, and initiation, the performance of monster hunting through cryptid tourism allows both participants and observers to gain insight into why looking for monsters, proving their existence, and sharing experiences with other believers is so important.

Beginning with the history of walking as a social activity, this book discusses the various issues which have affected walkers, including increased automobile traffic, the attention of the marketing industry and pedestrian regulations. It also examines the contemplative, psychological and observational qualities of walking.

The dramas of Eugene O'Neill exhibit an imagining of the natural world that enlivens the plays and marks the boundaries of the characters' fates. O'Neill's figures move within purposefully animated natural environments. This new approach to O'Neill's dramas explores ecological settings as crucial to his characters' ability to carry out their conscious and unconscious desires.

Presents the history of air racing from its beginnings in 1909 at Reims, France, to the end of the 2008 racing season at Reno, Nevada. This book follows air racing from pre-World War I European races, through the interwar years when popular air races stimulated military design, and the booms and struggles of the postwar years.

A comprehensive account of the Allied naval air war in the Netherlands East Indies. This work details the actions of Marine Luchtvaart Deinst (MLD) during the Japanese invasion of the Netherlands East Indies. Beginning with a look at the origins of the MLD, it provides an overview of the force. It also includes an appendix.

Collects a wide-ranging sample of fresh analyses of Spider-Man. It traverses boundaries of medium, genre, epistemology, and discipline in essays both insightful and passionate that move forward the study of one of the world's most beloved characters. The editors have crafted the book for fans, creators, and academics alike.

An intensive, scene-by-scene analysis of Kubrick's most mature work - seven films from ""Dr. Strangelove"" to ""Eyes Wide Shut"". Kubrick used settings so diverse that some critics have failed to see the common threads. Rasmussen traces those threads and reveals the always shifting, passionately rendered pattern.

This is a companion to ""Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary"". The earlier dictionary was arranged by symbol. The present work goes the other way, but it is not simply a refiguring of the data. It presents ideas, situations or objects (ancient to modern), and gives the appropriate symbols (allusions, associations, attributes, or emblems).

This reference has cast, production credits, release date and running time for each of the Tarzan films. The plot synopses include storyline, background information on the making of the film and contemporary critical commentary. Also examined is Tarzan on television.

Theodore Bundy was one of the most infamous, flamboyant American serial killers on record, and his story is a complex mix of psychopathology, criminal investigation, and the US legal system. This book offers coverage of Bundy's life and his killing spree that totaled dozens of victims.

The floozy, the gangster's moll, the nasty debutante: Most Hollywood actresses played at least one of these bad girls in the 1930s. This work covers the lives and careers of 28 actresses, providing details about their lives and giving complete filmographies of their careers.