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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathy Merlock Jackson , Philip L. SimpsonPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781476677453ISBN 10: 147667745 Pages: 269 Publication Date: 15 March 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Kathy Merlock Jackson and Philip L. Simpson Reinterpreting Text, Narrative, and Characters Jaws as Patriarchal—and Ecocidal—Myth Jane Caputi Jaws, Quint’s Tale, and the Scars of World War Kathy Merlock Jackson Amity Means Friendship: Jaws and the Post-Vietnam Politics of Perception Andrew Howe Struggling Against the Tide: Narrative Structure and the Human Connection in Jaws Melissa Ford Lucken Reflecting on Science, Nature, and Cultural Change You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boom: Jaws, MythBusters, Science, and the Legacy of the Blockbuster Michael J. Meindl The Author and the Paratrooper: Speaking Up for Sharks, Fifty Years Apart Emily Sullivan Lessons from Jaws 1916–2020: What Have We Learned from Predators and Pandemics? Amy J. Lantinga “It’s a Carcharodon carcharias”: Jaws, the EcoGothic, and Climate Change Carey Millsap-Spears and Michelle Zurawski The Goofy Great White: Jaws and Our Love for an Apex Predator Jay Alabaster “Killing people whenever he felt like it”: The Predatory Rogue Shark as Forerunner of the American Cultural Obsession with Serial Killers Philip L. Simpson and Andrew Lieb Recreating the Film Industry Jaws and the Racial Ubiquity of the Summer Blockbuster Joshua Botvin A Shark Eating Its Own Tail: Sequel, Cycle, and Remake in the Jaws Franchise Matthew Bolton You’ll Always Go in the Water Again: The Jaws Filone Ralph Beliveau and Carl H. Sederholm Summer Spielberg, Winter Spielberg: Generational Transitions from Jaws to the Age of Convergence Gary R. Edgerton Bibliography Camille McCutcheon About the Contributors IndexReviewsAuthor InformationKathy Merlock Jackson, a professor of media and communication at Virginia Wesleyan University, teaches courses in media studies and children’s culture. She is the author or editor of thirteen books and former editor of The Journal of American Culture. She has served as past president of both the American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association. Philip L. Simpson is a dean at Eastern Florida State College. He is the author of numerous books, chapters, journal articles, and reviews. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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