The book gives a thorough overview of applications of the layer-by-layer (LbL) technique in the context of bioengineering and biomedical engineering where the last years have witnessed tremendous prog
This book proposal for the “instrumentation & measurement” collection of ISTE-Wiley is devoted to special techniques in digital holography. The co-authors aim at establishing a synthetic stat-of-t
The effort to win federal protection for dance in the United States was a racialized and gendered contest. Picart traces the evolution of choreographic works from being federally non-copyrightable to
Picart (English and the humanities, Florida State U.) explores the evolving "cinemyth" of the Frankenstein monster in the context of the relationship between comedic manifestations ( Abbot and Costell
Showcases the versatility of the Frankenstein myth as expressed in the horror genre and provides a sustained critical analysis of the story's evolution over many decades, many studios, and many differ
Two narratives are used in telling the story of indigenous peoples and minorities in relation to globalization and intellectual property rights. This book steers a careful path between Optimism and Fe
Two narratives are used in telling the story of indigenous peoples and minorities in relation to globalization and intellectual property rights. The Optimist narrative hails commercial integration and
The effort to win federal copyright protection for dance choreography in the United States was a simultaneously racialized and gendered contest. Copyright and choreography, particularly as tied with w
Guides the reader through all films--fictional, documentary, and propaganda--related to the Holocaust and its effects, including filmographies, bibliographies, production histories, and spotlight essa
Challenging the classic horror frame in American film American filmmakers appropriate the ?look” of horror in Holocaust films and often use Nazis and Holocaust imagery to explain evil in the world, sa
Sixteen papers explore the cultural meanings invested in and expressed through the character Dracula and Dracula-like figures and, to a lesser extent, other vampire narratives. They have been organize
This collection of essays critically interrogates contemporary visualizations of the Gothic and the monstrous in film and media. The ongoing fascination with evil, as simultaneously repellant and irre
Despite its apparently monolithic definition, "teratology" (from the Greek word teras, meaning "monster," and the Latin logia, which is derived from the Greek logos, meaning "a speaking, discourse, tr
This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the world's most famous vampire, with more than 700 citations of domestic and international Dracula films, television programs, documentaries, adult features, an