One woman appears to have the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betteron now lies in a hospital bed, dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash.
Meanwhile, in a Casablanca hotel room, Hilary Craven prepares to take her own life. But her suicide attempt is about to be interrupted by a man who will offer her an altogether more thrilling way to die…
"Trigg and co-writers are skilled instructors who do an artful job in establishing a continuity as one topic switches to the next." (Electric Review, September/October 2006) "…18 review articles…offer advanced students and researchers a quick, to-the-point introduction…" (CHOICE, May 2006) "Trigg and co-writers are skilled instructors who do an artful job in establishing a continuity as one topic switches to the next." (Electric Review, September/October 2006) "...18 review articles...offer advanced students and researchers a quick, to-the-point introduction..." (CHOICE, May 2006)
Goldsmith, a neurobiologist, draws examples from neurobiology, psychology, and ethology (behavioural evolution).
The result is a work that attempts to overcome many of the misconceptions that have hindered the contributions that biological sciences have to offer concerning the evolution of human society, behaviour and sense of identity.
This collection charts the terrain of contemporary Japanese animation, one of the most explosive forms of visual culture to emerge at the crossroads of transnational cultural production in the last twenty-five years. The essays offer bold and insightful engagement with anime's concerns with gender identity, anxieties about body mutation and technological monstrosity, and apocalyptic fantasies. The contributors dismantle the distinction between "high" and "low" culture and offer compelling arguments for the value and importance of the study of anime and popular culture as a key link in the translation from the local to the global.
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