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  • SRE with Java Microservices

    by Jonathan Schneider ...
    In a microservices architecture, the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts. But in practice, individual microservices can inadvertently impact others and alter the end user experience. Effective microservices architectures require standardization on an organizational level with the help of a platform engineering team.This practical book provides a series of progressive steps that ... Read more

    $41.09 USD

  • The Financial Diaries

    How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty

    by Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider ...
    What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce themDeep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Year's Work at the Zombie Research Center

    by Stephen Watt, Dan Hassler-Forest, Erik Bohman, Stephen Shapiro, Jack Raglin, Atia Sattar, Seth Morton, Andrea Ruthven, Tatjana Soldat-Jaffe, John Gibson, Jonathan P. Eburne, Stephen Schneider, Jeffrey T. Nealon ...
    Series series The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory
    "Playful and (un)deadly serious . . . chew[s] through a near-exhaustive array of films, television, literature, culture, music and even cocktails."— Times Literary SupplementThey have stalked the horizons of our culture, wreaked havoc on moribund concepts of dead and not dead, threatened our sense of identity, and endangered our personal safety. Now zombies have emerged from the lurking shadows of ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unwatchable

    by Erika Balsom, Kenneth Berger, Susie Bright, Alex Bush, Alec Butler, Noel Carroll, Mel Chen, Jonathan Crary, Abigail De Kosnik, Samuel England, Mattias Frey, Peter Geimer, Michael Boyce Gillespie, Asbjørn Grønstad, Boris Groys, Frances Guerin, Jack Halberstam, Barbara Hammer, Julian Hanich, Stefano Harney, J. Hoberman, Lynne Joyrich, Alexandra Juhasz, E. Ann Kaplan, Katariina Kyrölä, Nathan Lee, Akira Lippit, Jennifer Malkowski, W.J.T. Mitchell, Brandy Monk-Payton, Fred Moten, Bill Nichols, Jan Olsson, Danielle Peers, Raul Perez, Mauro Resmini, B. Ruby Rich, Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Rebecca Schneider, Jeffrey Sconce, Jared Sexton, Philipp Stiasny, Meghan Sutherland, Bennet Togler, Leshu Torchin, Alok Vaid-Menon, Christophe Wall-Romana, Meir Wigoder, Emily Wills, Federico Windhausen, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Genevieve Yue, Alenka Zupancic, Poulomi Saha, Vivian Sobchack ...
    We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as unsuitable for viewing. Yet what does it mean to proclaim something “unwatchable”: disturbing, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • The Walking Dead and Philosophy

    Zombie Apocalypse Now

    Edited by Wayne Yuen ...
    Series Book 68 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Rick, Lori, Shane, Carl, Dale, Andrea, and Michonne--human survivors of a zombie apocalypse--don't know much about philosophy, but philosophical ideas continue to shamble on through their world, and there's no excape from them.The Walking Dead is both a hugely successful comics series and a popular TV show. This epic story of a zombie apocalypse is unique. It focuses on the long-term individual, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • X-Men and Philosophy

    Astonishing Insight and Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse

    Edited by William Irwin, Rebecca Housel, J. Jeremy Wisnewski ...
    Series Book 11 - The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    X-Men is one of the most popular comic book franchises ever, with successful spin-offs that include several feature films, cartoon series, bestselling video games, and merchandise. This is the first look at the deeper issues of the X-Men universe and the choices facing its powerful "mutants," such as identity, human ethics versus mutant morality, and self-sacrifice.J. Jeremy Wisnewski (Oneonta, NY ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Zombies in Western Culture

    A Twenty-First Century Crisis

    by John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, Filip Miscevic ...
    Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that particular aspects of the zombie, common to a variety of media forms, reflect a crisis in modern Western culture.The authors examine the essential features of the zombie, including mindlessness, ugliness ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy

    New Life for the Undead

    by Richard Greene, K. Silem Mohammad ...
    Series Book 49 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Since 1968's Night of the Living Dead, zombie culture has steadily limped and clawed its way into the center of popular culture. Today, zombies and vampires have taken over TV shows, comic books, cartoons, video games, and movies. Zombies, Vampires, and Philosophy drags the theories of famous philosophers like Socrates and Descartes into the territory of the undead, exploring questions like: Why ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Philosophy of Horror

    Edited by Thomas Fahy ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or leave the movie theater. Whether serious, kitschy, frightening, or ridiculous, horror not only arouses ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Supervillains and Philosophy

    Sometimes, Evil is its Own Reward

    Edited by Ben Dyer ...
    Series Book 42 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details - and deeper meanings - lurking behind today’s most popular comic book monsters. Whether it’s their moral justification for world domination or the wavering ... Read more

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  • Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond

    by Robin Wood ...
    This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially updated and revised by the author to include chapters beyond the Reagan era and into the twenty-first century. For the new edition, Robin Wood has written a substantial new preface that explores the interesting double context within which the book can be ... Read more

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  • American Zombie Gothic

    The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture

    by Kyle William Bishop ...
    Series series Contributions to Zombie Studies
    Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious, cannibalistic zombie horde invasion narrative established by George A. Romero has even greater singularity. ... Read more

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