Drawing Princesses, Trolls, and Other Fairy-Tale Characters

The paper focuses on the study of the role of social networks as an instrument of information warfare. The research relevance lies in the growing role of social media in modern i...

Providing intriguing insights for students, film buffs, and readers of various genres of fiction, this fascinating book delves into the psychology of 100 well-known fictional chara...

Scholarship has shown that biblical characters can be recontextualised to convey theological, ideological and cultural meanings. This study explores how biblical characters functio...

Drawing a picture while telling a story is a tradition that can be found in cultures around the world—perhaps dating back to early cave paintings. No one knows when or where this u...

Chapter 1 addresses the disputed date and provenance of Joseph and Aseneth. The question of whether the tale is “Jewish or Christian?” is the central frame in which its provenance ...

The ancient Indian tale of Urvaśī, the earliest swan tale known to exist, underscores and highlights themes of female captivity, human shape-shifting in and out of animal forms, ma...

This chapter begins by outlining some common properties of channels, infrastructure, and institutions. It connects and critiques the assumptions and interventions of three influent...