Poison and the Popular Imagination
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Poison and the Popular Imagination
Representations, Iconographies, and Meanings in Media and Culture
Piatti-Farnell, Lorna
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
03/2026
272
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9781666946734
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Matter of Life and Death
Lorna Piatti-Farnell (SAE Creative Media Institute, New Zealand)
Part I: Historical Echoes and Iconographic Recurrences
1. Poison and Toxicity in 1950s Hollywood Cinema: Bigger Than Life (1956)
Wendy Haslem (University of Melbourne, Australia)
2. The Leprous Distilment: Poison and the Film Noir Narrative
Robert Singer (CUNY Graduate Center, USA)
3. Roald Dahl's Femme Fatales and Their Weapon of Choice: Poison
Rosie Gailor (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
4. The Needle and the Snake: Tracing the Historical Echoes of Cleopatra's Poisons in the Popular Imagination
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
5. Killer Fashion: Clothes that Poison in History, Media, and Popular Culture
Lisa J. Hackett (University of New England, Australia), Jo Coghlan (University of New England, Australia) and Huw Nolan (University of New England, Australia)
6. Devious Beauty and Deadly Betrayal: Poison as a Multifaceted Symbol in Asian Genres of Cinema
Kyoung-suk SUNG (National Research Foundation of Korea, South Korea)
Part II: Popular Representations and Evolving Meanings
7. Constitution Checks, Agency and Dice Rolls: Poison in the Tabletop Role-Playing Space
Matthew Thompson (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
8. Body Transformation and the Cycle of Death and Rebirth: Poison and Scarlet Rot in the Elden Ring Videogame
Martin Charvat (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic) and Michaela Fikejzova (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic)
9. Sex, Poison, and Control in Comics: The Evolving Representation of DC's Poison Ivy
Carl Wilson (Independent Scholar, UK)
10. "Even Stopper Death": Harry Potter, Potions, Poisons, and Plants
Jenny Wise (University of New England, Australia) and Lesley McLean (University of New England, Australia)
11. Poison as Allegorical to Loss and Grief in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece
Ruairi Kennedy (University of Galway, Ireland)
12. Growing in Nightshade: Toxic Culture and Healing Horror in Netflix's Wednesday
Lindsey Scott (University of Suffolk, UK)
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction: A Matter of Life and Death
Lorna Piatti-Farnell (SAE Creative Media Institute, New Zealand)
Part I: Historical Echoes and Iconographic Recurrences
1. Poison and Toxicity in 1950s Hollywood Cinema: Bigger Than Life (1956)
Wendy Haslem (University of Melbourne, Australia)
2. The Leprous Distilment: Poison and the Film Noir Narrative
Robert Singer (CUNY Graduate Center, USA)
3. Roald Dahl's Femme Fatales and Their Weapon of Choice: Poison
Rosie Gailor (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
4. The Needle and the Snake: Tracing the Historical Echoes of Cleopatra's Poisons in the Popular Imagination
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
5. Killer Fashion: Clothes that Poison in History, Media, and Popular Culture
Lisa J. Hackett (University of New England, Australia), Jo Coghlan (University of New England, Australia) and Huw Nolan (University of New England, Australia)
6. Devious Beauty and Deadly Betrayal: Poison as a Multifaceted Symbol in Asian Genres of Cinema
Kyoung-suk SUNG (National Research Foundation of Korea, South Korea)
Part II: Popular Representations and Evolving Meanings
7. Constitution Checks, Agency and Dice Rolls: Poison in the Tabletop Role-Playing Space
Matthew Thompson (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
8. Body Transformation and the Cycle of Death and Rebirth: Poison and Scarlet Rot in the Elden Ring Videogame
Martin Charvat (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic) and Michaela Fikejzova (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic)
9. Sex, Poison, and Control in Comics: The Evolving Representation of DC's Poison Ivy
Carl Wilson (Independent Scholar, UK)
10. "Even Stopper Death": Harry Potter, Potions, Poisons, and Plants
Jenny Wise (University of New England, Australia) and Lesley McLean (University of New England, Australia)
11. Poison as Allegorical to Loss and Grief in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece
Ruairi Kennedy (University of Galway, Ireland)
12. Growing in Nightshade: Toxic Culture and Healing Horror in Netflix's Wednesday
Lindsey Scott (University of Suffolk, UK)
Notes on Contributors
Index
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table-top role-playing games; agency; game mechanics; social synchronicity; video games; bodies; transformation; DC comics; environment; eco-terrorism; gender; potions; plants; magic; manga; grief; allegory; iconography; death; toxic cultures; Gothic; aesthetics; adolescence; fashion; ethics; venom; history; femme fatale; domesticity; film noir; entrapment; Hollywood; chemicals; cinematography
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Matter of Life and Death
Lorna Piatti-Farnell (SAE Creative Media Institute, New Zealand)
Part I: Historical Echoes and Iconographic Recurrences
1. Poison and Toxicity in 1950s Hollywood Cinema: Bigger Than Life (1956)
Wendy Haslem (University of Melbourne, Australia)
2. The Leprous Distilment: Poison and the Film Noir Narrative
Robert Singer (CUNY Graduate Center, USA)
3. Roald Dahl's Femme Fatales and Their Weapon of Choice: Poison
Rosie Gailor (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
4. The Needle and the Snake: Tracing the Historical Echoes of Cleopatra's Poisons in the Popular Imagination
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
5. Killer Fashion: Clothes that Poison in History, Media, and Popular Culture
Lisa J. Hackett (University of New England, Australia), Jo Coghlan (University of New England, Australia) and Huw Nolan (University of New England, Australia)
6. Devious Beauty and Deadly Betrayal: Poison as a Multifaceted Symbol in Asian Genres of Cinema
Kyoung-suk SUNG (National Research Foundation of Korea, South Korea)
Part II: Popular Representations and Evolving Meanings
7. Constitution Checks, Agency and Dice Rolls: Poison in the Tabletop Role-Playing Space
Matthew Thompson (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
8. Body Transformation and the Cycle of Death and Rebirth: Poison and Scarlet Rot in the Elden Ring Videogame
Martin Charvat (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic) and Michaela Fikejzova (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic)
9. Sex, Poison, and Control in Comics: The Evolving Representation of DC's Poison Ivy
Carl Wilson (Independent Scholar, UK)
10. "Even Stopper Death": Harry Potter, Potions, Poisons, and Plants
Jenny Wise (University of New England, Australia) and Lesley McLean (University of New England, Australia)
11. Poison as Allegorical to Loss and Grief in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece
Ruairi Kennedy (University of Galway, Ireland)
12. Growing in Nightshade: Toxic Culture and Healing Horror in Netflix's Wednesday
Lindsey Scott (University of Suffolk, UK)
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction: A Matter of Life and Death
Lorna Piatti-Farnell (SAE Creative Media Institute, New Zealand)
Part I: Historical Echoes and Iconographic Recurrences
1. Poison and Toxicity in 1950s Hollywood Cinema: Bigger Than Life (1956)
Wendy Haslem (University of Melbourne, Australia)
2. The Leprous Distilment: Poison and the Film Noir Narrative
Robert Singer (CUNY Graduate Center, USA)
3. Roald Dahl's Femme Fatales and Their Weapon of Choice: Poison
Rosie Gailor (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
4. The Needle and the Snake: Tracing the Historical Echoes of Cleopatra's Poisons in the Popular Imagination
Lorna Piatti-Farnell
5. Killer Fashion: Clothes that Poison in History, Media, and Popular Culture
Lisa J. Hackett (University of New England, Australia), Jo Coghlan (University of New England, Australia) and Huw Nolan (University of New England, Australia)
6. Devious Beauty and Deadly Betrayal: Poison as a Multifaceted Symbol in Asian Genres of Cinema
Kyoung-suk SUNG (National Research Foundation of Korea, South Korea)
Part II: Popular Representations and Evolving Meanings
7. Constitution Checks, Agency and Dice Rolls: Poison in the Tabletop Role-Playing Space
Matthew Thompson (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
8. Body Transformation and the Cycle of Death and Rebirth: Poison and Scarlet Rot in the Elden Ring Videogame
Martin Charvat (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic) and Michaela Fikejzova (Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic)
9. Sex, Poison, and Control in Comics: The Evolving Representation of DC's Poison Ivy
Carl Wilson (Independent Scholar, UK)
10. "Even Stopper Death": Harry Potter, Potions, Poisons, and Plants
Jenny Wise (University of New England, Australia) and Lesley McLean (University of New England, Australia)
11. Poison as Allegorical to Loss and Grief in Eiichiro Oda's One Piece
Ruairi Kennedy (University of Galway, Ireland)
12. Growing in Nightshade: Toxic Culture and Healing Horror in Netflix's Wednesday
Lindsey Scott (University of Suffolk, UK)
Notes on Contributors
Index
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
table-top role-playing games; agency; game mechanics; social synchronicity; video games; bodies; transformation; DC comics; environment; eco-terrorism; gender; potions; plants; magic; manga; grief; allegory; iconography; death; toxic cultures; Gothic; aesthetics; adolescence; fashion; ethics; venom; history; femme fatale; domesticity; film noir; entrapment; Hollywood; chemicals; cinematography
