Making A Splash: Mermaids (And Mer-Men) In 20Th And 21St Century Audiovisual Media

Cover -- Half title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on audiovisual material featured in this volume -- Introduction Tails, Tresses and Elusive Otherness -- Chapter 1 Becoming Ariel, Becoming Ursula -- Chapter 2 Flauntation and Fascination: The Alluring Mermaid and her Charms -- Chapter 3 Sonic Seduction: Mermaid Vocality and its Expression in Screen Soundtracks (co-authored with Jon Fitzgerald) -- Chapter 4 Making Out: Sexuality and the Transformative Mermaid -- Chapter 5 Channeling the Anima: Inspirational Folklore in The Mermaid Chair -- Chapter 6 "Mermaid-like a while": Juvenile Mermaids and Aficionado Culture -- Chapter 7 At the Margins: Mermen on the Screen -- Chapter 8 Crypto-Science and Hoax TV: Animal Planet's Mermaid Documentaries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix Chronological catalogue of audiovisual productions featuring mermaids and mermen referenced in the volume -- Index

• | Author: Philip Hayward
• | Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
• | Publication Date: Jan 30, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 218 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Performing Arts
• | ISBN-10: 0861967240
• | ISBN-13: 9780861967247