Poison and the popular imagination: representations, iconographies, and meanings in media and culture
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781666946734
Date de publication :
19 mars 2026
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Bringing together the work of international scholars, this book investigates the well-known conceptualization of poison as connected to seemingly contrasting ideas of 'deviousness', 'insidiousness' and ‘usefulness,’ demonstrating how these understandings manifest in a variety of culturally informed discourses and narrative contexts across popular culture.