Introduction to Jonathan Majors

Introduction to Jonathan Majors
Author: Gilad James, PhD
Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School
Total Pages: 72
Release:
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 7812748405

Jonathan Majors is an American actor who has made a name for himself in recent years for his versatile performances on both stage and screen. Born and raised in Texas, Majors began his career in the theater before transitioning to film and television. Some of his most notable roles include his portrayal of Atticus Freeman in the HBO series "Lovecraft Country," which earned him critical acclaim and a nomination for a Critics' Choice Television Award, and his supporting role in the Spike Lee film "Da 5 Bloods," which premiered on Netflix in 2020. Majors is also set to have a major role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing as Kang the Conqueror in the upcoming film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania." Aside from his acting work, Majors is also an accomplished musician and writer. He studied music and composition at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts before pursuing acting full-time. He has also written and performed in several of his own plays, including "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," which was adapted into a feature film in 2019. Majors has cited his upbringing in rural Texas and his experiences as a Black man in America as major influences on his work and his artistic vision, and he has expressed a desire to use his platform as an actor to tell stories that highlight the experiences and struggles of marginalized communities.

Introduction to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Introduction to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Author: Gilad James, PhD
Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School
Total Pages: 70
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8703448290

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the upcoming third installment in the Ant-Man film series and the twelfth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Peyton Reed, the film is set to bring back Paul Rudd as the titular character, Scott Lang/Ant-Man, and Evangeline Lilly as his partner and love interest, Hope van Dyne/The Wasp. Joining them are Michael Douglas as Hank Pym and Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne, who command the shrinking technology that forms the central aspect of the franchise. The plot of the movie is shrouded in secrecy, but it is assumed to explore the consequences of the characters’ exposure to the subatomic realm known as the Quantum Realm, which featured heavily in the previous films and was also integral to the plot of Avengers: Endgame. The film promises to take the Ant-Man franchise in new directions and potentially introduce new characters and concepts that will have ramifications for the MCU as a whole. Quantumania is currently in production and is expected to be released in 2023.

Teaching Villainification in Social Studies

Teaching Villainification in Social Studies
Author: Cathryn van Kessel
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2024-01-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807782386

In this collection, scholars from the United States, Canada, and Australia examine the concepts of villainification and anti-villainification in social studies curriculum, popular culture, as well as within sociocultural contexts and their implications. Villainification is the process of identifying an individual or a small group of individuals as the sole source of a larger evil. Anti-villainification considers the messy space in between individual and group culpability in order to help students develop a sense of responsibility to each other as humans in communities on this planet. Chapter authors examine topics related to U.S. politics, financial education, Holocaust education, difficult histories, apocalypse fiction, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, technology use, LGBTQ school experiences, rape culture, geographies of invasion, and the female body. Taken together, these inquiries into villainification offer thoughtful and powerful insights for teaching about historical wrongdoing in more nuanced ways, addressing the responsibility we all have to create a better world. Contributors: Heather P. Abrahamson • Danelle Adeniji • Erin C. Adams • Rebecca C. Christ • Brandon Haas • Keri Helgren • Brittany L. Jones • Wayne Journell • Daniel G. Krutka • Melissa McQueen • Bryan Smith • Ryan M. Smits • Oren Baruch Stier • Amanda Thomson • Andrew Thomson • Bretton A. Varga Book Features: Pushes the field of social studies to develop a more nuanced understanding of the villains of the past and present.Invites educators to become more thoughtful about not only curriculum but also the world around us.Helps readers to more deeply understand how easily forms of banal evil can touch our lives within and beyond the classroom, and what we might do about it.Examines how systemic forces can influence “average” individuals to cause or contribute to great societal harm.Includes teacher-friendly engagements with theory, using examples from middle and high school classrooms.Offers a wide range of contexts related to social studies education, including civics, economics, geography, and history. “Encourages educators and students in the context of social studies education to delve deeper into exploring the nuanced aspects of contemporary and historical forms of evil.” —From the Foreword by Michalinos Zembylas, professor, Open University of Cyprus

Introduction to List of American films of 2023

Introduction to List of American films of 2023
Author: Gilad James, PhD
Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School
Total Pages: 58
Release:
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 7150989322

The List of American Films of 2023 is a comprehensive catalogue of all the movies that are expected to be released in 2023. The list is compiled every year and serves as a guide for movie enthusiasts, industry stakeholders, and the general public. It includes information on the release dates, production details, cast and crew, and the genres of the films. The movie industry in America is one of the biggest and most influential in the world. Each year, hundreds of movies are produced and released to a large audience both domestically and internationally. The List of American Films of 2023 provides a platform for the fans and the industry players to be up-to-date with the new releases, and also gives a glimpse of what to expect in the movie industry for that year. This list is a valuable resource for movie buffs who want to keep track of upcoming films, and for investors and stakeholders who want to know what’s in the pipeline.

Introduction to Abstract Algebra

Introduction to Abstract Algebra
Author: Jonathan D. H. Smith
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2015-10-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1498731627

Introduction to Abstract Algebra, Second Edition presents abstract algebra as the main tool underlying discrete mathematics and the digital world. It avoids the usual groups first/rings first dilemma by introducing semigroups and monoids, the multiplicative structures of rings, along with groups.This new edition of a widely adopted textbook covers

Superheroes!

Superheroes!
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2023-05-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1493064525

Superheroes! is the ultimate reference book about the men and women in tights who fight for what’s right and the comic book phenomenon that conquered the world. From their origins in stories created by barely grown men during an era of global war and printed on cheap paper for consumption by children, superheroes have grown into a popular culture whirlwind that has attracted millions of fans and crossed over into every form of media. Encompassing early coming books, indie outliers, and the mammoth fictional universes managed by DC and Marvel, Superheroes! chronicles the rise of a distinctly American invention, the modern-day evolution of the myths and legends of old. Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Captain America, X-Men, the Justice League and the Avengers—they all represent our greatest hopes, and sometimes our darkest fantasies. Pop culture expert Brian Solomon tells a story that goes from the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages of comic book history right up to the Modern Age of multimillion-dollar Hollywood movies, and beyond. Perhaps no fictional genre has endured and blossomed over the past eighty years the way superheroes have. Learn all about the creators who have brought them to life: artists like Jack Kirby and Jim Lee, writers like Stan Lee and Alan Moore, actors like Christopher Reeve and Robert Downey Jr., and directors like Tim Burton and Joss Whedon. They’re all here, in all their high-flying, eye-zapping, goon-punching glory. Up, up and away!

Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country
Author: Matt Ruff
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062292080

Now an HBO® Series from J.J. Abrams (Executive Producer of Westworld), Misha Green (Creator of Underground) and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out) The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy. Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George—publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide—and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite—heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors—they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours. At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn—led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb—which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his—and the whole Turner clan’s—destruction. A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism—the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.

Television Introductions

Television Introductions
Author: Vincent Terrace
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0810892502

Since the beginning of network television, many shows have been preceded by an announcement or theme song that served various purposes. In the 1950s and ’60s, it was common for announcers to declare that a program had been “brought to you by” a sponsor who paid for the privilege of introducing a show. Other programs, such as The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, and The Odd Couple,provided a brief encapsulation of the show’s subject matter, a practice that has continued for recent shows like Alias, Battlestar Galactica, Person of Interest, and the various editions of Law & Order. In Television Introductions: Narrated TV Program Openings since 1949, Vincent Terrace has assembled openings for more than nine hundred television shows from the past seven decades. The only documented history of narrated television program introductions, this volume is arranged by type of programming, such as comedy, drama, Western, game show, soap opera, and children’s show. In addition to quoting the opening material, entries provide information about each show’s network history and years of broadcast. Many entries include descriptions of the show, the names of announcers, and a list of main cast members, as well as a sponsor pitch exactly as spoken. Openings for programs with multiple introductions like The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and Charlie’s Angels are also included. For programs that featured new guest stars every episode—such as game shows and variety programs—Terrace has selected a representative introduction. In addition to the theme song credits found in the main text, there are also appendixes of theme songs and their composers and/or singers, as well as a listing of commercial releases (on DVD, VHS, CD, and LP) of shows and their soundtracks. A comprehensive resource for researchers and pop culture aficionados alike, Television Introductions provides a fascinating look at this neglected part of TV history.

Jonathan Z. Smith on Religion

Jonathan Z. Smith on Religion
Author: Christopher I. Lehrich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2020-12-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0429670532

Jonathan Z. Smith (1938–2017) was unquestionably one of the most important and influential voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion in the last century. His work explored the nature and history of religious phenomena across cultures—from ancient Jewish practices to Maori cults, from early Christianity to mass suicide in the twentieth century—while critiquing the assumptions underlying the very category of "religion." This important volume offers the first full critical assessment of the influence of Jonathan Z. Smith’s thought on the subject of religion. Christopher I. Lehrich systematically examines and develops a critical overview that will assist others in engaging more fully with Smith’s scholarship. This book is an essential reading for students and scholars interested in the work of Jonathan Z. Smith as well as the history of religion more broadly.

Introducing Religion

Introducing Religion
Author: Willi Braun
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134937040

The study of religion encompasses ordinary human social practice and is not limited to the extraordinary or divine. 'Introducing Religion' brings together leading international scholars in the field of religious studies to examine religion as integral to everyday social practice. The book establishes a theoretical framework for the study of religion to analyse prayer, ritual, science, morality and politics in relation to the world's major religions. It will be of interest to students of theory and method in religious studies seeking a clear introduction to the multifaceted nature of religion.