![]() ![]() ![]() Goldstein, animals are useful tropes for problems of identity because of the essential difference between beasts and humans (24). The depiction of animals, particularly in the form of the fable, has also been used to explore social anxiety about same-sex sexuality. ![]() 1 By locating queer relationships and practices in bucolic settings, “homophile pastoralism” (Shuttleton 134), or what I term “ecoqueerness,” reclassifies alternative sexualities (as well as peripheral societies) as “natural.” Yet ecoqueerness is not limited to love affairs between shepherds or sexual liaisons that unfold in the forest. F rom the celebration of pederasty in T heocritus’s “I dylls” to descriptions of male-to-male love in Walt Whitman’s “Calamus Poems,” the pastoral tradition has often functioned effectively to construct positive representations of sexual dissidence. ![]()
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![]() He photographed several celebrities of the 50s and 60s such as Elizabeth Taylor during the filming of "Cleopatra" Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Steve McQueen.īarris is maybe best known for his pictures of Marilyn Monroe, who he photographed in 1954 during the filming of "The 7 Year Itch" and in 1962 at the Santa Monica beach as well as in the Hollywood hills, Jto be more precise, in a series of famous photographs which were the last pictures of the actress before her tragic death. ![]() After the war, he became an independent photographer and went to work in Hollywood. Many of his photograph of General Dwight D. George Barris is an American photographer born in 1922, known for his photographs of Marilyn Monroe.īarris has always been passionate about photography and started working as a photographer for the office of Public Relations of the United States Army. ![]() ![]() ![]() That’s Ito’s style, and it’s what sets him apart from the rest. ![]() Unlike other popular Japanese writers like Haruki Murakami, whose debut works are often overlooked today, Ito’s earlier works are still treasured.Įverything that Ito publishes is in the form of manga which he writes and draws himself.Įven the Junji Ito manga that doesn’t fit neatly into the horror genre still has elements of the uncanny and the unsettling in its illustration. This horror manga was published when Ito was only 24 and, despite it being his debut publication, it remains one of his most popular manga. His debut horror book - which we’ll discuss below - was Tomie. While Japan has a strong history of crime and mystery writing, as well as horror writing, Junji Ito still stands head-and-shoulders above the rest. Inside and outside of his home country, Junji Ito’s manga is celebrated as the best of Japanese horror writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slipping quietly out of his bedroom window, he sets out on his journey. The illustrations by Jim Weidman, in a blue tone with colorful characters, lend a mythological feel to the story of a young boy (James), who sees the moon over one of the high mountains and decides that if he climbs to the top of the mountain he can reach out and touch the moon. ![]() “James Saves the Moon”, written by Wendy Nystrom, is a delightful children’s picture book that combines a child’s imagination with Icelandic mythology. Reviewed by Bil Howard for Readers’ Favorite Thank you Readers Favorite reviewers and judges for awarding James Saves the Moon with the gold. Here is the review of James Saves the Moon from Readers Favorite. My first book James Saves the Moon was awarded the Gold medal from Readers Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medal Children’s Fantasy /Sci-Fi. ![]() |