Fight and Flight
The Central America Human Rights Movement in the United States in the 1980s
Bassano examines the campaigns of three US NGOs to challenge the Reagan Administration’s policy of supporting right-ring terror and oligarchy in Central America during the 1980s.
Bassano examines the campaigns of three US NGOs to challenge the Reagan Administration’s policy of supporting right-ring terror and oligarchy in Central America during the 1980s.
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Fighting Cane and Canon
Abhimanyu Unnuth and the Case of World Literature in Mauritius
This book explores the persistence of Hindi poetry in Mauritius through the work of Abhimanyu Unnuth. His writing captures a postcolonial people's reevaluation of history, labor, and identity, raising crucial questions about language and canonicity in World Literature.
This book explores the persistence of Hindi poetry in Mauritius through the work of Abhimanyu Unnuth. His writing captures a postcolonial people’s reevaluation of history, labor, and identity, raising crucial questions about language and canonicity in World Literature.
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Fighting Corruption in African Contexts
Our Collective Responsibility
Leading African scholars examine how to mobilise citizens towards accountability and transparency. This book advocates that fighting corruption is everyone’s business, in order to strengthen Africa’s integrity, equity, and sustainable development.
Leading African scholars examine how to mobilise citizens towards accountability and transparency. This book advocates that fighting corruption is everyone’s business, in order to strengthen Africa’s integrity, equity, and sustainable development.
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How does international justice combat sexual violence in armed conflict? This book explores how justice can bridge legal and societal domains to aid in social reconstruction and protect victims, examining both its advancements and its enduring flaws.
How does international justice combat sexual violence in armed conflict? This book explores how justice can bridge legal and societal domains to aid in social reconstruction and protect victims, examining both its advancements and its enduring flaws.
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Fighting Stigma and Discrimination in Minoritised Languages
A Worldwide Sample
Voices from around the world explore how linguistic hierarchies and policies marginalise speakers of minoritised languages. Through diverse case studies, this volume examines language discrimination, resistance strategies, and revitalisation movements for language justice.
Voices from around the world explore how linguistic hierarchies and policies marginalise speakers of minoritised languages. Through diverse case studies, this volume examines language discrimination, resistance strategies, and revitalisation movements for language justice.
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This volume explores the vibrant interaction between figurative language, embodiment, and culture. Discover how our physical and social worlds shape language, impacting everything from grammar and discourse to the expression of emotions.
This volume explores the vibrant interaction between figurative language, embodiment, and culture. Discover how our physical and social worlds shape language, impacting everything from grammar and discourse to the expression of emotions.
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Figurativity is not mere linguistic flourish, but constitutive of human comprehension, communication, and functioning. This volume explores the cognitive operations behind non-literal thought and expression across various languages, cultures, and media.
Figurativity is not mere linguistic flourish, but constitutive of human comprehension, communication, and functioning. This volume explores the cognitive operations behind non-literal thought and expression across various languages, cultures, and media.
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Film and Ethics
What Would You Have Done?
This book explores the slipperiness of ethics in Film Studies. It shows that from the silent era to the present day, film has been inherently concerned with ethical issues, forcing the spectator to be an active participant in creating meaning.
This book explores the slipperiness of ethics in Film Studies. It shows that from the silent era to the present day, film has been inherently concerned with ethical issues, forcing the spectator to be an active participant in creating meaning.
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International scholars explore the connections between film, modernist literature, and the arts. Essays highlight cinema's impact on writers like T. S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf, and on directors from Charlie Chaplin to Alfred Hitchcock.
International scholars explore the connections between film, modernist literature, and the arts. Essays highlight cinema’s impact on writers like T. S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf, and on directors from Charlie Chaplin to Alfred Hitchcock.
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Film and Morality examines how morality is presented in films and how they serve as a source of moral values. It shows how audiences explore moral issues by following characters who make life-changing decisions and live with the consequences of their choices.
Film and Morality examines how morality is presented in films and how they serve as a source of moral values. It shows how audiences explore moral issues by following characters who make life-changing decisions and live with the consequences of their choices.
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These critical essays explore the representation of sex, gender, and sexual orientation from the early days of cinema to the twenty-first century, investigating the complex relations between film style, sexual politics, and their social ramifications.
These critical essays explore the representation of sex, gender, and sexual orientation from the early days of cinema to the twenty-first century, investigating the complex relations between film style, sexual politics, and their social ramifications.
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Film and Television Stardom examines stars as a social phenomenon from the silent era to today's reality TV. It provides new insights on the star system, media spectatorship, and analyzes individual stars from James Stewart to Jessica Simpson.
Film and Television Stardom examines stars as a social phenomenon from the silent era to today’s reality TV. It provides new insights on the star system, media spectatorship, and analyzes individual stars from James Stewart to Jessica Simpson.
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This collection of film profiles explores the relevance of twentieth-century films to literature and culture. The films are viewed as moves in mind, trading the look of things brought to presence by the shocking directness of eyesight.
This collection of film profiles explores the relevance of twentieth-century films to literature and culture. The films are viewed as moves in mind, trading the look of things brought to presence by the shocking directness of eyesight.
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Film and the Historian
The British Experience
Films are not just for audiences. A film exposes the attitudes people took for granted. This volume surveys British cinema from the Second World War to the early 1970s, exploring societal change through films from the well-known Odd Man Out to the forgotten It’s Hard to be Good.
Films are not just for audiences. A film exposes the attitudes people took for granted. This volume surveys British cinema from the Second World War to the early 1970s, exploring societal change through films from the well-known Odd Man Out to the forgotten It’s Hard to be Good.
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Film as an Expression of Spirituality
The Arts and Faith Top 100 Films
What makes a film ‘spiritually significant’? These essays explore the Arts & Faith Top 100 list, with close readings of films by Dreyer, Kubrick, Scorsese, and others—a foundational introduction for those seeking to understand film as an expression of human spirituality.
What makes a film ‘spiritually significant’? These essays explore the Arts & Faith Top 100 list, with close readings of films by Dreyer, Kubrick, Scorsese, and others—a foundational introduction for those seeking to understand film as an expression of human spirituality.
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This volume probes the intersections between anthropology and film festival studies. It provides a historical reconstruction of most of the main festivals exhibiting ethnographic film, considering the parallel global evolution of programming and organisational practices.
This volume probes the intersections between anthropology and film festival studies. It provides a historical reconstruction of most of the main festivals exhibiting ethnographic film, considering the parallel global evolution of programming and organisational practices.
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In an age of media convergence, many have proclaimed the death of cinema. But as moving images enter art galleries, the internet, and our daily lives, what happens to film? This volume explores not the disappearance of cinema, but its blooming post-media life.
In an age of media convergence, many have proclaimed the death of cinema. But as moving images enter art galleries, the internet, and our daily lives, what happens to film? This volume explores not the disappearance of cinema, but its blooming post-media life.
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Film Landscapes
Cinema, Environment and Visual Culture
This book brings together critical essays examining the connections between films and landscapes. Academics and practitioners probe the complex relationships between moving images and the filmed environment, offering new insights into the impact of place on screen.
This book brings together critical essays examining the connections between films and landscapes. Academics and practitioners probe the complex relationships between moving images and the filmed environment, offering new insights into the impact of place on screen.
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Why does combat on film feel so real? Drawing on cognitive psychology, this groundbreaking study dissects the style of WWII films, revealing how dense audio-visual information creates a powerful sense of realism.
Why does combat on film feel so real? Drawing on cognitive psychology, this groundbreaking study dissects the style of WWII films, revealing how dense audio-visual information creates a powerful sense of realism.
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Films With Legs
Crossing Borders with Foreign Language Films
This book explores how international cinema both erects and tears down borders. It examines how borders are constructed on screen—not just in fences and walls, but also in dialogue, dialect, and even silence.
This book explores how international cinema both erects and tears down borders. It examines how borders are constructed on screen—not just in fences and walls, but also in dialogue, dialect, and even silence.
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