This volume moves beyond the deadlock between war’s inevitability and peace as a naïve chimera. Drawing from the humanities, these essays examine war not just as a destructive force but as a catalyst for creative expression, exploring themes of exile, memory, and resistance.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Slovenian theatre redefined its social role. This first-of-its-kind collection reveals how artists tackled neo-liberalism, the migrant crisis, and social injustice to claim their place on the wider European stage.
European Film Co-Productions
This volume analyzes the growing phenomenon of film-induced tourism. It examines the positive and negative impacts of film production in regions of environmental and cultural importance, and presents a quantitative evaluation of the economic benefits.
This manual provides a unique database of over 1,000 phonetograms documenting the evolution of the professional voice in singers and actors. It offers tools to objectively evaluate voice capacity and provides practical cues for voice education and therapy during their career.
This manual provides a unique database documenting the evolution of the voice. Based on over 1,000 phonetograms from professional voice users, it offers an objective way to evaluate vocal capacities and provides practical cues for voice education and therapy.
The Political Economy of Hollywood
This book explores the history of the U.S. motion picture industry and examines the political content of movies about war, revolutions, terrorism, and identity.
Understanding Hypoxia
This textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of hypoxia, covering its molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. It bridges the gap between basic science and practice, serving as a valuable resource for students, clinicians, and researchers.
Greek Folk Textiles
This richly illustrated historical research investigates Greek folk textiles, revealing their ritualistic, symbolic, and narrative character. The author deciphers their rich, coded language, showing how they shaped the customs, beliefs, and history of an entire nation.
Undoing the Visual Arts Since 1960
This timely study assesses how contemporary art replaced the artistic medium with art as text. The rise of the institutional theory of art, its academisation, and an ideological agenda made contemporary art immune from criticism—completing the undoing of visual art.
Collections reflect the passions of their owners, but how did people get to see them? This book investigates an understudied field: “access” to collections before public museums. The essays show there were diverse types of access that served a range of purposes.
In a post-truth age, this book provides an ethical critique of contemporary British drama. Focusing on the innovative work of playwrights David Greig, Marina Carr, and Martin Crimp, it offers a vital contribution to theatre studies and Ethical Criticism.
The Artist as a Dramatic Character
This book examines the use of the artist as a veneer to criticise political ruling parties. Using previously unused primary sources, including interviews with three playwrights, it explores this key role over three decades with reference to artists from the Middle East.
This book explores how 1990s criticism reshaped the cinematic portrayal of Turkey’s Early Republican Period. It examines how historical films about the Republic’s founding were influenced by a new scrutiny of nationalism and the previously untouchable ideals of the era.
This book reviews art throughout the ages to find the origin of religion in the relationship between art and ritual. A psychoanalytic perspective identifies the creative process as the prototype for the concept of death and resurrection that underpins religious belief.
Behind the Photographic Lens of Sergio Larraín
Unlock the mystery of Sergio Larraín, Chile’s enigmatic photographer. This essential guide reveals the untold narratives behind his iconic works, exploring the intersection of art, politics, and spirituality that defined his profound and lasting legacy.
An emblem is a combination of images and texts that flourished in the early modern period. This book presents the culture of the emblem, its influences on art, and its symbolism, reminding us that understanding images is as demanding today as it was centuries ago.
This book explores conventional breeding and modern molecular techniques to enhance yield, quality, and resilience in major cereals. It bridges foundational principles with cutting-edge innovations, providing an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and students.
This book investigates the Linguistic Landscape of Cameroon, a heavily multilingual postcolonial nation. It examines messages on signposts as a window into the country’s sociolinguistic reality, revealing significant findings about this complex environment.
Religious minorities in the Middle East face challenges to their identities and rights. Based on research, this book examines the obstacles they encounter and the role of Islamic societies in their protection, working toward preserving the rich religious diversity of the region.
Nietzsche and Van Gogh
In 1888, the lives of Friedrich Nietzsche and Vincent van Gogh converged. Driven by creative ambition but haunted by madness, their creative frenzies were synchronized, culminating in psychotic breaks just days apart. This book delves into the uncanny parallels between them.
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