The Political Economy of Hollywood
Politics and Film
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.
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.
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Ocean Diffraction
Indigenous Practices, Quantum Theory, Electronic Art and the Anthropocene
This book maps Indigenous awareness onto Western science to address today's environmental and equality issues. A way forward is provided in Ngaru Whenua Ocean Diffraction, a decolonised framework uniting the Māori wave pattern for navigation with the science of diffraction.
This book maps Indigenous awareness onto Western science to address today’s environmental and equality issues. A way forward is provided in Ngaru Whenua Ocean Diffraction, a decolonised framework uniting the Māori wave pattern for navigation with the science of diffraction.
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The once-celebrated "Kerala Model" of development has crumbled under pressure. This book takes a new look at the statecraft through the lens of popular cinema, using melodrama to reveal the frictions and slippages that escape official histories and statistics.
The once-celebrated “Kerala Model” of development has crumbled under pressure. This book takes a new look at the statecraft through the lens of popular cinema, using melodrama to reveal the frictions and slippages that escape official histories and statistics.
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Translating Horror
Shadows on the Page and Screen
This collection of essays examines the translation of horror in literature and cinema. Considering authors like H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, this volume probes the boundaries between originals and their retellings, revealing how translation is part of the telling of horror.
This collection of essays examines the translation of horror in literature and cinema. Considering authors like H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, this volume probes the boundaries between originals and their retellings, revealing how translation is part of the telling of horror.
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The contributions here offer new insights into aspects of Russian émigré culture already known to scholarship, but also detail new facets of the phenomenon, highlighting the significance of places of seemingly secondary importance such as Prague, Istanbul and India.
The contributions here offer new insights into aspects of Russian émigré culture already known to scholarship, but also detail new facets of the phenomenon, highlighting the significance of places of seemingly secondary importance such as Prague, Istanbul and India.
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This volume examines when, how and why cabinets of prints and drawings became a specialised part of princely and private collections. Among other things, it assesses how important collections were for the self-representation of a prince or connoisseur among specialists and peers.
This volume examines when, how and why cabinets of prints and drawings became a specialised part of princely and private collections. Among other things, it assesses how important collections were for the self-representation of a prince or connoisseur among specialists and peers.
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Building Sustainability with the Arts
Proceedings of the 2nd National EcoArts Australis Conference
This timely book examines various roles of the arts in building ecological sustainability. A wide range of practitioners is represented here, including visual and performing artists, scientists, social researchers, environmental educators and research students.
This timely book examines various roles of the arts in building ecological sustainability. A wide range of practitioners is represented here, including visual and performing artists, scientists, social researchers, environmental educators and research students.
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The Language of the Arts and Literature
An English-Romanian and Romanian-English Dictionary
This dictionary brings into contact two cultures, namely English and Romanian, by facilitating communication in the fields of visual and performing arts and literature. It will help translators, interpreters and students to communicate better in both English and Romanian.
This dictionary brings into contact two cultures, namely English and Romanian, by facilitating communication in the fields of visual and performing arts and literature. It will help translators, interpreters and students to communicate better in both English and Romanian.
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Psoni shows the importance of, and the various roles played by, the feminine figure in the work of both W.B. Yeats and Angelos Sikelianos, highlighting the essential role assumed by the gynocentric mythology permeating the work of the two poets.
Psoni shows the importance of, and the various roles played by, the feminine figure in the work of both W.B. Yeats and Angelos Sikelianos, highlighting the essential role assumed by the gynocentric mythology permeating the work of the two poets.
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Consciousness, Performing Arts and Literature
Trajectories, 2014-2018
Against the background of personal, institutional and cultural trajectories, this collection considers dance, opera, theatre and practice as research from a consciousness studies perspective.
Against the background of personal, institutional and cultural trajectories, this collection considers dance, opera, theatre and practice as research from a consciousness studies perspective.
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Behind the Photographic Lens of Sergio Larraín
Photography, Aesthetics, and Critical Insights
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.
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.
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The Artist as a Dramatic Character
A Critical Study of Plays by Stoppard, Barker and Wertenbaker
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 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Beyond royal courts lies a rarely seen world: a folk Ramayana etched in stone on humble village temple walls. This pioneering work unveils these intricate plaques, a visual journey through the epic's seven Kandas and their masterfully sculpted stories.
Beyond royal courts lies a rarely seen world: a folk Ramayana etched in stone on humble village temple walls. This pioneering work unveils these intricate plaques, a visual journey through the epic’s seven Kandas and their masterfully sculpted stories.
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Performing the Interview
Embodied Reflections and Data-Dramas
This book articulates a new method for the research interview, transforming it into a living performance space. Theatrically framed sites invite participants to co-create "Data-Dramas," capturing rich, embodied knowledge with relevance far beyond the arts.
This book articulates a new method for the research interview, transforming it into a living performance space. Theatrically framed sites invite participants to co-create “Data-Dramas,” capturing rich, embodied knowledge with relevance far beyond the arts.
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This book analyses the dramatic changes AI brings to film: from content production and distribution to audience engagement. Moving beyond virtual actors and AI-generated scripts, it discusses the opportunities, ethical challenges, and legal, cultural, and economic implications.
This book analyses the dramatic changes AI brings to film: from content production and distribution to audience engagement. Moving beyond virtual actors and AI-generated scripts, it discusses the opportunities, ethical challenges, and legal, cultural, and economic implications.
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Contrary to the belief that Judaism was oblivious to art, this book shows that a sophisticated visual language flourished in Byzantine-era synagogues. This probing language of introspection and scrutiny reveals a hidden culture that could rival the best of modern art movements.
Contrary to the belief that Judaism was oblivious to art, this book shows that a sophisticated visual language flourished in Byzantine-era synagogues. This probing language of introspection and scrutiny reveals a hidden culture that could rival the best of modern art movements.
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Investigating Format
The Transferral and Translation of Televised Productions in Italy and England
Hughes discusses the transferral of a televised format from its original country to a different cultural and linguistic ambit. Focusing on the formal police interview, she shows that international format transferral is becoming increasingly local to the country of arrival.
Hughes discusses the transferral of a televised format from its original country to a different cultural and linguistic ambit. Focusing on the formal police interview, she shows that international format transferral is becoming increasingly local to the country of arrival.
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