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This book set is a comprehensive exploration of African theatre on the continent and in the diaspora. Essays demonstrate how practitioners tackle colonial legacies and globalization, forging a thriving and distinctively African aesthetic.
This book set is a comprehensive exploration of African theatre on the continent and in the diaspora. Essays demonstrate how practitioners tackle colonial legacies and globalization, forging a thriving and distinctively African aesthetic.
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This book addresses ideological changes of the 19th-21st centuries and their impact on Spanish language and culture. It focuses on ‘otherness’ in its various dimensions, arguing that the vision of the other is ultimately a reflection of the self.
This book addresses ideological changes of the 19th-21st centuries and their impact on Spanish language and culture. It focuses on ‘otherness’ in its various dimensions, arguing that the vision of the other is ultimately a reflection of the self.
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Elemental Sculpture
Theory and Practice
This book explores Elemental Sculpture, a tendency in contemporary art defining a new relationship between sculpture and nature. It examines its development in the works of Hepworth, Moore, and Calder, and includes sculptures from the author’s 35-year career.
This book explores Elemental Sculpture, a tendency in contemporary art defining a new relationship between sculpture and nature. It examines its development in the works of Hepworth, Moore, and Calder, and includes sculptures from the author’s 35-year career.
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A Seamless Web
Transatlantic Art in the Nineteenth Century
These essays reveal the nineteenth-century “conversation of cultures” between America and Europe was a two-way exchange. American art used motifs like the cowboy to create its own identity, while Europeans appropriated icons like the American Indian.
These essays reveal the nineteenth-century “conversation of cultures” between America and Europe was a two-way exchange. American art used motifs like the cowboy to create its own identity, while Europeans appropriated icons like the American Indian.
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Bloomsbury Influences
Papers from the Bloomsbury Adaptations Conference, Bath Spa University, 5-6 May 2011
Explore the dialogue between the Bloomsbury Group and contemporary culture. These essays reveal their lasting influence on art and literature, examining connections to modern figures like Jeanette Winterson and Ali Smith.
Explore the dialogue between the Bloomsbury Group and contemporary culture. These essays reveal their lasting influence on art and literature, examining connections to modern figures like Jeanette Winterson and Ali Smith.
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Justinus Kerner's Travel Shadows (1811) is no ordinary travelogue. It is a highly imaginative, surreal concoction of grotesque, satirical, and folkloric elements, presenting a journey as a grandiose shadow show. Now available in its first English translation.
Justinus Kerner’s Travel Shadows (1811) is no ordinary travelogue. It is a highly imaginative, surreal concoction of grotesque, satirical, and folkloric elements, presenting a journey as a grandiose shadow show. Now available in its first English translation.
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Rendezvous with the Sensuous
Readings on Aesthetics
In Rendezvous with the Sensuous, explore the aesthetic experience where human sensuousness combines with that of nature. Where artistic expression coalesces with the natural world, you are invited on a synesthetic journey to appreciate the role of aesthetics.
In Rendezvous with the Sensuous, explore the aesthetic experience where human sensuousness combines with that of nature. Where artistic expression coalesces with the natural world, you are invited on a synesthetic journey to appreciate the role of aesthetics.
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From classical tragedy to post-9/11, these essays explore terror as a perennial theme in the arts—a thread woven into the fabric of artistic expression and life itself.
From classical tragedy to post-9/11, these essays explore terror as a perennial theme in the arts—a thread woven into the fabric of artistic expression and life itself.
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This book explores drama as an intervention in conflict. It maps theatre's transformative role in contexts from South Africa to New Zealand, addressing violence in prisons, cities, and families. Includes two new play scripts on xenophobia and family violence.
This book explores drama as an intervention in conflict. It maps theatre’s transformative role in contexts from South Africa to New Zealand, addressing violence in prisons, cities, and families. Includes two new play scripts on xenophobia and family violence.
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"What is knowledge?" is as much a philosophic question as "What is an image?" Visual epistemology is a new research field exploring this link. This publication gathers approaches by distinguished authors to outline this territory and investigate how images create knowledge.
“What is knowledge?” is as much a philosophic question as “What is an image?” Visual epistemology is a new research field exploring this link. This publication gathers approaches by distinguished authors to outline this territory and investigate how images create knowledge.
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This volume assembles studies by prominent scholars on Thebes in the First Millennium BC. It investigates royal and elite monuments of the Libyan, Kushite, and Saite Periods, providing new perspectives on their art, architecture, texts, and conservation.
This volume assembles studies by prominent scholars on Thebes in the First Millennium BC. It investigates royal and elite monuments of the Libyan, Kushite, and Saite Periods, providing new perspectives on their art, architecture, texts, and conservation.
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Zen-Life
Ikkyū and Beyond
This multidisciplinary study examines Ikkyū Sōjun, the embodiment of Japan's Muromachi era. It reconstructs his creative mentality, exploring his art, interpretation of Zen, and religious principles, showing how his rebellious ways were deeply embedded in tradition.
This multidisciplinary study examines Ikkyū Sōjun, the embodiment of Japan’s Muromachi era. It reconstructs his creative mentality, exploring his art, interpretation of Zen, and religious principles, showing how his rebellious ways were deeply embedded in tradition.
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Towards a Poetics of Postmodern Drama
A Study of Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard
This study reveals Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard as postmodern playwrights. Their contradictory dramas subvert theatrical convention to challenge our very understanding of truth, history, and the human subject.
This study reveals Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard as postmodern playwrights. Their contradictory dramas subvert theatrical convention to challenge our very understanding of truth, history, and the human subject.
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HBO’s Girls
Questions of Gender, Politics, and Millennial Angst
This collection is the first to discuss the cultural, political, and social implications of the innovative series Girls. Contributors examine the show through lenses of gender, sexuality, race, and relationships to explain its profound cultural impact.
This collection is the first to discuss the cultural, political, and social implications of the innovative series Girls. Contributors examine the show through lenses of gender, sexuality, race, and relationships to explain its profound cultural impact.
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This collection of peer-reviewed papers, from an international conference in Japan, explores the cultural cross-fertilisation between the literatures of East and West. The collection demonstrates the stimulating effect of cross-cultural literary studies.
This collection of peer-reviewed papers, from an international conference in Japan, explores the cultural cross-fertilisation between the literatures of East and West. The collection demonstrates the stimulating effect of cross-cultural literary studies.
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Performative Inter-Actions in African Theatre 2
Innovation, Creativity and Social Change
This collection explores how African theatre instigates social change. Contributions demonstrate the ingenuity of practitioners who adapt indigenous forms to engage with contemporary realities, creating an aesthetic that is identifiably African.
This collection explores how African theatre instigates social change. Contributions demonstrate the ingenuity of practitioners who adapt indigenous forms to engage with contemporary realities, creating an aesthetic that is identifiably African.
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The essays in this volume explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literature, film, and music. This collection reflects a wide range of international disciplines and highlights the growing interest in consciousness studies.
The essays in this volume explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literature, film, and music. This collection reflects a wide range of international disciplines and highlights the growing interest in consciousness studies.
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Cinema, Television and History
New Approaches
Rethinking the relationship between cinema, television and history, this collection of essays explores how historical events are interpreted and adapted for the screen, as well as the work of the historian exploring the archive.
Rethinking the relationship between cinema, television and history, this collection of essays explores how historical events are interpreted and adapted for the screen, as well as the work of the historian exploring the archive.
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Rivals and Conspirators
The Paris Salons and the Modern Art Centre
This history exposes the rivalry and conflict behind Paris’s rise as the “modern art centre.” It reveals how the most powerful Salons were not the avant-garde, and how a welcoming internationalism gave way to nationalist xenophobia.
This history exposes the rivalry and conflict behind Paris’s rise as the “modern art centre.” It reveals how the most powerful Salons were not the avant-garde, and how a welcoming internationalism gave way to nationalist xenophobia.
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What are the characteristics of media in small nations? This collection brings together perspectives and case-studies from across Europe to explore the challenges and advantages, providing insights into media policy, representation, and national identity.
What are the characteristics of media in small nations? This collection brings together perspectives and case-studies from across Europe to explore the challenges and advantages, providing insights into media policy, representation, and national identity.
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