Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000)
Painter of Humanist Realism
The first in-depth study of Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000), a master of psychological realism. This book illuminates her compelling, large-scale portraits that captured the complex inner lives of her subjects. A major artistic voice, rediscovered.
The first in-depth study of Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000), a master of psychological realism. This book illuminates her compelling, large-scale portraits that captured the complex inner lives of her subjects. A major artistic voice, rediscovered.
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Showing the World to the World
Political Fictions in French Cinema of the 1990s and early 2000s
This book explores the socio-political themes that marked French cinema of the 1990s and 2000s. It examines how these "political fictions" contribute to a new realism through in-depth discussions of films from *La Haine* to lesser-known works.
This book explores the socio-political themes that marked French cinema of the 1990s and 2000s. It examines how these “political fictions” contribute to a new realism through in-depth discussions of films from *La Haine* to lesser-known works.
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Sights Unseen
Unfinished British Films
Many British films never make it to the screen. This book uses archival resources to reconstruct the stories behind these thwarted productions, providing an illuminating insight into the factors which have undermined the stability of the film industry in Britain.
Many British films never make it to the screen. This book uses archival resources to reconstruct the stories behind these thwarted productions, providing an illuminating insight into the factors which have undermined the stability of the film industry in Britain.
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Simon Kick (1603-1652)
Catalogue Raisonné
This is the first complete study of Simon Kick (1603-1652), a 17th-century Dutch painter active alongside Rembrandt. He mastered the unique guardroom scene, creating striking figures imbued with a strong psychological presence. Includes a biography and critical oeuvre catalogue.
This is the first complete study of Simon Kick (1603-1652), a 17th-century Dutch painter active alongside Rembrandt. He mastered the unique guardroom scene, creating striking figures imbued with a strong psychological presence. Includes a biography and critical oeuvre catalogue.
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Singapore Radio
Then and Now
Freeman and Ramakrishnan track the journey of Singapore radio from its humble beginnings to its advanced modern-day incarnations, detailing economic, political, cultural, and technological aspects of this medium in Singapore along the way.
Freeman and Ramakrishnan track the journey of Singapore radio from its humble beginnings to its advanced modern-day incarnations, detailing economic, political, cultural, and technological aspects of this medium in Singapore along the way.
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This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
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Romantic poet Justinus Kerner’s Sketches from My Boyhood is a vivid, charming, and entertaining narrative of growing up in Württemberg. Set against the ever-present reality of the French Revolution, it is a gem of 19th-century autobiographical writing.
Romantic poet Justinus Kerner’s Sketches from My Boyhood is a vivid, charming, and entertaining narrative of growing up in Württemberg. Set against the ever-present reality of the French Revolution, it is a gem of 19th-century autobiographical writing.
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Social Realism
Art, Nationhood and Politics
This book presents a radical reappraisal of British social realism, arguing it is a distinctive art cinema. Through analysis of key figures from Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to Andrea Arnold, it reassesses this most British of cinematic traditions.
This book presents a radical reappraisal of British social realism, arguing it is a distinctive art cinema. Through analysis of key figures from Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to Andrea Arnold, it reassesses this most British of cinematic traditions.
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Socrates and Dionysus
Philosophy and Art in Dialogue
Nietzsche argued Socratic reason destroyed the tragic art of Dionysus, pitting science against art. But are they enemies? This volume challenges that division, exploring how artists and thinkers bridge the gap between the world of fact and the world of fiction.
Nietzsche argued Socratic reason destroyed the tragic art of Dionysus, pitting science against art. But are they enemies? This volume challenges that division, exploring how artists and thinkers bridge the gap between the world of fact and the world of fiction.
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Songs of Innocence and Experience
Romance in the Cinema of Frank Capra
This book offers insight into Frank Capra’s multidimensional romantic universe. It demonstrates how his films fit the genre of romance by interpreting them as paradisal, purgatorial, and infernal comedies, as inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.
This book offers insight into Frank Capra’s multidimensional romantic universe. It demonstrates how his films fit the genre of romance by interpreting them as paradisal, purgatorial, and infernal comedies, as inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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Sound Art and Music
Philosophy, Composition, Performance
This volume explores the mutually beneficial, but occasionally uneasy, relationship between sound art and music. With chapters from practitioners and theoreticians, it provides a snapshot of contemporary research across this exciting area of study.
This volume explores the mutually beneficial, but occasionally uneasy, relationship between sound art and music. With chapters from practitioners and theoreticians, it provides a snapshot of contemporary research across this exciting area of study.
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Sounds of Life
Music, Identity and Politics in Zimbabwe
The papers brought together here examine the various roles of music in Zimbabwe, showing how Zimbabwean music has addressed the socio-economic, political and spiritual crisis that the country has endured in recent years.
The papers brought together here examine the various roles of music in Zimbabwe, showing how Zimbabwean music has addressed the socio-economic, political and spiritual crisis that the country has endured in recent years.
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South American Cinematic Culture
Policy, Production, Distribution and Exhibition
This study of South American cinema offers a new approach, revealing the interconnectivity between state, altruistic, and commercial film organizations. It produces a rich overview of a key non-Western filmmaking site, tracing how films circulate nationally and globally.
This study of South American cinema offers a new approach, revealing the interconnectivity between state, altruistic, and commercial film organizations. It produces a rich overview of a key non-Western filmmaking site, tracing how films circulate nationally and globally.
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Space, Art and Architecture Between East and West
The Revolutionary Spirit
This timely volume looks beyond the West versus East binary to propose a conceptual revaluation that transcends ruptures. As ancient civilizations rebound, interdisciplinary specialists offer new paradigms to foster mutual communication and deeper global understandings.
This timely volume looks beyond the West versus East binary to propose a conceptual revaluation that transcends ruptures. As ancient civilizations rebound, interdisciplinary specialists offer new paradigms to foster mutual communication and deeper global understandings.
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As cultural boundaries blur, ideas of space and location—physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary—are evolving. This volume of interdisciplinary essays explores topics like globalization, diaspora, and the body across visual art, literature, and cinema.
As cultural boundaries blur, ideas of space and location—physical or metaphysical, real or imaginary—are evolving. This volume of interdisciplinary essays explores topics like globalization, diaspora, and the body across visual art, literature, and cinema.
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Spanish Royal Patronage 1412-1804
Portraits as Propaganda
Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarch’s status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display, with a specific focus on Spain.
Portraits have a long history in royal courts as a way of communicating the monarch’s status, rulership, and even piety. This anthology places such art works studied in the context of their commission, production, and display, with a specific focus on Spain.
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Spike Lee’s Bamboozled
A Contrastive Analysis of Compliments and Insults from English into Italian
This analysis of the film *Bamboozled* compares the original screenplay with the Italian dub. Focusing on compliments and insults, it reveals how cultural references and the linguistic traits of African American English are weakened or omitted in translation.
This analysis of the film *Bamboozled* compares the original screenplay with the Italian dub. Focusing on compliments and insults, it reveals how cultural references and the linguistic traits of African American English are weakened or omitted in translation.
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Spiritual and Corporeal Selves in India
Approaches in a Global World
This volume explores the union of the corporeal and the spiritual in contemporary India. It offers clues to the East-West encounter and tackles the dualism of mind and body, suggesting a rupture of binary thinking, unlike in Western theory.
This volume explores the union of the corporeal and the spiritual in contemporary India. It offers clues to the East-West encounter and tackles the dualism of mind and body, suggesting a rupture of binary thinking, unlike in Western theory.
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Spirituality in Late Byzantium
Essays Presenting New Research by International Scholars
This collection of essays on late Byzantine spirituality presents new research on an important but under-documented period. Through new evidence and re-appraisals of scholarly views, it is a valuable contribution for academics and students alike.
This collection of essays on late Byzantine spirituality presents new research on an important but under-documented period. Through new evidence and re-appraisals of scholarly views, it is a valuable contribution for academics and students alike.
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Stage Migrants
Representations of the Migrant Other in Modern Irish Drama
This volume investigates how recent migration is reflected in Irish culture, focusing on the representation of outsiders in theatre. It explores debates on national identity, multiculturalism, and racism in plays whose topics are central to any global community.
This volume investigates how recent migration is reflected in Irish culture, focusing on the representation of outsiders in theatre. It explores debates on national identity, multiculturalism, and racism in plays whose topics are central to any global community.
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