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Pop Culture Matters
Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association
We immerse ourselves daily in expressions of popular culture but rarely pay critical attention to them. The essays in this collection redress this situation and critically examine various offerings in film, television, social media, music, literature, sports, and related areas.
We immerse ourselves daily in expressions of popular culture but rarely pay critical attention to them. The essays in this collection redress this situation and critically examine various offerings in film, television, social media, music, literature, sports, and related areas.
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How did images and spectacles shape power in early modern Europe? This collection of interdisciplinary essays reveals how aesthetic choices in art, theatre, and literature were used to consolidate and subvert institutional power from the 12th to 17th centuries.
How did images and spectacles shape power in early modern Europe? This collection of interdisciplinary essays reveals how aesthetic choices in art, theatre, and literature were used to consolidate and subvert institutional power from the 12th to 17th centuries.
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Seeing Whole
Toward an Ethics and Ecology of Sight
This anthology explores the ways in which seeing as an embodied process is always a multivalent, ambiguous, and holistic undertaking, and represents an innovative addition to the field of visual culture studies.
This anthology explores the ways in which seeing as an embodied process is always a multivalent, ambiguous, and holistic undertaking, and represents an innovative addition to the field of visual culture studies.
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Sensi/able Spaces
Space, Art and the Environment Proceedings of the SPARTEN conference, Reykjavík, June 1st and 2nd, 2006
SENSI/ABLE SPACES explores how space, art, and the environment interact. Bringing together academics and artists, it challenges notions of "sensible" spaces, defined by ideology, to focus on the "sensable"—what we perceive through our senses.
SENSI/ABLE SPACES explores how space, art, and the environment interact. Bringing together academics and artists, it challenges notions of “sensible” spaces, defined by ideology, to focus on the “sensable”—what we perceive through our senses.
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This collection of essays focuses on the eroticized “look” and the sexualization of visual culture. From sexy female robots and Bridget Jones to Victorian fashion and feminist debates, these essays offer new conceptions of perception and representation.
This collection of essays focuses on the eroticized “look” and the sexualization of visual culture. From sexy female robots and Bridget Jones to Victorian fashion and feminist debates, these essays offer new conceptions of perception and representation.
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This book considers the history of stardom through its connections to three media. The first phase, shaped by cinema, created contemporary stardom. The second, linked to television, made the star more intimate, while the third sees outsiders achieve visibility through the web.
This book considers the history of stardom through its connections to three media. The first phase, shaped by cinema, created contemporary stardom. The second, linked to television, made the star more intimate, while the third sees outsiders achieve visibility through the web.
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This study highlights the impressive work of television writers, their inspiration, and their talent for mirroring society. It offers original interpretations of TV shows and explores how series have evolved, noting what has been maintained and changed over time.
This study highlights the impressive work of television writers, their inspiration, and their talent for mirroring society. It offers original interpretations of TV shows and explores how series have evolved, noting what has been maintained and changed over time.
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This collection of essays explores television's state of flux. It examines how news packages the 'real,' how reality styles have influenced dramas like CSI, and how shows like Big Brother have created a culture of performance and surveillance.
This collection of essays explores television’s state of flux. It examines how news packages the ‘real,’ how reality styles have influenced dramas like CSI, and how shows like Big Brother have created a culture of performance and surveillance.
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This anthology discusses issues of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and the arts. It presents ideas on how to promote a deeper understanding of IKS within the arts, the development of IKS-arts research methodologies, and the protection and promotion of IKS in the arts.
This anthology discusses issues of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and the arts. It presents ideas on how to promote a deeper understanding of IKS within the arts, the development of IKS-arts research methodologies, and the protection and promotion of IKS in the arts.
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Han investigates how films have constructed the identity of ethnic Chinese in the United States, through a survey of selected films from the 1990s and 2000s produced in the USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.
Han investigates how films have constructed the identity of ethnic Chinese in the United States, through a survey of selected films from the 1990s and 2000s produced in the USA, Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.
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Referencing neurological research, this book examines how experimental cinema performs traumatic experience. It argues that ‘materialist film’ perceptually performs disorientation and flashbacks, giving this practice a renewed relevance in the digital age.
Referencing neurological research, this book examines how experimental cinema performs traumatic experience. It argues that ‘materialist film’ perceptually performs disorientation and flashbacks, giving this practice a renewed relevance in the digital age.
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Tally offers an inspiring perspective on representations of a new kind of female character who first appeared on US TV in the mid-2000s, the anti-heroine. She studies several TV women and shows, like Homeland, Weeds and Scandal, to show the dominance of the anti-heroine on US TV.
Tally offers an inspiring perspective on representations of a new kind of female character who first appeared on US TV in the mid-2000s, the anti-heroine. She studies several TV women and shows, like Homeland, Weeds and Scandal, to show the dominance of the anti-heroine on US TV.
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The Shaping of Persian Art
Collections and Interpretations of the Art of Islamic Iran and Central Asia
The image of Persian art was not a pure creation of its civilization. It was largely defined by Euro-American collectors, scholars, and dealers who shaped how it should be viewed and displayed. This volume offers novel insight into this process.
The image of Persian art was not a pure creation of its civilization. It was largely defined by Euro-American collectors, scholars, and dealers who shaped how it should be viewed and displayed. This volume offers novel insight into this process.
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The Willow and the Spiral
Essays on Octavio Paz and the Poetic Imagination
This book of essays commemorates Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. Top scholars offer studies of his poetry and essays in relation to art, politics, translation, and world cultures, celebrating his legacy of criticism and open viewpoints.
This book of essays commemorates Nobel laureate Octavio Paz. Top scholars offer studies of his poetry and essays in relation to art, politics, translation, and world cultures, celebrating his legacy of criticism and open viewpoints.
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As gay men lead lives increasingly similar to their straight counterparts, what is the basis for gay culture? This book argues that theatricality, not identity, is what defines it. Gay culture is a practice, accessible to anyone with a flair for the theatrical.
As gay men lead lives increasingly similar to their straight counterparts, what is the basis for gay culture? This book argues that theatricality, not identity, is what defines it. Gay culture is a practice, accessible to anyone with a flair for the theatrical.
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While chiefly a site of popular pleasure and merriment, popular culture also functions as a site and source through which identities are inhabited, brokered and contested. This volume offers theoretical reflections on the significance of particular elements of popular culture.
While chiefly a site of popular pleasure and merriment, popular culture also functions as a site and source through which identities are inhabited, brokered and contested. This volume offers theoretical reflections on the significance of particular elements of popular culture.
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Thinking Colours
Perception, Translation and Representation
These essays explore the interaction between sensation, perception, and the cultural representation of colour. This volume shows that the interpretation of colour is emotional and varies by culture, making it a strong semiotic resource for communicating meaning.
These essays explore the interaction between sensation, perception, and the cultural representation of colour. This volume shows that the interpretation of colour is emotional and varies by culture, making it a strong semiotic resource for communicating meaning.
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This book situates the reader between a passionate retelling of Cole’s life and a deep investigation into his work. It recounts the interconnected story of art and life, detailing how his paintings incorporate prophetic stories of human history witnessed by pristine landscapes.
This book situates the reader between a passionate retelling of Cole’s life and a deep investigation into his work. It recounts the interconnected story of art and life, detailing how his paintings incorporate prophetic stories of human history witnessed by pristine landscapes.
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Three German Women
Personal Histories from the Twentieth Century
The lives of three intellectual women—a mathematician, a journalist, and an art historian—serve as mirrors to the tumultuous 20th century. Their stories tell of the hardships, struggles, and victories of women whose achievements were overlooked amid the trauma of Nazism.
The lives of three intellectual women—a mathematician, a journalist, and an art historian—serve as mirrors to the tumultuous 20th century. Their stories tell of the hardships, struggles, and victories of women whose achievements were overlooked amid the trauma of Nazism.
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Transmission Image
Visual Translation and Cultural Agency
A challenging survey of the debate about visual culture from a global perspective. This volume proposes a truly global outlook, with scholarly perspectives from around the world, highlighting the complex cultural codification of images and their impact.
A challenging survey of the debate about visual culture from a global perspective. This volume proposes a truly global outlook, with scholarly perspectives from around the world, highlighting the complex cultural codification of images and their impact.
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