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The Eye and the Beholder
The Depiction of the Eye in Western Sculpture with Special Reference to the Period 1350–1700 and to Colour in Sculpture
Hannelore Hägele examines the colouring of the eye in late medieval and early modern sculpture. She asks how optics, science, and theology determined how eyes were perceived and represented, arguing it is the beholder who judges the worth of any creative effort.
Hannelore Hägele examines the colouring of the eye in late medieval and early modern sculpture. She asks how optics, science, and theology determined how eyes were perceived and represented, arguing it is the beholder who judges the worth of any creative effort.
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Design Directions
The Relationship Between Humans and Technology
This book explores how designers and researchers respond to the changing relationship between humans and technology. It presents diverse approaches, from theoretical explorations to practical methods, on topics like emotions, education, and transforming environments.
This book explores how designers and researchers respond to the changing relationship between humans and technology. It presents diverse approaches, from theoretical explorations to practical methods, on topics like emotions, education, and transforming environments.
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Outside
Activating Cloth to Enhance the Way We Live
Artists, scholars, and philosophers explore cloth’s value and impact on society, revealing its potential as a metaphor for consciousness, a carrier of narrative, and a catalyst for community empathy and cohesion.
Artists, scholars, and philosophers explore cloth’s value and impact on society, revealing its potential as a metaphor for consciousness, a carrier of narrative, and a catalyst for community empathy and cohesion.
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This collection of papers deals with cultural changes that occurred in the context of Roman imperial politics. The papers focus on societies on the fringes, both social and geographical, and their response to Roman Imperialism in local contexts.
This collection of papers deals with cultural changes that occurred in the context of Roman imperial politics. The papers focus on societies on the fringes, both social and geographical, and their response to Roman Imperialism in local contexts.
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Enacting Nationhood
Identity, Ideology and the Theatre, 1855-99
This collection of essays explores constructions of “We the People” during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. It interrogates pro- and anti-enslavement nationalism, partisanship, and armed conflict through dramatic literature and live performance.
This collection of essays explores constructions of “We the People” during the mid-to-late nineteenth century. It interrogates pro- and anti-enslavement nationalism, partisanship, and armed conflict through dramatic literature and live performance.
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The Disappointed Bridge
Ireland and the Post-Colonial World
This first major study of Ireland’s post-colonial experience draws parallels with other emergent nations. Through literary and musical contexts, it offers unique insight into independence, asking: What happens to an emerging nation after it has emerged?
This first major study of Ireland’s post-colonial experience draws parallels with other emergent nations. Through literary and musical contexts, it offers unique insight into independence, asking: What happens to an emerging nation after it has emerged?
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This book studies how conflicts, changes, and ideologies appear in Hispanic discourse. It analyzes how ideological shifts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries are reflected in the language, literature, and culture of Spain and Latin America.
This book studies how conflicts, changes, and ideologies appear in Hispanic discourse. It analyzes how ideological shifts of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries are reflected in the language, literature, and culture of Spain and Latin America.
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Deconstructing Reaganism
An Analysis of American Fantasy Films
This book explores Reagan’s political legacy in American films. While many films from 1980-2000 seem to celebrate family stability and social order, they create an unsettling mythology that reveals the inherent contradictions and paradoxes of Reaganism.
This book explores Reagan’s political legacy in American films. While many films from 1980-2000 seem to celebrate family stability and social order, they create an unsettling mythology that reveals the inherent contradictions and paradoxes of Reaganism.
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Voyages of Body and Soul
Selected Female Icons of India and Beyond
This collection explores India’s “mad” female saint-poets and multifaceted epic women from across history. These icons resisted patriarchal norms, following their chosen paths with monumental courage, creativity, and deep devotion. Their lives are models for the 21st century.
This collection explores India’s “mad” female saint-poets and multifaceted epic women from across history. These icons resisted patriarchal norms, following their chosen paths with monumental courage, creativity, and deep devotion. Their lives are models for the 21st century.
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New Cinema, New Media
Reinventing Turkish Cinema
This volume covers the relationship between innovation and politics in new Turkish cinema. It analyzes recurring themes of memory, trauma, and identity, with in-depth studies of renowned filmmakers like Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Fatih Akın, and Semih Kaplanoğlu.
This volume covers the relationship between innovation and politics in new Turkish cinema. It analyzes recurring themes of memory, trauma, and identity, with in-depth studies of renowned filmmakers like Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Fatih Akın, and Semih Kaplanoğlu.
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This collection of essays explores women’s complex relationship with the gothic. From novels to hypertext fiction, it reveals the scope, intensity, and risks of this evolution, challenging our understanding of why women engage with the gothic.
This collection of essays explores women’s complex relationship with the gothic. From novels to hypertext fiction, it reveals the scope, intensity, and risks of this evolution, challenging our understanding of why women engage with the gothic.
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The “Nation” in War
A Study of Military Literature and Hindi War Cinema
The Nation in War explores notions of nation and nationalism in Indian military literature and Hindi war cinema. This book examines how these narratives construct the “nation,” create consensus for war, and portray women as national subjects.
The Nation in War explores notions of nation and nationalism in Indian military literature and Hindi war cinema. This book examines how these narratives construct the “nation,” create consensus for war, and portray women as national subjects.
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This collection of scholarly articles explores Strindberg on international stages and in translation. Essays analyze performances, translation problems, and postdramatic theatre, posing key questions for modern Strindberg scholars, directors, and enthusiasts.
This collection of scholarly articles explores Strindberg on international stages and in translation. Essays analyze performances, translation problems, and postdramatic theatre, posing key questions for modern Strindberg scholars, directors, and enthusiasts.
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Beyond Buildings
Designed Spaces as Visual Persuasion
Beyond Buildings demonstrates that designed spaces are as socially influential as speeches or advertisements. This assessment of spaces—from parks and battlefields to cities and interiors—provides insight into their cultural roles and social impact.
Beyond Buildings demonstrates that designed spaces are as socially influential as speeches or advertisements. This assessment of spaces—from parks and battlefields to cities and interiors—provides insight into their cultural roles and social impact.
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Doubling the Duality
A Theoretical and Practical Investigation into Materiality and Embodiment of Meaning in the Integration of Live Action and Animation
This book explores the aesthetic and cultural integration of live action and animation. It argues that even in an era of seamless digital effects, their differences and dialogues remain a significant source for the evolution of cinematic language.
This book explores the aesthetic and cultural integration of live action and animation. It argues that even in an era of seamless digital effects, their differences and dialogues remain a significant source for the evolution of cinematic language.
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African Film
Looking Back and Looking Forward
This interdisciplinary book interrogates Africa’s filmic past, analyses current productions, and projects into the future. Traversing politics, economics, and history, it explores production, marketing, gender, race, and legal issues.
This interdisciplinary book interrogates Africa’s filmic past, analyses current productions, and projects into the future. Traversing politics, economics, and history, it explores production, marketing, gender, race, and legal issues.
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Art and Food is a collection of essays exploring a range of research topics relating to the representation of food in art and art in food, from iconography and allegory, through class and commensality, to kitchen architecture and haute cuisine.
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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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