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The First International Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts brought together 80 delegates from fourteen countries. This book collects 40 papers characteristic of the wide range of topics and disciplines represented at the conference.
The First International Conference on Consciousness, Theatre, Literature, and the Arts brought together 80 delegates from fourteen countries. This book collects 40 papers characteristic of the wide range of topics and disciplines represented at the conference.
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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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Film and Morality examines how morality is presented in films and how they serve as a source of moral values. It shows how audiences explore moral issues by following characters who make life-changing decisions and live with the consequences of their choices.
Film and Morality examines how morality is presented in films and how they serve as a source of moral values. It shows how audiences explore moral issues by following characters who make life-changing decisions and live with the consequences of their choices.
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These essays from international experts highlight the growing interdisciplinary interest in the relationship between human consciousness and the arts. The collection reflects a wide range of approaches to theatre, literature, film, fine arts, and music.
These essays from international experts highlight the growing interdisciplinary interest in the relationship between human consciousness and the arts. The collection reflects a wide range of approaches to theatre, literature, film, fine arts, and music.
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Projecting Words, Writing Images
Intersections of the Textual and the Visual in American Cultural Practices
This compilation of essays explores the energetic field of visual cultural studies. Scholars engage with photography, film, television, and literature, re-theorizing the relationship between word and image and their intersections with race, gender, and public spheres.
This compilation of essays explores the energetic field of visual cultural studies. Scholars engage with photography, film, television, and literature, re-theorizing the relationship between word and image and their intersections with race, gender, and public spheres.
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The “I” and the “Eye”
The Verbal and the Visual in Post-Renaissance Western Aesthetics
Tracing the opposition between verbal and visual arts from Lessing to Greenberg, the author delineates it as a history of diffusions, displacements and idealist reparations of class division.
Tracing the opposition between verbal and visual arts from Lessing to Greenberg, the author delineates it as a history of diffusions, displacements and idealist reparations of class division.
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Documents on the Balkans – History, Memory, Identity
Representations of Historical Discourses in the Balkan Documentary Film
This book explores how Balkan films produce identities based on memory, often in response to the 1990s conflicts. Case studies connect the 'private space' of everyday lives to macro-debates, making this a powerful contribution to cultural and visual history.
This book explores how Balkan films produce identities based on memory, often in response to the 1990s conflicts. Case studies connect the ‘private space’ of everyday lives to macro-debates, making this a powerful contribution to cultural and visual history.
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In 19th-century France, painting asserted its independence from literature as art's influence on authors grew. This investigation reveals their complex relationship through case studies of David, Hugo, Van Gogh, and Balzac, shedding new light on both fields.
In 19th-century France, painting asserted its independence from literature as art’s influence on authors grew. This investigation reveals their complex relationship through case studies of David, Hugo, Van Gogh, and Balzac, shedding new light on both fields.
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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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The Future of Text and Image
Collected Essays on Literary and Visual Conjunctures
This volume explores the evolving relationship between text and image in literature. Scholars examine this dynamic across diverse forms—from novels and poetry to collage books and digital poetry—reflecting the significance of the visual in today’s image culture.
This volume explores the evolving relationship between text and image in literature. Scholars examine this dynamic across diverse forms—from novels and poetry to collage books and digital poetry—reflecting the significance of the visual in today’s image culture.
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The popular view that “everyone can be creative” is a fashionable nonsense. But so was the old idea that creativity is only for a select few. This book shows an alternative way to understand creative thinking that will change how we see imagination and innovation.
The popular view that “everyone can be creative” is a fashionable nonsense. But so was the old idea that creativity is only for a select few. This book shows an alternative way to understand creative thinking that will change how we see imagination and innovation.
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Cinema and Evil
Moral Complexities and the “Dangerous” Film
This book explores films that address the problem of evil, drawing on thinkers from Manicheanism to Arendt. It considers how filmmakers like Fritz Lang and Michael Haneke use “dangerous” films to task us with considering evil as our own responsibility.
This book explores films that address the problem of evil, drawing on thinkers from Manicheanism to Arendt. It considers how filmmakers like Fritz Lang and Michael Haneke use “dangerous” films to task us with considering evil as our own responsibility.
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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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A philosopher and artist analyzes the clash between government funding and censorship. Combining philosophical analysis with interviews with censored artists, this book reveals why freedom of expression is vital for a society to be both stimulating and safe.
A philosopher and artist analyzes the clash between government funding and censorship. Combining philosophical analysis with interviews with censored artists, this book reveals why freedom of expression is vital for a society to be both stimulating and safe.
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The Public’s Open to Us All
Essays on Women and Performance in Eighteenth-Century England
These essays explore how women in 18th-century England used performance to negotiate the public world. As the first actresses, playwrights, and entrepreneurs emerged, they redefined femininity, challenged traditional roles, and shaped cultural imagination.
These essays explore how women in 18th-century England used performance to negotiate the public world. As the first actresses, playwrights, and entrepreneurs emerged, they redefined femininity, challenged traditional roles, and shaped cultural imagination.
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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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Winckelmann’s “Philosophy of Art”
A Prelude to German Classicism
This work examines Johann Joachim Winckelmann's pivotal role as a judge of classical sculpture and founder of German art criticism. It explores his philosophy of beauty while revealing how his judgements were often propagandist rather than analytical.
This work examines Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s pivotal role as a judge of classical sculpture and founder of German art criticism. It explores his philosophy of beauty while revealing how his judgements were often propagandist rather than analytical.
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The Legacy of Antiquity
New Perspectives in the Reception of the Classical World
This collection of essays explores the uses of the past from a wide range of perspectives. Drawn from medieval to modern times, it presents new perspectives on the constant fascination with the antique, opening the way for future research.
This collection of essays explores the uses of the past from a wide range of perspectives. Drawn from medieval to modern times, it presents new perspectives on the constant fascination with the antique, opening the way for future research.
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PostGender
Gender, Sexuality and Performativity in Japanese Culture
A collection of articles by leading researchers on gender, sexuality, and performativity in Japanese culture. This volume considers representations of the body across contemporary art, manga, photography, and performance art.
A collection of articles by leading researchers on gender, sexuality, and performativity in Japanese culture. This volume considers representations of the body across contemporary art, manga, photography, and performance art.
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Authenticity and Legitimacy in Minority Theatre
Constructing Identity
For ethno-cultural minorities, theatre is a vital space to denounce injustice, explore past trauma, and forge new identities. But should it seek mainstream visibility or remain on the margins to assert its cultural authenticity? This volume tackles these questions.
For ethno-cultural minorities, theatre is a vital space to denounce injustice, explore past trauma, and forge new identities. But should it seek mainstream visibility or remain on the margins to assert its cultural authenticity? This volume tackles these questions.
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