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Polish Theatre after the Fall of Communism
Dionysus since '89
In investigating how Polish theatre has changed since 1989 and the fall of Communism. Śmiechowicz highlights the creativity of Polish contemporary theatre, and details the major points of difference between it and the theatre traditions of many other European countries.
In investigating how Polish theatre has changed since 1989 and the fall of Communism. Śmiechowicz highlights the creativity of Polish contemporary theatre, and details the major points of difference between it and the theatre traditions of many other European countries.
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Bodies, gender, and decolonial horizons are a new political front for justice. Uniting decolonial theory and trans* studies, this book asks what kind of politics can truly attack the hyper-flexible controls of the neoliberal current.
Bodies, gender, and decolonial horizons are a new political front for justice. Uniting decolonial theory and trans* studies, this book asks what kind of politics can truly attack the hyper-flexible controls of the neoliberal current.
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This book examines how Nigeria's new media shapes popular cultures like Nollywood, music, and sports. Using political economy theory and case studies, it analyzes the intersection of media and culture, and what uses and gratifications people seek from them.
This book examines how Nigeria’s new media shapes popular cultures like Nollywood, music, and sports. Using political economy theory and case studies, it analyzes the intersection of media and culture, and what uses and gratifications people seek from them.
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Popular and Visual Culture
Design, Circulation and Consumption
This book questions the concepts of visual and popular culture, analyzing how iconic productions are outcomes of political, economic, and social circumstances. It explores how visual artefacts are socially built, preserved, and contested as symbolic discourses on values.
This book questions the concepts of visual and popular culture, analyzing how iconic productions are outcomes of political, economic, and social circumstances. It explores how visual artefacts are socially built, preserved, and contested as symbolic discourses on values.
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Post-Apartheid Dance
Many Bodies Many Voices Many Stories
This ground-breaking work presents perspectives on post-apartheid dance in South Africa. Reflecting a multiplicity of voices, it juxtaposes contentious issues to draw attention to the complexity of dancing on the ashes of apartheid.
This ground-breaking work presents perspectives on post-apartheid dance in South Africa. Reflecting a multiplicity of voices, it juxtaposes contentious issues to draw attention to the complexity of dancing on the ashes of apartheid.
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Post-Dictatorship Argentinian Cinema as a Renarration of Collective Memory
The Spectrum of Absence
This book reflects on Argentinean cinema's role in constructing social memory. In the post-dictatorship decade, as institutions fostered forgetting the trauma of military repression, non-hegemonic cinema (1985-1996) became a symbolic mediation for a negotiated, poetic truth.
This book reflects on Argentinean cinema’s role in constructing social memory. In the post-dictatorship decade, as institutions fostered forgetting the trauma of military repression, non-hegemonic cinema (1985-1996) became a symbolic mediation for a negotiated, poetic truth.
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Postcolonial Artist
Johnny Doran and Irish Traveller Tradition
Irish Travellers have had little input into how they are represented. This book redresses this imbalance, exploring the Traveller experience through the musical oeuvre of artist Johnny Doran to outline the importance of cultural hybridity in postcolonial Ireland.
Irish Travellers have had little input into how they are represented. This book redresses this imbalance, exploring the Traveller experience through the musical oeuvre of artist Johnny Doran to outline the importance of cultural hybridity in postcolonial Ireland.
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Postcolonial Star Wars
Essays on Empire and Rebellion in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
This collection of essays draws upon postcolonial theory to help readers understand the power structures in Star Wars. Considering films, television, comics, and more, the text explores themes of Rebellion, Racism, and Feminism. Compelling reading for fans and students alike.
This collection of essays draws upon postcolonial theory to help readers understand the power structures in Star Wars. Considering films, television, comics, and more, the text explores themes of Rebellion, Racism, and Feminism. Compelling reading for fans and students alike.
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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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This book argues that the theater of Stoppard, Hwang, Churchill, Shepard, Walcott, and Karnad induces spectators to deconstruct habitual perception and taste a void of conceptions, pointing through performance toward a trans-verbal, trans-cultural wholeness.
This book argues that the theater of Stoppard, Hwang, Churchill, Shepard, Walcott, and Karnad induces spectators to deconstruct habitual perception and taste a void of conceptions, pointing through performance toward a trans-verbal, trans-cultural wholeness.
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Postsocialist Mobilities
Studies in Eastern European Cinema
Native scholars examine mobility in the cinema of the Visegrad countries and Romania, exploring political transition, social change, and transforming gender roles. These in-depth analyses are uniquely informed by the authors’ own “close-up” personal experiences of the phenomena.
Native scholars examine mobility in the cinema of the Visegrad countries and Romania, exploring political transition, social change, and transforming gender roles. These in-depth analyses are uniquely informed by the authors’ own “close-up” personal experiences of the phenomena.
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Unlock film's power in the classroom. Experts show how to use movies from blockbusters to art films to foster critical thinking. This practical guide provides sample syllabi, assignments, and a glossary of key film terms for immediate use.
Unlock film’s power in the classroom. Experts show how to use movies from blockbusters to art films to foster critical thinking. This practical guide provides sample syllabi, assignments, and a glossary of key film terms for immediate use.
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Practices of Abstract Art
Between Anarchism and Appropriation
Given the renewed interest in the phenomenon of abstract art, this collection of essays investigates the ambivalent role that abstraction has played in the visual arts and cultures of the last hundred years, engaging it in its increasingly diverse cultural environment.
Given the renewed interest in the phenomenon of abstract art, this collection of essays investigates the ambivalent role that abstraction has played in the visual arts and cultures of the last hundred years, engaging it in its increasingly diverse cultural environment.
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With over 150 colour illustrations, this collection of essays explores the history and mysteries of the “Coral Road” from the Mediterranean to Japan. Journey from Italy’s fisheries to Tibet, where coral is a sacred treasure, to the magnificent craftwork of the Edo Period.
With over 150 colour illustrations, this collection of essays explores the history and mysteries of the “Coral Road” from the Mediterranean to Japan. Journey from Italy’s fisheries to Tibet, where coral is a sacred treasure, to the magnificent craftwork of the Edo Period.
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Pretty Ugly
Why We Like Some Songs, Faces, Foods, Plays, Pictures, Poems, Etc., and Dislike Others
Why did we evolve a sense of beauty? This book answers from the perspective of scientists with deep knowledge of the arts, weaving together experimental science with art, music, and more. They show how all our senses are similar under the hood in shaping our aesthetic experience.
Why did we evolve a sense of beauty? This book answers from the perspective of scientists with deep knowledge of the arts, weaving together experimental science with art, music, and more. They show how all our senses are similar under the hood in shaping our aesthetic experience.
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An essential gateway to understanding Central Asia. Leading experts present cutting-edge research on the region's history, politics, culture, and environment, making this collection a vital resource for any student or scholar.
An essential gateway to understanding Central Asia. Leading experts present cutting-edge research on the region’s history, politics, culture, and environment, making this collection a vital resource for any student or scholar.
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This volume discusses pressing issues in contemporary artistic education and culture. It explores how artistic education preserves national traditions, contributes to international integration, and navigates the challenges of the 21st century.
This volume discusses pressing issues in contemporary artistic education and culture. It explores how artistic education preserves national traditions, contributes to international integration, and navigates the challenges of the 21st century.
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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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This collection connects theatre and performance studies with public sphere theory. Essays from prominent scholars explore how performing in public shapes identity, class, and political agency across three centuries and in multiple global contexts.
This collection connects theatre and performance studies with public sphere theory. Essays from prominent scholars explore how performing in public shapes identity, class, and political agency across three centuries and in multiple global contexts.
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Quantum Theatre
Science and Contemporary Performance
Quantum Theatre uses quantum mechanics to construct a framework for examining performance. This pioneering analysis reveals hidden aspects of the theatrical event, providing a coherent alternative to postmodernism as a theoretical framework for performance.
Quantum Theatre uses quantum mechanics to construct a framework for examining performance. This pioneering analysis reveals hidden aspects of the theatrical event, providing a coherent alternative to postmodernism as a theoretical framework for performance.
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