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“What is to be Done?”
Cultural Leadership and Public Engagement in Art and Design Education
This book introduces the meanings and motivations behind public engagement in art and design education. It explores the challenges of measuring and articulating cultural impact for postgraduate students and professionals in Higher Education and the cultural industries.
This book introduces the meanings and motivations behind public engagement in art and design education. It explores the challenges of measuring and articulating cultural impact for postgraduate students and professionals in Higher Education and the cultural industries.
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Merry Murderers
The Farcical (Re)Figuration of the Femme Fatale in Maurine Dallas Watkins’ Chicago (1927) and its Various Adaptations
This book explores the femme fatale in American culture through Maurine Dallas Watkins’s story, Chicago. It argues that Chicago’s revivals produce a unique figure: the farcical femme fatale, who combines tragedy with comedy to get away with her crimes.
This book explores the femme fatale in American culture through Maurine Dallas Watkins’s story, Chicago. It argues that Chicago’s revivals produce a unique figure: the farcical femme fatale, who combines tragedy with comedy to get away with her crimes.
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Ethical Encounters
Boundaries of Theatre, Performance and Philosophy
These essays on theatre ethics demonstrate how academics and artists have thought about its ethical implications. They debate relevant issues and explore what is possible within theatre, challenging you to form and develop your own opinions and resultant actions.
These essays on theatre ethics demonstrate how academics and artists have thought about its ethical implications. They debate relevant issues and explore what is possible within theatre, challenging you to form and develop your own opinions and resultant actions.
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Global and Local Art Histories analyzes art outside of hegemonic Euro-American themes. Essays from a broad range of cultural perspectives contest concepts of history and culture, exploring global and local identities and questioning "the work of art.”
Global and Local Art Histories analyzes art outside of hegemonic Euro-American themes. Essays from a broad range of cultural perspectives contest concepts of history and culture, exploring global and local identities and questioning “the work of art.”
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Contextualizing the Archivolted Portals of Northern Spain and Western France within the Theology and Politics of Entry
This book explores the archivolted portals of 12th-c. Spain and France, arguing they were tools for monastic meditation. Shaped by rhetoric and interaction with Islamic courts, their design made theology accessible to all in an age of pilgrimage and crusade.
This book explores the archivolted portals of 12th-c. Spain and France, arguing they were tools for monastic meditation. Shaped by rhetoric and interaction with Islamic courts, their design made theology accessible to all in an age of pilgrimage and crusade.
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Redwood undertakes a close formal analysis of Tarkovsky’s later films. Charting the stylistic and narrative innovations in Mirror, Stalker, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, he succeeds in shedding new light on these celebrated, but often misunderstood, masterpieces.
Redwood undertakes a close formal analysis of Tarkovsky’s later films. Charting the stylistic and narrative innovations in Mirror, Stalker, Nostalghia and The Sacrifice, he succeeds in shedding new light on these celebrated, but often misunderstood, masterpieces.
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This pioneering book introduces the “feminine,” a dimension of film not reducible to women’s experience. Exploring this Jungian concept through movies spanning seven decades, it enhances the appreciation of film as a depth psychological medium.
This pioneering book introduces the “feminine,” a dimension of film not reducible to women’s experience. Exploring this Jungian concept through movies spanning seven decades, it enhances the appreciation of film as a depth psychological medium.
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Coming Out to the Mainstream
New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century
Has New Queer Cinema gone mainstream? This collection of essays examines how its themes have entered popular culture, challenging a queer-phobic climate and informing debates on queerness in film, television, and beyond.
Has New Queer Cinema gone mainstream? This collection of essays examines how its themes have entered popular culture, challenging a queer-phobic climate and informing debates on queerness in film, television, and beyond.
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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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Öztürk gets to the core of Hardy’s ‘tragic vision’: the destruction of self through the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. This study brilliantly captures Hardy's stark statement about life itself, filling the need for newer interpretations.
Öztürk gets to the core of Hardy’s ‘tragic vision’: the destruction of self through the dramatic interplay between character and circumstance. This study brilliantly captures Hardy’s stark statement about life itself, filling the need for newer interpretations.
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Views, Positions, Legacies
Interviews with German and British Theatre Artists, 1985-2007
This book collects 24 interviews with German and British theatre artists over 20 years. Actors, directors, and dramatists discuss boulevard comedy, Brecht’s legacy, and seminal productions like Sir Richard Eyre’s account of his Hamlet at the Royal Court.
This book collects 24 interviews with German and British theatre artists over 20 years. Actors, directors, and dramatists discuss boulevard comedy, Brecht’s legacy, and seminal productions like Sir Richard Eyre’s account of his Hamlet at the Royal Court.
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France at the Flicks
Trends in Contemporary French Popular Cinema
Explore the recent revitalisation of French popular cinema as it challenges Hollywood's dominance. This book discusses blockbuster successes—both international hits and domestic favourites—and explores their production, distribution, and reception.
Explore the recent revitalisation of French popular cinema as it challenges Hollywood’s dominance. This book discusses blockbuster successes—both international hits and domestic favourites—and explores their production, distribution, and reception.
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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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Touching Art
The Poetics and the Politics of Exhibiting the Tree of Life
This study follows the Tree of Life, a Mozambican sculpture made from decommissioned weapons. It explores how its meaning changed when exhibited in its original context versus the British Museum, challenging curatorial concepts of African art.
This study follows the Tree of Life, a Mozambican sculpture made from decommissioned weapons. It explores how its meaning changed when exhibited in its original context versus the British Museum, challenging curatorial concepts of African art.
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These provocative essays explore the uneasy relationship between religion and film in the works of masters like Bergman, Tarkovsky, and del Toro. This spiritual and critical journey challenges us to think more forcefully about the values that shape our lives.
These provocative essays explore the uneasy relationship between religion and film in the works of masters like Bergman, Tarkovsky, and del Toro. This spiritual and critical journey challenges us to think more forcefully about the values that shape our lives.
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Movie Time studies temporal mythmaking in American movies. It explores how films make sense of our world by reconstructing pasts like the 1950s, defining the present through the rise of conservatism, and foreseeing alternative futures.
Movie Time studies temporal mythmaking in American movies. It explores how films make sense of our world by reconstructing pasts like the 1950s, defining the present through the rise of conservatism, and foreseeing alternative futures.
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Etching Our Own Image
Voices from Within the Arab American Art Movement
A celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, a movement of artists galvanized to define themselves, rather than be defined by others. By telling their own stories, these voices reclaim their image and tell the world who they are.
A celebration of Arab American art and identity. In the wake of 9/11, a movement of artists galvanized to define themselves, rather than be defined by others. By telling their own stories, these voices reclaim their image and tell the world who they are.
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Flash Parade
A Photo Montage of a Theatrical Touring Company
From the 1920s to the 1960s, legendary Vic Loving’s touring company Flash Parade travelled Ireland. Known as the 'Sequin Queen', this trailblazing woman brought ‘colour, gaiety and glamour’ to an otherwise grey era. A selection of photos and memorabilia.
From the 1920s to the 1960s, legendary Vic Loving’s touring company Flash Parade travelled Ireland. Known as the ‘Sequin Queen’, this trailblazing woman brought ‘colour, gaiety and glamour’ to an otherwise grey era. A selection of photos and memorabilia.
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Against and Beyond
Subversion and Transgression in Mass Media, Popular Culture and Performance
How do film, music, and media subvert the status quo? This essay collection applies critical theory to explore transgression in popular culture, offering essential reading for all who dare to go against and beyond.
How do film, music, and media subvert the status quo? This essay collection applies critical theory to explore transgression in popular culture, offering essential reading for all who dare to go against and beyond.
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What is the relation between drama and its critics? Drama is itself a critical genre, showing up the problems of human existence. Plays critique society and themselves, while also spurring critique from the audiences and reviewers who are intrinsic to theatre.
What is the relation between drama and its critics? Drama is itself a critical genre, showing up the problems of human existence. Plays critique society and themselves, while also spurring critique from the audiences and reviewers who are intrinsic to theatre.
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