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Symbols in Arts, Religion and Culture
The Soul of Nature
Abbaszadeh discusses how we learn about our human nature and how we fit into the larger scheme of life and spirit. She argues that we do this by understanding how our ancestors, through art, symbol and myth, expressed their relationship with the natural world.
Abbaszadeh discusses how we learn about our human nature and how we fit into the larger scheme of life and spirit. She argues that we do this by understanding how our ancestors, through art, symbol and myth, expressed their relationship with the natural world.
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Kam Women Artisans of China
Dawn of the Butterflies
Deep in southwestern China, in a village called Dimen, live several women who are masters of many cultural arts. Lee’s study presents an opportunity to learn from the past long lost in Western tradition and experience ancient culture transforming under the pressure of technology.
Deep in southwestern China, in a village called Dimen, live several women who are masters of many cultural arts. Lee’s study presents an opportunity to learn from the past long lost in Western tradition and experience ancient culture transforming under the pressure of technology.
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Identity Mediations in Latin American Cinema and Beyond
Culture, Music and Transnational Discourses
This book explores how the flows of music, films, and artists shape cultural identities. It analyzes these transits, mainly in the Ibero-American space but also Soviet and Asian cinema, revealing cultural networks that extend beyond national borders.
This book explores how the flows of music, films, and artists shape cultural identities. It analyzes these transits, mainly in the Ibero-American space but also Soviet and Asian cinema, revealing cultural networks that extend beyond national borders.
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This book reflects current discussions of the ways collaboration and participation inform the production, study, and teaching of art with innovative and unexpected results. It illustrates how the shifting boundaries of power, position, and identity result in new relationships.
This book reflects current discussions of the ways collaboration and participation inform the production, study, and teaching of art with innovative and unexpected results. It illustrates how the shifting boundaries of power, position, and identity result in new relationships.
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The Shakespearean Linkages in Unnayi Warrier’s Nala Charitham
A Literary Analysis
Unnayi Warrier’s ‘Nala Charitham’ is a popular Kathakali drama of romance, treachery, and banishment. Drawing from Hindu mythology, this book insightfully compares the story’s complex characters with Shakespeare’s plays, giving the captivating tale a new perspective.
Unnayi Warrier’s ‘Nala Charitham’ is a popular Kathakali drama of romance, treachery, and banishment. Drawing from Hindu mythology, this book insightfully compares the story’s complex characters with Shakespeare’s plays, giving the captivating tale a new perspective.
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This book examines four innovative women playwrights of 21st-century Spain. By foregrounding female protagonists, their plays explore female autonomy and the search for selfhood against gendered oppression, showcasing important innovations in contemporary stagecraft.
This book examines four innovative women playwrights of 21st-century Spain. By foregrounding female protagonists, their plays explore female autonomy and the search for selfhood against gendered oppression, showcasing important innovations in contemporary stagecraft.
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This volume explores the intersection of media, culture, and conflict in Africa. It examines how cultural practices, media, social movements, and new technologies can address the continent's political and social challenges. A vital contribution to an underexplored field.
This volume explores the intersection of media, culture, and conflict in Africa. It examines how cultural practices, media, social movements, and new technologies can address the continent’s political and social challenges. A vital contribution to an underexplored field.
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Contemporary Dance and Southern African Rock Art
Tranceformations and Transformations
In Apartheid South Africa, the author started a mixed-race dance company in her garage. Weaving together research into rock art and transformative choreography, this book shows how dance can change attitudes, perceptions, and the human spirit. Includes a video link to the dance.
In Apartheid South Africa, the author started a mixed-race dance company in her garage. Weaving together research into rock art and transformative choreography, this book shows how dance can change attitudes, perceptions, and the human spirit. Includes a video link to the dance.
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Monsters have always been border crossers, their transnational nature reflecting our era of global crisis. This book explores the cultural flow of monstrosity, examining its socio-political ramifications in a world framed by the Covid pandemic and our shared vulnerability.
Monsters have always been border crossers, their transnational nature reflecting our era of global crisis. This book explores the cultural flow of monstrosity, examining its socio-political ramifications in a world framed by the Covid pandemic and our shared vulnerability.
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The Global and Local Appeal of Kneehigh Theatre Company
Brand Kneehigh
This book explores “Brand Kneehigh,” defining how the theatre company’s Cornish identity achieved global appeal. Analyzing key productions, it reveals the tensions between local and global interests and investigates Kneehigh's unique solution: their performance space, the Asylum.
This book explores “Brand Kneehigh,” defining how the theatre company’s Cornish identity achieved global appeal. Analyzing key productions, it reveals the tensions between local and global interests and investigates Kneehigh’s unique solution: their performance space, the Asylum.
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This book crosses world cultures to highlight women as creators and as subjects. From the politics of Aztec women’s bodies to female artists in the Global South, chapters offer historical, artistic, and literary perspectives on women in art, literature, and film across the globe.
This book crosses world cultures to highlight women as creators and as subjects. From the politics of Aztec women’s bodies to female artists in the Global South, chapters offer historical, artistic, and literary perspectives on women in art, literature, and film across the globe.
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Caribbean Men in the Arts
Demystifying Masculinities with Essays, Interviews, Poetry and Stories
This collection explores the emotional and artistic landscape of Caribbean men who carve out a place for themselves in the visual and performance arts. The pieces demonstrate them forging more varied and wholesome masculinities, thriving in spaces without violence or exclusion.
This collection explores the emotional and artistic landscape of Caribbean men who carve out a place for themselves in the visual and performance arts. The pieces demonstrate them forging more varied and wholesome masculinities, thriving in spaces without violence or exclusion.
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An inner journey on the path of Japanese calligraphy, this book uniquely combines theory with practice. It rediscovers the creative synergy of handwriting in the digital age, revealing a contemplative act of writing by painting and painting by writing.
An inner journey on the path of Japanese calligraphy, this book uniquely combines theory with practice. It rediscovers the creative synergy of handwriting in the digital age, revealing a contemplative act of writing by painting and painting by writing.
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Investigating Format
The Transferral and Translation of Televised Productions in Italy and England
Hughes discusses the transferral of a televised format from its original country to a different cultural and linguistic ambit. Focusing on the formal police interview, she shows that international format transferral is becoming increasingly local to the country of arrival.
Hughes discusses the transferral of a televised format from its original country to a different cultural and linguistic ambit. Focusing on the formal police interview, she shows that international format transferral is becoming increasingly local to the country of arrival.
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Behind the Photographic Lens of Sergio Larraín
Photography, Aesthetics, and Critical Insights
Unlock the mystery of Sergio Larraín, Chile's enigmatic photographer. This essential guide reveals the untold narratives behind his iconic works, exploring the intersection of art, politics, and spirituality that defined his profound and lasting legacy.
Unlock the mystery of Sergio Larraín, Chile’s enigmatic photographer. This essential guide reveals the untold narratives behind his iconic works, exploring the intersection of art, politics, and spirituality that defined his profound and lasting legacy.
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Delve into the archival history of early Indian cinema. This book examines the landmark Indo-European collaboration at Bombay Talkies through Gilles Deleuze's compelling concepts of Movement-Image and Time-Image, exploring censorship, studios, and film journalism.
Delve into the archival history of early Indian cinema. This book examines the landmark Indo-European collaboration at Bombay Talkies through Gilles Deleuze’s compelling concepts of Movement-Image and Time-Image, exploring censorship, studios, and film journalism.
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Lavinia Fontana’s Mythological Paintings
Art, Beauty, and Wisdom
This volume investigates Lavinia Fontana’s mythological paintings. The first female painter of sixteenth-century Italy to depict female nudes and mythological subjects, Fontana challenged the male tradition of history painting and paved the way for future female artists.
This volume investigates Lavinia Fontana’s mythological paintings. The first female painter of sixteenth-century Italy to depict female nudes and mythological subjects, Fontana challenged the male tradition of history painting and paved the way for future female artists.
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Artists are collaborating with scientists and communities to encourage pro-environmental behavior. This book unites 28 contributors to examine the vital role of the arts in provoking change and making connections to ecology, science, and Indigenous culture.
Artists are collaborating with scientists and communities to encourage pro-environmental behavior. This book unites 28 contributors to examine the vital role of the arts in provoking change and making connections to ecology, science, and Indigenous culture.
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Building Sustainability with the Arts
Proceedings of the 2nd National EcoArts Australis Conference
This timely book examines various roles of the arts in building ecological sustainability. A wide range of practitioners is represented here, including visual and performing artists, scientists, social researchers, environmental educators and research students.
This timely book examines various roles of the arts in building ecological sustainability. A wide range of practitioners is represented here, including visual and performing artists, scientists, social researchers, environmental educators and research students.
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Monsters of Film, Fiction, and Fable
The Cultural Links between the Human and Inhuman
Monsters have always represented what we fear in the Other. But today, they reveal what we fear in ourselves—what we're capable of. These essays explore the monstrous in film, literature, and myth to understand not just who we are, but who we might become.
Monsters have always represented what we fear in the Other. But today, they reveal what we fear in ourselves—what we’re capable of. These essays explore the monstrous in film, literature, and myth to understand not just who we are, but who we might become.
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