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Bound by Love
Familial Bonding in Film and Television since 1950
The bonds of love can bring bliss or demand sacrifice; they can save us or destroy us. This book explores how familial bonds in film and television reveal a cultural dialogue about the changing nature of love and the American family.
The bonds of love can bring bliss or demand sacrifice; they can save us or destroy us. This book explores how familial bonds in film and television reveal a cultural dialogue about the changing nature of love and the American family.
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Breaking Forms
The Shift to Performance in Late Twentieth-Century Irish Drama
During Ireland's "Celtic Tiger" boom, a new theatre emerged to express radical social change. Rejecting literary tradition for physicality and visual performance, artists explored what words alone could not. Breaking Forms analyzes this pivotal movement.
During Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom, a new theatre emerged to express radical social change. Rejecting literary tradition for physicality and visual performance, artists explored what words alone could not. Breaking Forms analyzes this pivotal movement.
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This provocative collection of essays traces the conflicted history of Bertolt Brecht's encounters with Broadway. It explores how his epic theater has been co-opted by commercialism and what this suggests for the future of political theater in the U.S.
This provocative collection of essays traces the conflicted history of Bertolt Brecht’s encounters with Broadway. It explores how his epic theater has been co-opted by commercialism and what this suggests for the future of political theater in the U.S.
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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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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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Celluloid Saviours
Angels and Reform Politics in Hollywood Film
In "film blanc," a spirit helps a hero reform. This book traces the genre from *It's a Wonderful Life* to *The Truman Show*, linking its history to the rise and fall of American liberal thought.
In “film blanc,” a spirit helps a hero reform. This book traces the genre from *It’s a Wonderful Life* to *The Truman Show*, linking its history to the rise and fall of American liberal thought.
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Cinema and Politics
Turkish Cinema and The New Europe
This volume presents varied approaches to the relation between cinema and politics, focusing on changing narratives and identities. It highlights filmmakers with ‘hybrid identities’ whose work goes beyond old limits toward the sensitivity of the New Europe.
This volume presents varied approaches to the relation between cinema and politics, focusing on changing narratives and identities. It highlights filmmakers with ‘hybrid identities’ whose work goes beyond old limits toward the sensitivity of the New Europe.
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Cinematic Narration and its Psychological Impact
Functions of Cognition, Emotion and Play
Using cognitive psychology, this book explores how cinematic narration impacts the spectator's mind. It considers storytelling, conflict, suspense, and genre to outline a model for analysing how cinematic devices influence a viewer's cognition, imagination, and emotion.
Using cognitive psychology, this book explores how cinematic narration impacts the spectator’s mind. It considers storytelling, conflict, suspense, and genre to outline a model for analysing how cinematic devices influence a viewer’s cognition, imagination, and emotion.
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Bringing together specialists from various backgrounds, this book establishes, and then analyses, the interrelation between series and dependence by focusing on two aspects of their connection: the overconsumption of TV series, and the production devices that lead to it.
Bringing together specialists from various backgrounds, this book establishes, and then analyses, the interrelation between series and dependence by focusing on two aspects of their connection: the overconsumption of TV series, and the production devices that lead to it.
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Comic Grace
We Mortal Fools in Movie Comedy
This book asks not only why some movie comedies are great, but what is unique and enduring in the legacy of comedy on film. It entertains the proposition that comedy may be motion picture’s greatest achievement, inquiring into what audiences cherish.
This book asks not only why some movie comedies are great, but what is unique and enduring in the legacy of comedy on film. It entertains the proposition that comedy may be motion picture’s greatest achievement, inquiring into what audiences cherish.
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Living as we do in a world marked by an ‘age apartheid’, films remain the most accessible form of information regarding getting older for the general public. Using current gerontological theory, this volume provides insight into the accuracy of cinematic representations of aging.
Living as we do in a world marked by an ‘age apartheid’, films remain the most accessible form of information regarding getting older for the general public. Using current gerontological theory, this volume provides insight into the accuracy of cinematic representations of aging.
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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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Highlighting the growing interest in consciousness studies, these essays explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literary studies, film, fine arts and music.
Highlighting the growing interest in consciousness studies, these essays explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literary studies, film, fine arts and music.
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Contemporary Art and Community Altruism in Oaxaca
Hybrid Agency
Pyatt relates a longitudinal participant observation and analysis of the behaviour of the Oaxacan art community in Mexico, focusing on the cultural production, interaction and collective action of its members as an integrated sector of civil society.
Pyatt relates a longitudinal participant observation and analysis of the behaviour of the Oaxacan art community in Mexico, focusing on the cultural production, interaction and collective action of its members as an integrated sector of civil society.
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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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Conversations with Indian Cartoonists
Politickle Lines
Picking up the pen is like playing with fire in political cartooning. Cartoonists draw the line to shake us out of apathy. In the tradition of Shankar and R. K. Laxman, this volume presents conversations with India’s leading cartoonists, taking us into their recondite art.
Picking up the pen is like playing with fire in political cartooning. Cartoonists draw the line to shake us out of apathy. In the tradition of Shankar and R. K. Laxman, this volume presents conversations with India’s leading cartoonists, taking us into their recondite art.
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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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Leading scholars pose fundamental questions about contemporary art in the global age. This volume maps current debates on archives, politics, labor, and the post-natural condition, providing a cartography of the conceptual intersections in global art studies today.
Leading scholars pose fundamental questions about contemporary art in the global age. This volume maps current debates on archives, politics, labor, and the post-natural condition, providing a cartography of the conceptual intersections in global art studies today.
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Dao Entrepreneurship
Westwood, Wilson and Bergson on Business, Art and Aesthetics
Thornquist presents an artistic and aesthetic perspective on auteur-driven entrepreneurial management that is overlooked in traditional organizational analysis. He builds on this through an exploration of Bergsonian ontology and Daoism methodology.
Thornquist presents an artistic and aesthetic perspective on auteur-driven entrepreneurial management that is overlooked in traditional organizational analysis. He builds on this through an exploration of Bergsonian ontology and Daoism methodology.
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A collection of essays by scholars and artists exploring theatre's role in political awareness through the voice of the marginalized. It shows how the theatre of differences denounces prejudice and regains its role as the brain and lungs of the community.
A collection of essays by scholars and artists exploring theatre’s role in political awareness through the voice of the marginalized. It shows how the theatre of differences denounces prejudice and regains its role as the brain and lungs of the community.
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