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  1. Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering : Organisational readiness
    Autor*in: Alshawi, Mustafa
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Taylor & Francis

    How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can... mehr

     

    How could the potential of IT be realised to improve business performance in architecture, construction and engineering organisations? How could organisations unleash the potential of IT to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage? How can organisations migrate from technology to IT-enabled business thinking? Based on the author's twenty years research experience, this book provides a holistic picture of the factors that enable architecture, construction and engineering organisations to explore the potential of IT to improve their businesses and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. It raises awareness of the importance of the organisational 'soft issues' and the role they play in influencing the outcome of IT investments as well as addressing other complementary enablers, such as knowledge management, learning organisations, maturity models and e-readiness measurements. Real case studies are used throughout the book to illustrate various concepts and to provide the reader with a realistic and practical picture. Rethinking IT in Construction & Engineering is ideal for lecturers and researchers in architecture, construction and engineering as well as professionals at managerial level in industry.

     
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    Schlagworte: Architecture: professional practice; Building construction & materials
    Weitere Schlagworte: Alignment; Amp; Applications; Approach; Approaches; Bridging
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (289 p.)
  2. Mongrel Nation : Diasporic Culture and the Making of Postcolonial Britain
    Autor*in: Dawson, Ashley
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  University of Michigan Press

    Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom's African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during... mehr

     

    Mongrel Nation surveys the history of the United Kingdom's African, Asian, and Caribbean populations from 1948 to the present, working at the juncture of cultural studies, literary criticism, and postcolonial theory. Ashley Dawson argues that during the past fifty years Asian and black intellectuals from Sam Selvon to Zadie Smith have continually challenged the United Kingdom's exclusionary definitions of citizenship, using innovative forms of cultural expression to reconfigure definitions of belonging in the postcolonial age. By examining popular culture and exploring topics such as the nexus of race and gender, the growth of transnational politics, and the clash between first- and second-generation immigrants, Dawson broadens and enlivens the field of postcolonial studies.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: Literary Criticism; European; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  3. Dancing Postcolonialism : The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
    Autor*in: Sörgel, Sabine
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  transcript Verlag, Bielefeld

    This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with... mehr

     

    This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with performance studies and dance analysis, the study examines the interrelationship of Jamaican modern dance theatre aesthetics and the Caribbean's complex cultural genealogy since 1492. Addressing issues of postcolonial nationalism and Jamaican identity politics, the book provides the first comprehensive study of the NDTC's modern dance theatre works as it situates dance theatre choreography at the centre of postcolonial independence politics and cultural theory in the Caribbean.

     
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    ISBN: 9783839406427; 9783899426427
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    Schlagworte: Dance
    Weitere Schlagworte: Theatre; Dance; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Postcolonialism; Theatre Studies
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (230 p.)
  4. The Politics of Imagination : Benjamin, Kracauer, Kluge
    Autor*in: Forrest, Tara
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  transcript Verlag, Bielefeld

    This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future... mehr

     

    This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future outside of the parameters of the status quo. The concept of imagination to which the title of the book refers is not a strictly defined, stable concept, but rather a term which is employed to refer to a capacity that facilitates both an active, creative relationship to one's environment, and a process of mediation between the outside world and one's own experiences and memories. Through a detailed analysis of their engagements with subjects that span a broad range of historical and thematic contexts (including topics as diverse as literature, children's play, film, photography, history, and television) the book charts the extent to which the concept of imagination plays a central role in Benjamin, Kracauer, and Kluge's explorations of a mode of perception and experience which could serve as a catalyst for the creation and sustenance of a desire for a different kind of future.

     
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    ISBN: 9783839406816; 9783899426816
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    Schlagworte: Media studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: Movie; Media; Culture; Literature; Imagination; Walter Benjamin; Siegfried Kracauer; Alexander Kluge; Aesthetics; Film; Media Theory; Media Philosophy; Cultural Theory; Media Studies
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (198 p.)
  5. R.S. Thomas: Identity, environment, deity
    Autor*in: Morgan, Christopher
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Manchester University Press

    Christopher Morgan writes with keen critical insight on the controversial poet R. S. Thomas, considered to be one of the leading writers of the twentieth century. This is the first book to treat Thomas's entire oeuvre and will prove to be an... mehr

     

    Christopher Morgan writes with keen critical insight on the controversial poet R. S. Thomas, considered to be one of the leading writers of the twentieth century. This is the first book to treat Thomas's entire oeuvre and will prove to be an indispensible guide and companion to the complete poems. Morgan not only recontextualises and reinterprets the poet's major themes of self, nature, and the search for deity; he breaks new ground with a penetrating investigation of Thomas's long preoccupation with the philosophical and practical implications of science and technology. The book is divided into three parts, each of which interprets the development of a major theme over Thomas's twenty-seven volumes, probing these particular themes and particular poems, with a meticulous insight. The book also treats Thomas's work as a complex and interrelated whole, as a body of work that comprises a single artistic achievement, and assesses that achievement within the context of an array of major literary figures from Montaigne to Seamus Heaney and Wallace Stevens. 'R. S. Thomas: Identity, environment, deity' proves invaluable as a beginner's introduction to the Welsh poet, as a student's guide to critical thinking about the poet's work, and as a provocative new step in scholarly studies.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literary studies: poetry & poets
    Weitere Schlagworte: poet; poetry; welsh; wales; Applied science; Autobiography; God; Mysticism; R. S. Thomas
  6. The new aestheticism
    Autor*in: Joughin, John J.; Malpas, Simon
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Manchester University Press

    The rise of literary theory spawned the rise of anti-aestheticism, so that even for cultural theorists, discussions concerning aesthetics were often carried out in a critical shorthand that failed to engage with the particularity of the work of art,... mehr

     

    The rise of literary theory spawned the rise of anti-aestheticism, so that even for cultural theorists, discussions concerning aesthetics were often carried out in a critical shorthand that failed to engage with the particularity of the work of art, much less the specificities of aesthetic experience. This book introduces the notion of a new aestheticism - 'new' insofar as it identifies a turn taken by a number of important contemporary thinkers towards the idea that focussing on the specifically aesthetic impact of a work of art or literature has the potential to open radically different ways of thinking about identity, politics and culture. The appearance of a new aestheticism at a moment that is often termed 'post-theoretical' is a direct index of the extent to which, as 'theory' now enters a more reflective phase, there is an increased willingness among critics and philosophers to consider the ways in which literary and cultural theory often overlooked key aspects of its reliance on philosophical aesthetics. With its impressive array of contributors, The new aestheticism will be of particular interest to students and scholars of literature, philosophy and cultural studies.

     
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    Schlagworte: Philosophy: aesthetics
    Weitere Schlagworte: theory; literary; aestheticism; aesthetics; Immanuel Kant; Martin Heidegger; Modernity; Theodor W. Adorno; Work of art
  7. Memory and popular film
    Autor*in: Grainge, Paul
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Manchester University Press

    'Memory and popular film' uses memory as a specific framework for the cultural study of film. Taking Hollywood as its focus, this timely book provides a sustained, interdisciplinary perspective on memory and film from early cinema to the present.... mehr

     

    'Memory and popular film' uses memory as a specific framework for the cultural study of film. Taking Hollywood as its focus, this timely book provides a sustained, interdisciplinary perspective on memory and film from early cinema to the present. Considering the relationship between official and popular memory, the politics of memory, and the technological and representational shifts that have come to effect memory's contemporary mediation, the book contributes to the growing debate on the status and function of the past in cultural life and discourse. By gathering key critics from film studies, American studies and cultural studies, 'Memory and popular film' establishes a framework for discussing issues of memory IN film and of film AS memory. Together with essays on the remembered past in early film marketing, within popular reminiscence, and at film festivals, the book considers memory films such as Forrest Gump, Lone Star, Pleasantville, Rosewood and Jackie Brown. 'Memory and popular film' provides a wide-ranging analysis that will benefit both students and critics of popular culture, film studies and the past.

     
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    Schlagworte: Film theory & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: cinema; memory; film; hollywood; Vietnam
  8. Francis Bacon's New Atlantis : New Interdisciplinary Essays
    Autor*in: Price, Bronwen
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Manchester University Press

    The New Atlantis has fired the imaginations of its readers since its original appearance in 1627. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced 'scientific' society, it is also read as a seminal work of... mehr

     

    The New Atlantis has fired the imaginations of its readers since its original appearance in 1627. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced 'scientific' society, it is also read as a seminal work of science fiction. Standing at the threshold of early modern culture, this key text incorporates the practical and visionary, utility and utopia. This volume of eight new essays by leading scholars provides a stimulating dialogue between a range of critical perspectives. Encompassing the fields of cultural history, history of science, literature and politics, the collection explores The New Atlantis' complex location within Bacon's oeuvre and its negotiations with cultural debates of the past and present. Contributors consider the book's use of rhetoric, its narrative contexts, its political and ethical implications, its relation to the natural knowledge of the period, and the function of miracles in New Atlantan society. The politics of colonialism and Jewish toleration, its complex representation of gender, and the role and politics of censorship are also explored. This volume will be the ideal companion to Bacon's The New Atlantis and for all students of literature, politics, history, cultural history and history of science.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
    Weitere Schlagworte: literature; bacon; atlantis; Bensalem Township; Pennsylvania; Francis Bacon; New Atlantis; Salomon's House; Utopia
  9. British cinema of the 1950s : A celebration
    Autor*in: Sinyard, Neil; MacKillop, Ian
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Manchester University Press

    This book offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British cinema. Twenty writers contribute essays that rediscover and reassess the productions of the Festival of Britain... mehr

     

    This book offers a startling re-evaluation of what has until now been seen as the most critically lacklustre period of the British cinema. Twenty writers contribute essays that rediscover and reassess the productions of the Festival of Britain decade, during which the vitality of wartime film-making flowed into new forms. Topics covered include genres such as the B-film, the war film, the woman's picture, the theatrical adaptation and comedy; also social issues such as censorship and the screen representation of childhood. The book includes fresh assessments of maverick directors such as Pat Jackson, Robert Hamer and Joseph Losey, and even of a maverick critic, Raymond Durgnat. There are also three personal views from people individually implicated in 1950s cinema: Corin Redgrave on Michael Redgrave, Isabel Quigly on film reviewing, and Bryony Dixon of the British Film Institute on film archiving and preservation. In its evocation and coverage of a fascinating time when the national cinema enjoyed an unprecedented popularity amongst home audiences, this volume offers the most exhilarating survey yet of 1950s British film. In its provocative challenge to conventional wisdom about this decade's movies, the book will prove indispensable to students of the cinema at all levels and a stimulating companion for the critic and the historian.

     
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    Schlagworte: Films, cinema
    Weitere Schlagworte: cinema; film; british; Cinema of the United Kingdom
  10. City of Darkness, City of Light : Emigré Filmmakers in Paris 1929-1939
    Autor*in: Phillips, Alastair
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    This title is the first ever book-length study of the cinematic representation of Paris in the films of German emigré filmmakers, who found there a first refuge from Hitler. In coming to Paris - the privileged site in terms of production, exhibition... mehr

     

    This title is the first ever book-length study of the cinematic representation of Paris in the films of German emigré filmmakers, who found there a first refuge from Hitler. In coming to Paris - the privileged site in terms of production, exhibition as well as the cinematic imaginary of French film culture - these experienced film professionals encountered also a darker side: hostility toward Germans, anti-Semitism, as well as boycotts from French industry personnel, afraid of losing their jobs to foreigners. The book juxtaposes the cinematic portrayal of Paris in the films of Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Max Ophüls, Anatol Litvak and others with the wider social and cultural debates about the city in the cinema. City of Darkness, City of Light is de eerste monografie over de representatie van Parijs in de films van uitgeweken Duitse filmmakers die tijdens Hitlers bewind hun toevlucht zochten in de 'Lichtstad'. Met hun komst naar Parijs - de plaats bij uitstek voor de productie, vertoning en de verbeelding van de Franse filmcultuur - leerden deze ervaren filmprofessionals ook de keerzijde van de stad kennen: een vijandige houding jegens Duitsers, anti-semitisme en boycots van Fransen die werkzaam waren in de filmindustrie en bang waren hun baan te verliezen aan de buitenlanders. City of Darkness, City of Light vergelijkt de cinematografische verbeelding van Parijs in de films van Robert Siodmak, Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Max Ophüls, Anatol Litvak en vele anderen met de bredere sociale en culturele debatten over de stad in de cinema.

     
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    ISBN: 9789053566336
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio
    Weitere Schlagworte: motion pictures; film
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (256 p.)
  11. Art in Progress : A Philosophical Response to the End of the Avant-Garde
    Autor*in: Doorman, Maarten
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    In this challenging and erudite philosophical essay, the author argues that in art, belief in progress is still relevant, if not essential. The radical freedoms of postmodernism have had a crippling effect on art - more than ever before, art is in... mehr

     

    In this challenging and erudite philosophical essay, the author argues that in art, belief in progress is still relevant, if not essential. The radical freedoms of postmodernism have had a crippling effect on art - more than ever before, art is in danger of becoming meaningless. Art can only acquire meaning through context, and the concept of progress is ideal as the primary criterion for establishing that context. History of art can be seen as a process of constant accumulation. Works of art comment on each other, enriching each other's meanings. These complex interrelationships lead to progress in both the sensibility of the observer and the significance of the works of art. Alles in de kunst is in beweging. Tegelijkertijd lijkt met het eind van de avantgarde de grote stilstand te zijn ingetreden. Het veelbesproken einde van de kunst en het postmodernisme roepen veel twijfels op. In dit helder geschreven betoog onderzoekt de auteur een begrip dat door de tot cliche geworden afschaffing van de Grote Verhalen onzichtbaar is geworden: het vooruitgangsidee. Hij laat zien hoe dat idee in de achttiende eeuw opkomt, allesbepalend is tijdens de avantgarde en met het eind van de avantgarde ten onder gaat. Maarten Doorman pleit voor een kritische herwaardering van vooruitgangsbegrippen om de als zorgeloosheid vermomde vrijblijvendheid van het postmodernisme het hoofd te bieden. Arthur Danto: The end of art does not entail that there has not been genuine progress in the philosophy of art. Maarten Doorman's challenging and valuable study contributes to that progress, whether or not progress in art itself remains, as he argues, a tenable idea.

     
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    ISBN: 9789053565858
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    Schlagworte: History of art / art & design styles; Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics
    Weitere Schlagworte: philosophy; kunst en kunstgeschiedenis; filosofie; historical treatment of fine and decorative arts
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (181 p.)
  12. Divine Comedies for the New Millennium : Recent Dante Translations in America and the Netherlands
    Beteiligt: de Rooy, Ronald (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Dante's intranslatability paradoxically causes a steady flux of translations, overwhelming in America, much more modest in the Netherlands. However, the tiny Netherlands witnessed a remarkable boom of Dante translations around the year 2000: within a... mehr

     

    Dante's intranslatability paradoxically causes a steady flux of translations, overwhelming in America, much more modest in the Netherlands. However, the tiny Netherlands witnessed a remarkable boom of Dante translations around the year 2000: within a short period seven cantiche were translated by Dutchmen and seven by Americans. This historic moment gave rise to a seminar about these recent translations, and about the traditions of translating Dante in both nations. The American and Dutch Divine Comedies discussed in this volume are important landmarks in a long tradition of making Dante's work accessible to non-Italian readers in both countries. On this already crowded stage, however, every newcomer inevitably makes statements about how Dante's masterpiece should be read: as a poem, as a scholarly text or as a scholarly poem? The old polarization between the fearless (at times reckless) 'poetical' translators and the more cautious 'academic' translators is very much alive, and the choice seems one between compromise and confrontation, between caution and courage. Dantes onvertaalbaarheid leidt vreemd genoeg tot een doorlopende stroom van vertalingen - overweldigend veel in de Verenigde Staten en een bescheiden aantal in Nederland. Maar rond het jaar 2000 nam ook het aantal Dante-vertalingen in Nederland plotseling een hoge vlucht: binnen een korte tijd werden zeven cantiches vertaald door Nederlanders, en nog eens zeven door Amerikanen. Dit historische moment gaf aanleiding voor een seminar over deze recente vertalingen en over de traditie van Dante-vertalingen in beide landen. De Amerikaanse en Nederlandse Goddelijke Komedies die in dit boek worden besproken zijn belangrijke ijkpunten in de lange traditie van Dante-vertalingen voor een publiek dat geen Italiaans leest. Op dit toch al drukke' podium brengt elke nieuwkomer standpunten naar voren over de manier waarop Dantes meesterwerk in zijn of haar ogen gelezen dient te worden: als een gedicht, als een wetenschappelijke tekst of als een wetenschappelijk gedicht? De oude tegenstelling tussen dappere (soms roekeloze) 'poëtische' vertalers en de meer voorzichtere 'academische' vertalers is nog nadrukkelijk aanwezig, en een keuze lijkt er een van compromis en confrontatie, tussen voorzichtigheid en moed.

     
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    Beteiligt: de Rooy, Ronald (Hrsg.)
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    ISBN: 9789053566329
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    Schlagworte: Literature & literary studies; Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: dutch and flemish literature; nederlandse letterkunde; nederlandse en vlaamse literatuur; dutch literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (152 p.)
  13. Basic Concepts in the Philosophy of Gottfried Keller
    Autor*in: Reichert, Herbert W.
    Erschienen: 1949
    Verlag:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

    Originally published in 1949, this volume contains a skillful analysis of the concepts of "Natur" and "Freiheit" and their influence on Keller's ideas in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and politics, supported by pertinent passages from Keller's... mehr

     

    Originally published in 1949, this volume contains a skillful analysis of the concepts of "Natur" and "Freiheit" and their influence on Keller's ideas in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and politics, supported by pertinent passages from Keller's work. Reichert divides Keller's works into two time periods, and includes a discussion of Schiller's influence on Keller.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
    Weitere Schlagworte: Philosophy; German literature
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
  14. Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida : Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson
    Beteiligt: Turvey, Malcolm (Hrsg.); Allen, Richard (Hrsg.)
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Annette Michelson's contribution to art and film criticism over the last three decades is unparalleled. This volume honors Michelson's unique legacy with original essays by some of the many scolars that have been influenced by her work. Some continue... mehr

     

    Annette Michelson's contribution to art and film criticism over the last three decades is unparalleled. This volume honors Michelson's unique legacy with original essays by some of the many scolars that have been influenced by her work. Some continue her efforts to develop theoretical frameworks for understanding modernist art, while others practice her form of interdisciplinary crtiticism in relation to avant-garde and modernist art works and artists. Still others investigate and evaluate Michelson's work itself. All in some way pay homage to het extraordinary contribution and demonstrate its continued centrality to the field of art and film criticism. De bijdrage aan de kunst- en filmkritiekdie Annette Michelson afgelopen drie decennia heeft geleverd, is ongeëvenaard. In dit boek wordt door filmcritici die door haar werk zijn beïnvloed de erfenis van Michelson besproken . Duidelijk wordt dat sommigen haar inspanningen voortzetten om een theoretisch kader te vormen om modernistische kunst te begrijpen, terwijl anderen haar vorm van interdisciplinaire kritiek met betrekking tot de avant-gardistische en modernistische kunstwerken en kunstenaars verder ontwikkelen. Iedereen brengt, in losse essays, op de één of andere manier hulde aan de buitengewone bijdrage die Michelson heeft geleverd en toont aan dat de door haar ontwikkelde kennis nog steeds actueel is.

     
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    Beteiligt: Turvey, Malcolm (Hrsg.); Allen, Richard (Hrsg.)
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    Medientyp: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9789053564943
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio
    Weitere Schlagworte: motion pictures; film
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (296 p.)
  15. Women's writing in contemporary France: New writers, new literatures in the 1990s
    Autor*in: Worton, Michael; Rye, Gill
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Manchester University Press

    The 1990s witnessed a veritable explosion in women's writing in France, with a particularly exciting new generation of writers coming to the fore, names like Christine Angot, Marie Darrieussecq and Régine Detambel. Other authors such as Paule... mehr

     

    The 1990s witnessed a veritable explosion in women's writing in France, with a particularly exciting new generation of writers coming to the fore, names like Christine Angot, Marie Darrieussecq and Régine Detambel. Other authors such as Paule Constant, Sylvie Germain, Marie Redonnet and Leïla Sebbar, who had begun publishing in the 1980s, claimed their mainstream status in the 1990s with new texts. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to and analysis of new women's writing in contemporary France including both new writers of the 1990s and their more established counterparts. The editors' incisive introduction situates these authors and their texts at the centre of the current trends and issues concerning French literary production today, whilst fifteen original essays focus on individual writers. The volume includes specialist bibliographies on each writer, incorporating English translations, major interviews, and key critical studies. Quotations are given in both French and English throughout. An invaluable study resource, its clear and accessible style makes this book of interest to the general reader as well as to students of all levels, to teachers of a wide range of courses on French culture, and to specialist researchers of French and Francophone literature.

     
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    Schlagworte: Literary studies: from c 1900 -
    Weitere Schlagworte: french; feminism; detambel; angot; darrieussecq; Beur; France; Jacques Lacan; London; Paris
  16. Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture
    Autor*in: Roach, Catherine M.
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Berg Publishers, Oxford

    At the heart of Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture lies a very personal story, of author Catherine Roach's response to the decision of her life-long best friend to become an exotic dancer. Catherine and Marie grew up together in Canada and moved to... mehr

     

    At the heart of Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture lies a very personal story, of author Catherine Roach's response to the decision of her life-long best friend to become an exotic dancer. Catherine and Marie grew up together in Canada and moved to the USA to enroll in PhD programs at prestigious universities. For various reasons, Marie left her program and instead chose to work as a stripper. The author, at first troubled and yet fascinated by her friend's decision, follows Marie's journey into the world of stripping as an observer and analyst. She finds that this world raises complex questions about gender, sexuality, fantasy, feminism, and even spirituality. Moving from first hand interviews with dancers and others, the book broadens into a provocative and accessible examination of the current popularity of "striptease culture," with sex-saturated media imagery, thongs gone mainstream, and stripper aerobics at your local gym. Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture scrutinizes the naked truth of a lucrative industry whose norms are increasingly at the center of contemporary society.Moving from first hand interviews with dancers and others, this book

    broadens into an accessible examination of the popularity of "striptease

    culture," with sex-saturated media imagery, and stripper aerobics at

    your local gym. It aims to scrutinize the truth of a industry whose

    norms are increasingly at the center of contemporary society.Catherine M. Roach is Associate Professor of New College, and Affiliated Faculty in Religious Studies and Women's Studies, at The University of Alabama, USA. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 1998 and is also the author of Mother / Nature: Popular Culture and Environmental Ethics (Indiana University Press, 2003).

     
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    Schlagworte: Cultural studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Social theory
    Weitere Schlagworte: cultural studies; sociology; culturele studies; sociologie; Human sexuality; Prostitution; Sex-positive movement; Strip club; Stripper; Striptease
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  17. Anthropology and the Bushman
    Autor*in: Barnard, Alan
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Berg Publishers, Oxford

    'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other... mehr

     

    'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other anthropologists who use this work. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate.'The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. It symbolizes the

    perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of

    ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other

    anthropologists who use this work. This book reveals the impact of

    Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public.Alan Barnard is Professor of the Anthropology of Southern Africa at the University of Edinburgh.

     
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    Schlagworte: Social & cultural history; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
    Weitere Schlagworte: geschiedenis; antropologie; history; anthropology
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (192 p.)
  18. Moving Forward, Looking Back : The European Avant-garde and the Invention of Film Culture, 1919-1939
    Autor*in: Hagener, Malte
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    This first critical overview of the European film avant-garde ushers in a new approach and creates its own subject. Arguing that a European perspective is the only way to understand the film avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Hagener provides a... mehr

     

    This first critical overview of the European film avant-garde ushers in a new approach and creates its own subject. Arguing that a European perspective is the only way to understand the film avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, Hagener provides a much-needed summary of the theory and practice of the movement. This incisive study also pioneers a new approach to the alternative cinema network that sustained the avant-garde, paying particular attention to the emergence of screening clubs, film festivals, and archives. De avant-gardecinema in de jaren '20 en '30, was de eerste echte filmbeweging in Europa. Deze beweging bestond uit een kleine maar zeer dynamische groep filmmakers, die zich vestigde in steden als Amsterdam, Berlijn, Londen, Parijs en Moskou. Behalve met het maken van vooruitstrevende films, hielden deze cineasten zich ook bezig met de programmering van bioscopen en het organiseren van tentoonstellingen. Verder ontwikkelden ze filmtheorieën, brachten tijdschriften uit en richtten filmacademies op. De avant-gardisten hielden zich bezig met cinema in zijn totaliteit en probeerden film te veranderen in een geheel eigen medium en kunstvorm. Maar belangrijker was dat zij de cinema op de kaart hebben gezet als aparte culturele stroming en esthetische vorm van expressie. Hoewel ze niet al hun gestelde doelen hebben bereikt, slaagden de filmmakers er wel in filmcultuur te veranderen. Veel van hun ideeën en ontwikkelingen laten tot op de dag van vandaag hun sporen na. Malte Hagener gaat tot in detail in op de ontwikkeling van de avant-gardistische cinema. Van de ruïnes van de Eerste Wereldoorlog tot de hoopvolle jaren '20, gevolgd door de komst van geluidsfilm en de ontwikkeling van verschillende filmgenres in de jaren '30.

     
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio; Society & culture: general
    Weitere Schlagworte: culture and instituten; motion pictures; film; culture and institutions
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (376 p.)
  19. Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination : Set Design in 1930s European Cinema
    Autor*in: Bergfelder, Tim; Harris, Sue; Street, Sarah
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s; based on a wealth of designers' drawings, film stills and archival documents, the book offers... mehr

     

    Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and 1930s; based on a wealth of designers' drawings, film stills and archival documents, the book offers a new insight into the development and significance of trans-national artistic collaboration during this period. European cinema from the late 1920s to the late 1930s is famous for its attention to detail in terms of set design and visual effect. Focusing on developments in Britain, France, and Germany, Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination: Set Design in 1930s European Cinema provides a comprehensive analysis of the practices, styles, and function of cinematic production design during this period, and its influence on subsequent filmmaking patterns. In Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination wordt verteld hoe grote Europese filmstudio's in Berlijn, Parijs en Londen dienden als artistieke broedplaatsen. Ze boden werkgelegenheid voor artiesten, architecten en ontwerpers van binnenlandse en buitenlandse bodem. Met behulp van een groot aantal tekeningen en stills uit films, wordt in het boek onderzocht hoe decorontwerpers in samenwerking met regisseurs en cineasten hedendaagse ideeën en ontwikkelingen verwerkten in de visuele en decoratieve kunst, architectuur en urban design en hoe zij deze ideeën toegankelijk maakten voor een breed publiek.

     
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    Weitere Schlagworte: culture and instituten; motion pictures; film; culture and institutions
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  20. Film Festivals : From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia
    Autor*in: de Valck, Marijke
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Film festivals are hugely popular events that attract lovers of cinema worldwide. Focusing on the world's most famous festivals - Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Rotterdam - Film Festivals tells the story of a phenomenon that began in the midst of... mehr

     

    Film festivals are hugely popular events that attract lovers of cinema worldwide. Focusing on the world's most famous festivals - Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Rotterdam - Film Festivals tells the story of a phenomenon that began in the midst of geopolitical disputes in war-torn Europe. De Valck shows how festivals turned the odds into advantages and developed into a successful global network. Taking into account the oft multilateral influences of major actors, such as Hollywood, the avant-garde and political/economic agenda's, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of film festivals. A must-read for everyone interested in quality film cultures that revolve around cultural value, aesthetic innovation and socio-political relevance. Filmfestivals zijn razend populaire evenementen. Niet verwonderlijk, want naast het zien van de nieuwste films, komt men uiteraard ook voor de 'glitter and glamour' dat onlosmakelijk met filmfestivals verbonden is. Film Festivals is het boek bij uitstek dat zich richt op deze en andere facetten die het filmfestival tot een wereldwijd succesvol netwerk hebben gemaakt. Film Festivals vertelt het verhaal van een fenomeen dat begon gedurende de geopolitieke strijd in het door oorlog verscheurde Europa, toegespitst op de meest belangrijke festivals: Cannes, Berlijn, Venetië en Rotterdam. Het boek biedt een vernieuwende kijk op het fenomeen filmfestivals door vanuit een breed perspectief onderwerpen als het festivalprogramma, de festivalprijzen, de nationale regelgeving en marketing, het cinefiele aspect, de glamour, en de filmmarkt te belichten. Film Festivals is een must voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in de toestand van globale filmculturen en de manier waarop zij zichzelf weten te handhaven door middel van een dynamische mix van culturele waarden, esthetische innovatie, en socio-politiek belang.

     
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  21. Strindberg on Drama and Theatre
    Autor*in: Törnqvist, Egil; Steene, Birgitta
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Sweden's August Strindberg (1849-1912) has long been recognised as one of the leading dramatists around the turn of the last century. His electrifying theatre work resonated with the public in his lifetime, and continues to grip playwrights and... mehr

     

    Sweden's August Strindberg (1849-1912) has long been recognised as one of the leading dramatists around the turn of the last century. His electrifying theatre work resonated with the public in his lifetime, and continues to grip playwrights and audiences today. A restless innovator of various drama forms, he was a source of inspiration for Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett and Ingmar Bergman, and has proved seminal to the development of modern drama. His preface to Miss Julie and his prefatory note to A Dream Play are well known and often reprinted. What is less well known is that Strindberg frequently commented on drama and theatre in general, and on his own plays and their staging in particular. This book presents the most important of these comments, chronologically assembled and annotated, many of them for the first time in an English translation. An essential resource for those interested in one of the most influential modern playwrights and for the dedicated theatre lover. De Zweedse August Strindberg (1849-1912) wordt gezien als een van de meest belangrijke toneelschrijvers van rond de eeuwwisseling. Zijn choquerende theaterstukken had veel weerklank bij het publiek in die tijd, en inspireert tot op de dag van vandaag toneelschrijvers en publiek.Strindberg was een onophoudelijke innovator van verschillende theatervormen, een bron van inspiratie voor onder meer Eugene O'Neill, Samuel Beckett en Ingmar Bergman en heeft een vruchtbare bodem gelegd voor het moderne toneel. Zijn voorwoord voor Miss Julie en zijn inleiding bij A Dream Play zijn alom bekend en vaak herdrukt. Wat minder bekend is, is dat Strindberg veel toneelstukken recenseerde en kritieken schreef over het theater in z'n algemeen, en zijn toneelstukken in het bijzonder. Dit boek bevat de meest belangrijke van zijn kritieken, chronologisch weergegeven en geannoteerd, waarvan vele voor het eerst in het Engels.

     
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    Schlagworte: Theatre studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: theater; stage presentations
    Umfang: 1 electronic resource (256 p.)
  22. Jean Desmet and the Early Dutch Film Trade
    Autor*in: Blom, Ivo
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Amsterdam University Press

    Since 1957 the Film Museum in Amsterdam has been in possession of the Desmet Collection which contains the estate of the Dutch cinema owner and film distributor Jean Desmet (1875-1956). The collection comprises almost nine hundred European and... mehr

     

    Since 1957 the Film Museum in Amsterdam has been in possession of the Desmet Collection which contains the estate of the Dutch cinema owner and film distributor Jean Desmet (1875-1956). The collection comprises almost nine hundred European and American films in all genres, a collection of publicity material and a dauntingly large business archive. These three sources form the basis of this first comprehensive reconstruction of Desmet's career: from his nomadic beginnings as a traveling showman, working the seasonal fairgrounds of the Netherlands and Belgium, to his successful switch to permanent cinema operation and film distribution. The history of Desmet's career offers not simply an abstract of an individual character and his personal ambitions and motivations, but also epitomizes transformations in the world of cinema as an industry. Between 1907 and 1916 the world of cinema experienced radical structural change which Desmet not only witnessed but also helped to bring about. Given the insufficiencies of Dutch film production, Desmet became a link between film production abroad and film exhibition in the Netherlands. Desmet is not merely representative of the rise of the permanent movie house and the coming of the film distributor. This book shows how his fortunes also encapsulate a series of structural changes within the new culture of permanent cinema and film distribution. In film distribution these changes embraced the introduction of film rental, the advent of the long feature film, the introduction of the monopoly distribution system and the periodic transformation of the products on offer. In the business of cinema operation change involved specialization, the creation of fixed theater venues, the development of a theater hierarchy, expansions of scale, the introduction of trade journals and the gradual legitimization of cinema as a popular cultural institution. These transformations were not confined to the Netherlands but were also taking place in the rest of Europe. Indeed, they were first set in motion by other European countries, and in order fully to understand Desmet it is necessary to situate him in his larger European context. In this original and wide-ranging study Ivo Blom uses the career of Jean Desmet as a means of exploring the history of cinema from the ground-level position of film distribution and exhibition. His copiously illustrated and scrupulously documented exposition swells into an epic narrative that offers a richer, more rounded -indeed 'truer' - account of early urban cinema culture than is possible from the confined perspective of production-based film histories. De levensloop van de Nederlandse bioscoopeigenaar en filmdistributeur Jean Desmet (1875-1956) biedt niet alleen inzicht in een excentrieke persoonlijkheid, maar staat ook model voor de veranderingen in de filmwereld als geheel. Door buitenlandse filmproducties voor vertoning naar Nederland te brengen leverde Desmet een substantiële bijdrage aan de radicale veranderingen die tussen 1907 en 1916 plaatsvonden in de filmindustrie. Het Filmmuseum in Amsterdam is sinds 1957 in het bezit van de Desmet-verzameling waarin de nalatenschap van deze excentrieke filmliefhebber bewaard is gebleven. Dit materiaal vormde het uitgangspunt van deze originele studie waarin Ivo Blom aan de hand van Desmet's levensverhaal de geschiedenis van de filmdistributie en -vertoning vertelt. Zijn rijk geïllustreerde en grondig gedocumenteerde uiteenzetting is uitgegroeid tot een episch verhaal dat - meer dan een productie-georienteerde geschiedenis - een rijk en afgerond beeld schetst van de vroege stadse filmcultuur.

     
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    Schlagworte: Film, TV & radio; Individual film directors, film-makers; History; Society & culture: general
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  23. Technological innovation and change in the university
    Autor*in: Antonio, Calvani
    Erschienen: 2003
    Verlag:  Firenze University Press

    It is by now common knowledge that one of the aspects upon which the survival of the University depends is how it will make the best possible use of the new technologies (e-learning). Despite the acceptance of this principle, difficulties arise when... mehr

     

    It is by now common knowledge that one of the aspects upon which the survival of the University depends is how it will make the best possible use of the new technologies (e-learning). Despite the acceptance of this principle, difficulties arise when one attempts to proceed from the mere declaration to actually planning activities and putting them into effect. This research, the result of collaboration between teachers and researchers of the Educational Science and Engineering Faculties of the University of Florence, focuses on certain theoretical concepts and reference apparatus, bringing international literature to bear on the specific case of Italy. [english version]

     
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    Schlagworte: Media studies
    Weitere Schlagworte: comunicazione; technology; tecnologia; university; università; e-learning; communication; Distance education; Educational technology; Email; Higher education; Internet; Pedagogy; Virtual university
  24. ‘A world-proof life’
    Autor*in: Wyndham, Marivic
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  UTS ePRESS, Broadway

    Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The... mehr

     

    Eleanor Dark (1901-1985) is one of Australia's most celebrated writers of the inter-war years. Born with the twentieth century - a Federation baby - she published ten novels, amongst them one of the best loved Australian stories of all time, The Timeless Land. Her life spanned successive global crises - two world wars, the economic depression of the 1930s, the Cold War - each issuing its own challenges to the artist and the people's writer she thought herself to be. By far the most privileged writer of her generation, her ultimate challenge was a personal one: to unlock the gates of her world-proof life to a society and a world in crisis. The first cross-cultural biography of this famous Australian writer, Marivic Wyndham's rich and controversial portrait of Eleanor Dark is based on extensive research of the author's public and private lives.

     
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  25. Association of Architecture Schools in Australasia
    Erschienen: 2007
    Verlag:  UTS ePRESS, Broadway

    "Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation", proceedings of the 2007 AASA Conference held September 27-29, 2007, at the School of Architecture, UTS. mehr

     

    "Techniques and Technologies: Transfer and Transformation", proceedings of the 2007 AASA Conference held September 27-29, 2007, at the School of Architecture, UTS.

     
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