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14 produkter
Modern France
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2011
95 kr
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A lively and informative short volume that shows that France is not a faded glory but rather a place that has defined and shaped the key issues of our contemporary world, such as democracy and universal human rights, the emergence of a culture of consumerist spectacle, the tensions between …
Modern France
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2011
95 kr
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A lively and informative short volume that shows that France is not a faded glory but rather a place that has defined and shaped the key issues of our contemporary world, such as democracy and universal human rights, the emergence of a culture of consumerist spectacle, the tensions between …
It's So French!
Hollywood, Paris, and the Making of Cosmopolitan Film Culture
Häftad, 2007
375 kr
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The recent history of cultural exchange between France and the United States would appear to be defined by "freedom fries" and boycotts against Beaujolais - or, on the other side of the Atlantic, by enraged farmers toppling statues of Ronald McDonald. This dismal state of affairs is a long way from …
Jet Age Aesthetic
The Glamour of Media in Motion
Inbunden, 2020
402 kr
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A stunning look at the profound impact of the jet plane on the mid-century aesthetic, from Disneyland to Life magazineVanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents the jet plane’s power to define a new age at a critical moment in the mid-20th century, arguing that the craft’s speed and smooth ride …
Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader
Av Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jeannene M. Przyblyski
Inbunden, 2004
3262 kr
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This Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings about the nineteenth century, a key period in contemporary discussion of visual culture.Exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising the editors suggest that 'modernity' rather than 'modernism' is a valuable way of …
Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader
Av Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jeannene M. Przyblyski
Häftad, 2004
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874 kr
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This Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings about the nineteenth century, a key period in contemporary discussion of visual culture.Exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising the editors suggest that 'modernity' rather than 'modernism' is a valuable way of …
Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life
Av Leo Charney, Vanessa R. Schwartz
Häftad, 1996
323 kr
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Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theater, and the novel, the essays in this volume reassess the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Contributors, leading scholars in film and cultural studies, link the …
Spectacular Realities
Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Paris
Häftad, 1999
412 kr
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During the second half of the nineteenth century, Paris emerged as the entertainment capital of the world. The sparkling redesigned city fostered a culture of energetic crowd-pleasing and multi-sensory amusements that would apprehend and represent real life as spectacle. Vanessa R. Schwartz …
Cinema and the Invention of Modern Life
Av Vanessa R. Schwartz, Leo Charney
E-bok, 1996
537 kr
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Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theater, and the novel, the essays in this volume reassess the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Contributors, leading scholars in film and cultural studies, link the …
Getting the Picture
The Visual Culture of the News
Av Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jason E. Hill
E-bok, 2020
785 kr
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Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of …
Getting the Picture
The Visual Culture of the News
Av Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jason E. Hill
E-bok, 2020
785 kr
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Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of …
Getting the Picture
The Visual Culture of the News
Av Jason E. Hill, Vanessa R. Schwartz
Inbunden, 2025
2578 kr
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Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of …
Getting the Picture
The Visual Culture of the News
Av Jason E. Hill, Vanessa R. Schwartz
Häftad, 2015
665 kr
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Powerful and often controversial, news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis, few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of …
City of Cinema: Paris 1850–1907
Av Leah Lehmbeck, Britt Salvesen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
512 kr
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How film emerged in 19th-century Paris amid an array of social, political, artistic and technological innovations—with works by the Lumiere brothers, Mélies, Chéret and morePublished with Los Angeles County Museum of Art.City of Cinema traces film’s evolution from an obscure entertainment to the …
