Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections – serie
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Stardom in Postwar France
Häftad, 2011
307 kr
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The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new postwar world in the context of …
Cultures of Colour
Visual, Material, Textual
Inbunden, 2012
915 kr
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Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally constructed lines. Colour exists as a cultural …
Comics in French
The European Bande Dessinée in Context
Häftad, 2013
497 kr
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Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults ‘who should know better’, in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ‘Ninth Art’ and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting and cinema. The bande dessinée [comic strip] has its own national institutions, …
Relative Points of View
Linguistic Representations of Culture
Inbunden, 2001
1880 kr
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The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship …
Relative Points of View
Linguistic Representations of Culture
Häftad, 2001
527 kr
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The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship …
Human Nature and the French Revolution
From the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code
Häftad, 2003
532 kr
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What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that there is no …
Echoes of Narcissus
Häftad, 2001
527 kr
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In Greek mythology the beautiful Narcissus glimpsed his own reflection in the waters of a spring and fell in love. But his was an impossible passion and, filled with despair, he pined away. Over the years the myth has inspired painters, writers, and film directors, as well as philosophers and …
Reynard the Fox
Cultural Metamorphoses and Social Engagement in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present
Häftad, 2003
527 kr
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There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain …
More Than a Music Box
Radio Cultures and Communities in a Multi-Media World
Inbunden, 2004
1921 kr
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Since the rise of television, much radio consists of 'capsule' news and music formats which are heard as background to other activities. However the medium offers a great deal more. This collection of essays shows how in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and the South Pacific, …
Cultures of Exile
Images of Displacement
Av Wendy Everett, Peter Wagstaff
Inbunden, 2004
1921 kr
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Exile is the dominant theme of our times. It can be found in the forced migration of populations but also in the temporal, cultural and physical alienation of the individual's experiences of the postmodern world. This is a world of unstable, shifting identities dominated, and perhaps most acutely …
Human Nature and the French Revolution
From the Enlightenment to the Napoleonic Code
Inbunden, 2001
1936 kr
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What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarely raised. Through his work as a legal historian, Xavier Martin came to realize that there is no …
Reynard the Fox
Cultural Metamorphoses and Social Engagement in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present
Inbunden, 2000
1861 kr
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There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain …
Echoes of Narcissus
Inbunden, 2001
1921 kr
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In Greek mythology the beautiful Narcissus glimpsed his own reflection in the waters of a spring and fell in love. But his was an impossible passion and, filled with despair, he pined away. Over the years the myth has inspired painters, writers, and film directors, as well as philosophers and …
Secret Spaces, Forbidden Places
Rethinking Culture
Av Fran Lloyd, Catherine O'Brien
Inbunden, 2001
1921 kr
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In this highly original approach to the study of the construction of culture, this collection of previously unpublished essays explore the topography of the secret and the forbidden, focusing on specific moments in recent cultural and political history. By bringing together writers from different …
Secret Spaces, Forbidden Places
Rethinking Culture
Av Fran Lloyd, Catherine O'Brien
Häftad, 2001
527 kr
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In this highly original approach to the study of the construction of culture, this collection of previously unpublished essays explore the topography of the secret and the forbidden, focusing on specific moments in recent cultural and political history. By bringing together writers from different …
Expanding Suburbia
Reviewing Suburban Narratives
Inbunden, 2001
1979 kr
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During the last few decades suburbia has grown enormously and become a phenomenon attracting the attention of scholars as well as practitioners by whom it is seen as an increasingly significant and complex area of modern life. The essays in this volume consider a range of representations of …
Expanding Suburbia
Reviewing Suburban Narratives
Häftad, 2001
543 kr
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During the last few decades suburbia has grown enormously and become a phenomenon attracting the attention of scholars as well as practitioners by whom it is seen as an increasingly significant and complex area of modern life. The essays in this volume consider a range of representations of …
Stardom in Postwar France
Inbunden, 2008
1861 kr
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The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new postwar world in the context of …
Belle Epoque?
Women and Feminism in French Society and Culture 1890-1914
Inbunden, 2006
2056 kr
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The Third Republic, known as the ‘belle époque’, was a period of lively, articulate and surprisingly radical feminist activity in France, borne out of the contradiction between the Republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity and the reality of intense and systematic gender discrimination. …
More Than a Music Box
Radio Cultures and Communities in a Multi-Media World
Häftad, 2006
543 kr
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Since the rise of television, much radio consists of 'capsule' news and music formats which are heard as background to other activities. However the medium offers a great deal more. This collection of essays shows how in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and the South Pacific, …
Claims to Memory
Beyond Slavery and Emancipation in the French Caribbean
Inbunden, 2006
1979 kr
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Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these …
Belle Epoque?
Women and Feminism in French Society and Culture 1890-1914
Häftad, 2007
467 kr
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The Third Republic, known as the ‘belle époque’, was a period of lively, articulate and surprisingly radical feminist activity in France, borne out of the contradiction between the Republican ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity and the reality of intense and systematic gender discrimination. …
Meanings of Magic
From the Bible to Buffalo Bill
Av Amy Wygant
Inbunden, 2006
1921 kr
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The notion of "magic" is a current popular culture phenomenon. Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings, the commercial glamour of the footballer and the pop idol surround us with their charisma, enchantment, and charm. But magic also exerts a terrifying political hold upon us: bin Laden's alleged March …
London Eyes
Reflections in Text and Image
Av Gail Cunningham, Stephen Barber
Inbunden, 2007
2209 kr
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London incessantly generates and incites cultural responses, pre-eminently in the interconnected domains of literature and film. This book demonstrates that those responses have been sustained as vital experiments and engagements in configuring the city and its inhabitants. Including essays by …
Claims to Memory
Beyond Slavery and Emancipation in the French Caribbean
Häftad, 2007
526 kr
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Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these …
Comics in French
The European Bande Dessinée in Context
Inbunden, 2010
2104 kr
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Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults ‘who should know better’, in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ‘Ninth Art’ and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting and cinema. The bande dessinée [comic strip] has its own national institutions, …
