Catholicism and Cinema: Modernization and Modernity (Subini Tomaso)(Paperback)

Catholicism and Cinema: Modernization and Modernity (Subini Tomaso)(Paperback)

This volume investigates the ways in which the Catholic Church used cinema as a space for action within the complex dynamics of modern mass society. Within this context it analyses the Catholic Church's Tilm policy illuminating for the Tirst time, by means of a systematic analysis, a vast body of

Catholicism and Fundamentalism (Keating Karl)(Paperback)

Karl Keating defends Catholicism from fundamentalist attacks and explains why fundamentalism has been so successful in converting Romanists. After showing the origins of fundamentalism, he examines representative anti-Catholic groups and presents their arguments in their own words. His rebuttals

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War (Lee Sangjoon)(Paperback)

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War explores the ways in which postwar Asian cinema was shaped by transnational collaborations and competitions between newly independent and colonial states at the height of Cold War politics. Sangjoon Lee adopts a simultaneously global and regional approach when

The End of Jewish Modernity (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

Jewish modernity flourished between the age of Enlightenment and World War II--and in fact was a major driver of intellectual, scientific, social, literary, and artistic progress in that period. But the age of Jewish modernity is over. That's the argument that historian Enzo Traverso mounts in this

Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires and Gay Cowboys (Mennel Barbara)(Paperback)

Queer Cinema: Schoolgirls, Vampires, and Gay Cowboys illustrates queer cinematic aesthetics by highlighting key films that emerged at historical turning points throughout the twentieth century. Barbara Mennel traces the representation of gays and lesbians from the sexual liberation movements of the

Cinema Book (Cook Pam)(Paperback / softback)

The Cinema Book' is widely recognised as the ultimate guide to cinema. Authoritative and comprehensive, the third edition has been extensively revised, updated and expanded in response to developments in cinema and cinema studies. Lavishly illustrated in colour, this edition features a wealth of

Subjects of Modernity: Time-Space, Disciplines, Margins (Dube Saurabh)(Paperback)

Subjects of Modernity brings together the past and the present as well as theory and narrative, sowing the historical, the ethnographic, and the methodological deep into its critical

Women's Cinema, World Cinema: Projecting Contemporary Feminisms (White Patricia)(Paperback)

In Women's Cinema, World Cinema, Patricia White explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twenty-first century by highlighting the work of a new generation of women directors from around the world: Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf, Nadine Labaki, Zero Chou, Jasmila Zbanic, and Claudia

Judaism and Modernity: Philosophical Essays (Rose Gillian)(Paperback)

A reinterpretation of thinkers from Benjamin and Rosenzweig to Simone Weil and Derrida Judaism and Modernity: Philosophical Essays challenges the philosophical presentation of Judaism as the sublime 'other' of modernity. Here, Gillian Rose develops a philosophical alternative to deconstruction and

Contemporary China (Jacka Tamara)(Paperback)

China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives,

Islam and Modernity: Key Issues and Debates (Khalid Masud Muhammad)(Paperback)

An introduction to and overview of the debates and questions emerging regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon, an historical perspective, and access to several manifestations of modernity in Muslim

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air - The Experience of Modernity (Berman Marshall)(Paperback / softback)

Offering a kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, this title dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and

Making Images Move: Handmade Cinema and the Other Arts (Zinman Gregory)(Paperback)

Making Images Move reveals a new history of cinema by uncovering its connections to other media and art forms. In this richly illustrated volume, Gregory Zinman explores how moving-image artists who worked in experimental film pushed the medium toward abstraction through a number of unconventional

Reset Modernity! (LaTour Bruno)(Pevná vazba)

Texts and images document the disconnection between modernity and ecological crisis: do we need to reset modernity's operating system?Modernity has had so many meanings and tries to combine so many contradictory sets of attitudes and values that it has become impossible to use it to define the

Expressionism in the Cinema (Brill Olaf)(Paperback)

An innovative and wide-ranging collection, Expressionism in Cinema re-canonizes the classical Expressionist aesthetic, extending the critical and historical discussion beyond pre-existing scholarship into comparative and interdisciplinary areas of film research that reach across national

Film Manifestos and Global Cinema Cultures: A Critical Anthology (MacKenzie Scott)(Paperback)

The Filmmaker's Philosopher: Merab Mamardashvili and Russian Cinema (Deblasio Alyssa)(Paperback)

The Cinema of Nanni Moretti: Dreams and Diaries (Mazierska Ewa)(Paperback)

'The Cinema of Nanni Moretti' provides an analysis and interpretation of the work of the most important Italian film-maker of the past thirty years and an outstanding figure in contemporary European cinema. Interdisciplinary and wide-ranging, the book uses Moretti's films as a lens to view and

French Queer Cinema (Rees-Roberts Nick)(Paperback)

French Queer Cinema examines the representation of queer identities and sexualities in contemporary French filmmaking. This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive study of the cultural formation and critical reception of contemporary queer film and video in France. French Queer Cinema

A History of Modern Japan: In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present (Harding Christopher)(Paperback)

'Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization.' --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history--from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to

The Cinema of Oliver Stone: Art, Authorship and Activism (Scott Ian)(Paperback)

Contemporary Spanish Cinema (Jordan Barry)(Paperback)

'Contemporary Spanish Cinema' offers an essential analysis of the main trends and issues in Spanish film since the death of Franco in 1975. While taking account of cinema during the Franco dictatorship, the book focuses principally on developments in the last two decades. Acknowledging the sheer

Edith Stein, a Biography (Herbstrith Waltraud)(Paperback)

A powerful and moving story of the remarkable Jewish woman who converted to Catholicism, became a nun, achieved remarkable success in the male-dominated world of German philosophy, and was sent to a Nazi death camp when she refused to deny her Jewish heritage. Edmund Husserl, the founder of

Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence (Inglehart Ronald)(Paperback)

This book demonstrates that people's basic values and beliefs are changing, in ways that affect their political, sexual, economic, and religious behavior. These changes are roughly predictable because they can be interpreted on the basis of a revised version of modernization theory presented here