Radio Art and Music: Culture, Aesthetics, Politics (Mildorf Jarmila)(Pevná vazba)

Radio Art and Music: Culture, Aesthetics, Politics (Mildorf Jarmila)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the cultural, aesthetic, and political relevance of music in radio art from its beginnings to present day. Contributors include musicologists, literary studies, and cultural studies scholars and cover radio plays, radio shows, and other programs in North American, English,

The Politics of Aesthetics (Rancire Jacques)(Paperback)

The Politics of Aesthetics rethinks the relationship between art and politics, reclaiming aesthetics from the narrow confines it is often reduced to. Jacques Ranci re reveals its intrinsic link to politics by analysing what they both have in common: the delimitation of the visible and the

Improvisation and Social Aesthetics (Born Georgina)(Pevná vazba)

Addressing a wide range of improvised art and music forms-from jazz and cinema to dance and literature-this volume's contributors locate improvisation as a key site of mediation between the social and the aesthetic. As a catalyst for social experiment and political practice, improvisation aids in

The World of Bob Dylan (Latham Sean)(Pevná vazba)

Bob Dylan has helped transform music, literature, pop culture, and even politics. The World of Bob Dylan chronicles a lifetime of creative invention that has made a global impact. Leading rock and pop critics and music scholars address themes and topics central to Dylan's life and work: the Blues,

Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry (Rich Adrienne)(Pevná vazba)

Adrienne Rich was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and major intellectual voice of her generation. Essential Essays gathers twenty-five of her most renowned essays into one volume, demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice, her prophetic vision, and her

Rave Art: Flyers, Invitations and Membership Cards (Berlin Chelsea Louise)(Pevná vazba)

In the mid- to late 1980s, rave culture developed. It influenced music, design, art, drugs, fashion, language and even the law. Originally emerging in the USA, it was refined in the UK by people who wanted to dance, party and express themselves in terms of art and music. It started in in small,

Fray: Art and Textile Politics (Bryan-Wilson Julia)(Pevná vazba)

Not With A Bang But A Whimper - The Politics and Culture of Decline (Dalrymple Theodore)(Pevná vazba)

Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers (LeLoup Jean-Yves)(Pevná vazba)

The visual culture of electronic music: how technology, design, art and fashion have contributed to its enduring power and appealWith its roots in Detroit and Chicago in the early 1980s, electronic dance music was popularized across Europe through underground rave parties and clubs. Its impact on

On the Meta-Category of Chinese Music Aesthetics (Yang Sai)(Pevná vazba)

This book opens with the emergence and development of the discipline of aesthetics in western countries, specifically the history of Western Music Aesthetics, to study and delve into the development of Chinese Music Aesthetics. The book provides a clear timeline throughout the writing -- from the

Crumb's World (Crumb Robert)(Pevná vazba)

R. Crumb's obsessions--from sex to the Bible, music, politics, and the vicissitudes and obscenities of daily life--are chronicled in this comprehensive book of work by the illustrious American comic artist. Instrumental in the formation of the underground comics scene in San Francisco during the

Vogue X Music (Vogue Magazine)(Pevná vazba)

Vogue has always been on the cutting edge of popular culture, and Vogue x Music shows us why. Whether they're contemporary stars or classic idols, whether they made digital albums or vinyl records, the world's most popular musicians have always graced the pages of Vogue. In this book you'll find

The cultural politics of contemporary Hollywood film: Power, culture, and society (Beasley Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Using an innovative syncretic 'cultural politics' approach drawing on political theory, film studies and sociology, this book unpacks how political myths about states, citizens, community, intimate life and social criticism operate in Hollywood

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings (Price Neil)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive history of the Vikings -- from arts and culture to politics and cosmology -- by a distinguished archaeologist with decades of expertiseThe Viking Age -- from 750 to 1050 -- saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders,

Music as an Art (Scruton Roger)(Pevná vazba)

As Scruton argues in this book, in earlier times, our musical culture had secure foundations in the church, the concert hall and the home; in the ceremonies and celebrations of ordinary life, religion and manners. Yet we no longer live in that world. Fewer people now play instruments and music is,

Contemporary Street Arts in Europe: Aesthetics and Politics (Haedicke S.)(Pevná vazba)

Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that

Champions of Change: 25 Women Who Made History (Watkins Naomi)(Pevná vazba)

Stories of powerhouse women who pushed for justice in politics, medicine, art, music, religion, tribal leadership, and more.In fighting to pass the 19th Amendment, brave suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Emmeline B. Wells fought to end laws and take down barriers that prevented them from

Distributions of the Sensible: Rancire, Between Aesthetics and Politics (Durham Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Jacques Ranci re's work is increasingly central to several debates across the humanities. Distributions of the Sensible confronts a question at the heart of his thought: How should we conceive the relationship between the 'politics of aesthetics' and the 'aesthetics of politics'? Specifically, the

Brazilian History: Culture, Society, Politics 1500-2010 (Machado Roberto Pinheiro)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers the reader a critical and interdisciplinary introduction to Brazilian history. Combining a didactic approach with insightful historical analysis, it discusses the main political, cultural, and social developments taking place in the Latin American country from 1500 to

LOGO Modernism (Mller Jens)(Pevná vazba)

Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affirmed the power of human beings to reshape their environment and to break, radically, from the

Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (Sharp John)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the relationship between games and art that examines the ways that both gamemakers and artists create game-based artworks.Games and art have intersected at least since the early twentieth century, as can be seen in the Surrealists' use of Exquisite Corpse and other games,

Scala: A Soundtrack for Life: Classical Music to Take You Through the Day (Scala Radio)(Pevná vazba)

A listener's guide to classical music to take you through the day, from getting up and getting dressed, to running, reading, walking the dog, cooking and eating, taking a bath, going to sleep and everything in between From the world's most romantic music and the greatest Christmas choral music, to

Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music (Ross Alex)(Paperback)

Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics--an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty

Andy Warhol (Ketner Joseph D.)(Pevná vazba)

The 'Prince of Pop' Andy Warhol redefined the boundaries between high art and popular culture, from his paintings and prints of Campbell's Soup cans, Brillo boxes, dollar bills to his multiple portraits of such stars as Marilyn Monroe and Elivs Presley. This book explores is