Body Capital And Screens
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Body Capital And Screens
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Author : Christian Bonah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Body Capital And Screens written by Christian Bonah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Health education categories.
Body, Capital and Screens: Visual Media and the Healthy Self in the 20th Century brings together new research from leading scholars from Europe and North America working at the intersection of film and media studies and social and cultural history of the body. The volume focuses on visual media in the twentieth century in Europe and the U.S. that informed and educated people about life and health as well as practices improving them. Through a series of in-depth case studies, the contributors to this volume investigate the relationships between film/television, private and public actors of the health sector and economic developments. The book explores the performative and interactive power of these visual media on individual health understandings, perceptions and practices. Body, Capital and Screens aims to better understand how bodily health has evolved as a form of capital throughout the century.
Chinese Identities On Screen
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Author : Klaus Mühlhahn
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2012
Chinese Identities On Screen written by Klaus Mühlhahn and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with China categories.
Since 1978, the changes brought on by China's reforms have had an inevitable and significant impact on the development of literature, the arts, and the whole spectrum of culture. As well, contemporary Chinese films have reflected this transition towards commercialization and internationalization, which has included constant changes in cultural policies and the economic conditions for film production. The articles in this collection argue that contemporary Chinese films display a profound shift in identity construction. They explore Chinese identities related to class, nation, and gender, and they highlight aspects of individual identity. All of these are marked by contradiction, tension, multiple versions, changes over time, and other evidence of contingency and construction. The book draws attention to uncertain and unpredictable qualities of "Chineseness" which are often torn between past and present, but are also increasingly comprised of local, national, and global elements. (Series: Chinese History and Society / Berliner China-Hefte - Vol. 40)
Surf And Rescue
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Author : Patrick Moser
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2022-06-28
Surf And Rescue written by Patrick Moser and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The mixed-race Hawaiian athlete George Freeth brought surfing to Venice, California, in 1907. Over the next twelve years, Freeth taught Southern Californians to surf and swim while creating a modern lifeguard service that transformed the beach into a destination for fun, leisure, and excitement. Patrick Moser places Freeth’s inspiring life story against the rise of the Southern California beach culture he helped shape and define. Freeth made headlines with his rescue of seven fishermen, an act of heroism that highlighted his innovative lifeguarding techniques. But he also founded California's first surf club and coached both male and female athletes, including Olympic swimming champion and “father of modern surfing” Duke Kahanamoku. Often in financial straits, Freeth persevered as a teacher and lifeguarding pioneer--building a legacy that endured long after his death during the 1919 influenza pandemic. A compelling merger of biography and sports history, Surf and Rescue brings to light the forgotten figure whose novel way of seeing the beach sparked the imaginations of people around the world.
A Critical History Of Health Films In Central And Eastern Europe And Beyond
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Author : Victoria Shmidt
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-12-21
A Critical History Of Health Films In Central And Eastern Europe And Beyond written by Victoria Shmidt and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-21 with History categories.
The burgeoning scholarship on Western health films stands in stark contrast to the vacuum in the historical conceptualization of Eastern European films. This book develops a nonlinear historical model that revises their unique role in the inception of national cinematography and establishing supranational health security. Readers witness the revelation of an unknown history concerning how the health films produced in Eastern European countries not only adopted Western patterns of propaganda but actively participated in its formation, especially with regard to those considered “others”: Women and the populations of the periphery. The authors elaborate on the long “echo” of the discursive practices introduced by health films within public health propaganda, as well as the attempts to negate and deconstruct such practices by rebellious filmmakers. A wide range of methods, including the analysis of the sociological biographies of filmmakers, the historical reconstruction of public campaigns against diseases and an investigation into the production of health films, contextualizes these films along a multifaceted continuum stretching between the adaptation of global patterns and the cultivation of national authenticities. The book is aimed at those who study the history of film, the history of public health, Central and Eastern European countries and global history.
The Oxford Handbook Of Dance And The Popular Screen
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Author : Melissa Blanco Borelli
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Oxford Handbook Of Dance And The Popular Screen written by Melissa Blanco Borelli and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Performing Arts categories.
The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen sets the agenda for the study of dance in popular moving images - films, television shows, commercials, music videos, and YouTube - and offers new ways to understand the multi-layered meanings of the dancing body by engaging with methodologies from critical dance studies, performance studies, and film/media analysis. Through thorough engagement with these approaches, the chapters demonstrate how dance on the popular screen might be read and considered through bodies and choreographies in moving media. Questions the contributors consider include: How do dance and choreography function within the filmic apparatus? What types of bodies are associated with specific dances and how does this affect how dance(s) is/are perceived in the everyday? How do the dancing bodies on screen negotiate power, access, and agency? How are multiple choreographies of identity (e.g., race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation) set in motion through the narrative, dancing bodies, and/or dance style? What types of corporeal labors (dance training, choreographic skill, rehearsal, the constructed notion of "natural talent") are represented or ignored? What role does a specific film have in the genealogy of Hollywood dance film? How does the Hollywood dance film inform how dance operates in making cultural meanings? Whether looking at Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's tap steps in Stormy Weather, or Baby's leap into Johnny Castle's arms in Dirty Dancing, or even Neo's backwards bend in The Matrix, the book's arguments offer powerful new scholarship on dance in the popular screen.
Asia Capital Markets Monitor
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Author : Asian Development Bank
language : en
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Release Date : 2011-08-01
Asia Capital Markets Monitor written by Asian Development Bank and has been published by Asian Development Bank this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with Business & Economics categories.
The two-speed global economy continues to favor emerging Asian markets. After an early year correction, the region's markets are poised to gain on sound fundamentals. The Asia Capital Markets Monitor reviews emerging Asia's stock, bond, and currency markets and assesses their outlook, risks, and policy implications. This issue includes a special section on financial integration and capital flow volatility in emerging Asia: issues and policies.
Social Capital
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Author : David Halpern
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2005
Social Capital written by David Halpern and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Social Science categories.
This work presents an introduction to the concept of social capital - a term which refers to the social networks, informal structures and norms that facilitate individual and collective action.
Shakespeare On Screen King Lear
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Author : Victoria Bladen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-26
Shakespeare On Screen King Lear written by Victoria Bladen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-26 with Drama categories.
An up-to-date survey of Shakespeare's King Lear on screen and the aesthetic, social and political issues raised by screen versions.
Mind The Screen
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Author : Jaap Kooijman
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2008
Mind The Screen written by Jaap Kooijman and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Performing Arts categories.
Mind the Screen pays tribute to the work of the pioneering European film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, author of several volumes on media studies and cinema culture. Covering a full scope of issues arising from the author’s work—from melodrama and mediated memory to avant-garde practices, media archaeology, and the audiovisual archive—this collection elaborates and expands on Elsaesser’s original ideas along the topical lines of cinephilia, the historical imaginary, the contemporary European cinematic experience, YouTube, and images of terrorism and double occupancy, among other topics. Contributions from well-known artists and scholars such as Mieke Bal and Warren Buckland explore a range of media concepts and provide a mirror for the multi-faceted types of screens active in Elsaesser’s work, including the television set, video installation, the digital interface, the mobile phone display, and of course, the hallowed silver screen of our contemporary film culture.
The Body As Capital
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Author : Vinodh Venkatesh
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2015-12-10
The Body As Capital written by Vinodh Venkatesh and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Part III. Novel and Transnational Masculinities -- 9. Glocalized Masculinities of the Barrio Alto -- 10. Materializing the Penis -- 11. Challenging Novel Masculinities -- Conclusion: Of Tropes and Men -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index