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Virtual Voyages

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Author : Jeffrey Ruoff
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-24

Virtual Voyages written by Jeffrey Ruoff and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-24 with Performing Arts categories.

DIVThe different forms that travelogues have taken (documentaries, IMAX, home movies, ethnographic films) from the 1800s to the present./div

Virtual Voyages

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Author : Paul Longley Arthur
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2011-10

Virtual Voyages written by Paul Longley Arthur and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10 with Literary Criticism categories.

'Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'. Written at the height of the era of European maritime exploration, these bizarre and captivating tales, with their wildly imaginative visions of antipodean inversion and strangeness, reveal a hidden history of attitudes to colonization. By exposing the relationship between myth and reality in the antipodes, this book casts new light on the power of fiction to influence history. In the post-colonial studies field, books about travel writing and empire have tended to focus on the high period of nineteenth-century imperialism and on the colonial settings of Africa and India. This book offers a fresh perspective by focussing on the eighteenth century, and referring to the geographical region of Australia and the Pacific, which has had far less attention. The book also breaks new ground by being the first to approach the genre of the imaginary voyage from a post-colonial perspective. In addition to the new insights into European colonialism that it offers, the book illustrates many broader themes in eighteenth-century history and thought. These include connections between the rise of science and modern imperialism, the development of narrative history and fiction and the influence of romanticism, the evolution of the early novel in Britain and France, and the role of mythology in the development of national identity.

Virtual Voyages

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Author : Jeffrey Ruoff
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-24

Virtual Voyages illuminates the pivotal role of travelogues within the history of cinema. The travelogue dominated the early cinema period from 1895 to 1905, was central to the consolidation of documentary in the 1910s and 1920s, proliferated in the postwar era of 16mm distribution, and today continues to flourish in IMAX theaters and a host of non-theatrical venues. It is not only the first chapter in the history of documentary but also a key element of ethnographic film, home movies, and fiction films. In this collection, leading film scholars trace the intersection of technology and ideology in representations of travel across a wide variety of cinematic forms. In so doing, they demonstrate how attention to the role of travel imagery in film blurs distinctions between genres and heightens awareness of cinema as a technology for moving through space and time, of cinema itself as a mode of travel. Some contributors take a broad view of travelogues by examining the colonial and imperial perspectives embodied in early travel films, the sensation of movement that those films evoked, and the role of live presentations such as lectures in our understanding of travelogues. Other essays are focused on specific films, figures, and technologies, including early travelogues encouraging Americans to move to the West; the making and reception of the documentary Grass (1925), shot on location in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran; the role of travel imagery in 1930s Hollywood cinema; the late-twentieth-century 16mm illustrated-lecture industry; and the panoramic possibilities presented by IMAX technologies. Together the essays provide a nuanced appreciation of how, through their representations of travel, filmmakers actively produce the worlds they depict. Contributors. Rick Altman, Paula Amad, Dana Benelli, Peter J. Bloom, Alison Griffiths, Tom Gunning, Hamid Naficy, Jennifer Lynn Peterson, Lauren Rabinovitz, Jeffrey Ruoff, Alexandra Schneider, Amy J. Staples

Exploration Without Boundaries

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Author : Hilary Rhodes
language : en
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Release Date : 2005

Exploration Without Boundaries written by Hilary Rhodes and has been published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Art categories.

Exploration Without Boundaries invites you on a journey of reflection and fantasy through 48 digital landscapes - dreamlike yet reminiscent of familiar places. Hilary Rhodes has created an evocative place that is truly not of this world. Share her vision through environments that are non-photographic and totally invented, created pixel by pixel via fractal texture synthesis. Each environment features background music generated from the profiles of the landforms using special synaesthetic software.

Web Site Source Book

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Web Site Source Book written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Administrative agencies categories.

A guide to major U.S. businesses, organizations, agencies, institutions, and other information resources on the World Wide Web.

Global Change Newsletter

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Global Change Newsletter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Global temperature changes categories.

A study of global change (IGBP) of the International Council of Scientific Unions.

Global Change News Letter

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Global Change News Letter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Global temperature changes categories.

Funworld

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999

Funworld written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Amusement parks categories.

Journal Of Geoscience Education

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

Journal Of Geoscience Education written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Earth sciences categories.

London

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Author : Roger Williams
language : en
Publisher: DK Eyewitness Travel
Release Date : 2002

London written by Roger Williams and has been published by DK Eyewitness Travel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Travel categories.

Take the work and worry out of traveling planning with the Top 10 Guides from DK. Each guide features a fold-out map of the city plus information on such highlights as walks and day trips, museums and galleries, the best shopping, dining, and accommodations, and so much more.

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