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| 101. |  | Title: The rise of the Paris red belt  Author: Stovall, Tyler Edward Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | Social Science | French Studies Publisher's Description: From 1920 until the present, the working-class suburbs of Paris, known as the Red Belt, have constituted the heart of French Communism, providing the Party not only with its most solid electoral base but with much of its cultural identity as well. Focusing on the northeastern suburb of Bobigny, Stov . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...de Lisle), 119 Marseillaise, La (film), 165 Marshal, Marcel, 223 n.9 Marx, Karl,... Similar Items...production of Métro, 34 Metropolis (film), 173 Michaud, René, 195 n.23 Michel,... ...for informational meetings, showing films, and similar activities. The city... |
| 102. |  | Title: Season of high adventure: Edgar Snow in China Author: Thomas, S. Bernard 1921- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | China | Autobiographies and Biographies | Asian Studies Publisher's Description: In 1928, Edgar Snow (1905-1972) set out to see the world, hoping to make his mark as a travel-adventure writer. Shanghai was to be a mere stopover, but Snow stayed on in China for thirteen more years. The idealistic young Midwesterner became a journalist and ultimately developed close friendships wi . . . [more] Matches in book (15): ...controversial," 302 ; fiction, 284 ; film documentary, 316 ; first book, 86 -87;... Similar Items...play the lead in the famous Paramount film Wings . Rogers was then on his way to... ...with MGM studios in California as a film scriptwriter and reader. ) Though Ed... |
| 103. |  | Title: Painters and politics in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979 Author: Andrews, Julia Frances Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Art | Art History | Asian Studies | China Publisher's Description: Julia Andrews's extraordinary study of art, artists, and artistic policy during the first three decades of the People's Republic of China makes a major contribution to our understanding of modern China. From 1949 to 1979 the Chinese government controlled the lives and work of the country's artists - . . . [more] Matches in book (17): ...A nationwide campaign to criticize the film Life of Wu Xun had a chilling effect... Similar Items...and Art Conference and Fictional Film Creation Meeting, June 19, 1961),... ...and Art Conference and Fictional Film Creation Meeting, June 19, 1961). In Zhou... |
| 104. |  | Title: Mexico at the world's fairs: crafting a modern nation Author: Tenorio-Trillo, Mauricio 1962- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: History | Latin American History | Latin American Studies | Literature Publisher's Description: This intriguing study of Mexico's participation in world's fairs from 1889 to 1929 explores Mexico's self-presentation at these fairs as a reflection of the country's drive toward nationalization and a modernized image. Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo contrasts Mexico's presence at the 1889 Paris fair - whe . . . [more] Matches in book (12): ...149 , 153 Yucatán, 304 n58 Yucatán: La tierra del afamado henequén (film), 233... Similar Items...182 , 314 nn6, 7 El Museo Nacional (film), 233 Musical machine (Paris 1855... ...Art: Naturalism, Impressionism, the Film Age , vol. 4 (New York, 1985), 60-106,... |
| 105. |  | Title: Surviving through the days: translations of Native California stories and songs: a California Indian reader Author: Luthin, Herbert W 1954- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Anthropology | American Studies | Native American Studies | American Literature Publisher's Description: This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of Native California, assembled by an editor admirably sensitive to language, culture, and history, will delight scholars and general readers alike. Herbert Luthin's generous selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs is draw . . . [more] Matches in book (4): ...H. Films and Documentaries... Similar Items...Graham Green as Ishi, and the Yahi Film Project's excellent documentary, Ishi,... ...been told in books, articles, and films—so I won't do much more than summarize... |
| 106. |  | Title: Toward a new poetics: contemporary writing in France: interviews, with an introduction and translated texts Author: Gavronsky, Serge Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Literature | Poetry | European Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Writing | French Studies Publisher's Description: A quiet revolution is taking place in avant-garde French poetry and prose. In this collection of twelve interviews with some of France's most important poets and writers, Serge Gavronsky introduces American readers to these exciting new developments.As Gavronsky explains, a neolyricism is now replac . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...Dada and Surrealist Literature and Film . Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press,... Similar Items...Jones . . ." That's truly like a Dadaist film, with everything going off every... ...music, painting; I would even say film and, of course, song. Vocal cords are... |
| 107. |  | Title: Many Rāmāyaṇas: the diversity of a narrative tradition in South Asia Author: Richman, Paula Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Religion | Hinduism | Cultural Anthropology | South Asia Publisher's Description: Throughout Indian history, many authors and performers have produced, and many patrons have supported, diverse tellings of the story of the exiled prince Rama, who rescues his abducted wife by battling the demon king who has imprisoned her. The contributors to this volume focus on these "many" Ramay . . . [more] Matches in book (11): ...in Hinduism as in Christianity (the film The Last Temptation of Christ ) or... Similar Items...of histrionic public acts, the DMK film personalities and politicians were his... ...48; Laksmi, 84 ; Nakkatayya. 19 n19 Film, 157 , 195 Folklore: etymology in, 36 ;... |
| 108. |  | Title: Culture of the future: the Proletkult movement in revolutionary Russia Author: Mally, Lynn Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Russian and Eastern European Studies | European History | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: Just days before the October 1917 Revolution, the Proletkult was formed in Petrograd to serve as an umbrella organization for numerous burgeoning working-class cultural groups. Advocates of the Proletkult hoped to devise new forms of art, education, and social relations that would express the spirit . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...A History of the Russian and Soviet Film , 3d ed. (Princeton, 1983), p. 181. See... Similar Items...A History of the Russian and Soviet Film . 3d ed. Princeton, 1983. Libedinskii,... ...and Iuliia Glizer, as well as the famous film star Grigorii Aleksandrov all got... |
| 109. |  | Title: Faultlines: cultural materialism and the politics of dissident reading Author: Sinfield, Alan Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Literature | Renaissance Literature | English Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism Publisher's Description: If we come to consciousness within a language that is complicit with the social order, how can we conceive, let alone organize, resistance to that social order? This key question in the politics of reading and subcultural practice informs Alan Sinfield's book on writing in early-modern England.New h . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...and the Lesbians of Art Cinema," in Charlotte Brunsdon, ed. , Films for Women (... Similar Items...London: British Film Institutte, 1986), p. 170. 138. See Collier, Indians, ch.... ...3; see also id. , "Shakespeare and Film: A Question of Perspective," Literature/... |
| 110. |  | Title: Ethics in an epidemic: AIDS, morality, and culture Author: Murphy, Timothy F 1955- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Philosophy | Sociology | Ethics | Medicine | Social Problems Publisher's Description: AIDS strikes most heavily at those already marginalized by conventional society. With no immediate prospect of vaccination or cure, how can liberty, dignity, and reasoned hope be preserved in the shadow of an epidemic? In this humane and graceful book, philosopher Timothy Murphy offers insight into . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...Peter Bowen, for example, has faulted the film for its narrative movement to an... Similar Items...B3. A PBS "P.O.V." presentation of the film that documented this protest, "Stop... ...for scheduling and programming, the film "simply crosses the line of being... |
| 111. |  | Title: On human nature: a gathering while everything flows, 1967-1984 Author: Burke, Kenneth 1897- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Intellectual History | Rhetoric | Comparative Literature Publisher's Description: On Human Nature: A Gathering While Everything Flows brings together the late essays, autobiographical reflections, an interview, and a poem by the eminent literary theorist and cultural critic Kenneth Burke (1897-1993). Burke, author of Language as Symbolic Action, A Grammar of Motives, and Rhetoric . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...verbal worlds of discourse—say, to films, to real politics, to real events in... Similar Items...of such matters in a documentary film I once saw (Savage Splendor), about which... ...See Savage Splendor, a long documentary film too soon over. And above all, don't... |
| 112. |  | Title: Shanghai on the Metro: spies, intrigue, and the French between the wars Author: Miller, Michael Barry 1945- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | European History | French Studies Publisher's Description: Secret agents, gun runners, White Russians, adventurers, and con men - they all play a part in Michael Miller's strikingly original study of interwar France. Based on extensive research in security files and a mass of printed sources, this book shows how a distinctive milieu of spies and spy literat . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...Magnificent scenario, moreover, for a film of mystery and blood. . . ." 77. APP... Similar Items...7 July 1931, 11 July 1931. When the film from the voyage premiered in Paris in... ...B. She had worked for the Soviet Film Institute and then for the Café Métropole,... |
| 113. |  | Title: Busing and backlash: white against white in a California school district Lillian B. Rubin Author: Rubin, Lillian B Published: University of California Press, 1973 Subjects: Sociology | Urban Studies | American Studies | African American Studies Matches in book (9): ...Time of Your Life," a sex education film series that the conservatives despised.... Similar Items...ban the showing of the sex-education film series "The Time of Your Life." After... ...finally compromised and agreed that the films would no longer be shown during... |
| 114. |  | Title: Garrett Eckbo: modern landscapes for living Author: Treib, Marc Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Architecture | Art History | California and the West Publisher's Description: One of the central figures in modern landscape architecture, Garrett Eckbo (1910-2000) was a major influence in the field during an active career spanning five decades. While most of the early American designers concentrated on the private garden and the corporate landscape, Eckbo's work demonstrate . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...1938. Original drawing missing, film negative in the Eckbo papers, Documents... Similar Items...Monsanto House of the Future. 101. A film introducing the garden was shown on... ...Eckbo ] Barr included architecture, film, furniture, graphic, and theater design... |
| 115. |  | Title: The romance of American psychology: political culture in the age of experts Author: Herman, Ellen Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Social Science | American Studies | Politics | Psychology | United States History Publisher's Description: Psychological insight is the creed of our time. A quiet academic discipline two generations ago, psychology has become a voice of great cultural authority, informing everything from family structure to government policy. How has this fledgling science become the source of contemporary America's most . . . [more] Matches in book (14): ...more than ten popular Hollywood films in which psychological disturbances,... Similar Items...Janet Walker, Couching Resistance: Women, Film, and Psychoanalytic Psychiatry (... ...more than ten popular Hollywood films in which psychological disturbances,... |
| 116. |  | Title: A marriage made in heaven: the sexual politics of Hebrew and Yiddish Author: Seidman, Naomi Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Jewish Studies | Gender Studies | Religion | Language and Linguistics Publisher's Description: With remarkably original formulations, Naomi Seidman examines the ways that Hebrew, the Holy Tongue, and Yiddish, the vernacular language of Ashkenazic Jews, came to represent the masculine and feminine faces, respectively, of Ashkenazic Jewish culture. Her sophisticated history is the first book-le . . . [more] Matches in book (7): ...20 Dineson, Yankev, 147 n17 Di yidishe mame (film), 115 Druyanov, Alter, 112... Similar Items...against the showing of the Yiddish film Di yidishe mame , which Arye Pilovski... ...scandal. 37 Pilovski relates that the film was only shown after protests and... |
| 117. |  | Title: Losing face: status politics in Japan Author: Pharr, Susan J Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | Asian Studies | Asian History | Japan | Politics Publisher's Description: How does a "homogeneous" society like Japan treat the problem of social inequality? Losing Face looks beyond conventional structural categories (race, class, ethnicity) to focus on conflicts based on differences in social status. Three rich and revealing case studies explore crucial asymmetries of a . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...internationally known prize-winning film director, fondly recalls his rise to... Similar Items...1968), 378. Examples include the Kobayashi films Hara Kiri (Seppuku) and Samurai... ...to unsatisfactory circumstances, while film and fiction continue to suggest that... |
| 118. |  | Title: A nation of provincials: the German idea of Heimat Author: Applegate, Celia Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | German Studies Publisher's Description: At the center of this pioneering work in modern European history is the German word Heimat - the homeland, the local place. Translations barely penetrate the meaning of the word, which has provided the emotional and ideological common ground for a variety of associations and individuals devoted to t . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...to Heimat: The Return of History as Film (Cambridge, Mass. , 1989), esp. pp.... Similar Items...to Heimat: The Return of History as Film. Cambridge, Mass. , 1989. Kellogg,... ...1987). See Chapter 1, p. 18, above. The film, by Edgar Reitz, is the subject of... |
| 119. |  | Title: American homo: community and perversity Author: Escoffier, Jeffrey Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Gender Studies | Sociology | American Studies | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies Publisher's Description: Jeffrey Escoffier traces the emergence of a gay and lesbian political identity over the last four decades in this wide-ranging collection of his most influential essays. Situating the development of gay and lesbian communities in a broad sweep of recent American history, Escoffier examines how an ur . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...groups of artists and makers of films and videos. These works of propaganda,... Similar Items...issues in response to Isaac Julien's film Looking for Langston . See Gates, "The... ...and support groups, political groups, film festivals, historical societies, and... |
| 120. |  | Title: Legitimate differences: interpretation in the abortion controversy and other public debates Author: Warnke, Georgia Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Philosophy | Social and Political Thought | Gender Studies Publisher's Description: Legitimate Differences challenges the usual portrayal of current debates over thorny social issues including abortion, pornography, affirmative action, and surrogate mothering as moral debates. How can it be said that our debates oppose principles of life to those of liberty, principles of liberty t . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...Thompson, Emma ( Sense and Sensibility [film]), 9 -14, 17 , 24 , 196 n16 Tribe,... Similar Items...may be for this reason that Thompson's film version adds a beginning sequence at... ...is striking to Thompson in her 1995 film adaptation of Austen's novel is the... |