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| 141. |  | Title: The molecular biology of plant cells  Author: Smith, H. (Harry) 1935- Published: University of California Press, 1978 Subjects: Science | Botany | Biology Matches in book (8): ...S. & Danielli J.F. (1970) Black lipid films. Recent Prog. Surface Sci. 3, 193–... Similar Items...to the theory of permeability of thin films. J. Cellular. Comp. Physiol. 5, 495–... ...S. & Danielli J.F. (1970) Black lipid films. Recent Progress in Surface Science... |
| 142. |  | Title: Between marriage and the market: intimate politics and survival in Cairo Author: Hoodfar, Homa Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Gender Studies | Middle Eastern Studies | Politics | Anthropology Publisher's Description: Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, an Ira . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...for a pleasant song or the basis of a film. Maybe it is good for dreams when you... Similar Items...hair, who think life is like love films they see on television. What do they... ...doing these tasks in the Western films that are shown on television. 8 However,... |
| 143. |  | Title: Lithuania awakening Author: Senn, Alfred Erich Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | Politics | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of perestroika released new forces throughout Soviet society. In Lithuania this process resulted in a psychological-cultural revolution. Deep-rooted feelings, long suppressed, exploded, demonstrations and mass meetings ensued, and the face of the society changed. Although . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...journalist. Vaisvila, Zigmas, physicist. Zebriunas, Arunas, film director.... Similar Items...Lithuanian affairs in the next six months. Film Director Arunas Zebriunas headed... ...role in Vingis Park. A television film about the meeting in Vingis Park, Rebirth... |
| 144. |  | Title: And now my soul is hardened: abandoned children in Soviet Russia, 1918-1930 Author: Ball, Alan M Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | European History | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: Warfare, epidemics, and famine left millions of Soviet children homeless during the 1920s. Many became beggars, prostitutes, and thieves, and were denizens of both secluded underworld haunts and bustling train stations. Alan Ball's study of these abandoned children examines their lives and the strat . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...detei , 1931, no. 7: 27 (for the film review). Zaria Vostoka (Tiflis), 1922, no.... Similar Items...s appeal had little to do with the films themselves. The bright lights, nearby... ...and now—preferred fast-paced adventure films with vivid plots, bold stunts, and... |
| 145. |  | Title: Reading voices: literature and the phonotext Author: Stewart, Garrett Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | English Literature Matches in book (7): ...University Press, 1977), p. 128. In a film from the same decade as The Dentist,... Similar Items...recent science fiction and slasher films Alien Nation and Child Splay . Typical... ...is further exploited in Jean-Luc Godard's film version. 25 This is, as well, the... |
| 146. |  | Title: Catullan provocations: lyric poetry and the drama of position Author: Fitzgerald, William 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Classics | Comparative Literature | Classical Literature and Language | Poetry Publisher's Description: Restoring to Catullus a provocative power that familiarity has tended to dim, this book argues that Catullus challenges us to think about the nature of lyric in new ways. Fitzgerald shows how Catullus's poetry reflects the conditions of its own consumption as it explores the terms and possibilities . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...59 Festus, 193 Fidentinus, 97 film theory, feminist, 147 -48 flagitatio , 62... Similar Items...well as nudity. The language of film immediately suggests itself in connection... ...relation to the female body. 13 Feminist film theory provides a useful framework... |
| 147. |  | Title: AIDS: the burdens of history Author: Fee, Elizabeth Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: Medicine | Science Publisher's Description: The AIDS epidemic has posed more urgent historical questions than any other disease of modern times. How have societies responded to epidemics in the past? Why did the disease emerge when and where it did? How has it spread among members of particular groups? And how will the past affect the future . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...article and showed a "talking-slide film" entitled "For All Our Sakes" to large... Similar Items...poster campaigns and documentary films. 56 The medical profession's response to... ...when public information or television films or advertisements suggest the spread... |
| 148. |  | Title: High culture fever: politics, aesthetics, and ideology in Deng's China Author: Wang, Jing 1950- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Asian Studies | Asian Literature | Asian History | Politics | China Publisher's Description: Jing Wang offers the first overview of the feverish decade of the 1980s in China, from early reexaminations of Maoism through the crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Wang's energetic, creative, and highly intelligent take on Chinese culture provides a broad portrait of the post-revolutionary era and a pr . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...Poetry, drama, the fine arts, and films are not treated here. 3. Ji Yanzhi, "Zai... Similar Items...sellers, soap operas, and commercial films. Thanks to the speedy reproduction by... ...of the Cultural Revolution), but also film productions such as Furong zhen (... |
| 149. |  | Title: Understanding heart disease Author: Selzer, Arthur Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Medicine | Science Publisher's Description: Diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death in the Western world. Health professionals and the general public alike eagerly watch advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease. Yet the more spectacular aspects of medical progress in the field are often reported prema . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...of recording X-ray images of film. Reentry (in arrhythmias). Reactivation of the... Similar Items...of the heart shadow in the X-ray film abnormalities shown in the standard... ...the X-ray image be recorded on 35-mm film to appreciate the motion, although... |
| 150. |  | Title: Information and organizations Author: Stinchcombe, Arthur L Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Sociology | Economics and Business | Labor Studies | Political Theory Publisher's Description: An ambitious new work by a well-respected sociologist, Information and Organizations provides a bold perspective of the dynamics of organizations. Stinchcombe contends that the "information problem" and the concept of "uncertainty" provide the key to understanding how organizations function. In a de . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...Composers and Careers in the Hollywood Film Industry. New Brunswick, N.J. :... Similar Items...produce or market instructional films. Since the manifest function of selecting... ...of uncertainty on instructional films—namely, whether the film is appropriate to... |
| 151. |  | Title: Constructive dissonance: Arnold Schoenberg and the transformations of twentieth-century culture Author: Brand, Juliane Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Music | Musicology | Composers | Intellectual History | Art History Publisher's Description: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is a pivotal figure of musical modernism. The "father of serialism" has influenced nearly every major composer of this century, and the idea of Schoenberg, now wild-eyed radical, now embattled moralist, now lonely prophet, is woven into the mythos of modern art. What is . . . [more] Matches in book (6): ...the Pierrot settings of 1912 and his film music of 1929 — reflect this encounter... Similar Items...prosaic and poetic. Hanns Eisler wrote film music for money but for himself... ...Soundmen." In it he notes that American films are careful in their handling of... |
| 152. |  | Title: Lawrence and his laboratory: a history of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Author: Heilbron, J. L Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Science | History and Philosophy of Science Publisher's Description: The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This first volume of its history is a saga of physics and finance in the Great Depression, when a new kind of science was born.Here we learn how Ernest Lawrence used . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...removed thyroids were laid against x ray film; and the portions of the sections... Similar Items...April 14, 1932, they placed a thin film of lithium in the experimental chamber... ...explained as due to the bombardment of films of D and of D compounds. . . . I... |
| 153. |  | Title: Russia's last capitalists: the Nepmen, 1921-1929 Author: Ball, Alan M Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History | Russian and Eastern European Studies Publisher's Description: In 1921 Lenin surprised foreign observers and many in his own Party, by calling for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. Within a matter of months, this New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed Nepmen. After delineating this political backgrou . . . [more] Matches in book (5): ...A History of the Russian and Soviet Film (London, 1960), p. 256; A. Ruth Fry,... Similar Items...Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. London, 1960. Lezhava, A. M.... ...A History of the Russian and Soviet Film (London, 1960), p. 167. A decree of... |
| 154. |  | Title: Writing tricksters: mythic gambols in American ethnic literature Author: Smith, Jeanne Rosier 1966- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Literature | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies | Asian Literature | Native American Studies Publisher's Description: Writing Tricksters examines the remarkable resurgence of tricksters - ubiquitous shape-shifters who dwell on borders, at crossroads, and between worlds - on the contemporary cultural and literary scene. Depicting a chaotic, multilingual world of colliding and overlapping cultures, many of America's . . . [more] Matches in book (5): ...169 n. 21 Saragossa Manuscript, The (film), 61 Sarris, Greg, 77 , 168 n. 13, 169... Similar Items...Bond'" ( TM 325). He revises American film history to find evidence of Chinese... ...eyes" of cowboy heroes in western films ( TM 314). Yet recognizing Chinese... |
| 155. |  | Title: Flight from Eden: the origins of modern literary criticism and theory Author: Cassedy, Steven Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature | European Literature Publisher's Description: Steven Cassedy takes aim at two of the most enduring myths of modern criticism: that it is secular, and that it is new and autonomous. He argues that though modern criticism is often forbiddingly scientific and technical, the modern critic remains something of a mystic. Every school of modern critic . . . [more] Matches in book (5): ...perfect illustration. Anyone who saw the cynical film Broadcast News (1987) will... Similar Items...If we imagine the retina as a film that simply records light impressions two-... ...from two different positions, the film impression we get is of two different... |
| 156. |  | Title: Red city, blue period: social movements in Picasso's Barcelona Author: Kaplan, Temma 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | Art | European History | Cultural Anthropology | Gender Studies | Art History Publisher's Description: In Red City, Blue Period , Kaplan combines the methods of anthropology and the new cultural history to examine the civic culture of Barcelona between 1888 and 1939. She analyzes the peculiar sense of solidarity the citizens forged and explains why shared experiences of civic culture and pageantry so . . . [more] Matches in book (4): ...ing, they proved no match for silent films, which began to open in Barcelona in... Similar Items...Reflections on the Ontology of Film . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University... ...Reflections on the Ontology of Film (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University... |
| 157. |  | Title: Alliance capitalism: the social organization of Japanese business Author: Gerlach, Michael L Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Economics and Business | Sociology | Japan Publisher's Description: Business practices in Japan inspire fierce and even acrimonious debate, especially when they are compared to American practices. This book attempts to explain the remarkable economic success of Japan in the postwar period - a success it is crucial for us to understand in a time marked by controversi . . . [more] Matches in book (5): ...Fuji Heavy Industries, 233 Fuji Photo Film, 301 n.16 Fujisawa, 195 Fujitsu, 124... Similar Items...Milk Products 60 Showa Denko 61 Fuji Film 62 Toppan Printing 63 Mitsui Mining 64... ...tires, automobiles, photographic film and equipment, consumer electronics, and... |
| 158. |  | Title: Inscribing the time: Shakespeare and the end of Elizabethan England Author: Mallin, Eric Scott Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Literature | English Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Renaissance Literature Publisher's Description: Combining the resources of new historicism, feminism, and postmodern textual analysis, Eric Mallin reveals how contemporary pressures left their marks on three Shakespeare plays written at the end of Elizabeth's reign. Close attention to the language of Troilus and Cressida , Hamlet , and Twelfth Ni . . . [more] Matches in book (7): ...his self-teleportation in the nude; the film offers no explanation why he cannot... Similar Items...communication with its context, the film can be interpreted as an inscriptive... ...prejudices that lie deep beneath the film's nervousness about (homo)eroticism.... |
| 159. |  | Title: One of the children: gay black men in Harlem Author: Hawkeswood, William G d. 1992 Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Gender Studies | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies | African American Studies | Cultural Anthropology Publisher's Description: Gay black men, a thriving subculture of the black and gay communities, are doubly marginalized. Along with other black men, they are typically portrayed in the media and literature as "street corner men" - unemployed drifters, absentee fathers, substance abusers. In the larger gay community, they ar . . . [more] Matches in book (7): ...Julien is a young gay black British film director well known in Europe for his... Similar Items...gay street gangs" in the documentary film Paris Is Burning, directed by Jennie... ...arts, one in theater and the other in film. While Scott has family support for... |
| 160. |  | Title: Space in the tropics: from convicts to rockets in French Guiana Author: Redfield, Peter 1965- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Geography | French Studies | European Studies | Technology Publisher's Description: Rockets roar into space - bearing roughly half the world's commercial satellites - from the same South American coastal rainforest where convicts once did time on infamous Devil's Island. What makes Space in the Tropics enthralling is anthropologist Peter Redfield's ability to draw from these two di . . . [more] Matches in book (8): ...reports, journalism, fiction, and films, largely in English and much of it... Similar Items...an evolutionary leap, the cut in Kubrick's film 2001 between bone tool and... ...morning began with a slide show, film, and briefing in three languages: French,... |