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Expressionism and Its Deformation in Contemporary Chinese Theatre provides both rigorous readings of dramatic works as well as a historical overview of Chinese theatre from the 1980s to the present.Expressionism becomes a discursive locus to be incorporated and even...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-12-04
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This book examines the position of black and mixed-race characters in Irish film culture. By exploring key film and television productions from the 1990s to the present day, the author uncovers and interrogates concepts of Irish identity, history and nation. In 2009,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-09-24
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Suffering from «manopause» and «Low T», underemployed and unwilling to grow up, «the other guy» has emerged as an important figure in modern media masculinity. From the films of Judd Apatow to sitcoms and popular music, this new breed of man is desperately attempting to...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-09-01
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A celebration of Britain's favourite actress, Judi DenchThe very name Judi Dench encourages a warm and admiring response from the public and fellow actors alike. Her wide-ranging career includes numerous Shakespearean performances (most recently in ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2013-08-22
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Since the late 1990s, German cinema has gone through a period of astonishing productivity and success that has made it the focus of scholarly analysis once more. What can contemporary German cinema tell us about current German society and its problems? What are the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-07-03
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The first full biography of Britain's leading actress of her time.Whether it is her sunny temperament, her gift of laughter, her wide-ranging abilities, or all three, Judi Dench is without doubt a star. Shortlisted for a 1998 Oscar for her performance as Queen Victoria...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2013-05-23
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Die neueren Zeiten kennen den Chor kaum mehr als Bestandteil der Festkultur, deswegen ist seine Umsetzung im Theater ein großes Problem. Für Regisseure und Schauspieler wie auch für die Zuschauer war der Chor der fremdartigste Teil. Allerdings haben seit der deutschen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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Die jüngst einsetzende wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit dem Werk des Komponisten Wilfried Hiller, geboren 1941, wird hier dokumentiert mit dem Blick auf die Werke der späten Schaffensjahre:Die Analysen reichen vom biografisch-historischen Kontext des...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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This volume is based on papers given at the biennial Women in French conference held in Leeds in May 2011. Drawing on a range of interconnecting disciplines and forms of cultural production, it explores the relationship between French and Francophone women and the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-02-27
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This book presents the texts of five plays, collectively written and performed during the years 1973 to 1976 by the Newfoundland theatre troupe CODCO. CODCO's satiric plays expose universal perversity, ignorance, prejudice and abuse with the ironic wit of the people of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-12-14
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Die Untersuchung der Figur der Schweigsamen zeigt, dass diese in ausgewählten Texten der (Post-)Moderne dem Prozess einer Umwertung unterliegt: Schweigen erscheint hier als besondere Gabe.Die Umcodierung der traditionell negativ konnotierten Frauenfigur beruht auf einer...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-11-28
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Einschnitte, Wunden und ausgerissene Körperglieder, hinkende, stolpernde und stürzende Körper - motorische Devianzen, physische Defekte und Deformationen haben im Werk des Dramatikers, Lyrikers, Essayisten und Regisseurs Heiner Müller einen zentralen Stellenwert....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-11-19
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Over 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia, this book looks back at its two most iconic cities and the phenomenon of exile emerging as a consequence of living in them in the 1990s. It uses examples ranging from street interventions to theatre performances to explore the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-11-13
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Studies in International Performance
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Questo lavoro dà uno sguardo minuzioso sulla ricezione teatrale dei maggiori episodi della Gerusalemme Liberata, studiata qui di riflesso attraverso il successo delle sue riscritture per il palco in Italia ed Europa. Frutto di un’indagine paziente sulla miriade di forme...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-30
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Strindberg - Other Sides: Seven Plays presents fresh translations based upon the new national Swedish edition of Strindberg's works, hewing close to Strindberg's techniques of «scoring» his scripts for actors and directors. The plays are illuminated in introductory...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-08-06
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Physiologen des 19. Jahrhunderts produzieren in vielfältigen Experimenten Stimmen aus Leichen und Leichenteilen, welche die rhetorische Einheit von Stimme, Körper und Sprache in Frage stellen. Die Autorin legt vor dem Hintergrund analytischer Theatralität eine...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-07-19
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As opposed to many of their more reserved predecessors, modern television serials such as Queer as Folk and The L Word, which concentrate predominantly on queer characters, dare to include numerous highly controversial story lines, feature explicit sex scenes and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-03-16
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A film institute was the first cultural institution to be created by the new Cuban revolutionary government in 1959. One of its aims was to create a new cinema to suit the needs of the Revolution in a climate of transformation and renewal. During the same period, issues...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-02-20
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Dances that embody the «feminine» teach the dancer and the observers inside and outside the faith tradition about women’s experiences, expressions, and understandings within their respective faith traditions. In Embodying the Feminine in theDances of the World’s...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-12-22
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Since the early 1980s, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of international gay/lesbian-themed visual productions, ranging from pornographic images and television programmes to advertising and graphic novels. Often originating from countries with a...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-12
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