History & Criticism 4

George Cole's history includes events not commonly described in routine history books: An important religious figure who drinks a cup of pus to "prove a philosophical point". A Chinese Emperor who s……続きを見る

Looking for your next movie night pick, but overwhelmed by the sheer number of options out there? Look no further than "Your Next Favorite Movie", a handy guide to help you find the perfect film to ……続きを見る

L'"Histoire de la musique" d'Henri Lavoix se présente comme une étude exhaustive des enjeux esthétiques, culturels et sociaux qui ont façonné l'évolution de la musique à travers les âges. Son style ……続きを見る

Music, as the form of art whose name derives from ancient myths, is often thought of as pure symbolic expression and associated with transcendence. Music is also a universal phenomenon and thus a pr……続きを見る

國家文藝獎得主王安祈教授對傳統戲曲現代化有卓越貢獻，2019年因終身成就獲傳藝金曲特別獎，她雖從臺大退休，仍堅持在戲劇領域中從事學術研究與創作。此本増修版除了全新増入第八,九兩章共五萬字，得以與原有的第……続きを見る

Este livro apresenta algumas das iniciativas para a retomada da máscara no teatro moderno. No amplo quadro da primeira metade do século XX, o autor selecionou quatro principais artistas que abordara……続きを見る

The work was created as a continuation of Catlin's previous works on the life and manners of Native Americans. After several years spent with the Indians on the American planes, Catlin collected a s……続きを見る

A pretexto de nos falar sobre cinema, Makota Valdina, professora militante e religiosa da Bahia, nos legou essa lição de vida em uma das sessões do CachoeiraDoc, o festival de documentários de Cacho……続きを見る

"North Korea is not just a security or human rights problem (although it is those things) but a real society. This book gets us closer to understanding North Korea beyond the usual headlines, and do……続きを見る

In Janelle Monáe's full-length debut, the science fiction concept album The ArchAndroid, the android Cindi Mayweather is on the run from the authorities for the crime of loving a human. Living in 28……続きを見る

Saggi - saggio (95 pagine) - Joe Dante, formatosi nella bottega del leggendario Roger Corman, è tra i registi hollywoodiani del fantastico più significativi degli anni Ottanta. Il grande regista Joe……続きを見る

The mass shooting at a queer Latin Night in Orlando in July 2016 sparked a public conversation about access to pleasure and selfhood within conditions of colonization, violence, and negation. Queer ……続きを見る

In 'The Musical Myths and Facts (Vol. 1&2)', Carl Engel delves into the intricate world of music, separating truth from fiction. Engaging with a wide range of musical genres, Engel explores popular ……続きを見る

Translocas focuses on drag and transgender performance and activism in Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Arguing for its political potential, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes explores the social and cultural……続きを見る

Winner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles Award Winner of the MAAH Stone Book Award A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the Year A Pitchfork Best Music Book of the Year “Brooks traces all kinds of li……続きを見る

Film Noir Style: The Killer 1940s looks at the fashions of the femmes fatales who were so good at being bad, and the suits and trench coats of definitive noir actors such as Humphrey Bogart and Alan……続きを見る

Neorrealismo y cine en Cuba: Historia y discurso entorno a la primera polémica de la Revolución, 1951-1962 examina la historia estética y las relaciones entre la producción cinematográfica cubana y ……続きを見る

A sixty-year history of Afro–South Asian musical collaborations From Beyoncé’s South Asian music–inspired Super Bowl Halftime performance, to jazz artists like John and Alice Coltrane’s use of India……続きを見る

Tony Bolden presents an innovative history of funk music focused on the performers, regarding them as intellectuals who fashioned a new aesthetic. Utilizing musicology, literary studies, performance……続きを見る

Why has the zombie become such a pervasive figure in twenty-first-century popular culture? John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic seek to answer this question by arguing that par……続きを見る

Bong Joon Ho won the Oscar® for Best Director for Parasite (2019), which also won Best Picture, the first foreign film to do so, and two other Academy Awards. Parasite was the first Korean film to w……続きを見る

The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, an……続きを見る

A master of modern European cinema and a key figure in the Italian neorealist movement, Roberto Rossellini had one of the longest and most varied careers of all major directors. From 'Rome Open City……続きを見る

The first ever comprehensive history of post-war Bristolian culture, On Brandon Hill spans the years 1945 to 2020 and covers all the major art forms for which the West Country city is famous – music……続きを見る

In 'Meet Me in St Louis', one of the most popular MGM musicals, Judy Garland stars as the classic American teenager. For this book, Gerald Kaufman interviewed many of the stars. This text captures t……続きを見る

In "Physiology of the Opera," Scrici delves into the intricate relationship between human emotion and the operatic form, exploring how physiological responses shape the experience of opera. Employin……続きを見る

This anthology brings together representative examples of the most significant and engaging scholarly writing on Chopin by a wide range of authors. The essays selected for the volume portray a round……続きを見る

Where is the academic study of music today, and what paths should it take into the future? Should we be looking at how music relates to society and constructs meaning through it, rather than how it ……続きを見る

The anthology 'Parsifal' presents a fascinating exploration into the mythic and spiritual themes immortalized in Richard Wagner's operatic masterpiece. This collection seamlessly blends diverse lite……続きを見る

This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d’amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings. Composer……続きを見る