ZEN - History & Criticism 1

Media philosophy can only be found and revealed in media themselves. The essays collected in this volume thus approach television as a medium both of thought and of action in its own right. Through ……続きを見る

This edited volume examines the ways in which the representation of female teachers on television has developed from the advent of the medium up to the present day. Despite the widely feminized natu……続きを見る

Harun Farocki (1944-2014) a été un cinéaste et un critique prolifique, réalisant près d’une centaine de films pour le cinéma, la télévision, ou présentés sous forme d’installations dans les espaces ……続きを見る

Afrofuturism in Black Panther: Gender, Identity, and the Re-making of Blackness, through an interdisciplinary and intersectional analysis of Black Panther, discusses the importance of superheroes an……続きを見る

“Yes, Kant did indeed speak of extraterrestrials.” This phrase could provide the opening for this brief treatise of philosofiction (as one speaks of science fiction). What is revealed in the aliens ……続きを見る

The world of international politics has recently been rocked by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving auditory surveillance: the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping is merely the most sensation……続きを見る

The Texas Panhandle’s frontier days were fresh in memory when fiddler Eck Robertson (1887-1975) arrived. Cowboys still worked on ranches in the 1910s but barbed-wire fences abounded too. Robertson p……続きを見る

The prostheses Peter Szendy exploresーthose peculiar artifacts known as musical instrumentsーare not only technical devices but also bodies that live a strange phantom life, as uncanny as a sixth fi……続きを見る

Interrogates contemporary sex panics in the United States, looking especially at popular culture texts to conceptualize queer youth survival strategies. Sex panics saturate contemporary discourse an……続きを見る

Die Klangschätze unseres Planeten - als täglicher Begleiter Journalist und Radioautor Stefan Franzen spürt seit vielen Jahren den Tönen abseits von Rock, Pop, Klassik nach und erkundet die musikalis……続きを見る

In its scope and command of primary sources and its generosity of scholarly inquiry, Nikolai Findeizen's monumental work, published in 1928 and 1929 in Soviet Russia, places the origins and developm……続きを見る

In its scope and command of primary sources and its generosity of scholarly inquiry, Nikolai Findeizen's monumental work, published in 1928 and 1929 in Soviet Russia, places the origins and developm……続きを見る

An enlightening exploration of the concept of listening and the evolving role of the listener from Beethoven to Charlie Parker to contemporary remixing. In this intimate meditation on listening, Pet……続きを見る

Jährlich werden in Deutschland 30.000 Personen promoviert. Rund 3.000 davon könnten plagiiert haben. Diese Vergehen werden von der Wissenschaftsplattform VroniPlag Wiki aufgedeckt und dokumentiert. ……続きを見る

Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. ……続きを見る

Filmic constructions of war heroism have a profound impact on public perceptions of conflicts. Here, contributors examine the ways motifs of gender and heroism in war films are used to justify ideol……続きを見る

The first history of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to describe and document its origins in 1887 to the present day, relating its changing fortunes in light of the economic, demographic, and cultura……続きを見る

Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New Cinema directors, and overseas Chinese director……続きを見る

How can love be understood globally as a problematic transgression rather than the narrative of "happy endings" that Hollywood has offered? The contributors utilize varying methodologies of textual ……続きを見る

Drei Filme, drei Geschichten – eine Filmgeschichte. Diese Geschichte des Films ist vollkommen anders. Statt chronologisch Hunderte von Produktionen abzuhandeln, zeigt Michaela Krützen die sich verän……続きを見る

Das Hollywoodkino spielt vertraute Geschichten in immer neuen Abwandlungen durch - genau das ist seine Stärke. So variiert ein Film wie »Million Dollar Baby« virtuos die Muster des klassischen Erzäh……続きを見る

Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home fron……続きを見る

This unique volume is the only book solely about antebellum American fiddling. It includes more than 250 easy-to-read and clearly notated fiddle tunes alongside biographies of fiddlers and careful a……続きを見る

In 1957, A Face in the Crowd incorporated live video images to warn about the future of broadcast TV. In 2015, Kung Fury was infused with analogue noise to evoke the nostalgic feeling of watching an……続きを見る

Comprehensive analysis of 220 hours of outtakes that impels us to reexamine our assumptions about a crucial Holocaust documentary. Honorable Mention, 2020 Best First Book Award presented by the Soci……続きを見る

George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels (1839) was the first collection of southern fiddle tunes and the only substantial one published in the nineteenth century. Knauff's activity could not anticipate ou……続きを見る

Concepita nel corso di più di un decennio e rimasta incompiuta al momento della morte del regista, l’opera corrisponde al progetto di un “libro sferico”, in cui far rientrare, intrecciandoli fra lor……続きを見る

Television is the most powerful system of images in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Nonetheless, TV has attained only little philosophical attention so far, especially compared to other (vis……続きを見る

Born in 1964, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh grew up in the midst of the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal reign of terror, which claimed the lives of many of his relatives. After escaping to France, where he……続きを見る

With a colorful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be one of the world's most important and versatile instruments. Addressed to performing musicians, serious concertgoers, and co……続きを見る