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“miriam bait”

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  • Utopian Discourses Across Cultures

    Scenarios in Effective Communication to Citizens and Corporations

    by Miriam Bait, Marina Brambilla, Valentina Crestani ...
    The term Utopia, coined by Thomas More in 1516, contains an inherent semantic ambiguity: it could be read as eu topos (good place) or ou topos (no place). The authors of this volume analyze this polysemous notion and its fascination for scholars across the centuries, who have developed a variety of visions and ways to explain the «realization» of utopian discourses. The experts in the fields of ... Read more

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  • Conversations on Utopia

    Cultural and Communication Practices

    Edited by Miriam Bait, Claudia Gualtieri ...
    This book offers an interdisciplinary conversation on utopia clustered around cultural and communication practises in terms of political and ethical projects. It sheds light on cultural and discursive aspects characterising the polysemous concept of utopia conceived as an ongoing process that is put into practice in the present. Against this backdrop, the book raises questions for intellectual ... Read more

    $54.09 USD

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    Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts. Anything and everything has an identity, and identity crises have become almost equally pervasive. Yet 'identity' is extremely versatile, meaning different things to different people and in different scientific disciplines. To many its meaning seems self-evident, since its various uses share common ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Art

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    Edited by Alexander Dumbadze, Suzanne Hudson ...
    An engaging account of today’s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world.Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary ... Read more

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  • The Migrant's Time: Rethinking Art History and Diaspora

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  • Visual Studies

    A Skeptical Introduction

    by James Elkins ...
    In his latest book, James Elkins offers a road map through the field of visual studies, describing its major concerns and its principal theoretical sources. Then, with the skill and insight that have marked his successful books on art and visuality, Elkins takes the reader down a side road where visual studies can become a more interesting place. Why look only at the same handful of theorists? Why ... Read more

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  • Art Is Not What You Think It Is

    by Donald Preziosi, Claire Farago ...
    Series Book 73 - Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
    Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions.Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functioned in a variety of ... Read more

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  • The Age of Television

    Experiences and Theories

    by Milly Buonanno ...
    At a stage of major change in the world of television (the coming of digital TV, multiple channels, mobile TV on cellphones) this book seeks to take stock of the impact of the advent and presence of television on daily life over the past fifty years, or slightly longer. The author takes as her standpoint, or rather places at the centre of her analysis and considerations, the human experience and ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Anthropology of Performance

    A Reader

    by Frank J. Korom ...
    Series Book 29 - Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
    The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Leading anthropologists describe the range of human expression through performance and explore its role in constructing identity and community, ... Read more

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  • Art History: The Basics

    by Diana Newall, Grant Pooke ...
    Series series The Basics
    Now in its second edition, this volume is an accessible introduction to the history of art. Using an international range of examples, it provides the reader with a toolkit of concepts, ideas and methods relevant to understanding art history.This new edition is fully updated with colour illustrations, increased coverage of non-western art and extended discussions of contemporary art theory. It ... Read more

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  • Aesthetic Journalism

    How to Inform Without Informing

    by Alfredo Cramerotti ...
    As the art world eagerly embraces a journalistic approach, Aesthetic Journalism explores why contemporary art exhibitions often consist of interviews, documentaries and reportage. This new mode of journalism is grasping more and more space in modern culture and Cramerotti probes the current merge of art with the sphere of investigative journalism. The attempt to map this field, here defined as ... Read more

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  • Queering Translation, Translating the Queer

    Theory, Practice, Activism

    Edited by Brian James Baer, Klaus Kaindl ...
    This groundbreaking work is the first full book-length publication to critically engage in the emerging field of research on the queer aspects of translation and interpreting studies. The volume presents a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives through fifteen contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field to demonstrate the interconnectedness between ... Read more

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