Intellect Books Ltd: 532 books
The Cinema of Mika Kaurismäki
Transvergent Cinescapes, Emergent Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Mika Kaurismäki’s films challenge many boundaries – national societies, genre formations, art/popular culture, fiction/documentary, humanity/nature, and problematic distinctions between different zones of development. Synthesizing concepts from a range of thematic frameworks – e.g. auteurism,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Cultural production as we know it has been undergoing significant restructuring. In an effort to compensate for the global decline in economic growth, governments and corporations have begun to seriously consider the creative fields as markets that can be stimulated through venture capital and regional...
Atomic Postcards
Radioactive Messages from the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Atomic postcards played an important role in creating and disseminating a public image of nuclear power. Presenting small-scale images of test explosions, power plants, fallout shelters, and long-range missiles, the cards were produced for mass audiences in China, the United States, the Soviet Union,...
Recording Memories from Political Violence
A Film-maker's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2011
Based on work the author has carried out with survivor groups in South Africa and Northern Ireland, Recording Memories from Political Violence combines written and audiovisual texts to describe and analyze the use of documentary filmmaking in recording experiences of political conflict. A variety of...
Touring the Screen
Touring the Screen: Tourism and New Zealand Film Geographies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien’s wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines the relationship between New Zealand’s cinematic representation - as both a vast expanse of natural...
Representations of Working in Arts Education
Stories of Learning and Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Arts education provides students with opportunities to build knowledge and skills in self-expression, imagination, creative and collaborative problem solving, and creation of shared meanings. Engagement in arts education has also been said to positively affect overall academic achievement and development...
Theatre in Passing 2
Searching for New Amsterdam
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
This book discusses spaces of performance from formal opera houses to parks and graffiti around the world and is a companion to Theatre in Passing: A Moscow Photo-Diary. Drawing once again on Michel de Certeau’s notion of a ‘second poetic geography,’ this new volume examines prominent theatrical...
Gendered Transformations
Theory and Practices on Gender and Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
TFP brings together international researchers, students and industry professionals dedicated to promoting new research directions and to investigating the relationship between functional programming and other branches of Computer Science. This TFP volume includes some of the latest trends of functional programming, and it is an essential part of any modern programming languages library.
Morrissey
Fandom, Representations and Identities
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Known for his outspoken and often controversial views on class, ethnicity and sexuality, Morrissey has remained an anti-establishment figure who continues to provoke argument, debate and devotion amongst critics and his many fans. Focusing exclusively on Morrissey’s solo career, the collected essays...
Streets of Crocodiles
Photography, Media, and Postsocialist Landscapes in Poland
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
This title features stunning photos augmented by J. Hoberman's preface and Katarzyna Marciniak's essays. This powerful presentation of photographs of Poland from the late 1980s to the present depicts the hybridized landscape of this pivotal Eastern European nation following its entry into the European...
New Zealand Cinema
Interpreting the Past
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
New Zealand has produced one of the world’s most vibrant film cultures, a reflection of the country’s evolving history and the energy and resourcefulness of its people. From early silent features like The Te Kooti Trail to recent films such as River Queen in the new millennium, this book examines...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Drawing on contributions from practicing artists, writers, curators and academics, Searching for Art’s New Publics explores the ways in which artists seek to involve, create and engage with new and diverse audiences: from passers-by encountering and participating in the work unexpectedly, to professionals...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
Volume 10 in the Trends in Functional Programming (TFP) series presents some of the latest research results in the implementation of functional programming languages and the practice of functional programming. It contains a peer-reviewed selection of the best articles presented at the 2009 Tenth Symposium...
Tech-Noir Film
A Theory of the Development of Popular Genres
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
From the post-apocalyptic world of Blade Runner to the James Cameron mega-hit Terminator, tech-noir has emerged as a distinct genre, with roots in both the Promethean myth and the earlier popular traditions of gothic, detective, and science fiction. In this new volume, many well-known film and literary...