“…Chapters scrutinise the role of intellectuals, experts and activists in famine aid, the Iraq war, humanitarianism and intervention, traumatic memory, enforced disappearance, and the Grenfell Tower fire, and examine the fantasy of security, contemporary notions of time, space and materiality, and ideas of the human and sentience. Plays and films by Michael Frayn, Chris Marker and Patricio Guzmán are considered, and autobiographical narrative accounts probe the author’s life and background. …”

“…Cet essai s’organise autour de quelques objets choisis dans le cinéma américain, relevant tous de la figuration humaine et mettant en jeu le corps de l’homme. À travers des films de Cecil B. DeMille, Don Siegel, Keaton et Preminger, il s’agit d’étudier comment l’homme filmique, dessaisi de soi par les variations de la syntaxe figurative, se trouve relégué au rôle de motif iconographique, jouxtant de près le décor au point de s’y confondre : devenir accessoire de l’homme, où se donne à voir l’avènement de la figurine, soit une image de l’inhumain. …”

“…On the other hand, we live in times of rapid media development and an abundance of information, images, films and texts. This is why the challenge of keeping the memory of our cultural heritage alive is all the greater. …”

“…Using nuanced close readings of marriage guidance and medical advice books, furnishing catalogues, novels, films and newspapers, this volume offers an accessible and rigorous account of the curious history of twin beds. …”

“…Bauer examines his accounts of same-sex life from published and unpublished writings, as well as books, articles, diaries, films, photographs and other visual materials, to scrutinize how violence--including persecution, death and suicide--shaped the development of homosexual rights and political activism. …”

“…Helen Keane scrutinizes smoking, and Maurizio Viano turns to the silver screen to trace how the representation of drugs in films has changed over time. Ann Weinstone and Marguerite Waller's essays on addiction and cyberspace cap this impressive anthology…”

“…"From Latin American coffee and Thai silks to Danish furniture and Hollywood films, geographical associations add untold meaning and value to commodities. …”

“…The Computer Animation Festival consists of three main components: •Screenings - It includes Electronic Theater, Animation Theater as well as Invited Screenings where the full breadth of this year's work in computer animation can be enjoyed at length. •VR Theater - It will feature virtual reality narrative films which will be showcased in the newly established VR Theater. …”

“…Pasión de los fuertes es un magnífico filme que, sin perder un solo instante el ritmo trepidante de los mejores westerns, relata al mismo tiempo una conmovedora historia de amor…”

“…Analyzing novels, poetry, memoirs, comics, films, photography, music, social media, data, graffiti, letters, reports, eco-design, video games, archival remnants, and ethnography, the individual chapters counter dominant representations of refugees as voiceless victims. …”

“…Seven scholars across the USA and Spain contributed chapters exploring how issues affecting “wildlife” (such as octopuses, sharks, coyotes, parakeets, and fishes) are constructed in media and political discourses or are perceived and acted upon by public media, and the authors provide prescriptions to problems facing animals in nature, offering constructive guidance to communicators (from activists to journalists to film-makers)…”

“…The study has been documented in a short film which can viewed here: www.adelantethefilm.com"--…”

“…Wurden Trekkies, Live-Rollenspieler oder Gothics vor einigen Jahren noch kritisch beäugt, debattiert heute jeder über die Hobbit-Filme oder die neue Sherlock-Staffel und kann sein Ramones-Shirt beim Discounter kaufen. …”

“…In Signs of Resistance, Susan Burch persuasively reinterprets early twentieth century Deaf history: using community sources such as Deaf newspapers, memoirs, films, and oral (sign language) interviews, Burch shows how the Deaf community mobilized to defend sign language and Deaf teachers, in the process facilitating the formation of collective Deaf consciousness, identity and political organization…”

“…Thematically organized, it explores:- the work of classical and contemporary thinkers who have contributed most to this theoretical framework- the foundational concepts of the dramaturgical approach- a rich array of substantive areas of empirical investigation to which dramaturgy continues to contribute - directions for future dramaturgical thinkingAn indispensable collection that updates and extends the dramaturgical framework, The Drama of Social Life will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, social psychology, performance studies, cultural studies, communication, film studies, and anthropology - and all those interested in the work of Goffman and symbolic interactionist theory and practice…”

“…Art and Pornography presents a series of essays which investigate the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature, and explores the distinction, if there is any, between pornography and erotic art. …”

“…Es, sin duda alguna, uno de los más grandes clásicos del cine contemporáneo, idolatrado por una legión de admiradores e inspirador de todo tipo de ramificaciones artísticas y culturales.Poco se imaginaba Ridley Scott que aquella película extraña, y aparentemente no apta para todos los públicos, llegaría a convertirse con el tiempo, año a año, en uno de los films de culto más aclamados en la actualidad. Con su estética inconfundible, sus diálogos geniales y su enigmática simbología, Blade Runner es ya una película imprescindible para casi todos.Este libro celebra el 40 aniversario de esta obra maestra a través de la mirada de tres expertos que la analizan desde múltiples perspectivas: el original literario, el rodaje, el director, los actores, el mito... -- Contracubierta…”

“…Erst in den letzten Jahren ist es zu einem regelrechten »Fritz-Bauer-Boom« gekommen: Ausstellungen, Filme und Bücher erinnern ihn seither als jenen Staatsanwalt, der in den 1960er Jahren den ersten Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozess initiiert und damit die bundesdeutsche Aufarbeitung der NS-Verbrechen wesentlich vorangetrieben hat; das Feuilleton nennt ihn einen Helden. …”

“…For almost 15 years now, the two artists have been constructing an imaginative journey made up of images in films, photographs, camerae obscurae, and sculptures that encapsulate philosophical, existential and conceptual issues. …”

“…The list of contributors to the construction of the national English/British identity is long: William Cecil, David Hume, Oliver Pigg, Petruccio Ubaldini, John Strype, Lord Macaulay, Thomas Deloney, Edward Clarke, Thomas Lathbury, William Camden, James Anthony Froude, James Aitken Wylie, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Southey, Geoffrey Parker and Colin Smith, many editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, films, TV, the radio, the internet, the church pulpit…”