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The Routledge History of the Senses
The Routledge History of the Senses presents readers with an overview of the field. As well as pointing to directions for the future of the discipline, it illustrates the extent to which the subject offers a considerable space for the exploration of diverse historical topics through the lens of sensory experience. The handbook brings together essays and case studies from some of the leading academics on the history of the senses. Together, they not only chart topics and arguments in existing scholarship but introduce fresh methodologies for future analyses. Specifically, the chapters collectively show that the senses of the historical body often portray the intensity of the invasion of capit...
Steampunk London
Tracing the genre through fiction, visual art, film and videogames from the 1980s to the present, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between neo-Victorianism, urban spaces and Steampunk. Characterised by its interplay between past and present and its anachronistic retro-speculation, Neo-Victorian-infused Steampunk remixes modern collective memory to produce a re-imagined vision of Victorian London. Investigating how Steampunk's re-calibrated Londons both source from and subvert Victorian discourse about the city, Steampunk London offers a deeper understanding of how a popular cultural memory of the Victorian past is shaped and transmitted in light of present-day...
Power and Society in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
A critical deep-drive into conceptions of power and society in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, this book brings together experts in fantasy literature, political sciences, economics, philosophy, history, and journalism to consider the intricate social tapestry of one of the most intricate worlds in modern fantasy. Surveying the Discworld's institutionalised power structures from government and police to civil services, banks and societies, it explores ideas such as language, translation, humour, crowds, community, justice and coercion in the series' major works. Featuring analyses of novels such as Men at Arms, Equal Rites, Carpe Jugulum, Guards! Guards!, Jingo, Night Watch, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad and many more, this collection illuminates how Pratchett juxtaposed his narratives with contemporary reflections on social constructs. Broken down into parts looking at social power dynamics, building and destroying worlds and the power of language, the book offers a much-needed corrective to the dearth of scholarship on one of fantasy literature's worldbuilding titans.
Der Flaneur - vom Impressionismus bis zur Gegenwart
Der flaneurhafte Blick auf die Stadt - dies ist das zentrale Thema des vorliegenden Bandes. Der Mann (oder die Frau) streift scheinbar ziellos, mit Zeit und Muße durch die Straßen und sammelt Eindrücke einer nie still stehenden urbanen Umgebung. Der Müßiggang eines Flaneurs im Paris oder Berlin des 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts, eingefangen in Werken von Impressionismus, Expressionismus und Neuer Sachlichkeit, ist in der modernen Großstadt nahezu verloren gegangen. Dennoch lebt diese Wechselbeziehung weiter im sich schneller drehenden Karussell der Metropolen des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts und ist präsent in Kunst und Fotografie bis in die Gegenwart.00Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany (20.09.2018-13.01.2019).
The Persistence of the Soul in Literature, Art and Politics
This book analyses the evolution of literary and artistic representations of the soul, exploring its development through different time periods. The volume combines literary, aesthetic, ethical, and political considerations of the soul in texts and works of art from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, spanning cultures and schools of thought. Drawing on philosophical, religious and psychological theories of the soul, it emphasizes the far-reaching and enduring epistemological function of the concept in literature, art and politics. The authors argue that the concept of the soul has shaped the understanding of human life and persistently irrigated cultural productions. They show how the concept of soul was explored and redefined by writers and artists, remaining relevant even as it became removed from its ancient or Christian origins.
Models & Artifice
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Beyond the Flâneur
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Rendezvous
Udgivet i forbindelse med udstilling på Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 16.1.1998-24.1.1999
Chicano Scholars and Writers
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Schwann opus
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