Just Looking Routledge Revivals

Author : Rachel Bowlby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136999566
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Looking (Routledge Revivals) written by Rachel Bowlby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-11-18 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular development of early consumer society in Britain, France and the United States had a profound impact on constructions of femininity and masculinity, and commercial and cultural values in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on novels by Theodore Dreiser, George Gissing and Emile Zola, Just Looking, first published in 1985, addresses itself to a central paradox of the period: the perceived antithesis of the terms "commerce" and "culture" which emerged at a time which saw the actual drawing together of commercial and cultural practices. Drawing on structural, psychoanalytic and Marxist-feminist theory, Rachel Bowlby retrieves a relatively neglected literary area for contemporary political and theoretical concerns, re-establishing the naturalist novel as a rich source for feminists, literary theorists and cultural historians.

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ISBN 13 : 9781282974081
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Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just Looking (Routledge Revivals). written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular development of early consumer society in Britain, France and the United States had a profound impact on constructions of femininity and masculinity, and commercial and cultural values in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on novels by Theodore Dreiser, George Gissing and Emile Zola, Just Looking , first published in 1985,€addresses itself to a central paradox of the period: the perceived antithesis of the terms "commerce" and "culture" which emerged at a time which saw the actual drawing together of commercial and cultural practices.

Author : Michelene Wandor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317606140
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Look Back in Gender (Routledge Revivals) written by Michelene Wandor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this challenging book, first published in 1987, Michelene Wandor looks at the best-known plays in the thirty years prior to publication, from Look Back in Anger onwards. Wandor investigates the representation of the family and different forms of sexuality in these plays and re-reviews them from a perspective that throws into sharp relief the function of gender as an important determinant of plot, setting and the portrayal of character. Juxtaposing the period before 1968, when statutory censorship was still in force, with the years following its abolition, Wandor scrutinises the key plays of, among others, Osborne, Pinter, Wesker, Arden, and Delaney. Each one is analysed in terms of its social context: the influence of World War II, the testing of gender roles, the development of the Welfare State and changes in family patterns, and the impact of feminist, Left-wing and gay politics. Throughout the period, two generations of playwrights and theatregoers transformed the theatre into a forum in which they could articulate and explore the interaction of their interpersonal relationships with the wider political sphere. These changes are explored in this title, which will allow readers to re-evaluate their view of post-war British drama.

Author : Antonín J. Liehm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317218493
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Closely Watched Films (Routledge Revivals) written by Antonín J. Liehm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1974, this book collects interviews with leading Czechslovak filmmakers conducted mostly between 1967 and 1969. This was a period of immense upheaval beginning with the attack of the Czechoslovak establishment on the Union of Writers in 1967, continuing through the liberalisation of the Prague Spring in January 1968 and ended with the Soviet invasion in August and subsequent ‘Normalization’ process in April 1969. It records the testimony of several generations of filmmakers and their attempts to answer the questions about the purpose and meaning of film before and during this period. This book will be of interest to students of film and cultural history.

Author : Phillip Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351009702
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Schooling Ordinary Kids (1987) written by Phillip Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published 1987 Schooling Ordinary Kids looks at the ‘invisible majority’ of ordinary working-class pupils. The book explains why these pupils are now at the centre of a major educational crisis surrounding the soaring rates of youth unemployment. The book is a timely examination of educational inequalities, unemployment, and the new vocationalism. Drawing extensively the study of schools in the urban centre of South Wales the book highlights the need for an alternative politics of education, if we were to meet the educational challenge of the late-twentieth century. The new vocationalism is revealed here as a policy for inequality both politically and in the classroom.

Author : E. Cashmore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135083452
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Having To (Routledge Revivals) written by E. Cashmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985, Having To summarises the situation of more than a million parents in the UK alone that survive as single parents. This thought-provoking book is based on interviews with more than 200 women and men of all ages and backgrounds. The accounts of what life can be like in the world of one parent families are revealing, sometimes disturbing, and above all, moving. In this book, parents talk in depth about their experiences when confronted by violence, infidelity, lesbianism, child abuse and paranoia. They portray stories that will provoke many questions about the state of the nuclear family.

Author : Paul Dahlke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135196965X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Buddhist Stories (1913) written by Paul Dahlke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1913, this book presents a translation of five stories written by the the author. Each of the five stories illustrates and elucidates central concepts in Buddhist philosophy while eschewing any technical terminology. As such, this book is ideal for those seeking an accessible introduction to Buddhist philosophy and will provide a platform for further study.

Author : John Russell Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317917057
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anger and After (Routledge Revivals) written by John Russell Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it was first published in 1962, Anger and After was the first comprehensive study of the dramatic movement which began in 1956 with the staging of John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger and has since brought forward such dramatists as Brendan Behan, Harold Pinter, N. F. Simpson, John Arden and Arnold Wesker. Thoroughly revised in 1969, this book remains important reading for theatre students in need of a comprehensive and authoritative guide to post-Osborne drama in Britain.

Author : Brian Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113503902X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Childminder (Routledge Revivals) written by Brian Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1979, this book looks at the subject of childminding in Britain at the time it was written. It is based on a national survey that was commissioned by the Social Science Research Council and on action to help childminders funded by the Wates Foundation at Manchester University, UK. Previous to this study it was calculated that more than one million children under the age of five had a working mother, but little research had been done into childminders themselves. This book evaluates the number and nature of the childminders in Britain that were looking after the nation’s children in the 70s. It argues that parents have a right to choose to work if society can guarantee loving and skilled care for their children. However, the authors suggest that this was not the case at the time and state that childminders were in need of better governmental support.

Author : Roger Dawe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317749502
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophocles (Routledge Revivals) written by Roger Dawe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophocles: The Classical Heritage, first published in 1996, contains a diverse collection of reflection, ranging from the 16th century to the 20th, on one of the three great Attic tragedians, the author of perhaps the most famous play of all time. With the entire notion of ‘Western culture’ under duress, the need to establish continuity from antiquity to modernity is as pressing as ever. Each essay, selected by Professor Dawe, explores a theme or concept derived from the tragic vision of the Sophoclean universe which is still of relevance today. An enormous range of topics is investigated, in a variety of modes and styles: the linguistic challenges of translation, the psychology of Sigmund Freud, Enlightenment critiques, the history of performance conventions, dramatic structure and technique, and issues facing the modern director. Overall, Professor Dawe offers a staggering selection of responses, which cumulatively demonstrate the continuing importance and fascination of Sophocles’ legacy.