Triumphant Empire

Author : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611718
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Empire Triumphant written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Lucas’s first Star Wars trilogy shows the influences of its era; Cold War tension is evident in its theme of rebellion against totalitarianism. Recent entries in the Star Wars saga—The Phantom Menace (1999) and Attack of the Clones (2002)—are much more concerned with evil corporations, terrorists, and the corruption of the political process. Each film is influenced by the times in which it was released, but also by cultural subtexts and by other films that had direct and indirect effects on Lucas as writer, producer, and director. This work focuses on all six Star Wars films. The first topic of this multifaceted examination is how the films use the language of colonialism (“The” Rebellion, “The” Empire) to emphasize the idea of imperialism. Next the author looks at how Asian influences—including religious undertones from Taoism and Buddhism and the works of Kurosawa and other Asian filmmakers—provide a subtext for much of the action. Next the discussion turns to the representation of people of color in the Star Wars universe, and how other ethnicities are represented overall, particularly through the literalization of the word “aliens.” These topics of discussion provide for penetrating conclusions about Lucas’s films and how they represent race, religion, and rebellion.

Author : David Pearson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197534902
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire written by David Pearson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire. Nazi skinheads were ejected from the punk scene; apathetic attitudes were challenged; women, Latino, and LGBTQ participants asserted their identities and perspectives within punk; the scene debated the virtues of maintaining DIY purity versus venturing into the musical mainstream; and punks participated in protest movements from animal rights to stopping the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal to shutting down the 1999 WTO meeting. Punk lyrics offered strident critiques of American empire, from its exploitation of the Third World to its warped social relations. Numerous subgenres of punk proliferated to deliver this critique, such as the blazing hardcore punk of bands like Los Crudos, propagandistic crust-punk/dis-core, grindcore and power violence with tempos over 800 beats per minute, and So-Cal punk with its combination of melody and hardcore. Musical analysis of each of these styles and the expressive efficacy of numerous bands reveals that punk is not merely simplistic three-chord rock music, but a genre that is constantly revolutionizing itself in which nuances of guitar riffs, vocal timbres, drum beats, and song structures are deeply meaningful to its audience, as corroborated by the robust discourse in punk zines.

Author : David Pearson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197534880
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel Music in the Triumphant Empire written by David Pearson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire. Nazi skinheads were ejected from the punk scene; apathetic attitudes were challenged; women, Latino, and LGBTQ participants asserted their identities and perspectives within punk; the scene debated the virtues of maintaining DIY purity versus venturing into the musical mainstream; and punks participated in protest movements from animal rights to stopping the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal to shutting down the 1999 WTO meeting. Punk lyrics offered strident critiques of American empire, from its exploitation of the Third World to its warped social relations. Numerous subgenres of punk proliferated to deliver this critique, such as the blazing hardcore punk of bands like Los Crudos, propagandistic crust-punk/dis-core, grindcore and power violence with tempos over 800 beats per minute, and So-Cal punk with its combination of melody and hardcore. Musical analysis of each of these styles and the expressive efficacy of numerous bands reveals that punk is not merely simplistic three-chord rock music, but a genre that is constantly revolutionizing itself in which nuances of guitar riffs, vocal timbres, drum beats, and song structures are deeply meaningful to its audience, as corroborated by the robust discourse in punk zines.

Author : Lawrence Henry Gipson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire Before the American Revolution: The triumphant empire. New responsibilities within the enlarged empire, 1763-1766 written by Lawrence Henry Gipson and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.12 - The triumphant empire: Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1776. v.13 - The empire beyond the storm. A summary of the series. Historiography.

Author : Dodge Merrin
Publisher : Joshua Chase
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Triumphant Empire written by Dodge Merrin and published by Joshua Chase. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One last hostile stronghold stands between the Ordeon Empire and total victory in a war which has lasted nearly a hundred years. It has taken months of preparation, but Legion Commander Max Canza is finally ready to unleash his final offensive and there is nothing his enemies can do to stop him. The future which they have envisioned for so long must become reality, no matter what must be sacrificed. Those few soldiers of the Vehlan Union who manage to survive the imperial attack and escape into space must now confront the fact they are all that is left. The nation they swore to defend is gone, but Colonel Leon Tyquese knows that its cause based in the belief of liberty for all people must not be allowed to die. He galvanizes his soldiers into continuing the fight and will not rest until their people are free once more.The Vehlans will recruit some unlikely allies and begin to rebuild a fighting force while the Ordonians consolidate their power and prepare for future expansion. One war has ended, but the fight continues as long as people remain who believe in the cause.

Author : Lawrence Henry Gipson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire Before the American Revolution: The triumphant empire: Thunderclouds gather in the west, 1763-1766 written by Lawrence Henry Gipson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Henry Gipson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire Before the American Revolution: The triumphant Empire: thunder-clouds gather in the West, 1763-1766 written by Lawrence Henry Gipson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Henry Gipson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire Before the American Revolution: The triumphant Empire: Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1776 written by Lawrence Henry Gipson and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lawrence Henry Gipson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire Before the American Revolution: The triumphant Empire: the rumbling of the coming storm, 1766-1770 written by Lawrence Henry Gipson and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Kulikowski
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674974255
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Triumph of Empire written by Michael Kulikowski and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Kulikowski takes readers into the political heart of imperial Rome, beginning with the reign of Hadrian, who visited the farthest reaches of his domain and created stable frontiers, to the decades after Constantine the Great, who overhauled the government, introduced a new state religion, and founded a second Rome.