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Upon the "discovery of childhood," as named by Philippe Aries,
bourgeois culture and modern literature marked out an arcane realm
that, while scarcely accessible for adults, acted as a space for
projections of the most contradictory kind and diverse ideological
purposes: childhood. As this book reveals, from the eighteenth
century onwards, the child increasingly came into focus in
literature as a mysterious creature. Now the child seems a strange
being, constantly unsettling and alienating, although exposed to
ongoing territorialization. This is possible because the space of
'childhood' is essentially blank and indefinite. Modernity,
therefore, has discovered it as a zone, in the words of Friedrich
Schiller of "boundless determinability."
This is the first collection of critical essays on philosopher
jacques Ranciere's recent work on film. Jacques Ranciere (1940)
rose to prominence as a radical egalitarian philosopher, political
theorist and historian. Recently, he has intervened into the
discourses of film theory and film studies, publishing
controversial and challenging works on these topics. This book
offers an exciting range of responses to and assessments of his
contributions to film studies and includes a new piece by Ranciere
himself. It is a comprehensive assessment of Ranciere's
contribution to film studies and theory. The editor's introduction
orientates new readers into the historical and disciplinary debates
which are key to understanding Ranciere. It is a diverse range of
perspectives from important scholars who are themselves fascinating
and engaging writers and thinkers.
Rey Chow is arguably one of the most prominent intellectuals
working in the humanities today. Characteristically confronting
both entrenched and emergent issues in the interlocking fields of
literature, film and visual studies, sexuality and gender,
postcolonialism, ethnicity, and cross-cultural politics, her works
produce surprising connections among divergent topics at the same
time as they compel us to think through the ethical and political
ramifications of our academic, epistemic, and cultural practices.
This anthology - the first to collect key moments in Chow's
engaging thought - provides readers with an ideal introduction to
some of her most forceful theoretical explorations. Organized into
two sections, each of which begins with a brief statement designed
to establish linkages among various discursive fields through
Chow's writings, the anthology also contains an extensive Editor's
Introduction, which situates Chow's work in the context of
contemporary critical debates. For all those pursuing transnational
cultural theory and cultural studies, this book is an essential
resource.
Praise for Rey Chow
" Rey Chow is] methodologically situated in the contentious
spaces between critical theory and cultural studies, and always
attending to the implications of ethnicity."-- "Social
Semiotics"
"Rich and powerful work that provides both a dazzling synthesis
of contemporary cultural theory and at the same time an exemplary
critique of Chinese cinema."--China Information
"Should be read by all who are concerned with the future of
human rights, liberalism, multiculturalism, identity politics, and
feminism."--Dorothy Ko
"Wide-ranging, theoretically rich, and provocative... completely
restructures the problem of ethnicity."--Fredric Jameson
In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to
the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work
begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts
work, and his changing cultural status within different times and
places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in
relation to the popular culture and cultural politics of the 1960s
and 1970s, and it addresses the resurgence of his popularity in
Hong Kong and China in the twenty-first century. The study also
explores Lee's ongoing legacy and influence in the West,
considering his function as a shifting symbol of ethnic politics
and the ways in which he continues to inform Hollywood film-fight
choreography. Beyond Bruce Lee ultimately argues Lee is best
understood in terms of "cultural translation" and that his
interventions and importance are ongoing.
Over the past 40 years, Jacques Ranciere's work has defined itself
through a remarkable set of philosophical differences in relation
to other key figures working in the fields of politics, philosophy
and aesthetics. There have been significant philosophical,
theoretical and aesthetic disagreements with influential figures in
contemporary thought, including Althusser, Bourdieu, Derrida,
Agamben, Deleuze, Foucault, Habermas and Badiou. Through these
differences Ranciere has emerged as one of the world's leading
contemporary theorists. Whilst Ranciere has long been a well-known
force in francophone contexts, the translation of his works into
English has generated a lot of excitement and catapulted him to the
forefront of attention in several putatively distinct but
interconnected fields: philosophy, politics, critical theory,
aesthetics and film. Reading Ranciere intervenes in this ongoing
discourse by assembling an eminent collection of critical
assessments of the significance of Ranciere's diverse impact and
growing influence. This book offers a sustained, critically
balanced response to the work of this major contemporary theorist,
as well as a new interview and a key text published here for the
first time.
"Reading Ranciere" brings together leading international in the
first sustained critical exploration of Ranciere's work on
politics, aesthetics and philosophy in English. Over the past 40
years, Jacques Ranciere's work has defined itself through a
remarkable set of philosophical differences in relation to other
key figures working in the fields of politics, philosophy and
aesthetics. There have been significant philosophical, theoretical
and aesthetic disagreements with influential figures in
contemporary thought, including Althusser, Bourdieu, Derrida,
Agamben, Deleuze, Foucault, Habermas and Badiou. Through these
differences Ranciere has emerged as one of the world's leading
contemporary theorists. Whilst Ranciere has long been a well-known
force in francophone contexts, the translation of his works into
English has generated a lot of excitement and catapulted him to the
forefront of attention in several putatively distinct but
interconnected fields: philosophy, politics, critical theory,
aesthetics and film. "Reading Ranciere" intervenes in this ongoing
discourse by assembling an eminent collection of critical
assessments of the significance of Ranciere's diverse impact and
growing influence. This book offers the first sustained and
critically balanced response to the work of this major contemporary
theorist.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This book presents a new approach to the field of cultural studies
in the form of a series of interviews with some of the world's
leading and emergent cultural theorists, including Simon Critchley,
Jeremy Gilbert and Slavoj Zizek. Framed by lively and informative
introductions, which introduce the work of these thinkers, and
which also introduce the reader to the crucial importance of the
issues that the interviews address. The book is an entertaining
introduction to the key ideas in the field, the strengths and
problematic weaknesses of cultural studies as a discipline,
allowing the reader to chart its development, and to identify
emerging trends.
During the spring semester of 1975, Wayne Woodward, a popular young
English teacher at La Plata Junior High School in Hereford, Texas,
was unceremoniously fired. His offense? Founding a local chapter of
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Believing he had been
unjustly targeted, Woodward sued the school district. You Will
Never Be One of Us chronicles the circumstances surrounding
Woodward’s dismissal and the ensuing legal battle. Revealing a
uniquely regional aspect of the cultural upheaval of the 1970s, the
case offers rare insight into the beginnings of the rural-urban,
local-national divide that continues to roil American politics. By
1975 Hereford, a quiet farming town in the Texas Panhandle, had
become “majority minority,” and Woodward’s students were
mostly the children of Mexican and Mexican American workers at
local agribusinesses. Most townspeople viewed the ACLU as they did
Woodward’s long hair and politics: as threatening a radical
liberal takeover—and a reckoning for the town’s white power
structure. Locals were presented with a choice: either support
school officials who sought to rid themselves of a liberal
troublemaker, or side with an idealistic young man whose
constitutional rights might have been violated. In Timothy
Bowman’s deft telling, Woodward’s story exposes the sources and
depths of rural America's political culture during the latter half
of the twentieth century and the lengths to which small-town
conservatives would go to defend it. In defining a distinctive
rural, middle-American “Panhandle conservatism,” You Will Never
Be One of Us extends the study of the conservative movement beyond
the suburbs of the Sunbelt and expands our understanding of a
continuing, perhaps deepening, rift in American political culture.
During the spring semester of 1975, Wayne Woodward, a popular young
English teacher at La Plata Junior High School in Hereford, Texas,
was unceremoniously fired. His offense? Founding a local chapter of
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Believing he had been
unjustly targeted, Woodward sued the school district. You Will
Never Be One of Us chronicles the circumstances surrounding
Woodward's dismissal and the ensuing legal battle. Revealing a
uniquely regional aspect of the cultural upheaval of the 1970s, the
case offers rare insight into the beginnings of the rural-urban,
local-national divide that continues to roil American politics. By
1975 Hereford, a quiet farming town in the Texas Panhandle, had
become "majority minority," and Woodward's students were mostly the
children of Mexican and Mexican American workers at local
agribusinesses. Most townspeople viewed the ACLU as they did
Woodward's long hair and politics: as threatening a radical liberal
takeover-and a reckoning for the town's white power structure.
Locals were presented with a choice: either support school
officials who sought to rid themselves of a liberal troublemaker,
or side with an idealistic young man whose constitutional rights
might have been violated. In Timothy Bowman's deft telling,
Woodward's story exposes the sources and depths of rural America's
political culture during the latter half of the twentieth century
and the lengths to which small-town conservatives would go to
defend it. In defining a distinctive rural, middle-American
"Panhandle conservatism," You Will Never Be One of Us extends the
study of the conservative movement beyond the suburbs of the
Sunbelt and expands our understanding of a continuing, perhaps
deepening, rift in American political culture.
A decade ago, the question was 'could martial arts ever be studied
academically?' Today we are witnessing the global emergence and
rapid proliferation of Martial Arts Studies - an exciting and
dynamic new field that studies all aspects of martial arts in
culture, history, and society. In recent years there have been a
proliferation of studies of martial arts and race, gender, class,
nation, ethnicity, identity, culture, politics, history, economics,
film, media, art, philosophy, gaming, education, embodiment,
performance, technology and many other matters. Given the diversity
of topics and approaches, the question for new students and
researchers is one of how to orientate oneself and gain awareness
of the richness and diversity of the field, make sense of different
styles of academic approach, and organise one's own study, research
and writing. The Martial Arts Studies Reader answers this need, by
bringing together pioneers of the field and scholars at its cutting
edges to offer authoritative and accessible insights into its key
concerns and areas. Each chapter introduces and sets out an
approach to and a route through a key issue in a specific area of
martial arts studies. Taken together or in isolation, the chapters
offer stimulating and exciting insights into this fascinating
research area. In this way, The Martial Arts Studies Reader offers
the first authoritative field-defining overview of the global and
multidisciplinary phenomena of martial arts and martial arts
studies.
What do martial arts signify today? What do they mean for East-West
cross cultural exchanges? How does the representation of martial
arts in popular culture impact on the wide world? What is authentic
practice? What does it all mean? From Kung Fu to Jiujitsu and from
Bruce Lee to The Karate Kid, Mythologies of Martial Arts explores
the key myths and ideologies in martial arts in contemporary
popular culture. The book combines the author's practical,
professional and academic experience of martial arts to offer new
insights into this complex, contradictory world. Inspired by the
work of Roland Barthes in Mythologies, the book focusses on the
signs, signifiers and practices of martial arts globally. Bringing
together cultural studies, film studies, media studies,
postcolonial studies with the emerging field of martial arts
studies the book explores the broader significance of martial arts
in global culture. Using an accessible yet theoretically
sophisticated style the book is ideal for students, scholars and
anyone interested in any type of martial art.
What do martial arts signify today? What do they mean for East-West
cross cultural exchanges? How does the representation of martial
arts in popular culture impact on the wide world? What is authentic
practice? What does it all mean? From Kung Fu to Jiujitsu and from
Bruce Lee to The Karate Kid, Mythologies of Martial Arts explores
the key myths and ideologies in martial arts in contemporary
popular culture. The book combines the author's practical,
professional and academic experience of martial arts to offer new
insights into this complex, contradictory world. Inspired by the
work of Roland Barthes in Mythologies, the book focusses on the
signs, signifiers and practices of martial arts globally. Bringing
together cultural studies, film studies, media studies,
postcolonial studies with the emerging field of martial arts
studies the book explores the broader significance of martial arts
in global culture. Using an accessible yet theoretically
sophisticated style the book is ideal for students, scholars and
anyone interested in any type of martial art.
In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to
the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work
begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts
work, and his changing cultural status within different times and
places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in
relation to the popular culture and cultural politics of the 1960s
and 1970s, and it addresses the resurgence of his popularity in
Hong Kong and China in the twenty-first century. The study also
explores Lee's ongoing legacy and influence in the West,
considering his function as a shifting symbol of ethnic politics
and the ways in which he continues to inform Hollywood film-fight
choreography. Beyond Bruce Lee ultimately argues Lee is best
understood in terms of "cultural translation" and that his
interventions and importance are ongoing.
The phrase "martial arts studies" is increasingly circulating as a
term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields
including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies
already engage with martial arts in their own particular way.
Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of
martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to
engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity
and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies,
exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It
makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in
terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies,
media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these
anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other
disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both
emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.
The phrase "martial arts studies" is increasingly circulating as a
term to describe a new field of interest. But many academic fields
including history, philosophy, anthropology, and Area studies
already engage with martial arts in their own particular way.
Therefore, is there really such a thing as a unique field of
martial arts studies? Martial Arts Studies is the first book to
engage directly with these questions. It assesses the multiplicity
and heterogeneity of possible approaches to martial arts studies,
exploring orientations and limitations of existing approaches. It
makes a case for constructing the field of martial arts studies in
terms of key coordinates from post-structuralism, cultural studies,
media studies, and post-colonialism. By using these
anti-disciplinary approaches to disrupt the approaches of other
disciplines, Martial Arts Studies proposes a field that both
emerges out of and differs from its many disciplinary locations.
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