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Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtins notions of dialogism, chronotope and
polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and
reception, focusing particularly on the way cinematic narrative
utilizes time and space in its very construction.
Robert Wagner was New York City's true New Deal mayor, killed
Tammany Hall. The world Wagner shaped delivers municipal services
efficiently at the cost of local democracy. The story of Wagner's
mayoralty will be of interest to anyone who cares about New York
City, local democracy and the debate about the legacy of the City's
important leaders.
How to capitalize on change -- as a key feature of modern living -
- is the central theme of this work. Incorporating the major
theoretical advances psychology has made during the last thirty
years, "People and Change" describes how clinical levels of
psychological difficulty can develop and how problems such as
phobias, depression, shyness, marital and sexual disharmony,
obsessions, and over-indulgence are treated.
Although a psychology text, "People and Change" offers an
unusually broad scope. The text acknowledges the interplay of
somatic vulnerabilities, environmental influences, large individual
differences, and various other factors that can be involved in the
complex stress process that leads to bad habits. The ability of the
individual to adapt to change through self-knowledge is stressed
throughout this important book.
This book draws together a collection of essays looking at the ways
in which charters and charter scholarship in different areas of
Britain and Ireland, highlighting comparisons and contrasts in
charter production and use. The book shows the crucial importance
of charters as sources for understanding the history of royal
administration and, more broadly, the perceptions and portrayals of
kingly power, as well as developments in written culture.
Gothic Mash-Ups explores the role of intertextuality in Gothic
storytelling through the analysis of texts from diverse periods and
media. Drawing on recent scholarship on Gothic remix and
adaptation, the contributors examine crossover fictions,
multi-source film and comic book adaptations, neo-Victorian
pastiches, performance magic, monster mashes, and intertextual
Gothic works of various kinds. Their chapters investigate many
critical issues related to Gothic mash-up, including authorship,
originality, intellectual property, fandom, commercialization, and
canonicity. Although varied in approach, the chapters all explore
how Gothic storytellers make new stories out of older ones, relying
on a mix of appropriation and innovation. Covering many examples of
mash-up, from nineteenth-century Gothic novels to
twenty-first-century video games and interactive fiction, this
collection builds from the premise that the Gothic is a
fundamentally hybrid genre.
Staten Island is New York City's smallest yet fastest growing
borough: a conservative, suburban community of nearly a half a
million on the fringe of the nation's most liberal, global city.
Staten Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City chronicles
how this "forgotten borough" has grappled with its uneasy
relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s.
Daniel C. Kramer and Richard M. Flanagan analyze the politics
behind events that have shaped the borough, such as the opening of
the Verrazano Bridge and the closure of the Fresh Kills Landfill.
Lost opportunities are discussed, including the failure to
construct a rail link to the other boroughs of New York, to
adequately plan for the explosive housing boom in recent decades
and, some say, to create an independent City of Staten Island.
Unlike much of New York City, Staten Island is a place with robust
party competition and lively democratic politics with hard-fought
campaigns, bitter feuds, and career-ending scandals. Staten
Island's two most successful politicians of the twentieth
century-Republicans John Marchi and Guy Molinari-defended the
borough's interests while defining an urban conservativism that
would influence politics elsewhere. In fact, Staten Island has
played a pivotal role in the winning electoral coalitions of
Republican mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg and continues
to spark the imaginations of New Yorkers on a scale that is
disproportionate to the borough's relatively small size. Staten
Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City will allow readers
to gain access to the borough-based roots of New York City's
politics. This book will be of special interest to anyone who
wishes to understand the dynamics of middle-class life and
democratic representation in a global city.
For more than 40 years, Ken Russell has directed some of the most
provocative, controversial, and memorable films in British cinema,
including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy, and Altered
States. In this anthology, Kevin Flanagan has compiled essays that
simultaneously place Russell's films within various academic
contexts-gender studies, Victorian studies, and cultural
criticism-on the one hand and expand the foundational history of
Russell's career on the other. Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's
Last Mannerist recontextualizes the director's work in light of new
approaches to film studies and corrects or amends previous
scholarship. This collection tackles Russell's mainstream successes
(Tommy, Altered States) and his seldom-seen masterpieces (The
Debussy Film, Mahler), as well as his critical flops (Salome's Last
Dance, Lady Chatterley's Lover). The book also includes information
on Russell's most obscure television films, insights on his
controversial films of the 1970s, and a new consideration of
Russell's career in light of his recent return to amateur
filmmaking. Representing a significant collaboration among
scholars, Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist reflects
a newly revived interest in the work of this important filmmaker.
Big city mayors rank among the most powerful and colorful
politicians in America. Yet few books focus on the leadership
challenges the occupants of the office face. Mayors and the
Challenge of Urban Leadership examines twelve case studies of
mayoral leadership in seven cities, from the New Deal era to the
beginning of the 21st century. The prospects for mayoral success or
failure are driven by how mayors manage the fit between political
commitments and the broader patterns of political competition. City
Hall powerhouses like Richard J. Daley of Chicago (1954-76), David
Lawrence of Pittsburgh (1946-58), Tom Bradley of Lost Angeles
(1973-83), and Robert F. Wagner of New York (1954-65) came to power
in times of political crisis. They realigned politics in their
cities to reinvigorate municipal government and bolster their
power. In contrast, mayors with less redoubtable reputations like
Mayors Sam Yorty of Los Angeles (1961-73), Dennis Kucinich of
Cleveland (1977-79), Jane Byrne of Chicago (1979-83), and Frank
Rizzo of Philadelphia (1972-1980) were outsiders who lost their
battles to challenge powerful political coalitions in their cities.
The new breed mayors of the 1990s-among them Rudy Giuliani of New
York, Dennis Archer of Detroit, and Ed Rendell of Philadelphia-used
modern campaign and governing techniques and scored surprising
policy and political victories as a result. Mayors and the
Challenge of Urban Leadership concludes with a discussion of Mayor
Michael Bloomberg of New York, elected in the aftermath of the 9/11
attacks, as an exemplar of the modern style of governing big cities
in the 21st century.
Frank Flanagan explores significance Confucius' philosophy has for
Western education systems today. Frank Flanagan explores the
significance for western liberal/democratic educational systems of
the philosophy of Confucius. He presents the central elements of
Confucius' approach to education and government through an account
of the biography of Confucius, an analysis of Analects, and an
evaluation of the Confucian tradition through selected contemporary
critical accounts. He assesses the value that the Confucian
tradition has for the educational systems of advanced
industrialised countries in the 21st century.
How to capitalize on change -- as a key feature of modern living -
- is the central theme of this work. Incorporating the major
theoretical advances psychology has made during the last thirty
years, "People and Change" describes how clinical levels of
psychological difficulty can develop and how problems such as
phobias, depression, shyness, marital and sexual disharmony,
obsessions, and over-indulgence are treated.
Although a psychology text, "People and Change" offers an
unusually broad scope. The text acknowledges the interplay of
somatic vulnerabilities, environmental influences, large individual
differences, and various other factors that can be involved in the
complex stress process that leads to bad habits. The ability of the
individual to adapt to change through self-knowledge is stressed
throughout this important book.
This book explores alternatives to realist, triumphalist, and
heroic representations of war in British film and television.
Focusing on the period between the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the
Falkland War but offering connections to the moment of Brexit, it
argues that the "lost continent" of existential, satirical,
simulated, and abstractly traumatic war stories is as central to
understanding Britain's martial history as the mainstream
inheritance. The book features case studies that stress the
contribution of exiled or expatriate directors and outsider
sensibilities, with particular emphasis on Peter Watkins, Joseph
Losey, and Richard Lester. At the same time, it demonstrates
concerns and stylistic emphases that continue to the present in
television series and films by directors such as Lone Scherfig and
Christopher Nolan. Encompassing everything from features to
government information films, the book explores related trends in
the British film industry, popular culture, and film criticism,
while offering a sense of how these contexts contribute to
historical memory.
Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and
polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and
reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative
utilises time and space in its very construction.
This book draws together a collection of essays looking at the ways
in which charters and charter scholarship in different areas of
Britain and Ireland, highlighting comparisons and contrasts in
charter production and use. The book shows the crucial importance
of charters as sources for understanding the history of royal
administration and, more broadly, the perceptions and portrayals of
kingly power, as well as developments in written culture.
This comprehensive text integrates related aspects of wound
management, skin integrity and dermatology into a convenient,
one-stop resource. It explores the theories underpinning wound
management and skin integrity by reviewing the supporting evidence
and making practical recommendations for busy clinicians. Wound
Healing and Skin Integrity discusses current and future trends in
the management of wounds and maintenance of skin integrity in
respect to international healthcare initiatives and summarises the
principles of maintaining healthy skin to provide a practical guide
that is accessible to clinicians regardless of professional
background. The title fulfils the inter-professional learning
agenda and will be of interest to a wide range of clinicians,
including doctors; wound management, dermatology and palliative
care nurse specialists; community nurses; podiatrists; pharmacists;
and anyone responsible for managing patients with impaired skin
integrity. Key features: * A practical, accessible, evidence-based
manual on wound care and skin integrity * Integrates related
aspects of skin integrity, wound management and dermatology
previously found in separate texts into one comprehensive resource
* Written from a broad international perspective with contributions
from key international opinion leaders from Australia, UK, Canada
and Europe * Promotes international practice development in
relation to management of skin integrity and chronic wounds * Full
colour illustrations throughout * Defines key terms, relates
anatomy and physiology to clinical practice and provides a summary
of easily accessible online learning resources * Includes practical
tips from expert practitioners, commonly presented clinical queries
and discussion of professional issues related to skin integrity
This book explores alternatives to realist, triumphalist, and
heroic representations of war in British film and television.
Focusing on the period between the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the
Falkland War but offering connections to the moment of Brexit, it
argues that the "lost continent" of existential, satirical,
simulated, and abstractly traumatic war stories is as central to
understanding Britain's martial history as the mainstream
inheritance. The book features case studies that stress the
contribution of exiled or expatriate directors and outsider
sensibilities, with particular emphasis on Peter Watkins, Joseph
Losey, and Richard Lester. At the same time, it demonstrates
concerns and stylistic emphases that continue to the present in
television series and films by directors such as Lone Scherfig and
Christopher Nolan. Encompassing everything from features to
government information films, the book explores related trends in
the British film industry, popular culture, and film criticism,
while offering a sense of how these contexts contribute to
historical memory.
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Recent Advances in Histopathology: 24 features a collection of in
depth reviews of the latest developments in the field. Written in
an accessible and easy to read format and featuring such topics as
the implementation of digital histology, molecular pathology of
pancreatic cancer and the big bang theory of tumour development:
how cancers start, each chapter provides a comprehensive overview,
and emphasises the salient points of interest. This latest volume
in the series is an invaluable resource for busy clinicians and
those sitting FRCPath examinations. Key Points 12 chapters
summarising important recent advances within the field of
Histopathology All topics are written in a practical and clinically
relevant manner, further enhanced by the 'key clinical points for
practice' sections at the end of each chapter Provides an effective
exam revision tool for FRCPath(UK) All chapters written by expert
authors ensuring authoritative and accurate content Full colour
photographs throughout
A fascinating look at the greatest educators of all time including
Rousseau, Newman, Montessori and Freire. The Greatest Educators
Ever brings together the most influential and interesting educators
of all time. With entries ranging from Plato to Jesus, and Froebel
to Freire, This book provides a fascinating overview of the
development of educational thought through the ages. Frank Flanagan
writes engagingly and accessibly, considering each educator's
unique contribution and placing it in a historical and intellectual
context. A fascinating read for educators and students alike.
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