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About Last Night (DVD)
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Steve Pink directs this romantic comedy, based on David Marmet's
play 'Sexual Perversity in Chicago', starring Kevin Hart, Michael
Ealy, Regina Hall and Joy Bryant. Bernie Jackson (Hart) and his
friend Danny Martin (Ealy) consider themselves successful
womanisers. However, when they become involved with two roommates,
Joan Derrickson (Hall) and Debbie Sullivan (Bryant), Bernie and
Danny find that life becomes a lot more complicated. The two
couples go through numerous ups and downs, with the difficulties
and successes of each relationship having a knock-on effect on the
other. Can romance and friendship survive such close proximity?
Benson Lee directs this drama starring Josh Holloway and Chris
Brown in which a down on his luck basketball coach attempts to
rally a team of breakdancers to win a major competition. Though
America initially set up the 'Battle of the Year' competition,
where the best b-boying (or breakdancing) performers from a number
of countries square off, a team from the US hasn't taken the trophy
home for 15 years. This greatly concerns L.A. rap mogul Dante (Laz
Alonso) who attempts to convince his friend Blake (Holloway), a top
basketball coach who has fallen on hard times, to take charge of
this year's team. Though Blake is initially sceptical, he quickly
realises that his ability to build team spirit may be the missing
ingredient. Can his team, which includes Rooster (Brown), prevail
in this year's competition?
Originally published in 1979, Ideology and Cultural Production
examines the contribution to the debate surrounding 'culture',
'ideology' and 'representation' in this collection of essays.
Originally presented as papers at the 1978 British Sociological
Conference on the theme of culture, the collection is tied together
under the argument for a definition which emphasises the material
and ideological conditions of cultural production. The volume
discusses key issues, such as the break with 'super-structural
theory', the question of economism and the argument between
culturalism and structuralism, as well as the central debates of
determinism and autonomy.
Originally published in 1979, Ideology and Cultural Production
examines the contribution to the debate surrounding 'culture',
'ideology', and 'representation', in this collection of essays.
Originally presented as papers at the 1978 British Sociological
Conference on the theme of culture, the collection is tied together
under the argument for a definition, which emphasizes the material
and ideological conditions of cultural production. The volume
discusses key issues, such as the break with 'super-structural
theory', the question of economism, and the argument between
culturalism and structuralism, as well as the central debates of
determinism and autonomy.
In a world shrunk by modern transport and communication, Star Trek
has maintained the values of western maritime exploration through
the discovery of 'strange new worlds' in space. Throughout its
fifty-year history, the 'starry sea' has provided a familiar
backdrop to an ongoing interrogation of what it means to be human.
This book charts the developing Star Trek story from the 1960s
through to the present day. Although the core values and
progressive politics of the series' earliest episodes have remained
at the heart of Star Trek throughout half a century, in other ways
the story it tells has shifted with the times. While The Original
Series and The Next Generation showed a faith in science and
rationalism, and in a benign liberal leadership, with Deep Space
Nine and Voyager that 'modern' order began to decline, as religion,
mental illness and fragmented identities took hold. Now fully
revised and updated to include the prequel series Enterprise and
the current reboot film series, this new second edition of Star
Trek: The Human Frontier - published to coincide with Star Trek's
golden jubilee celebrations - addresses these issues in a range of
cultural contexts, and draws together an unusual combination of
expertise. Written to appeal to both the true Trekker and those who
don't know Star Trek from Star Wars, the book explores and explains
the ideas and ideals behind a remarkable cultural phenomenon.
Bobby Baker is one of most widely acclaimed and popular performance
artists working today. Over the course of a thirty-five-year career
she has toured the globe with her wildly stimulating explorations
of 'Daily Life' and has been extensively written about and studied.
This fully-illustrated book brings together for the first time an
account of Baker's career as an artist - from her first sculptures
at Central St Martins in the early 1970s to her most recent work,
'How to Live' and 'Diary Drawings' - with critical commentary by
reviewers and academic practitioners. It includes: Bobby Baker's
own 'Chronicle' of her work as artist and performer illuminating
critical writing about Baker's shows transcripts of Baker's
performances and other original materials reproduced here for the
first time significant new essays by Michele Barrett and Griselda
Pollock a new interview with Bobby Baker by Adrian Heathfield.
Under the guiding editorial hand of distinguished cultural theorist
Michele Barrett, this volume is an essential text for students
interested in performance, gender, and visual culture, and a hugely
absorbing and accessible account of Baker's work.
Bobby Baker is one of most widely acclaimed and popular performance
artists working today. Over the course of a thirty-five-year career
she has toured the globe with her wildly stimulating explorations
of 'Daily Life' and has been extensively written about and studied.
This fully-illustrated book brings together for the first time an
account of Baker's career as an artist - from her first sculptures
at Central St Martins in the early 1970s to her most recent work,
'How to Live' and 'Diary Drawings' - with critical commentary by
reviewers and academic practitioners. It includes: Bobby Baker's
own 'Chronicle' of her work as artist and performer illuminating
critical writing about Baker's shows transcripts of Baker's
performances and other original materials reproduced here for the
first time significant new essays by Michele Barrett and Griselda
Pollock a new interview with Bobby Baker by Adrian Heathfield.
Under the guiding editorial hand of distinguished cultural theorist
Michele Barrett, this volume is an essential text for students
interested in performance, gender, and visual culture, and a hugely
absorbing and accessible account of Baker's work.
This volume contains two Open Access chapters. Digital
transformation is permeating all domains of business and society.
Digital Transformation and Institutional Theory explores how
manifestations of digital transformation requires rethinking of our
understanding and theorization of institutional processes.
Showcasing a collaborative forum of organization and management
theory scholars and information systems researchers, the authors
enrich institutional theory approaches in understanding digital
transformation. Advancing institutional perspectives with an agenda
for future research and methodological reflections, the chapters
delve into digital transformations in relation to institutional
logics and technological affordances, professional projects and new
institutional agents, institutional infrastructure, and field
governance. This volume deepens our understanding of the pervasive
and increasingly important relationship between technology and
institutions and the response of existing professions to the
emergence of digital technologies. Moreover, the authors offer a
cutting-edge analysis of how new digital organizational forms
affect institutional fields, their infrastructure, and thus their
governance.
This book represents the compilation of papers presented at the
IFIP Working Group 8. 2 conference entitled "Information Technology
in the Service Economy: Challenges st and Possibilities for the 21
Century. " The conference took place at Ryerson University,
Toronto, Canada, on August 10 13, 2008. Par ticipation in the
conference spanned the continents from Asia to Europe with paper
submissions global in focus as well. Conference submissions
included complete d research papers and research in progress
reports. Papers submitted to the conference went through a double
blind review process in which the program co chairs, an associate
editor, and reviewers provided assessments and recommendations. The
editor ial efforts of the associate editors and reviewers in this
process were outstanding. To foster high quality research
publications in this field of study, authors of accepted pape rs
were then invited to revise and resubmit their work. Through this
rigorous review and revision process, 12 completed research papers
and 11 research in progress reports were accepted for presentation
and publica tion. Paper workshop sessions were also esta blished to
provide authors of emergent work an opportunity to receive feedback
fromthe IF IP 8. 2 community. Abstracts of these new projects are
included in this volume. Four panels were presented at the
conference to provide discussion forums for the varied aspect s of
IT, service, and globalization. Panel abstracts are also included
here.
This book represents the compilation of papers presented at the
IFIP Working Group 8. 2 conference entitled "Information Technology
in the Service Economy: Challenges st and Possibilities for the 21
Century. " The conference took place at Ryerson University,
Toronto, Canada, on August 10 13, 2008. Par ticipation in the
conference spanned the continents from Asia to Europe with paper
submissions global in focus as well. Conference submissions
included complete d research papers and research in progress
reports. Papers submitted to the conference went through a double
blind review process in which the program co chairs, an associate
editor, and reviewers provided assessments and recommendations. The
editor ial efforts of the associate editors and reviewers in this
process were outstanding. To foster high quality research
publications in this field of study, authors of accepted pape rs
were then invited to revise and resubmit their work. Through this
rigorous review and revision process, 12 completed research papers
and 11 research in progress reports were accepted for presentation
and publica tion. Paper workshop sessions were also esta blished to
provide authors of emergent work an opportunity to receive feedback
fromthe IF IP 8. 2 community. Abstracts of these new projects are
included in this volume. Four panels were presented at the
conference to provide discussion forums for the varied aspect s of
IT, service, and globalization. Panel abstracts are also included
here.
In the past decade the central principles of western feminist
theory have been dramatically challenged. many feminists have
endorsed post-structuralism's rejection of essentialist theoretical
categories, and have added a powerful gender dimension to
contemporary critiques of modernity. Earlier 'women' have been
radically undermined, and newer concerns with 'difference',
'identity', and 'power' have emerged. Destabilizing Theory explores
these developments in a set of specially commissioned essays by
feminist theorists. Does this change amount to a real shift within
feminist theory, or will feminism's links with an emancipatory
modernism reinstate an older political agenda? Can we transcend the
common counterposition of equality and difference, or is feminism
condemned to argue within the terms of this binary opposition?
For a long time, the term 'ideology' was in disrepute, having
become associated with such unfashionable notions as fundamental
truth and the eternal verities. The tide has turned, and recent
years have seen a revival of interest in the questions that
ideology poses to social and cultural theory, and to political
practice. Mapping Ideology is a comprehensive reader covering the
most important contemporary writing on the subject. Including
Slavoj Zizek's study of the development of the concept from Marx to
the present, assessments of the contributions of Lukacs and the
Frankfurt School by Terry Eagleton, Peter Dews and Seyla Benhabib,
and essays by Adorno, Lacan and Althusser, Mapping Ideology is an
invaluable guide to the most dynamic field in cultural theory.
Despite much talk of its decline, the nuclear family persists as a
structure central to contemporary society, a fact to be lamented,
according to the ideas of Michele Barrett and Mary McIntosh. The
Anti-social Family dissects the network of household, kinship and
sexual relations that constitute the family form in advanced
capitalist societies to show how they reinforce conditions of
inequality. This classic work explores the personal and social
needs that the family promises to meet but more often denies, and
proposes moral and political practices for more egalitarian caring
alternatives.
Women's Oppression Today is now a classic text in the debate about
Marxism and feminism and has been reprinted many times since its
first publication in 1980. Acknowledging the book as a product of
the specific political climate of the time it was written, Michele
Barrett in this revised edition surveys the political and
intellectual changes that have subsequently taken place, changes
which would make the writing of such a text now impossible. In a
major new essay she discusses the symptomatic absence from the book
of any consideration of ethnicity, race and racism, and also
reviews the significant developments that have occurred in the
understanding of gender and class since its first publication.
Whilst defending the central arguments of the book in their own
terms, she points to fundamental changes in the context in which
such debate might be conducted today. The philosophical challenge
of various forms of poststructuralism to the certainties of the
book's materialist premises are discussed, as is the challenge of
postmodernism to grand political projects such as socialism and
feminism.
Imagination in Theory focuses on Mich le Barrett's long-standing
interest in cultural questions and shows how it informs her
analysis of current developments in social and feminist theory.
Taking culture, theory, and writing as its themes, the book
"translates" across the barriers between the humanities and social
sciences, raising a number of important-and
controversial-issues.
Whether you're sipping coffee by a canal, exploring lavish palaces,
or discovering the real meaning of hygge, get to know the Danish
capital with Moon Copenhagen & Beyond. *Explore In and Around
the City: Meander through Copenhagen's most interesting
neighbourhoods, like the Inner City, Vesterbro, Norrebro, and
Christianshavn, and nearby areas, including Kronborg, Kongens
Lyngby, Malmoe, and more *Go at Your Own Pace: Choose from tons of
itinerary options designed for foodies, history buffs, art lovers,
and more *See the Sights: Stroll cobbled streets and cycle along
picture-perfect canals, watch the changing of the guard at
Amalienborg, picnic on the grounds of the Frederiksberg Palace, and
spend an afternoon at the iconic old-school amusement park Tivoli
Gardens *Get Outside the City: Visit the renowned art collection on
the shores of the Oresund, unwind in the Swedish coastal city of
Malmoe, or stroll the old-fashioned fairground in Kongens Lyngby
*Savour the Flavours: Snack on open-faced rugbrod (rye bread)
sandwiches or delicious Danish pastries, sample Middle Eastern
mezze or shawarma, or dine at Michelin-starred restaurants
*Experience the Nightlife: From wine bars and craft cocktail
lounges to thrifty bodegas and pop-up "Friday bars," dig into
Copenhagen's vibrant nightlife *Get to Know the Real Copenhagen:
Denmark local Michael Barrett shares his favourite spots in the
city *Full-Colour Photos and Detailed Maps throughout, plus a
fold-out map *Handy Tools: Background information on the city's
history and culture, plus tips on sustainable travel, what to pack,
where to stay, and how to get around Day trip itineraries,
favourite local spots, and strategies to skip the crowds: Take your
time with Moon Copenhagen & Beyond. Want to experience more of
Scandinavia? Try Moon Norway. Exploring more of Europe? Check out
Moon Rome, Florence & Venice or Moon Barcelona & Madrid.
In the past decade the central principles of western feminist
theory have been dramatically challenged. many feminists have
endorsed post-structuralism's rejection of essentialist theoretical
categories, and have added a powerful gender dimension to
contemporary critiques of modernity. Earlier 'women' have been
radically undermined, and newer concerns with 'difference',
'identity', and 'power' have emerged. Destabilizing Theory explores
these developments in a set of specially commissioned essays by
feminist theorists. Does this change amount to a real shift within
feminist theory, or will feminism's links with an emancipatory
modernism reinstate an older political agenda? Can we transcend the
common counterposition of equality and difference, or is feminism
condemned to argue within the terms of this binary opposition?
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The Althusserian Legacy (Paperback)
E.Ann Kaplan, Michael Sprinker; E.Ann Kaplan; Contributions by Alain Lipietz, Alex Callinicos, …
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Louis Althusser remained until his death in 1990 the most
controversial of the "master thinkers" who emerged from the
turbulent Parisian intellectual scene of the 1960s. The publication
of his bestselling posthumous "autobiography", L'avenir dure
longtemps, has now refueled some of these controversies. Hugely
influential, whether lauded or vilified, Althusser occupies a
unique place in contemporary philosophy. What is certain is that
Althusserian themes and motifs continue to constitute a vital
region in materialist thought. The Althusserian Legacy is the first
collective attempt to draw up a balance sheet, not on Althusser
alone but on the questions that his work helped to bring to the
forefront of Marxist theory. The volume brings together work in
history, philosophy, economics, sociology, and literary criticism,
all of it derived from or significantly inflected by Althusser.
Taken together, the essays assess soberly, critically, but always
generously, the full extent of his legacy. The volume contains a
lengthy interview with Jacques Derrida, a long-time friend and
colleague of Althusser at the Ecole Normale in Paris, and concludes
with obituaries by Derrida and Gregory Elliott. Perhaps only now,
more than a decade after his active intellectual life has come to a
close, is it possible to render sound, just judgments on the
meaning and significance of this much-debated body of work. The
Althusserian Legacy is a rich beginning to that important task.
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