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The Altering Eye covers a "golden age" of international cinema from
the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970s.
Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, the author
develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from
neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard
and Rainer Maria Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major
figures as Luis Buuel, Joseph Losey, the Brazilian director Glauber
Rocha, and the work of major Cuban filmmakers. Kolker's book has
become a much quoted classic in the field of film studies providing
essential reading for anybody interested in understanding the
history of European and international cinema. This new and revised
edition includes a substantive new Preface by the author and an
updated Bibliography.
The last quarter of the twentieth century was a very important
period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called 'Great
Debate', the period witnessed intense public and political interest
in educational issues, culminating in an almost unprecedented
amount of education-related legislation, the most symbolic of which
was the Education Reform Act of 1988. Some scholars have rightly
claimed that the education system was 'transformed' during this
period, pointing to major changes in the ways in which schools,
further education colleges and universities were organised, managed
and controlled. Others have claimed that these changes altered the
power relationships which had underpinned the education system
since 1944. Given the sheer scale and pace of the education-policy
related reforms of this period, this edited collection brings
together some of the leading scholars in education to reflect on
the major legislative and structural changes in education over the
past few decades. Published in the year of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Callaghan's Ruskin College speech in 1976, it
provides a definitive contemporary history of education policy in
the late twentieth century. The editors bring together some of the
leading educationalists to reflect on the major legislative and
structural changes in the field over the last twenty five years.
The book will be of use to education students on undergraduate and
postgraduate courses, as well as students and academics working in
social policy.
DELMORE SCHWARTZ: from his glorification as the golden boy of the
American literary scene to his untimely death in 1966, alone and
destitute. JAMES LAUGHLIN: founder of New Directions, publisher and
editor of the modernists. This collection chronicles a
correspondence that began with the poet's first unsolicited
submission to New Directions in 1937, and continued throughout the
tempestuous friendship that lasted until the poet's death. The
relationship that developed between them was both literary, steeped
in their own work and that of their contemporaries, and personal:
gifted storytellers, they delighted each other with factual and
fictional observations. The two remained friends and colleagues
until the mental illness that eventually claimed him began to
destroy Schwartz's ability to trust even those closest to him. Here
follows the highs and lows of a relationship between two
extraordinary personalities.
The last quarter of the twentieth century was a very important
period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called 'Great
Debate', the period witnessed intense public and political interest
in educational issues, culminating in an almost unprecedented
amount of education-related legislation, the most symbolic of which
was the Education Reform Act of 1988. Some scholars have rightly
claimed that the education system was 'transformed' during this
period, pointing to major changes in the ways in which schools,
further education colleges and universities were organised, managed
and controlled. Others have claimed that these changes altered the
power relationships which had underpinned the education system
since 1944. Given the sheer scale and pace of the education-policy
related reforms of this period, this edited collection brings
together some of the leading scholars in education to reflect on
the major legislative and structural changes in education over the
past few decades. Published in the year of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Callaghan's Ruskin College speech in 1976, it
provides a definitive contemporary history of education policy in
the late twentieth century. The editors bring together some of the
leading educationalists to reflect on the major legislative and
structural changes in the field over the last twenty five years.
The book will be of use to education students on undergraduate and
postgraduate courses, as well as students and academics working in
social policy.
Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this
book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and
organization of history in primary and secondary schools.
The authors trace the development of one of the most well-known
directors of the New German Cinema that flourished in the 1970s and
early 1980s. Examining Wim Wenders' career from his early film
school productions through his mature works of the 1970s, this book
also analyses the most recent works, as well as the themes and
preoccupations that unite his oeuvre. As the authors note, Wenders'
works have been profoundly influenced by American films, especially
the 'road movie' genre. His own work often features characters who
are always on the move, in an attempt to capture a glimpse of their
identity and place in the world. They also represent a generation
of postwar Germans seeking to redeem themselves and the history of
their country by turning to American popular culture, particularly
its music and movies.
Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary schools.
We have grown accustomed to two beliefs: the first, that only
experts can be designers; the second, that our everyday activities
are harming the natural world. Yet, with new platforms, digital
communication and engaged online communities, the products we can
now design - and truly need - can be made by anyone for social and
environmental good. Social design can see that primary school
children learn to code, and uses local information in off-grid
locations to create global change. Open-source design is enabling
us to re-make our world right now. Structured into eight areas of
application, from healthcare to education, this book showcases over
sixty projects - not the kind you see in glossy magazines or
online, but the ones that have made a genuine difference to
communities and lives around the world. Rather than being
client-driven, as commercial design often is, each project here is
the result of designers who reach out, communities who get involved
and the technologies that helping people to realize ideas together.
From a playground-powered water pump in South Africa to a DIY
budget cellphone, each of these groundbreaking projects is
presented through fascinating and life-affirming stories, diagrams
that reveal the mechanisms and motivations behind each design
approach, and photography that celebrates the humanity of the
endeavour.
The Oxford Handbook of Pricing Management is a comprehensive guide
to the theory and practice of pricing across industries,
environments, and methodologies. The Handbook illustrates the wide
variety of pricing approaches that are used in different
industries. It also covers the diverse range of methodologies that
are needed to support pricing decisions across these different
industries. It includes more than 30 chapters written by pricing
leaders from industry, consulting, and academia. It explains how
pricing is actually performed in a range of industries, from
airlines and internet advertising to electric power and health
care. The volume covers the fundamental principles of pricing, such
as price theory in economics, models of consumer demand, game
theory, and behavioural issues in pricing, as well as specific
pricing tactics such as customized pricing, nonlinear pricing,
dynamic pricing, sales promotions, markdown management, revenue
management, and auction pricing. In addition, there are articles on
the key issues involved in structuring and managing a pricing
organization, setting a global pricing strategy, and pricing in
business-to-business settings.
In Virtual Activism: Sexuality, the Internet, and a Social Movement
in Singapore, cultural anthropologist Robert Phillips provides a
detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study that looks at the
changes in LGBT activism in Singapore in the period 1993-2019.
Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with activist organizations
and individuals, Phillips illustrates key theoretical ideas -
including illiberal pragmatics and neoliberal homonormativity -
that, in combination with the introduction of the Internet, have
shaped the manner by which LGBT Singaporeans are framing and
subsequently claiming rights. Phillips argues that the activism
engaged in by LGBT Singaporeans for governmental and societal
recognition is in many respects virtual. His analysis documents how
the actions of activists have resulted in some noteworthy changes
in the lives of LGBT Singaporeans, but nothing as grand as some
would have hoped, thus indexing the "not quite" aspect of the
virtual. Yet, Virtual Activism also demonstrates how these actions
have encouraged LGBT Singaporeans to fight even harder for their
rights, signalling the "possibilities" that the virtual holds.
The Oxford Handbook of Pricing Management is a comprehensive guide
to the theory and practice of pricing across industries,
environments, and methodologies. The Handbook illustrates the wide
variety of pricing approaches that are used in different
industries. It also covers the diverse range of methodologies that
are needed to support pricing decisions across these different
industries. It includes more than 30 chapters written by pricing
leaders from industry, consulting, and academia. It explains how
pricing is actually performed in a range of industries, from
airlines and internet advertising to electric power and health
care. The volume covers the fundamental principles of pricing, such
as price theory in economics, models of consumer demand, game
theory, and behavioural issues in pricing, as well as specific
pricing tactics such as customized pricing, nonlinear pricing,
dynamic pricing, sales promotions, markdown management, revenue
management, and auction pricing. In addition, there are articles on
the key issues involved in structuring and managing a pricing
organization, setting a global pricing strategy, and pricing in
business-to-business settings.
This issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine focuses on Sarciodosis.
Drs. Baughman and Culver have put together a, expert roster of
authors for articles concerning: Etiology of sarcoidosis,
Immunology of sarcoidosis, Genetics of Sarcoidosis, Diagnosis of
sarcoidosis, Chest imaging, Biomarkers and genetic profiles,
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, Neurosarcoidosis, Cardiac Sarcoidosis,
Ocular Sarcoidosis, Quality of life assessments, and more!
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Robert Phillips is a prominent figure in what has been called
America's neglected "transition generation"--poets born in the late
1930s and early 1940s. "Spinach Days" is his sixth full-length
collection, following his critically acclaimed "Breakdown Lane"
(Johns Hopkins, 1994), named a Notable Book of the Year by the "New
York Times." In content and in its various use of forms, "Spinach
Days" is Phillips' most innovative book yet. There are long
narratives and short lyrics, villanelles and somonkas, haiku and
found poems, free verse and eclogues, on subjects ranging from St.
Francis to the Holocaust, from Jung's concept of the "anima" to a
particular bit of American folklore on the gangster John Dillinger.
Throughout, the poet's memory is the cohesive force, mixing events
of childhood with adulthood, rural life with big-city life, love
with loss, and humorous events with tragic ones. Phillips reveals
himself to be a master of closure, and he writes as one who
delights in the liveliness of language and wordplay.
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