Intellect Ltd: New Titles

Intellect Ltd: New Titles http://www.press.uchicago.edu/rss/newintellect.xml The latest new books from Intellect Ltd en-us erg@press.uchicago.edu Zapolska's Women http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=6914380 Gabriela Zapolska <br><br><DIV><P>Gabriela Zapolska (1857–1921) was one of the foremost modernist Polish playwrights. <I>Zapolska’s Women</I> features three of her performance texts that focus on the economic and social pressures faced by women in partitioned Poland at the end of the eighteenth century. In addition to the plays, <I>Zapolska’s Women</I> provides a detailed biography of Zapolska, relating her life story to the themes of each play; an analysis of her significance within Polish and European literary and theatrical traditions; and background on the social and historical conditions within Poland during the time the plays were written and originally performed. This informative collection of groundbreaking plays will introduce an English-speaking audience to Zapolska’s important work.</P></DIV><br></div> Design Integrations http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=6921807 Edited by Sharon Poggenpohl and Keiichi Sato <br><br><DIV><P><I>Design Integrations</I> calls for an innovative rethinking of design education, one that recognizes the changing modes of design and the shifting forms of user experience. The contributors urge new methods of approach that focus on interdisciplinary collaboration between the academic and business worlds. These essays, among the first to focus on the future of design, often in-depth explorations of inter-institutional projects, cross-cultural learning experiences, and a multinational healthcare project. <I>Design Integrations</I> will be of interest to design teachers and practitioners alike.</P></DIV><br></div> European Journalism Education http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=6921814 Edited by Georgios Terzis <br><br><DIV><P>This book is the first comprehensive directory of the journalism education and training offered in thirty-three European countries. The volume, organized by country, discusses the history of journalism education and includes an analysis of all the current university programs and training provided by private media and professional organizations in each location. In addition, each section includes a thorough examination of the historical, political, economic and social framework of journalism in each country that looks towards the future of journalism education and media in Europe. <I>European Journalism Education</I> will be an asset to scholars of international communication studies and to media policy makers around the world.</P></DIV><br></div> Performing Violence http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364207 Birgit Beumers and Mark Lipovetsky <br><br><DIV><DIV><P>The so-called “New Russian Drama” emerged at the end of the twentieth century, following a long period of decline in dramatic writing in the late Soviet and post-Soviet era. In <I>Performing Violence</I>, Birgit Beumers and Mark Lipovetsky examine the representation of violence in these new dramatic works by young Russian playwrights. Reflecting the disappointment in Yeltsin’s democratic reforms and Putin’s neoconservative politics, the plays focus on political and social representations of violence, its performances, and its justifications. </P><P>As the first English-language study of Russian drama and theatre in the twenty-first century,<I> Performing Violence</I> seeks a vantage point for the analysis of brutality in post-Soviet culture. While previous generations had preferred poetry and prose, this new breed of authors—the Presnyakov brothers, Evgeni Grishkovets, and Vasili Sigarev among them—have garnered international recognition for their fierce plays. This book investigates the violent portrayal of the identity crisis of a generation as represented in their theatrical works, and will be a key text for students and scholars of drama, Russian studies, and literature.</P></DIV></DIV><br></div> Futures of Chinese Cinema http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364212 Edited by Olivia Khoo and Sean Metzger <br><br><DIV><DIV><P>In recent years, Chinese film has garnered worldwide attention, and this interdisciplinary collection investigates how new technologies, changing production constraints, and shifting viewing practices have shaped perceptions of Chinese screen cultures. For the first time, international scholars from film studies, media studies, history and sociology have come together to examine technology and temporality in Chinese cinema today.</P><P><I>Futures of Chinese Cinema</I> takes an innovative approach, arguing for a broadening of Chinese screen cultures to account for new technologies of screening, from computers and digital video to smaller screens (including mobile phones). It also considers time and technology in both popular blockbusters and independent art films from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese diasporas. The contributors explore transnational connections, including little-discussed Chinese-Japanese and Sino-Soviet interactions. With an exciting array of essays by established and emerging scholars, <I>Futures of Chinese Cinema</I> represents a fresh contribution to film and cultural studies.</P></DIV></DIV><br></div> Walking, Writing and Performance http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364217 Edited by Roberta Mock <br><br><DIV><P>This collection charts three projects by performers who generate autobiographical writing by walking through inspirational landscapes. Included in the book are the full texts of <I>The Crab Walks</I> and <I>Crab Steps Aside</I> by Phil Smith, <I>Mourning Walk</I> by Carl Lavery, and <I>Tree</I> by Deirdre Heddon, each accompanied by photographs and contextual essays. Taken together or separately, the work of all three artist-scholars raises important issues about memory, the ethics of autobiographical performance, ritual, life writing, and site-specific performance. </P></DIV><br></div> Aesthetic Journalism http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364220 Alfredo Cramerotti <br><br><DIV><P>Addressing a growing area of focus in contemporary art, <I>Aesthetic Journalism</I> investigates why contemporary art exhibitions often consist of interviews, documentaries, and reportage. Art theorist and critic Alfredo Cramerotti traces the shift in the production of truth from the domain of the news media to that of art and aestheticism—a change that questions the very foundations of journalism and the nature of art. This volume challenges the way we understand art and journalism in contemporary culture and suggests future developments of this new relationship.</P></DIV><br></div> Developing Dialogues http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364224 Susan Forde, Kerrie Foxwell, and Michael Meadows <br><br><DIV><P>The traditional audience/producer boundary has collapsed in indigenous and ethnic community broadcasting, and this is the first comprehensive study of this homegrown media sector. Based on firsthand research of radio and television audiences in Australia, the authors argue that community radio and television worldwide performs an essential service for indigenous and ethnic audiences, empowering them at various levels, fostering active citizenry, and enhancing democracy. <I>Developing Dialogues</I> offers international researchers a new perspective on Australian community broadcasting and presents evidence of global trends in the media industry. </P></DIV><br></div> Serbian & Greek Art Music http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364230 Edited by Katy Romanou <br><br><DIV><P>The music of Serbia and Greece has long been a vital part of Balkan culture, but it has been excluded from the academic canon of Western music history. Katy Romanou corrects this oversight with <I>Serbian and Greek Art Music</I>, the first book in English on the subject. Written by seven renowned musicologists, the book stresses the interaction between music and politics and relates the efforts of local musicians to synchronize their musical environment with the West. Focusing on music education, musical culture, and creation, this timely volume will be of interest to musicologists and scholars of Balkan culture.</P></DIV><br></div> Directors & Designers http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364234 Edited by Christine White <br><br><DIV><P><I>Directors and Designers </I>explores the practice of scenography—the creation of perspective in the design and painting of stage scenery—and offers new insight into the working relationships of the people responsible for these theatrical transformations. With contributions from leading practitioners and theorists, editor Christine White describes the way in which the roles of director and designer have developed over time. Featuring chapters on theater and site-specific performance, theatrical communication and aesthetics, and the cognitive reception of design by the audience, this volume provides a valuable resource on current approaches to scenography for professionals and students.</P></DIV><br></div> Musical Comedy Films of Grigorii Aleksandrov http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/rssresolve.cgi?id=8364244 Rimgaila Salys <br><br><DIV><P>Grigorii Aleksandrov’s musical comedy films, created with composer Isaak Dunaevskii, were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s and ’40s. Drawing on studio documents, press materials, and interviews with surviving film crew members, <I>The Musical Comedy Films of Grigorii Aleksandrov</I> presents the untold production history of the films. Salys explores how Aleksandrov’s cinema preserved the paradigms of the American musical, including its comedic tradition, using both to inscribe the foundation myths of the Stalin era in the national consciousness. As the first major study to situate these films in the cultural context of the era, this book will be essential to courses on Russian cinema and Soviet culture.</P></DIV><br></div>