Автор: Parkins Ilya Название: Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli ISBN: 0857853279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857853271 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Рейтинг: Цена: 4275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление.
Описание: Through a highly original and detailed analysis of the memoirs, interviews and other life writings of Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli, this book explores changing notions of femininity in the early decades of the twentieth century, when the democratization of fashion began. Examining the idea of modernity, eternity and the ephemeral in the writings of these haute couturiers, the book reflects on fashion's ambivalent approach to women, which both celebrated and vilified them, presenting them as both ultra modern style leaders and irrational creatures stuck in the past. This fascinating text is key reading for scholars and students of fashion, gender studies, cultural studies and history.
Описание: In this page-turning, myth-busting history, acclaimed author Rodney Stark shows exactly why Western civilization triumphed over other cultures—and why we all should be thankful it did.Modernity developed only in the West—in Europe and North America. Nowhere else did science and democracy arise; nowhere else was slavery outlawed. Only Westerners invented chimneys, musical scores, telescopes, eyeglasses, pianos, electric lights, aspirin, and soap.The question is, Why?Unfortunately, that question has become so politically incorrect that most scholars avoid it. But acclaimed author Rodney Stark provides the answers in this sweeping look at Western civilization.Taking readers on a thrilling journey from ancient Greece to the present, Stark challenges much of the received wisdom about Western history. How the West Won shows, for example:Why the fall of Rome was the single most beneficial event in the rise of Western civilizationWhy the “Dark Ages” never happenedWhy the Crusades had nothing to do with grabbing loot or attacking the Muslim world unprovokedWhy there was no “Scientific Revolution” in the seventeenth centuryWhy scholars’ recent efforts to dismiss the importance of battles are ridiculous: had the Greeks lost at the Battle of Marathon, we probably would never have heard of Plato or AristotleStark also debunks absurd fabrications that have flourished in the past few decades: that the Greeks stole their culture from Africa; that the West’s “discoveries” were copied from the Chinese and Muslims; that Europe became rich by plundering the non-Western world.This bold, insightful book will force you to rethink your understanding of the West and the birth of modernity—and to recognize that Western civilization really has set itself apart from other cultures.
Автор: Darius Cooper Название: The Cinema of Satyajit Ray ISBN: 0521629802 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521629805 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3326.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Darius Cooper`s study of Ray is the first to examine his rich and varied work from a social and historical perspective. The most comprehensive treatment of Ray`s work, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray makes accessible the oeuvre of one of the most prolific and creative filmmakers of the twentieth century.
Описание: A vibrant history of acoustical technology and aural culture in early-twentieth-century America.
Автор: Mignolo, Walter D. Название: Darker Side of Western Modernity ISBN: 0822350785 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822350781 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: During the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, coloniality emerged as a new structure of power as Europeans colonized the Americas and built on the ideas of Western civilization and modernity as the endpoints of historical time and Europe as the center of the world. Walter D. Mignolo argues that coloniality is the darker side of Western modernity, a complex matrix of power that has been created and controlled by Western men and institutions from the Renaissance, when it was driven by Christian theology, through the late twentieth century and the dictates of neoliberalism. This cycle of coloniality is coming to an end. Two main forces are challenging Western leadership in the early twenty-first century. One of these, “dewesternization,” is an irreversible shift to the East in struggles over knowledge, economics, and politics. The second force is “decoloniality.” Mignolo explains that decoloniality requires delinking from the colonial matrix of power underlying Western modernity to imagine and build global futures in which human beings and the natural world are no longer exploited in the relentless quest for wealth accumulation.
Автор: Ping Название: China`s Search for Modernity ISBN: 0333977157 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333977156 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Twenty years after a return from fundamentalism to economic reality, China has become the world`s tenth largest economy and an increasingly important global power. The author focuses on China`s quest for and experience of modernity.
Автор: McCormick Название: Gender and Sexuality in Weimar Modernity ISBN: 031229302X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312293024 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9083.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Richard McCormick takes a fresh look at the crisis of gender in Weimar Germany through the analysis of selected cultural texts, both literary and film, characterized under the label `New Objectivity`. This movement was profoundly gendered - the epitome of the `New Objectivity` was the `New Woman` - working, sexually emancipated, and unsentimental.
Автор: Blouin Название: Japan and the Cosmopolitan Gothic ISBN: 1137305215 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137305213 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Japan is imagined routinely in American discourse as a supernatural entity. Gothic tales from these two cultures have been exchanged, consumed, and adapted. Here, Blouin examines a prevalent tendency within the United States-Japan cultural relationship to project anxiety outward only to find shadowy outlines of the self abroad.
Автор: Delanty G Название: Modernity and Postmodernity ISBN: 0761959041 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780761959045 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 10454.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A new way of conceptualizing the modernity-postmodernity debate, and an exciting new approach to the roots of contemporary social theory.
Описание: It draws on academic, literary, and personal material to start a dialogue with the Egyptian filmmaker Shadi Abdel Salam`s The Mummy (1969), tracing the many meanings of Egypt`s postcolonial modernity and touching on Arab, Muslim, and ancient Egyptian identities through watching the film.
Описание: This book reframes the discussion of modernism, space and gender; examining how "modernity" has been defined in various cultural contexts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, how this definition has been expressed spatially, and what effect this has had on women in their everyday lives.
Описание: This is a clear and original examination of the impact of modernity on Greece and Turkey, and the influence of the West on these former states of the Ottoman Empire during the crucial hundred years between 1850 and 1950. Ways to Modernity in Greece and Turkey explores the reactions and coping mechanisms displayed in both societies in reaction to Europe's all-pervasive influence. Elites in both societies engaged in defensive modernisation, culminating in parallel attempts to mould their nations in line with the western blueprint. The authors examine reforms in the legal regime, the changing nature of family and gender relations, and re-engineered conceptions of space and the built environment. They describe and analyse different aspects of the changes in the two societies over this period, as they defined their practices and identities against Europe, and often against each other.
ООО "Логосфера " Тел:+7(495) 980-12-10 www.logobook.ru
