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Model systems in biology :history, philosophy, and practical concerns
"Instead of arguing for a specific animal model, Striedter will review the history and philosophy of animal models in biomedical research, examining their various advantages and limitations"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262370028
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- 1 online resource (1 volume)
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Memo for Nemo
"Originally published in 2016 by Architectural Association.""An architectural, social, and cultural history of the undersea, using Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and more especially his charasmatic villain Captain Nemo, as his prompt"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262370486
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- 1 online resource.
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Creative hustling :women making and distributing films from Nairobi
"Creative Hustling is the first book length study about Nairobi-based female filmmakers and their labor as artists and entrepreneurs. Based on original empirical research, Steedman explores how these women pair their cinematic ability with an equally apt business acumen, contributing to a narrative of what it takes to succeed as a filmmaker in Nairobi. This book theorizes "hustling" as a creati…
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- 9780262372688
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- 1 online resource.
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On the camera arts and consecutive matters :the writings of Hollis Frampton
The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262254913
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- 1 online resource (xx, 331 pages) :illustrations (some color).
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Cinematic mythmaking :philosophy in film
Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film as an art form, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and…
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- 9780262283694
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- 1 online resource (x, 245 pages).
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Movies and the moral adventure of life
Films as life lessons, enlarging our sense of human possibilities.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262297035
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 219 pages).
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Malaysian Cinema, Asian Film
This monograph departs from traditional studies of national cinema by accentuating the intercultural and intertextual links between Malaysian films and Asian (as well as European and American) film practices. Using cross-cultural analysis, the author characterizes Malaysia as a pluralist society consisting of a multiplicity of cultural identities. Malaysian film reflects this remarkable heterog…
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- 9789053565803
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Lexicon of Global Melodrama
This new go-to reference book for global melodrama assembles contributions by experts from a wide range of disciplines, including cultural studies, film and media studies, gender and queer studies, political science, and postcolonial studies. The melodramas covered in this volume range from early 20th century silent movies to contemporary films, from independent ›arthouse‹ productions to Ho…
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- 978-3-8394-5973-7
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- 791.43 LEX
Audiovision : Cinema and television as entr'actes in history
The production, distribution, and perception of moving images are undergoing a radical transformation. Ever-faster computers, digital technology, and microelectronic are joining forces to produce advanced audiovision -the media vanishing point of the 20th century. Very little will remain unchanged. The classic institutions for the mediation of film - cinema and television - are revealed to be n…
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- 9789053563137
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- Film culture in transition
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- 791.43 ZIE a
The Structures of the Film Experience by Jean-Pierre Meunier : Historical Ass…
For the first time this volume makes Jean-Pierre Meunier’s insightful thoughts on the film experience available for an English-speaking readership. Introduced and commented by specialists in film studies and philosophy, Meunier’s intricate phenomenological descriptions of the spectator’s engagement with fiction films, documentaries and home movies can reach the wide audience they have des…
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- 978 90 4853 784 6
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- 791.43 STR
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