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Author | : Benedict Morrison |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2024-11-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Eccentric Laughter explores new ways to watch postwar British film comedies, arguing that their representations of eccentricity offered a set of possible queer futures for a Britain that had been destabilized by years of conflict and social upheaval. Far from being the apolitical cinema described by previous critics, these comedies—including both perennial favorites from Ealing Studios and neglected films ripe for rediscovery—make a joke of and suggest alternatives to the heterocentric home and family. Referencing a wide range of theories, the book gives details of how these films' comic queernesses are not structured on fixed identities but on an open play of possibilities, depicting eccentricity, artifice, drag, ruins, and the wild in ways that can still offer inspiration for experiments in living today. Engaging with contemporary queer theories and politics, the book argues that these films continue to address questions of urgent relevance to students and other viewers in the twenty-first century. Films discussed include The Belles of St. Trinian's, Genevieve, The Lavender Hill Mob, Simon and Laura, The Stranger Left No Card, and Young Wives' Tale.
Author | : Neil Findley |
Publisher | : Neil Findley |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2012-07-05 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1432795155 |
Synopsis: ?Çó How much does it cost to buy drinks for the passengers of a fully loaded Boeing 727??Çó How does a wealthy business owner take care of his home and property using the children of employees, where both parties benefit from the experience??Çó How many dozen roses does it take to make your female employees happy at Christmas??Çó How to get free farm labor from your sales force and administrative team?Çó How to create a new employee benefit by paying them not to select your healthcare plan?Çó How to make a point to a restaurateur by buying $100 of cheese toast by the slice?Çó How many drinking games can you play in a single afternoon and still remain relatively sober??Çó How to fire an employee who hates being paid for doing absolutely nothing?Çó How do you get back at a car dealership for poor salesmanship? These and many other burning questions are answered in The Eccentric Entrepreneur, a hilarious book of the authors true anecdotes based on his career in a medical laboratoryand the man behind the madness, Richard L. Murphy, who made it a truly memorable experience.
Author | : Henri Bergson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Comedy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Murray Pomerance |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Laughter in motion pictures |
ISBN | : 9780814335130 |
Fascinating explorations of dark, strange, unpredictable, and non-comedic laughter.
Author | : Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Spurgeon's classic lecture series is paired with a carefully annotated catalogue of Biblical commentaries available in his day. This book is invaluable both to students of the Bible and pastors looking to expand their library of scriptural reference works. Spurgeon lists commentaries of specific Biblical books as well as the whole Bible--many of which are still in use today. Especially helpful are the crisp and instructive comments Spurgeon attaches to each reference work in his catalogue. This exhaustive listing of secondary resources is both a compendium of useful knowledge and a revealing (and sometimes amusing) look into the mind of the great preacher.
Author | : Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2024-06-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385527244 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author | : Katrin Froese |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2017-06-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3319550446 |
This book analyzes Western and Chinese philosophical texts to determine why laughter and the comic have not been a major part of philosophical discourse. Katrin Froese maintains that many philosophical accounts of laughter try to unearth laughter's purpose, thereby rendering it secondary to the intentional and purposive aspects of human nature that impel us to philosophize. Froese also considers texts that take laughter and the comic as starting points, attempting to philosophize out of laughter rather than merely trying to unearth reasons for laughter. The book proposes that continuously unraveling philosophical assumptions through the comic and laughter may be necessary to live well.
Author | : Shea Coulson |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2009-03-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1443806765 |
Adorno's Aesthetics of Critique examines Theodor Adorno's mode of critique from the perspective of his aesthetics. This has two purposes. The first purpose is to determine the effect of the primary importance Adorno places on aesthetics in his philosophy as a whole and to determine how this primacy influences the way in which he reads the philosophical tradition. The second purpose is to understand the role of aesthetics in critical thinking generally and to reinvigorate Adorno's understanding of the subjective and objective dimensions of critique. The ultimate aim is to promote new interpretations of Adorno and to reassert his relevance for constructing effective modes of critical thinking. The book proceeds through four main chapters that focus on four different dimensions of Adorno's thought: knowledge, history, culture, and art. The first chapter uses Adorno's aesthetic theory to re-read his interpretation of Kant's subject-object dynamic. This grounds the second chapter, on history, which proceeds through an analysis of Adorno's reading of Hegel. The third chapter uses the philosophical grounding of the first two to explore how knowledge and history interact within society as fundamental dimensions of "culture". The scope and meaning of culture and its relevance for critique form the primary focus of this chapter. The fourth chapter turns to art to highlight the relationship between the critical and artistic dimensions of aesthetics in order to facilitate a dialogue between them. This serves the purpose of asserting and outlining the relevance of aesthetics for critical thought in the humanities and social sciences, which forms the crux of the book.
Author | : Amanda Scott |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2013-05-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1480415197 |
On the run from a loathsome proposal, a woman receives a surprising offer that might just lead her to true love . . . Nell Bradbourne’s life is turned upside down when she loses her estate to her cousin, Jarvis. When he pursues her hand in marriage, too, Nell flees to Bath. It’s not long before she encounters the dashing and mischievous Brandon Manningford, whose ailing father—a cold and distant man—has just burdened him with a wholly unexpected task. Brandon and Nell both have something to gain by entering into an alliance—but what will happen when their feelings for each other threaten to upset their tenuous partnership? The Bath Eccentric's Son is the 3rd book in the Bath Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Author | : David Oliver Cauldwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 1951 |
Genre | : Sex |
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