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| Author | : Julia Skelly |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2017-07-05 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1351539744 |
Directing unprecedented attention to how the idea of ?excess? has been used by both producers and consumers of visual and material culture, this collection examines the discursive construction of excess in relation to art, material goods and people in various global contexts. The contributors illuminate how excess has been perceived, quantified and constructed, revealing in the process how beliefs about excess have changed over time and how they have remained consistent. The collection as a whole underscores the fact that the concept of excess must always be considered critically, whether in scholarship or in lived experience. Although the idea of excess has often been used to shame and degrade, many of the essays in this collection demonstrate how it has also been used as a strategy for self-fashioning, transgression and empowerment, particularly by women and queer subjects. This volume examines a range of material, including diamonds, ceramics, paintings, dollhouses, caricatures, interior design and theatrical performances. Each case study sheds new light on how excess was used in a specific cultural context, including canonical sites of study such as the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, Victorian Britain and Paris in the 1920s, and under-studied contexts such as Canada and Sweden.
| Author | : Julia Skelly |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Arts and society |
| ISBN | : 9781351539722 |
"Directing unprecedented attention to how the idea of 'excess' has been used by both producers and consumers of visual and material culture, this collection examines the discursive construction of excess in relation to art, material goods and people in various global contexts. The contributors illuminate how excess has been perceived, quantified and constructed, revealing in the process how beliefs about excess have changed over time and how they have remained consistent. The collection as a whole underscores the fact that the concept of excess must always be considered critically, whether in scholarship or in lived experience. Although the idea of excess has often been used to shame and degrade, many of the essays in this collection demonstrate how it has also been used as a strategy for self-fashioning, transgression and empowerment, particularly by women and queer subjects. This volume examines a range of material, including diamonds, ceramics, paintings, dollhouses, caricatures, interior design and theatrical performances. Each case study sheds new light on how excess was used in a specific cultural context, including canonical sites of study such as the Netherlands in the eighteenth century, Victorian Britain and Paris in the 1920s, and under-studied contexts such as Canada and Sweden."--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Yannis Hamilakis |
| Publisher | : Equinox Publishing (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Forced migration |
| ISBN | : 9781781797112 |
For most people on earth crossing national borders is risky, perilous, often lethal This is the first anthology to explore the diverse intellectual, methodological, ethical, and political frameworks for an archaeology of forced and undocumented migration in the present.
| Author | : Victor Buchli |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 187 |
| Release | : 2021-01-07 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1000180662 |
This highly original case study, which adopts a material culture perspective, is unprecedented in social and cultural histories of the Soviet period and provides a unique window on social relations. The author demonstrates how Moisei Ginzburg's Constructivist masterpiece, the Narkomfin Communal House, employed classic Marxist understandings of material culture in an effort to overturn capitalist and patriarchal social structures. Through the edifying effects of architectural forms, Ginzburg attempted to induce socialist and feminist-inspired social and gender relations. The author shows how, for the inhabitants, these principles manifested themselves, from taste to hygiene to gender roles, and how individuals variously appropriated architectural space and material culture to cope with the conditions of daily life, from the utopianism of the First Five Year Plan and Stalin's purges to the collapse of the Soviet Union. This book makes a major contribution to: the history of socialism in the Soviet Union and, more generally, Eastern Europe; material culture studies; architectural history; archaeology and social anthropology.
| Author | : Marco Tedesco |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 2015-01-27 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1118368851 |
The cryosphere, that region of the world where water is temporarily or permanently frozen, plays a crucial role on our planet. Recent developments in remote sensing techniques, and the acquisition of new data sets, have resulted in significant advances in our understanding of all components of the cryosphere and its processes. This book, based on contributions from 40 leading experts, offers a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the methods, techniques and recent advances in applications of remote sensing of the cryosphere. Examples of the topics covered include: • snow extent, depth, grain-size and impurities • surface and subsurface melting • glaciers • accumulation over the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets • ice thickness and velocities • gravimetric measurements from space • sea, lake and river ice • frozen ground and permafrost • fieldwork activities • recent and future cryosphere-oriented missions and experiments All figures are in color and provide an excellent visual accompaniment to the technical and scientific aspect of the book. Readership: Senior undergraduates, Masters and PhD Students, PostDocs and Researchers in cryosphere science and remote sensing. Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere is the significant first volume in the new Cryosphere Science Series. This new series comprises volumes that are at the cutting edge of new research, or provide focussed interdisciplinary reviews of key aspects of the science.
| Author | : Levon Michael Khachigian |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2004-12-20 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1420037889 |
Vulnerable plaque development is the result of a complex series of molecular and cellular events involving inflammation, apoptosis, rupture, and thrombosis. A detailed understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development of high-risk plaques, along with the ability to visualize and diagnose these vulnerable lesions, will lead to the effective
| Author | : Y. Toba |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2003-08-31 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9781402011719 |
This book presents an up-to-date analysis of ocean-atmosphere interaction. Well known experts examine diverse subjects such as ocean surface waves, air-sea exchange processes, ocean surface mixed layer, water-mass formation, as well as general circulation of the oceans, El Nino and Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the deep-ocean circulation. Other areas described are basic dynamics, data analysis techniques, numerical modelling, and remote sensing. This book is primarily aimed at graduate and senior undergraduate courses in the area of ocean-atmosphere research.
| Author | : International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Hydrology 2020 Working Group |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Hydrology |
| ISBN | : 9781901502336 |
A milestone capturing the state of the art in hydrological science at the beginning of the 21st century, a chart for hydrologists exploring the new frontiers in hydrology, and a guide for those involved with developing and implementing water policies. It considers the capability that hydrological sciences will and should have by 2020, and what needs doing now in order to achieve this. There is an emphasis on societal issues and interdisciplinary work pertinent to hydrology as hydrologists cannot work in isolation from society.
| Author | : Comp. Kuldeep Saluja |
| Publisher | : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9788184190144 |
| Author | : Comp. Kuldeep Saluja |
| Publisher | : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 100 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9788184190908 |
