Radical Adaptation

Radical Adaptation
Author: Brian Stone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 100921117X

First book to explore the adaptive transformations required to manage climate-related shocks beginning to play out in cities worldwide.

Antioxidant Adaptation

Antioxidant Adaptation
Author: Stephen A. Levine
Publisher: Allergy Research Group
Total Pages: 367
Release: 1985
Genre: Antioxidants
ISBN: 9780961463007

Hypertheatre

Hypertheatre
Author: Olga Kekis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2019-07-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1351253964

Hypertheatre: Contemporary Radical Adaptation of Greek Tragedy investigates the adaptation of classical drama for the contemporary stage and explores its role as an active, polemical form of theatre which addresses present-day issues. The book’s premise is that by breaking drama into constituent parts, revising, reinterpreting and rewriting to create a new, culturally and politically relevant construct, the process of adaptation creates a 'hyperplay', newly repurposed for the contemporary world. This process is explored through a diverse collection of postmodern adaptations of Antigone, Medea, and The Trojan Women, analysing their adaptive strategies and the evidence of how these remakings reflect the cultures of which they are a part. Central to this study is the idea that each of these adaptations becomes an entirely new play, redefining its central female figures and invoking reconfigurations of femininity which emphasise individual women’s strengths and female solidarity. Written for scholars of Theatre, Adaptation, Performance Studies, and Literature, Hypertheatre places the Greek classics firmly within a contemporary feminist discourse.

Beyond Adaptation

Beyond Adaptation
Author: Phyllis Frus
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2010-03-16
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0786455780

Some film and novel revisions go so far beyond adaptation that they demand a new designation. This critical collection explores movies, plays, essays, comics and video games that supersede adaptation to radically transform their original sources. Fifteen essays investigate a variety of texts that rework everything from literary classics to popular children's books, demonstrating how these new, stand-alone creations critically engage their sources and contexts. Particular attention is paid to parody, intertextuality, and fairy-tale transformations in the examination of these works, which occupy a unique narrative and creative space.

Radical Revival as Adaptation

Radical Revival as Adaptation
Author: Jozefina Komporaly
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137481021

This book examines the radical reinterpretation of precursor texts and prompts as an innovative form of adaptation for the stage. In this context, stage adaptations are defined as active and risk-taking interventions on pre-existing sources, dramatic and otherwise, that can range from single-authored plays to collaborative creations and devising projects. Radical adaptations have the potential to constitute a cutting edge pathway of exploration in performance, by virtue of operating at the intersection between experimental practice and multiple creative transpositions and crossovers among genres and media. They offer a viable platform for the negotiation of topical concerns embedded into global cultural, socio-political and historical shifts, thus cultivating a genuine bond between theatre and society. This volume considers a range of case studies, from the work of Alexandru Tocilescu to Rimini Protokoll, and is vital reading for those interested in adaptation studies and forms of contemporary theatre practice.

Tempered Radicals

Tempered Radicals
Author: Debra Meyerson
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781591393252

This text explores the experiences of tempered radicals. These are people who want to become valued and successful members of their organisations without selling out on who they are and what they believe in.

Radical Pedagogies

Radical Pedagogies
Author: Beatriz Colomina
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0262543389

Experiments in architectural education in the post–World War II era that challenged and transformed architectural discourse and practice. In the decades after World War II, new forms of learning transformed architectural education. These radical experiments sought to upend disciplinary foundations and conventional assumptions about the nature of architecture as much as they challenged modernist and colonial norms, decentered building, imagined new roles for the architect, and envisioned participatory forms of practice. Although many of the experimental programs were subsequently abandoned, terminated, or assimilated, they nevertheless helped shape and in some sense define architectural discourse and practice. This book explores and documents these radical pedagogies and efforts to defy architecture’s status quo. The experiments include the adaptation of Bauhaus pedagogy as a means of “unlearning” under the conditions of decolonization in Africa; a movement to design for “every body,” including the disabled, by architecture students and faculty at the University of California, Berkeley; the founding of a support network for women interested in the built environment, regardless of their academic backgrounds; and a design studio in the USSR that offered an alternative to the widespread functionalist approach in Soviet design. Viewed through their dissolution and afterlife as well as through their founding stories, these projects from the last century raise provocative questions about architecture’s role in the new century.

Radical Hope

Radical Hope
Author: Jonathan Lear
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0674040023

Presents the story of Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation. This title contains a philosophical and ethical inquiry into a people faced with the end of their way of life.

Antioxidants in Sport Nutrition

Antioxidants in Sport Nutrition
Author: Manfred Lamprecht
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-09-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1466567570

The use of antioxidants in sports is controversial due to existing evidence that they both support and hinder athletic performance. Antioxidants in Sport Nutrition covers antioxidant use in the athlete ́s basic nutrition and discusses the controversies surrounding the usefulness of antioxidant supplementation. The book also stresses how antioxidants may affect immunity, health, and exercise performance. The book contains scientifically based chapters explaining the basic mechanisms of exercise-induced oxidative damage. Also covered are methodological approaches to assess the effectiveness of antioxidant treatment. Biomarkers are discussed as a method to estimate the bioefficacy of dietary/supplemental antioxidants in sports. This book is useful for sport nutrition scientists, physicians, exercise physiologists, product developers, sport practitioners, coaches, top athletes, and recreational athletes. In it, they will find objective information and practical guidance.

Beavers

Beavers
Author: Frances Backhouse
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1459824717

By cutting trees and building dams, beavers shape landscapes and provide valuable wetland homes for many plants and animals. These radical rodents were once almost hunted to extinction for their prized fur, but today we are building a new relationship with them, and our appreciation of the benefits they offer as habitat creators and water stewards is growing. Packed with facts and personal stories, this book looks at the beaver’s biology and behavior and illuminates its vital role as a keystone species. The beaver’s comeback is one of North America’s greatest conservation success stories and Beavers: Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers introduces readers to the conservationists, scientists and young people who are working to build a better future for our furry friends. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.