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Eccentric Nation
Author | : Stephen Albert Rohs |
Publsiher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780838641385 |
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The book takes as its point of departure the notion that a nation's music and performance culture was, in the nineteenth century, conceived of as the voice of its people. From ballads to parades to plays to orations, these cultural forms carried the burden of staging an identity for the national community and for the onlooking eyes of outsiders.
American Eccentric Cinema
Author | : Kim Wilkins |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-02-21 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781501336935 |
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Since the late 1990s a new language has emerged in film scholarship and criticism in response to the popularity of American directors such as Wes Anderson, Charlie Kaufman, and David O. Russell. Increasingly, adjectives like 'quirky', 'cute', and 'smart' are used to describe these American films, with a focus on their ironic (and sometimes deliberately comical) stories, character situations and tones. Kim Wilkins argues that, beyond the seemingly superficial descriptions, 'American eccentric cinema' presents a formal and thematic eccentricity that is distinct to the American context. She distinguishes these films from mainstream Hollywood cinema as they exhibit irregularities in characterization, tone, and setting, and deviate from established generic conventions. Each chapter builds a case for this position through detailed film analyses and comparisons to earlier American traditions, such as the New Hollywood cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. American Eccentric Cinema promises to challenge the notion of irony in American contemporary cinema, and questions the relationship of irony to a complex national and individual identity.
A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists
Author | : Donna Hightower-Langston |
Publsiher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Women civic leaders |
ISBN | : 9781438107929 |
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Presents biographical profiles of American women leaders and activists, including birth and death dates, major accomplishments, and historical influence.
Eccentric Orbits
Author | : John Bloom |
Publsiher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2016-06-07 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780802192820 |
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“Good corporate drama . . . an enlightening narrative of how new communications infrastructures often come about.” —The Economist, “A Book of the Year 2016” In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment, surely the future of communication. The only problem was that Iridium the company was a commercial disaster. Only months after launching service, it was $11 billion in debt, burning through $100 million a month and crippled by baroque rate plans and agreements that forced calls through Moscow, Beijing, Fucino, Italy, and elsewhere. Bankruptcy was inevitable—the largest to that point in American history. And when no real buyers seemed to materialize, it looked like Iridium would go down as just a “science experiment.” That is, until Dan Colussy got a wild idea. Colussy, a former head of Pan-Am now retired and working on his golf game in Palm Beach, heard about Motorola’s plans to “de-orbit” the system and decided he would buy Iridium and somehow turn around one of the biggest blunders in the history of business. Impeccably researched and wonderfully told, Eccentric Orbits is a rollicking, unforgettable tale of technological achievement, business failure, the military-industrial complex, and one of the greatest deals of all time. “Deep reporting put forward with epic intentions . . . a story that soars and jumps and dives and digresses . . . [A] big, gutsy, exciting book.” —The Wall Street Journal, “A Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016” “Spellbinding . . . A tireless researcher, Bloom delivers a superlative history . . . A tour de force.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author | : United States. Patent Office |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1486 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Patents |
ISBN | : PSU:000064090955 |
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author | : USA Patent Office |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 2302 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : DMM:057002656285 |
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National Health Related Items Code Directory
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 940 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Information storage and retrieval systems |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105223093621 |
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