What do we mean when we refer to our "identity," and how do we represent it in the stories we tell about our lives? Is "identity" a sustained private core, or does it change as circumstances and relationships shift? In this thoughtful and learned book, a recognized master of research interviewing explores these questions through analyses of in-depth interviews with five craftartists, who reflect on their lives and their efforts to sustain their form of work as committed artists in a world of mass production and standardization. The artists describe their families of origin and the families they have created, and the conscious decisions, chance events, and life experiences that entered into the ways they achieved their adult artistic identities. Exploring these continuities, discontinuities, and unresolvable tensions in an analysis that brings new sophistication to a much-used term, Ellio
When Lemuel Gulliver is shipwrecked, he washes up on an island called Lilliput, where the people are only six inches tall. This is just the beginning of many amazing adventures in which Gulliver meets giants and kings, a dangerous pet monkey and a cat the size of an ox.* James Riordan''s first novel, Sweet Clarinet, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children''s Novel Award in 1998 | Gulliver's Travels by JONATHAN SWIFT Paperback | Indigo Chapters. Forlag: Oxford University Press Udgivelsesår: 2002 Sider: 100 Sprog: Engelsk
Bogen analyserer folkeeventyr, myter og sagn som globale fortælleformer, der bearbejder grundlæggende menneskelige erfaringer. Knud Wentzel viser, hvordan eventyrene strukturerer temaer som individ, familie, kønsforhold, det ubevidste, samfund og religion. Gennem læsning af klassiske folkeeventyr diskuteres, hvilke virkelighedsområder de beskriver, og hvilke kræfter der driver fortællingerne frem, fra helten og heltinden til mødet med det farlige, det fremmede og det overskridende. Bogen forbinder litterær analyse med kulturhistorie og psykologi og kan bruges i arbejde med eventyr i undervisning, forskning og formidling. Type: Hardcover Faglitterær bog af Knud Wentzel om folkeeventyrets, mytens og sagnets funktion og betydning i moderne kultur og menneskeliv. Forfatteren undersøger, hvilke grundlæggende temaer og kræfter der er på spil i eventyrets tilbagevendende motiver: den unge mand
Gennemgang af principperne for dramaturgien i et bredt spektrum af virkelighedsforankrede tv-genrer: nyheder, magasiner, dokumentarer, serier og underholdning Titel: De levende billeders dramaturgi. Bind 2, TV Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: De levende billeders dramaturgi 2: tv omhandler skabe indlevelse, oplevelse og spænding gennem historier fortalt i lyd og levende billeder. Bogen gennemgår tv-fortaltingernes dramaturgi fra korte nyheder til timelange dokumentarer. Type: Paperback
This unique textbook is a manageable introduction to all the theories and approaches that make up media studies, giving students an informed, balanced and global view of media today. Exploring the evolution of media internationally, this book offers theory and evidence in its discussion of past and present modes of media. Divided into four parts, readers are offered insight into critical theories and topics such as ‘Social and Global Change,’ ‘the Influence of Media,’ ‘Intercultural Communication’ and ‘News as a Form of Knowledge.’ Written by leading experts within media studies, Balnaves, Donald and Shoesmith lend their wealth of knowledge to the student reader through this text, guiding them through the progression of cultural and media studies. Genuinely global and cutting-edge, this leading textbook is the ideal learning resource for lecturers of media studies and undergraduate and p
Multimedieteori af Henrik Juel
Documentary Form and Meaning Summary: A documentary's sounds and images are always the product of selection and choice, and often underscore points the filmmaker wishes to make. Crafting Truth illuminates the ways these films tell their stories; how they use the camera, editing, sound, and performance; what rhetorical devices they employ; and what the theoretical, practical, and ethical implications of these choices are. Complex documentary concepts are presented through easily accessible language, images, and a discussion of a wide range of films and videos to encourage new ways of thinking about and seeing nonfiction fil Forfatter: Louise Spence Forlag: Rutgers U.P. Udgivelsesår: 2011 Sider: 296 Sprog: Engelsk
