The War on Terror and American Film: 9/11 Frames Per Second
Author: Terence McSweeney File Type: pdf Popular cinema is often derided with the epithet its only a movie, but is there any more potent cultural artefact than popular film? Where could one turn for a more effective cultural barometer than to Hollywood cinema?American film in the first decade of the new millennium became a cultural battleground on which a war of representation was waged, but did these films endorse the War on Terror or criticise it? More than just reproducing these fears and fantasies,The War on Terror and American Film 911 Frames Per Second argues that American cinema has played a significant role in shaping them, restructuring how audiences have viewed the War on Terror in particularly influential ways.This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution of the impact of 911 on Hollywood film fromBlack Hawk Down (2001), through Batman Begins (2005), United 93 (2006) toOlympus Has Fallen (2013). Through a vibrant analysis of a range of genres and films - which in turn reveal a strikingly diverse array of social, historical and political perspectives -The War on Terror and American Film911 Frames Per Second explores the impact of 911 and the war on terror on American cinema in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond.
Author: Friedrich Hölderlin
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The strange and beautiful language of his late poems is re-created in these remarkable verse translations. Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was one of Europes greatest poets. Constantines translations make him accessible, even informal. This is a stimulating introduction to the work of a poet who addresses us ever more urgently as the millennium ends. This edition contains several new translations, including one of the great elegy - Bread and Wine. The odes and hymns are more fully represented, and there are further extracts, in an equivalent English, from Holderlins extraordinary German versions of Sophocles.ReviewFriedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was a great European poet whose works have been ably translated into English by David Constantine, making some of the finest poetry ever written available to todays English speaking readerships. Holderlins poetry is deeply religious, often referencing images of antiquity, and always directly confronts the universal human problems of the need for meaning, expression, hope in an often hostile and uncertain world. As upon seacoasts when the godsBegin to build and the work of the wavesShips in unstoppably waveAfter wave, in splendour, and the earthAttires itself and then comes joyA supreme, tuneful joy, setting the work to rights. So upon the poemWhen the wine-god points and promisesAnd with the darling of Greece,Seaborn, veiling her looks,The waves beach their abundance. -- Midwest Book ReviewLanguage NotesText English (translation)Original Language German
Author: Bruce W. Wilshire
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In this capstone work, the late Bruce Wilshire seeks to rediscover the fullness of life in the world by way of a more complete activation of the bodys potentials. Appealing to our powers of hearing and feeling, with a special emphasis on music, he engages a rich array of composers, writers, and thinkers ranging from Beethoven and Mahler to Emerson and William James. Wilshire builds on Jamess concept of the much-at-once to name the superabundance of the world that surrounds, nourishes, holds, and stimulates us that pummels and provokes us that responds to our deepest need--to feel ecstatically real.
Author: Paul Silas Peterson
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While Church attendance in the West is often cited as being in decline, it is argued that this applies primarily to the older established forms of Christianity. Other expressions of the faith are, in fact, stable or even growing. This volume provides multidisciplinary interpretations of and responses to one of the most complicated and controversial issues regarding the global transformation of Christianity today the decline of established Christianity in the Western world. It also addresses the future of Christianity in the West after the decline. Drawing upon historical research, sociology, religious studies, philosophy and theology, an international panel of contributors provide new theoretical frameworks for understanding this decline and offer creative suggestions for responding to it. Established Christianity is conceptualized as historically, culturally, socially and politically embedded religion (with or without official established status). This is a dynamic volume that gives fresh perspective on one of the great social changes taking place in the West today. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of religious sociology, history and anthropology, as well as theologians. **About the Author Paul Silas Peterson teaches church history and theology at the University of Tubingen, the University of Heidelberg and the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He is the author of The Early Hans Urs von Balthasar Historical Contexts and Intellectual Formation (2015), Reformation in the Western World An Introduction (2017) and The Decline of Established Christianity in Germany Contemporary History and Protestant Responses, in Religion State Society Journal for the Study of Beliefs and Worldviews (2015).
Author: Michael W. Thomas
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Over the past decade, Ethiopian films have come to dominate the screening schedules of the many cinemas in Ethiopias capital city of Addis Ababa, as well as other urban centers. Despite undergoing an unprecedented surge in production and popularity in Ethiopia and in the diaspora, this phenomenon has been broadly overlooked by African film and media scholars and Ethiopianists alike. This collection of essays and interviews on cinema in Ethiopia represents the first work of its kind and establishes a broad foundation for furthering research on this topic. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the topic and bringing together contributions from both Ethiopian and international scholars, the collection offers new and alternative narratives for the development of screen media in Africa. The books relevance reaches far beyond its specific locale of Ethiopia as contributions focus on a broad range of topicssuch as commercial and genre films, diaspora filmmaking, and the role of women in the film industrywhile simultaneously discussing multiple forms of screen media, from satellite TV to video films. Bringing both historical and contemporary moments of cinema in Ethiopia into the critical frame offers alternative considerations for the already radically changing critical paradigm surrounding the understandings of African cinema. **
Author: Mark Howell
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Released to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of Israel s occupation of the West Bank (June1967), this timely book exposes the realities of daily life for Palestinians in the West Bank in the twenty-first century. Based around photographs of, and interviews with, ordinary Palestinian people, it looks at all aspects of daily life ranging from restrictions on movement and imprisonment to the effects of the occupation on business, the practicing of religion and the development of democracy. By providing the reader with a comprehensive understanding of how Israel s policies in the West Bank affect the lives of real people on the ground, the book cuts through the smokescreens and political correctness that pervade coverage of the issue and offers the reader a new platform from which to form his or her own opinions.REVIEWS Of the numerous images in Western media that depict the Israeli occupation, only a handful manage to provide a glimpse of the Palestinians reality, and only a fraction come with appropriate analysis. This lack of honest and searching reflection on the socio-economic conditions of the Palestinians has been accurately and brilliantly addressed by Mark Howell in his book, What Did We Do to Deserve This Palestinian Life Under Occupation in the West Bank. This book combines powerful photographic images of the daily lives of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with detailed commentary and analysis based on historical information, testimonies, and political and economic reports. The juxtaposition of scenes is staggering and alarming, yet all express the tenacity of these Palestinians human will. Howell excellently analyses Palestine s political, economic and social landscapes, which are effectively shaped by Israel s policies policies that prevent people from reaching their work, patients and pregnant women from reaching hospitals, that impose strictures on movement, split families from each other, and that terrorize people into leaving their homes through, what Howell calls, quiet transfer . Several crucial themes are tackled in this book, both through powerful images and informative commentaries. One is the concept of transfer in Zionist ideology the forced migration of Palestinians from Palestine to neighboring Arab lands which Howell infers has not left Israeli politics but is indeed alive and well in the policies implemented by the Israeli government in the West Bank. Howell highlights the dramatic and far-reaching consequences of Israel s policies on the Palestinians daily lives. He points out that the policies of subjugation and occupation are carried out with impunity and the acquiescence of international powers, despite obvious contradictions in international la and these powers apparent high regard for human rights and democracy. The book s moving testimonies tell the story of a people denied basic rights and freedoms some have lost loved ones or suffer from injuries and imprisonment, while others struggle in courts to regain land confiscated by Israeli settlers. These testimonies indicate the scale of Israel s domination over all aspects of Palestinian life. What Did We Do to Deserve This? is a remarkable book in both content and style. Atef Alshaer is a PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London., The Middle East in London Magazine, 20080501