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Record Nr.

UNINA9911034937903321

Autore

Di Chiara Francesco

Titolo

Film Policies in Europe (1945-1980) : A Comparative Approach to the History of State Aid for Film / / edited by Francesco Di Chiara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

9783031987472

9783031987465

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 pages)

Collana

Palgrave European Film and Media Studies, , 2634-6168

Disciplina

343.40994

Soggetti

Motion picture plays, European

Motion picture industry

Television broadcasting

Motion pictures - History

European Film and TV

Film and Television Industry

Film and TV History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

-- 1 Comparing Film Policies in Europe (1945–1980): An Introduction -- 2 Patterns of Corporatism: The Italian Way to Film Policy (1945–1965) -- 3 French Cinema Cultural Policy since the 1940s: A National and Transnational Issue -- 4 The Commerce of Culture: British Film Policy and the Films Branch of the Board of Trade (1945–1979) -- 5 Swedish Film Policy in the Era of the Twentieth-Century Welfare State -- 6 Road to Modernity: Negotiating Spanish Cinema under the Dictatorship -- 7 A Period of Open Opportunities. The Development of Czech Film Policy in the Second Half of the 1940s -- 8 Navigating Ideology, Education and Market Forces in Hungarian Film Policy during the Late 1960s -- 9 Chasing its Own Tail: Film Distribution in a State-Governed Cinema Culture—The Case of the People’s Republic of Poland (1960-1975) -- 10 From Nationalism to Liberalism: Co-production Policies and the Construction of a (Trans)National Cinema in Flanders (1960s–1980s) -- 11 The State and the Film Industry in the Self-



Management System (The Example of Socialist Yugoslavia Cinematography) -- 12 Film Policies in Turkey in the 1950–1980 Period through the Regional Management Model: The Case of the Adana Management Region.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a historical and comparative overview of public interventions in European film industries—from Scandinavia to Eastern Europe—from the end of World War II to the 1980s, bringing together key scholars in European screen studies,. Such a timeframe considers the 35 years between the introduction or major restructuring of film policies in most European nations in response to intense competition from Hollywood and the establishment of a European supranational structure that led to the partial harmonization of national film policies. The book's twelve chapters analyze the chronological development and geographical spread of trends in the relationships between national public bodies and the domestic film industry, other national cinemas, and Hollywood. They address four key concepts: • the need to go beyond merely protectionist measures, which guided early post-war policies; • the shift from an automatic support to the film industry to the promotion of national art cinemas; • the idea of an alternative to capitalist systems, which characterized Eastern Bloc countries; • finally, the challenge to the very idea of national cinema, posed by systems based on a high degree of regionalization. The book focuses on a wide range of case studies, paying equal attention to major and peripheral film industries, as well as the production and distribution sectors. Adopting a bottom-up approach, it starts from archival documents to take into account the negotiation activity conducted between public bodies and external stakeholders, such as film distributors' and producers' associations, unions, and cultural, political, and religious pressure groups. Francesco Di Chiara is Associate Professor in film studies at the University of Milan. His research focuses on Italian post-war film genres and the Italian and European film industries. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on media production studies, policy studies, and archival research, he explores the role of state institutions in film production and distribution. His work has been published in various international, peer-reviewed journals, including Studies in European Cinema, Cinéma & Cie, Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies and Iluminace.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910383657103321

Titolo

Sleep, Memory and Synaptic Plasticity / / edited by Sushil K. Jha, Vibha M. Jha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-2814-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 pages)

Disciplina

612

Soggetti

Human physiology

Neurobiology

Cell membranes

Cell physiology

Neuropsychology

Human Physiology

Membrane Biology

Cell Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Memory Function of Sleep Across the Lifespan -- Sleep Deprivation, Cognitive Functions and Countermeasures -- Sleep Loss and Neuronal Stress -- The Role of Sleep in Homeostatic Regulation of Ionic Balances and Its Implication in Cognitive Functions -- Sleep and Brain Plasticity -- The Role of Sleep in Emotional Processing -- Sleep, Stress, and Traumatic Memory -- The Distinctive Role of NREM and REM sleep in the Consolidation of Fear Memory -- Sleep and Appetitive Conditioned Memory.

Sommario/riassunto

Over the years there has been growing interest among the scientific community in investigating sleep and how it affects the memory and other brain functions. It is now well established that sleep helps in memory consolidation and induction of neural plasticity, and that short-term deprivation of either total sleep or rapid eye movement sleep alone can induce memory deficits very quickly. Quantitative and qualitative changes in sleep architecture after different training tasks further suggest that discrete memory types may require specific sleep



stage/s for optimal memory consolidation, and studies indicate that sleep deprivation alters synaptic plasticity and membrane excitability in the hippocampal neurons and synaptic up-scaling in the cortical neurons. Further, sleep alteration during pregnancy may increase the risk of depression and adversely affect maternal-child relationships, parenting practices, family functioning, and children's development and general wellbeing. This book coherently discusses all these aspects, with a particular focus on the possible role of sleep in memory consolidation and synaptic plasticity. It also highlights the detrimental effects of sleep loss on mental health, the immune system and cognition. This book is a valuable reference resource for students and researchers working in the area of sleep, memory, or neuronal plasticity.