1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451883003321

Autore

Musselman Elizabeth Green <1971->

Titolo

Nervous conditions [[electronic resource] ] : science and the body politic in early industrial Britain / / Elizabeth Green Musselman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8206-5

1-4294-1175-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century

SUNY series in science, technology, and society

Disciplina

616.8/001/9

Soggetti

Scientists - Mental health - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Nervous system - Philosophy - History - 19th century

Science - Philosophy - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-266) and  index.

Nota di contenuto

Embodied epistemology -- The nervous man of science -- The social hierarchy of subjectivity -- The nervous conditions -- Provincialism and color blindness -- Mental governance and hemiopsy -- Rational faith and hallucination.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453564303321

Autore

Prabhu Anjali

Titolo

Contemporary cinema of africa and the diaspora / / Anjali Prabhu ; cover design by Simon Levy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4051-9304-2

1-118-58869-X

1-118-58867-3

1-118-58868-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Classificazione

PER004030

Disciplina

791.43096

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Africa - History and criticism

Experimental films - Africa - History and criticism

Motion picture industry - Africa

African diaspora

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note:  Chapter 1 Introduction; Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora: Parameters and Contexts PART I: SPACE Chapter 2 Walking in the City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna Anenden's La Cathedrale Chapter 3 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement PART II: CHARACTER Chapter 4 Models of African Femininity Chapter 5 African Masculinity: "We Don't Need Another Hero" / Relentless Return of the Allegory Chapter 6 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator, or Stop, Thief! PART III: NARRATIVE Chapter 7 Documentary Film: Situating a Style Chapter 8 African Narration: Narration of Africa Chapter 9 Jean-Marie Teno: Creating an African Repertoire Chapter 10 Conclusion: Inside/Outside or How to Make a Film About Africa Today Glossary Works Cited Index .

Sommario/riassunto

"Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African



cinema"--