1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456613203321

Autore

LaMarre Thomas <1959->

Titolo

The anime machine [[electronic resource] ] : a media theory of animation / / Thomas Lamarre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8166-7060-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Disciplina

791.43340952--dc22

Soggetti

Animated films - Japan - History and criticism

Animation (Cinematography) - Japan

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

Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Anime Machine; Part I. Multiplanar Image; Part II. Exploded View; Part III. Girl Computerized; Conclusion: Patterns of Serialization; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the longevity of animation and its significance within the history of cinema, film theorists have focused on live-action motion pictures and largely ignored hand-drawn and computer-generated movies. Thomas Lamarre contends that animation demands sustained engagement, and in The Anime Machine he lays the foundation for a new critical theory for reading Japanese animation, showing how anime fundamentally differs from other visual media.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778165403321

Autore

Meserve Margaret

Titolo

Empires of Islam in Renaissance historical thought / / Margaret Meserve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : Harvard University Press, , 2008

ISBN

0-674-04095-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.) : ill., map

Collana

Harvard historical studies

Classificazione

NB 4000

Disciplina

956/.015072

Soggetti

Historiography - Europe - History - To 1500

Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Historiography

Islamic Empire Historiography

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. 259-341) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Note on nomenclature -- List of figures -- Introduction -- The rise and fall of the Trojan Turks -- Barbarians at the gates -- In search of the classical Turks -- Translations of empire -- Wise men in the east -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Caspian gates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on political oratory, diplomatic correspondence, crusade propaganda, and historical treatises, Meserve shows how research into the origins of Islamic empires sprang from-and contributed to-contemporary debates over the threat of Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean. This groundbreaking book offers new insights into Renaissance humanist scholarship and long-standing European debates over the relationship between Christianity and Islam.