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UNINA9910457202103321 |
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Images in use [[electronic resource] ] : towards the critical analysis of visual communication / / edited by Matteo Stocchetti, Karin Kukkonen |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011 |
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1-283-31474-6 |
9786613314741 |
90-272-8416-4 |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture (DAPSAC) ; ; v. 44 |
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StocchettiMatteo |
KukkonenKarin <1980-> |
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Visual communication |
Signs and symbols |
Visual sociology |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Images in Use; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I. Approaches to visual communication and the question of power; 1. Images; 2. The critical tradition in visual studies; 3. The map, the mirror and the simulacrum; 4. Disenchantment with politics and the salience of images; Part II. Case studies; 5. Organising political consensus; 6. Walls, doors and exciting encounters; 7. The politics of visual representation; 8. The politics of identity and visuality; 9. Visual politics and celebrity humanitarianism; 10. The economics of gay reality television |
11. Mending endings 12. Representing the state of exception; Index |
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News coverage of EU negotiations, children's war memories or TV series glamourising political processes - images pervade both private and public discourse, and visual communication plays a key role in our social negotiation of values. Conceptualising images as "images in use", this volume considers the agencies behind visual communication and its impact on society. Images in Use engages critically with traditional approaches to visual analysis, offers suggestions for alternative, |
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socially situated analyses of images and demonstrates the explanatory force of thinking through "imag |
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UNINA9910461374603321 |
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The Temple of Jerusalem [[electronic resource] ] : from Moses to the Messiah : in honor of Professor Louis H. Feldman / / edited by Steven Fine |
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Leiden [The Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
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1-283-12048-8 |
9786613120489 |
90-04-21471-2 |
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1 online resource (421 pages) |
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Brill reference library of Judaism, , 1571-5000 ; v. 29 |
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FineSteven |
FeldmanLouis H |
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"This volume is the product of the inaugural conference of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies which took place on May 11-12, 2008"--Preface. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preliminary Material / S. Fine -- 1. Inauguration Of The Tabernacle Service At Sinai / Gary A. Anderson -- 2. God As Refuge And Temple As Refuge In The Psalms / Shalom E. Holtz -- 3. “See, I Have Called The Renowned Name Of Bezalel, Son Of Uri . . .”: Josephus’ Portrayal Of The Biblical “Architect” / Steven Fine -- 4. The Temple Scroll: A Utopian Temple Plan For Second Temple Times / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- 5. From Toleration To Destruction: Roman Policy And The Jewish Temple / Miriam Ben Zeev -- 6. Notes On The Virtual Reconstruction Of The Herodian Period Temple And Courtyards / Joshua Schwartz and Yehoshua Peleg -- 7. Envisioning The Sanctuaries Of Israel — The Academic And Creative Process Of Archaeological Model Making / Leen Ritmeyer -- 8. Construction, Destruction, And Reconstruction: The Temple In Pesiqta Rabbati / Rivka Ulmer -- 9. The Mosaic Tabernacle As The Only Legitimate Sanctuary: The Biblical Tabernacle In |
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Samaritanism / Reinhard Pummer -- 10. Why Is There No Zoroastrian Central Temple?: A Thought Experiment / Yaakov Elman -- 11. Rival Claims: Christians, Muslims, And The Jerusalem Holy Places / Frank E. Peters -- 12. Imagining The Temple In Late Medieval Spanish Altarpieces / Vivian B. Mann -- 13. Images Of The Temple In Sefer Ha-Bahir / Jonathan V. Dauber -- 14. Interpreting “The Resting Of The Shekhinah”: Exegetical Implications Of The Theological Debate Among Maimonides, Nahmanides, And Sefer Ha-Hinnukh / Mordechai Z. Cohen -- 15. Remembering The Temple: Commemoration And Catastrophe In Ashkenazi Culture / Jacob J. Schacter -- 16. Some Trends In Temple Studies From The Renaissance To The Enlightenment / Matt Goldish -- 17. “Jerusalem Rebuilt”: The Temple In The Fin-De-Siècle Zionist Imagination / Jess Olson -- 18. Avi Yonah’s Model Of Second Temple Jerusalem And The Development Of Israeli Visual Culture / Maya Balakirsky Katz -- 19. Jerusalem During The First And Second Temple Periods: Recent Excavations And Discoveries On And Near The Temple Mount / Ann E. Killebrew -- 20. Digging The Temple Mount: Archaeology And The Arab-Israeli Conflict From The British Mandate To The Present / Robert O. Freedman -- Index / S. Fine. |
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The Temple of Jerusalem: From Moses to the Messiah brings together an interdisciplinary and broad-ranging international community of scholars to discuss aspects of the history and continued life of the Jerusalem Temple in Western culture, from biblical times to the present. This volume is the fruit of the inaugural conference of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies, which convened in New York City on May 11-12, 2008 and honors Professor Louis H. Feldman, Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University. Feldman is the doyen of modern scholarship on Judaism in the Greco-Roman period, focusing on the writings of Flavius Josephus. A beloved mentor to generations of Yeshiva University students and of scholars across the globe, Professor Feldman has taught at YU since 1955. \'The articles are consistently of high quality. This book is highly recommended for any academic collection in Jewish studies.\' Jim Rosenbloom, Judaica Librarian, Brandeis University; President, Association of Jewish Libraries |
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