1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461669203321

Autore

Dixon Wheeler W. <1950->

Titolo

21st century Hollywood [[electronic resource] ] : movies in the era of transformation / / Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8135-5198-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FosterGwendolyn Audrey

Disciplina

791.430973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century

Motion picture industry - Technological innovations

Digital cinematography

Digital media - Influence

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

The digital century -- Constructing an audience -- Globalization of the moving image -- The new auteurs -- The moving image is everywhere.

Sommario/riassunto

They are shot on high-definition digital cameras-with computer-generated effects added in postproduction-and transmitted to theaters, websites, and video-on-demand networks worldwide. They are viewed on laptop, iPod, and cell phone screens. They are movies in the 21st century-the product of digital technologies that have revolutionized media production, content distribution, and the experience of moviegoing itself. 21st-Century Hollywood introduces readers to these global transformations and describes the decisive roles that Hollywood is playing in determining the digital future for world cinema. It offers clear, concise explanations of a major paradigm shift that continues to reshape our relationship to the moving image. Filled with numerous detailed examples, the book will both educate and entertain film students and movie fans alike.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783451703321

Titolo

Developmental dilemmas : land reform and institutional change in China / / edited by Peter Ho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-23152-0

1-134-23153-9

1-280-23672-8

9786610236725

0-203-01268-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Asia's transformations

Altri autori (Persone)

HoPeter <1968->

Disciplina

333.3/151

Soggetti

Land tenure - China

Land use, Rural - China

Sustainable development - China

China Economic conditions 2000-

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

Property rights and land in ex-socialist states: lessons of transition for China / Daniel W. Bromley -- Land use rights: legal perspectives and pitfalls for land reform / Weiguo Wang -- The politics of rural land use planning / Frank N. Pieke -- Land tenure in China: facts, fictions and issues / Scott Rozelle ... [et al.] -- Market versus administrative reallocation of land: an econometric analysis / Michael R. Carter and Yang Yao -- Regional differences in land holdings and land use: analyzing the first agricultural census / Roberto Fanfani and Cristina Brasili -- What drives land fragmentation? Theoretical approaches and empirical analysis / Shuhao Tan, Futian Qu, and Nico Heerink -- Collective landownership and its role in rural industrialization / Xiaolin Pei -- Property rights reform in pastoral areas: dilemmas on the road to the household ranch / Tony Banks -- Collective forests and forestland: physical asset rights versus economic rights / Yaoqi Zhang and Shashi Kant -- Gender, landlessness and equity in rural China / Zongmin Li and John Bruce.



Sommario/riassunto

Developmental Dilemmas singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform: the People's Republic of China. The book demonstrates that private property protected by law, the principle of 'getting-the-prices-right', and the emergence of effectively functioning markets are the outcome of a given society's historical development and institutional fabric. Peter Ho argues that the successful creation of new institutions hinges in part on choice and timing in relation to the particular