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UNINA9910793847403321 |
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Autore |
Fuchs Anne |
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Precarious Times : Temporality and History in Modern German Culture / / Anne Fuchs |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages) |
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Collana |
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Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought |
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German literature - 20th century - Themes, motives |
German literature - 21st century - Themes, motives |
Motion pictures - Germany - History |
Time in literature |
Time in motion pictures |
Anxiety in literature |
Time and photography |
Time in art |
Anxiety in art |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Signale book." |
Previously issued in print: 2019. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Theoretical Perspectives: Temporal Anxieties in the Digital Age -- 2. Historical Perspectives: Modernism and Speed Politics -- 3. Contemporary Perspectives: Precarious Time(s) in Photography and Film -- 4. Narrating Precariousness -- Epilogue: Presentist Dystopias or the Case for Environmental Humanities -- Bibliography -- Index |
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In Precarious Times, Anne Fuchs explores how works of German literature, film, and photography reflect on the profound temporal anxieties precipitated by contemporary experiences of atomization, displacement, and fragmentation that bring about a loss of history and of time itself and that is peculiar to our current moment. The digital |
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age places premiums on just-in-time deliveries, continual innovation, instantaneous connectivity, and around-the-clock availability. While some celebrate this 24/7 culture, others see it as profoundly destructive to the natural rhythm of day and night-and to human happiness. Have we entered an era of a perpetual present that depletes the future and erodes our grasp of the past? Beginning its examination around 1900, when rapid modernization was accompanied by comparably intense reflection on changing temporal experience, Precarious Times provides historical depth and perspective to current debates on the "digital now." Expanding the modern discourse on time and speed, Fuchs deploys such concepts as attention, slowness and lateness to emphasize the uneven quality of time around the world. |
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UNINA9910797978303321 |
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Autore |
Hargrove Jarvis L. |
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The political economy of the interior Gold Coast : the Asante and the era of legitimate trading, 1807-1875 / / Jarvis L. Hargrove |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Ashanti (African people) - Commerce - History - 19th century |
Slave trade - Ghana - History |
Ghana Economic conditions 19th century |
Ghana Relations Europe |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 241 |
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This book analyzes the Asante transition to legitimate commerce in the nineteenth century and highlights the political and economic |
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relationships of the Asante state with surrounding African groups and European traders. |
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