Acting bodies and social networks [[electronic resource] ] : a bridge between technology and working memory / / edited and introduced by Bianca Maria Pirani and Ivan Varga |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : University Press of America, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
Disciplina | 006.7/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PiraniBianca Maria
VargaIvan |
Soggetto topico |
Social psychology
Technology - Social aspects Mind and body - Social aspects Memory - Social aspects Human body - Social aspects Social networks |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7618-4998-X
1-299-13580-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Conclusion; A Paradigm to Integrate Mind and Body; Notes; Foreword; Introduction; Bodies in Technology; The Invention of Technology; The Body is the Medium of Knowledge; Acting Bodies: A Bridge Between Technology and Working Memory; Bibliography; Volume One: The Body as Social Icon; First Part: Icon as Utopia; 1: Utopian Bodies; What is the Utopian Body?; Pumping Iron, or, the Utopian Body in History; The Global no Body and the Vulnerable Body in Pain; Filmography; Bibliography; 2: Obama as Charismatic Icon; Introduction
Max Weber and Charismatic AuthorityCharisma and Icon; Creating a Social Space for Charismatic Authority; Obama as Polysemic Icon; Image at a Standstill; Bibliography; 3: A Social Icon: the ""Squart""; Squart Rue de la Bourse (Paris); Bibliography; 4: Philosophy as Memory; Bibliography; 5: Icons, Symbols, Cultures; General Considerations; The Body as Icon and Symbol; Notes; Bibliography; 6: Increasing Diversity in a Changing Europe; Introduction; Diversity, Migration and Political Cultures in France, Britain and Germany; The Case of Italy The Communitarization of the Migration Policies and the Management of DiversityThe Convergence of Migration Policies in EU Countries; Bibliography; Second Part: Social Icons of the Body: Case-Studies; 7: The Play Actors: Fleeing Bodies, Remaining Prudishness or ....... Body Under Control?; Body Kept Distant and Under Control; Training and Techniques of Acting; Awareness of the Presence on Stage and Relation to the Technique; Body Instrument of the Artist - Physical Limits; The Links With the Personal Life - the Manners to Enter the Skin of the Character The Instigator of the Vocation: Sensation, Pleasure, FeelingsEmbody: Give Substance to the Character.; Fill the Skin of the Character; Notes; Bibliography; 8: Body Cult and Consumption: Fashion and Beauty in the Construction of Lifestyles; Body: Both a Product and Producer of Culture; Body, Fashion and Identity; Body Cult in Numbers: The Recent Evolution of the Beauty Industry; The Research Field; Motivation; Notes; Bibliography; 9: Because also I am Worthy: the Male Body on the Stage; The Male Body as Significant Area in the Media The Aesthetical Visibility of the Masculine Body from the Maquillage to the SurgeryPerformance, Bodies and Masculinity; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 10: Spectacular Boobs. A Indepth Look at Sex-Themed Restaurants and Their Female Waitresses; Sexual Desire as A commodity: ""Sell Me Some Sex Today""; Sexuality and Ideology: ""Why Does it Make Us Feel so Good?""; Culture and Spectacle: ""The Hunger for the Bunny and All the Others""; Consumption and Desire: The Addiction to the Image; Conclusion: Sexual Desire Still Sells; What Happens Now?; Bibliography 11: Southern Bodies: Bodies, Gender and Sexuality in World Society |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452388803321 |
Lanham, : University Press of America, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Acting bodies and social networks [[electronic resource] ] : a bridge between technology and working memory / / edited and introduced by Bianca Maria Pirani and Ivan Varga |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : University Press of America, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 p.) |
Disciplina | 006.7/5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PiraniBianca Maria
VargaIvan |
Soggetto topico |
Social psychology
Technology - Social aspects Mind and body - Social aspects Memory - Social aspects Human body - Social aspects Social networks |
ISBN |
0-7618-4998-X
1-299-13580-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Conclusion; A Paradigm to Integrate Mind and Body; Notes; Foreword; Introduction; Bodies in Technology; The Invention of Technology; The Body is the Medium of Knowledge; Acting Bodies: A Bridge Between Technology and Working Memory; Bibliography; Volume One: The Body as Social Icon; First Part: Icon as Utopia; 1: Utopian Bodies; What is the Utopian Body?; Pumping Iron, or, the Utopian Body in History; The Global no Body and the Vulnerable Body in Pain; Filmography; Bibliography; 2: Obama as Charismatic Icon; Introduction
Max Weber and Charismatic AuthorityCharisma and Icon; Creating a Social Space for Charismatic Authority; Obama as Polysemic Icon; Image at a Standstill; Bibliography; 3: A Social Icon: the ""Squart""; Squart Rue de la Bourse (Paris); Bibliography; 4: Philosophy as Memory; Bibliography; 5: Icons, Symbols, Cultures; General Considerations; The Body as Icon and Symbol; Notes; Bibliography; 6: Increasing Diversity in a Changing Europe; Introduction; Diversity, Migration and Political Cultures in France, Britain and Germany; The Case of Italy The Communitarization of the Migration Policies and the Management of DiversityThe Convergence of Migration Policies in EU Countries; Bibliography; Second Part: Social Icons of the Body: Case-Studies; 7: The Play Actors: Fleeing Bodies, Remaining Prudishness or ....... Body Under Control?; Body Kept Distant and Under Control; Training and Techniques of Acting; Awareness of the Presence on Stage and Relation to the Technique; Body Instrument of the Artist - Physical Limits; The Links With the Personal Life - the Manners to Enter the Skin of the Character The Instigator of the Vocation: Sensation, Pleasure, FeelingsEmbody: Give Substance to the Character.; Fill the Skin of the Character; Notes; Bibliography; 8: Body Cult and Consumption: Fashion and Beauty in the Construction of Lifestyles; Body: Both a Product and Producer of Culture; Body, Fashion and Identity; Body Cult in Numbers: The Recent Evolution of the Beauty Industry; The Research Field; Motivation; Notes; Bibliography; 9: Because also I am Worthy: the Male Body on the Stage; The Male Body as Significant Area in the Media The Aesthetical Visibility of the Masculine Body from the Maquillage to the SurgeryPerformance, Bodies and Masculinity; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 10: Spectacular Boobs. A Indepth Look at Sex-Themed Restaurants and Their Female Waitresses; Sexual Desire as A commodity: ""Sell Me Some Sex Today""; Sexuality and Ideology: ""Why Does it Make Us Feel so Good?""; Culture and Spectacle: ""The Hunger for the Bunny and All the Others""; Consumption and Desire: The Addiction to the Image; Conclusion: Sexual Desire Still Sells; What Happens Now?; Bibliography 11: Southern Bodies: Bodies, Gender and Sexuality in World Society |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779326503321 |
Lanham, : University Press of America, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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