Jim Henson and philosophy : imagination and the magic of mayhem / / edited by Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy ; foreword by Craig Yoe |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.5/3092 |
Soggetto topico |
Creative ability - Philosophy
Puppeteers - United States Television producers and directors - United States Motion picture producers and directors - United States Muppets (Fictitious characters) |
ISBN | 1-4422-4665-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Living with Muppets: Social and Political Philosophy; 1 Muppets, Monsters, and Misfits; 2 Miss Piggy's Feminism; 3 Kermit and Leadership; 4 Go and Find Your Songs; 5 Overconsumption and Environmentalism in Labyrinth; 6 Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?; Part II: Thinking Like a Muppet: Epistemology and Logic; 7 Finding Fallacies Funny; 8 I Saw Memories of You; 9 Breaking Down the Walls; 10 Muppets and Mimesis; 11 The Best Seat by the Fire; Part III: Acting Like a Muppet: Ethics; 12 Jim Henson's Epicurean Compass
13 My (Un)Fair Lady14 You Couldn't Handle Real Life; 15 Meep Is the Word; 16 "Whatever"; Part IV: Being a Muppet: Metaphysics; 17 Kermit's Rainbow Connection; 18 The Passion, Will, and Freedom of Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Animal; 19 "Life's Like a Movie"; 20 Traveling Matt's Adventures in Outer Space; 21 Ontology and Superposition; 22 The Metaphysics of Muppetationality; Notes; Index; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797371903321 |
Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] | ||
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Jim Henson and philosophy : imagination and the magic of mayhem / / edited by Timothy M. Dale and Joseph J. Foy ; foreword by Craig Yoe |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.5/3092 |
Soggetto topico |
Creative ability - Philosophy
Puppeteers - United States Television producers and directors - United States Motion picture producers and directors - United States Muppets (Fictitious characters) |
ISBN | 1-4422-4665-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Living with Muppets: Social and Political Philosophy; 1 Muppets, Monsters, and Misfits; 2 Miss Piggy's Feminism; 3 Kermit and Leadership; 4 Go and Find Your Songs; 5 Overconsumption and Environmentalism in Labyrinth; 6 Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?; Part II: Thinking Like a Muppet: Epistemology and Logic; 7 Finding Fallacies Funny; 8 I Saw Memories of You; 9 Breaking Down the Walls; 10 Muppets and Mimesis; 11 The Best Seat by the Fire; Part III: Acting Like a Muppet: Ethics; 12 Jim Henson's Epicurean Compass
13 My (Un)Fair Lady14 You Couldn't Handle Real Life; 15 Meep Is the Word; 16 "Whatever"; Part IV: Being a Muppet: Metaphysics; 17 Kermit's Rainbow Connection; 18 The Passion, Will, and Freedom of Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Animal; 19 "Life's Like a Movie"; 20 Traveling Matt's Adventures in Outer Space; 21 Ontology and Superposition; 22 The Metaphysics of Muppetationality; Notes; Index; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827741703321 |
Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shadow woman [[electronic resource] ] : the extraordinary career of Pauline Benton / / Grant Hayter-Menzies |
Autore | Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.5/3092 |
Soggetto topico |
Women puppeteers - United States
Women performance artists - United States Shadow shows - United States - History - 20th century Puppet theater - United States - History - 20th century Shadow puppets - United States - History - 20th century Performance art - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7735-8909-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cultural Geographies -- Shadow People -- Willow-Patterned Cathay -- The Red Gate Shadow Players -- Oriental Curiosities -- Shadows Pass -- World War -- Survival -- Cultural Revolution -- Shadow Woman -- Monkey King -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The White Snake. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452912603321 |
Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 | ||
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Shadow woman [[electronic resource] ] : the extraordinary career of Pauline Benton / / Grant Hayter-Menzies |
Autore | Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.5/3092 |
Soggetto topico |
Women puppeteers - United States
Women performance artists - United States Shadow shows - United States - History - 20th century Puppet theater - United States - History - 20th century Shadow puppets - United States - History - 20th century Performance art - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-7735-8910-4
0-7735-8909-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cultural Geographies -- Shadow People -- Willow-Patterned Cathay -- The Red Gate Shadow Players -- Oriental Curiosities -- Shadows Pass -- World War -- Survival -- Cultural Revolution -- Shadow Woman -- Monkey King -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The White Snake. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790412603321 |
Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shadow woman : the extraordinary career of Pauline Benton / / Grant Hayter-Menzies |
Autore | Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.5/3092 |
Soggetto topico |
Women puppeteers - United States
Women performance artists - United States Shadow shows - United States - History - 20th century Puppet theater - United States - History - 20th century Shadow puppets - United States - History - 20th century Performance art - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
0-7735-8910-4
0-7735-8909-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cultural Geographies -- Shadow People -- Willow-Patterned Cathay -- The Red Gate Shadow Players -- Oriental Curiosities -- Shadows Pass -- World War -- Survival -- Cultural Revolution -- Shadow Woman -- Monkey King -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The White Snake. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825493503321 |
Hayter-Menzies Grant <1964->
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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