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  • 2020-2024  (4)
  • Michigan Publishing 〈University of Michigan〉  (4)
  • Smeulders, Valika
  • Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press  (4)
  • History  (4)
  • Zeitschriften zur Ethnologie
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    Congo style : from Belgian art nouveau to African independence (2023)
    Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
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    ISBN: 9780472903887 , 0472903888
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: African perspectives
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sacks, Ruth, 1977- Congo style
    DDC: 111/.8509675112
    Keywords: 1900-1999 ; Modernism (Aesthetics) ; Art and state ; Architecture and state ; Art and society ; Architecture and society ; Architecture ; Architecture, Colonial ; Art, Colonial ; Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic) ; History ; Kinshasa (Congo) Buildings, structures, etc ; Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Abstract: Congo Style presents a postcolonial approach to discussing the visual culture of two now-notorious regimes: King Leopold II's Congo Colony and the state sites of Mobutu Sese Seko's totalitarian Zaïre. Readers are brought into the living remains of sites once made up of ambitious modernist architecture and art in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. From the total artworks of Art Nouveau to the aggrandizing sites of post-independence Kinshasa, Congo Style investigates the experiential qualities of man-made environments intended to entertain, delight, seduce and impress. In her study of visual culture, Ruth Sacks sets out to reinstate the compelling wonder of nationalist architecture from Kinshasa's post-independence era, such as the Tower of the Exchange (1974), Gécamines Tower (1977), and the artworks and exhibitions that accompanied them. While exploring post-independence nation-building, this book examines how the underlying ideology of Belgian Art Nouveau, a celebrated movement in Belgium, led to the dominating early colonial settler buildings of the ABC Hotels (circa 1908-13). Congo Style combines Sacks's practice as a visual artist and her academic scholarship to provide an original study of early colonial and independence-era modernist sites in their African context
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    The persistence of dance : choreography as concept and material in contemporary art (2023)
    Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
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    ISBN: 9780472903894 , 0472903896
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Brannigan, Erin Persistence of dance
    Keywords: 1900-2099 ; Art and dance ; Choreography History 20th century ; Choreography History 21st century ; Modern dance History 20th century ; Modern dance History 21st century ; Art et danse ; Chorégraphie - Histoire - 20e siècle ; Chorégraphie - Histoire - 21e siècle ; Art and dance ; Choreography ; Modern dance ; PERFORMING ARTS / General ; History
    Abstract: There is a category of choreographic practice with a lineage stretching back to mid-20th century North America that has re-emerged since the early 1990s: dance as a contemporary art medium. Such work belongs as much to the gallery as does video art or sculpture and is distinct from both performance art and its history as well as from theater-based dance. The Persistence of Dance: Choreography as Concept and Material in Contemporary Art explores this history by looking at the continuities and differences between the second-wave dance avant-garde in the 1950s-1970s and the third-wave starting in the 1990s. Through close readings of key artists such as Maria Hassabi, Sarah Michelson, Boris Charmatz, Meg Stuart, Philip Gehmacher, Adam Linder, Agatha Gothe-Snape, Shelley Lasica and Latai Taumoepeau, The Persistence of Dance traces the relationship between the third-wave and gallery-based work. Looking at these artists highlights how the discussions and practices associated with 'conceptual dance' resonate with the categories of conceptual and post-conceptual art as well as with the critical work on the function of visual art categories. Brannigan concludes that within the current post-disciplinary context, there is a persistence of dance and that a model of post-dance exists that encompasses dance as a contemporary art medium
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-339) and index
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    Mortal kombat : games of death (2022)
    Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
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    ISBN: 9780472902620 , 0472902628
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Landmark video games
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Church, David, 1982- Mortal kombat
    Keywords: Mortal Kombat (Game) ; Video games Social aspects ; Video games History ; Jeux vidéo - Aspect social - États-Unis ; Jeux vidéo - États-Unis - Histoire ; Mortal Kombat (Game) ; Video games ; Video games - Social aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; History ; United States
    Abstract: Upon its premiere in 1992, Midway's Mortal Kombat spawned an enormously influential series of fighting games, notorious for their violent "fatality" moves performed by photorealistically rendered characters. Targeted by lawmakers and moral reformers, the series directly inspired the creation of an industrywide rating system for video games and became a referendum on the wide popularity of 16-bit home consoles. Along the way, it became one of the world's most iconic fighting games, and a transmedia franchise that continues to this day. This book traces Mortal Kombat's history as an American product inspired by both Japanese video games and Chinese martial-arts cinema, its successes and struggles in adapting to new market trends, and the ongoing influence of its secret-strewn narrative world. After outlining the specific elements of gameplay that differentiated Mortal Kombat from its competitors in the coin-op market, David Church examines the various martial-arts films that inspired its Orientalist imagery, helping explain its stereotypical uses of race and gender. He also posits the games as a cultural landmark from a moment when public policy attempted to intervene in both the remediation of cinematic aesthetics within interactive digital games and in the transition of public gaming spaces into the domestic sphere. Finally, the book explores how the franchise attempted to conquer other forms of media in the 1990s, lost ground to a new generation of 3D games in the 2000s, and has successfully rebooted itself in the 2010s to reclaim its legacy
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    The repoliticization of the welfare state (2022)
    Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
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    ISBN: 0472902865 , 9780472902866
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als McManus, Ian P Repoliticization of the welfare state
    Keywords: 2000-2099 ; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Political aspects ; Welfare state History 21st century ; Recessions History 21st century ; Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009 - Aspect politique - Europe ; État providence - Pays de l'Union européenne - Histoire - 21e siècle ; Récessions - Europe - Histoire - 21e siècle ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General ; Recessions ; Welfare state ; History ; Europe ; European Union countries
    Abstract: "The Repoliticization of the Welfare State grapples with the evolving nature of political conflict over social spending after the Great Recession. While the severity of the economic crisis encouraged strong social spending responses to protect millions of individuals, governments have faced growing pressure to reduce budgets and make deep cuts to the welfare state. Whereas conservative parties have embraced fiscal discipline and welfare state cuts, left-wing parties have turned away from austerity in favor of higher social spending. These political differences represent a return of traditional left-right beliefs over social spending and economic governance. This book is one of the first to systematically compare welfare state politics before and after the Great Recession, arguing that a new and lasting post-crisis dynamic has emerged where political parties once again matter for social spending. At the heart of this repoliticization are intense ideological debates over market regulation, social inequality, redistribution, and the role of the state. The book analyzes social spending dynamics for 28 countries before and after the crisis. It also includes in-depth country case studies representing five distinct welfare state types: Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, and the Czech Republic"
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-219) and index , The Realignment of Welfare State Politics , Crisis and the Politics of Social Spending , The European Union , Germany: Continental European Welfare State , United Kingdom: Liberal Welfare State , Sweden: Nordic Welfare State , Spain: Southern European Welfare State , -Czech Republic: Eastern European Welfare State , Conclusion.
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