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MESSIAS = MESSIAH 1789–1803: In search of an original text for a new edition
Editors of Messiah in the last century – from Chrysander to Watkins Shaw to Donald Burrows – have persevered in presenting a text not only faithful...
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acta Community Theatre, the ‘Cycle of Engagement’ and a ‘Community of [Theatre] Practice’
This chapter presents the first of four case studies exploring contemporary practices of community theatre. acta Community Theatre (Bedminster,...
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Malcolm X: From the Autobiography to Spike Lee’s Film, Two Complementary Perspectives on the Man and the Militant Black Leader
This paper proposes to analyze Spike LeeLee, Spike ’s 1992 film about the life and death of the black leader Malcolm XMalcolm X in the light of the...
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Dystopie und anthropologische Differenz
Stellt das aktuelle Reboot der Planet der Affen-Reihe (USA 2011–2017) lediglich eine den tricktechnischen Möglichkeiten angepasste Neuadaption des...
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Dear Winnie—Jr.cE.sA.r
Dear Winnie (2019) is about the legacy of Winnie Mandela, who by the time of her death in 2018 had become a controversial figure, celebrated for her...
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Iconographic Communication
Iconographic communication involves an exploration of signs and symbols that through heavy use have acquired rich connotations and consequently...
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Cultivating a Rebel Without a Pause
In this chapter, Campbell analyzes a seminal album of his adolescence. Campbell reflects on how a rap album helped him find his voice as a youth....
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‘One More Horror Camp’: 1944–1945
During an unseasonably warm spring, startling news about the ‘horror camps’ in Germany emerged in April 1945. Chapter 7...
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Unseen Universities and Seen Academics: An Introduction
Chapter 1 frames the collection in terms of its themes and common threads, situating a multi- and cross-disciplinary volume in its intellectual...
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Post-soul Latinidad: Black nationalism in Mama’s Girl and Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
Contemporary Afro-Latina coming-of-age memoirs often include a significant admixture of African American literary, cultural, and political...
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“I Am the Highest Paid Showrunner in Television!” Shonda Rhimes’ Work and Influence in the Media Industry
The work of American television producer Shonda Rhimes is influential both in terms of on-screen representations and the wider media industry. In the...
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The Future and Funding of Transnational Broadcasting and Soft Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific
There is no more time to waste in ensuring ongoing funding for Australia’s transnational broadcast voice in the Indo-Pacific, focused on the new...
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A Clockwork Orange and its Representations of Sexual Violence as Torture: Stanley Kubrick and Francis Bacon
This paper offers a discussion of A Clockwork Orange through the comparative lens of the imagery of both Stanley Kubrick and the British painter...
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Black Art, Black Rage, and Black Lives Matter: The Influence of the Black Arts Movement
This chapter explores the Black Arts Movement as the cultural sector of the Black Power Movement and an artistic launch point for an arts-based...
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Dangerous Arts: The Clash Between Anthony Burgess, Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange, and the World
When the film A Clockwork Orange opened in 1971, Anthony Burgess said he was “very pleased with the way Kubrick handled my book.” Throughout the...
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‘Raising the Red Rag’: Recontextualising Working-Class Women’s Labour Through Nightcleaners (1975) and ’36 to ’77 (1978)
Produced by Britain’s Berwick Street Collective, Nightcleaners (1974) and its ‘sequel’, ’36 to ’77 (1978), are two pioneering ‘documentaries’ that...
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Ricky Gervais as Philosopher: The Comedy of Alienation
The humor of the television series (The Office, Extras, Derek, After Life) of Ricky Gervais, the British comedian, is often considered an example of...
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Queens of the Damned: The Black Female Vampire on Screen
Black female vampires represent the most monstrous of bodies pulling together theories about gender, race, and monstrosity. By unpacking specific...
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Rage Against the Machine’s Evil Empire: An Autoethnography of Music and Political Socialization in Early Adolescence
In this chapter, I investigate the intersections between music and political socialization during early adolescence. My central hypothesis is that...
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Translation and Reception
This chapter deals with translation and reception. It takes the case of the creative translation of the Homeric corpus mainly in early modern England...