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An invaluable introduction to popular film and the way in which it is studied this book brings together the critical approaches and issues that have sought to define popular film from the 1950s to the present day. It includes discussion of mass culture theory and political economy; auteur theory; genre theory; star studies; historical poetics; screen theory; feminism and cultural studies. Written by specialists, Approaches to popular film is an ideal textbook for students coming to film theory for the first time.
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A collection of essays on "Twin Peaks" and the postmodern mediascape.
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Essential Reading for the Peaks Freak.......2007-06-30
After there was no hope for the show's return, I found some of the essays from this book at my college library during the mid 90's. It is great to be able to own them!
Sure, some of the essays are somewhat pretensious and in some cases in accurate, but you will not find the series analyzed like this anywhere else. This book is a very unique resource. If you are a fan of the show, then you will absolutely love this book.
full of revelations.......2007-05-14
Twin Peaks offered a door into that which is below the Matrix that we assume is "reality." In many ways it is like the red pill that Morpheus offers Neo. This book explores the various elements in the show that opens up vision. To see more does not mean there is some final answers. What does happen is-- what we assume proves to be wrong. When we hear the music of the show it is not just supportive sound, when we see people act they are not carrying out the cliches of the ordinary. We see the typologies of our pop culture but the cliches of their characters are violated or turned upside down. There is humor in the show because humor liberates and the apparent order of the town is seen to be an accomplishment of all kinds of human evnergy and possibility hidden below the cliches. If you hated the show-- the book will be of no value. IF you liked the show or are passionate about the work of David Lynch-- this book can give you words and pathways to walk to learn why.
Leaves no owl unturned.......2003-09-03
If you've been wondering what serious academic scholars think about Twin Peaks,
this is the book for you.
On the other hand, if you want fun reading about a fun show, Agent Cooper's
Autobiography or Welcome to Twin Peaks: Access Guide would be a better bet. ;-)
A dozen in-depth analyses of the unique TV series, written by a raft of PhD's,
including professors from leading universities. No matter how many times you've
watched the programs, I guarantee that this book will tell you things you've
never noticed . . . or even imagined. There's a complete listing of characters,
a calendar/timeline, and 50 pages of scene-by-scene descriptions of all the
episodes, plus the movie.
The last chapter is a sort of free-for-all panel discussion (or, as the eight
co-authors describe it, "a writing strategy that privileges the dialogic
interchange rather than the monologic pronouncement"). Here are the concluding
remarks:
REEVES: Maybe David Lynch is possessed by BOB so he is not responsible
for his actions.
ALL: Hmmmm . . .
In my opinion, this book's sometimes pompous, sometimes far-fetched, sometimes
incomprehensible attempts to dissect the products of David Lynch's wild creativity
are--if one takes a step back--wryly appropriate to Twin Peaks' own blending of
the mundane and the weird.
1/2 Simplistic garbage, 1/2 Pseudo-intellectual nonsense.......2003-01-04
"The echolalia and subvocal signs of the semiotic - what we might call feminine Twinspeak - therefore co-exist with and challenge both the patriarchal canonization of Laura Palmer and its Freudian subtext. (104)"
The above sentence comes from arguably the best of the twelve essays contained within this book, Christy Desmet's "The Canonization of Laura Palmer." She makes some extremely insightful points, but to reach them, you have to wade through pretentious written-with-thesaurus-in-hand idiocy like the preceding paragraph.
In general, those expecting to find opinions on what the Red Room really is, or whether coffee and cherry pie are a metaphor for something deeper, will have to parse through endless masturbatory babble, and for the most part will be ultimately disappointed by the lack of any revelations about the show itself (one notable exception is Angela Hague's interesting "Derationalization of Detection," which delves briefly into what actually happened to Cooper in the Black Lodge).
Some essays, such as Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Bad Ideas..." might simply be re-titled "Why I liked Twin Peaks," as it comes off more like high-brow film criticism than anything else, revealing nothing about the show other than why the writer thought it was good. Ditto Marc Dolan's essay "The Peaks and Valleys...", which contains only speculation as to why the show might have lost its audience. Henry Jenkins' is awful, doing nothing more than chronicling ultimately irrelevant discussions on alt.tv.twinpeaks while the show was airing.
A few of the feminist writers are equally terrible for different reasons. Martha Nochimson's "Desire Under the Douglas Firs..." had potential to be very interesting, but went on a "phallocentric" tangent, and from her we read insights like "The phallic nature of the thumbs up sign, and the phallic incapacity of the Old Bellhop, who cannot stand up straight, are complemented by the visionary presence of The Giant, a phallic presence, as emphasized by the visual foregrounding of The Giant's crotch. (153).
In addition, I fear, some of these writers seem to be a little out of their depth, and readers who are specialists in any of the fields contained within might be able to find numerous mistakes. For instance, in the essay about music (my own area of specialty) Kathryn Kalinak misidentifies leitmotifs, writes musical examples in the wrong key AND mode, and generally reveals herself to be musically illiterate. She also assigns import and symbolism to things that deserve none. She notes that in one scene, "a country and western selection on the jukebox mysteriously disappears for Shelley and Norma's entrance only to reappear a few moments later," citing this as proof that Lynch is trying to make us aware of the line "between illusion and artifice." Nonsense. It was an editing mistake. I could wax philosophical that the chess game between Cooper and Earle (which contained impossible positions/illegal moves) was Lynch trying to symbolically demonstrate any number of things, but it was really just Lynch being lazy, and that's fine.
The essays alone really only merit two stars, but following them "Full of Secrets" has several excellent appendices which contain writing/directorial/acting credits, a Twin Peaks calendar of events, and a complete scene breakdown from the pilot through FWWM, all very well done and useful.
For the rest of the book, well, you've been warned.
Full of Delight.......2002-09-27
David Lavery's book is, beyond any doubt, a book to purchase for any fan of "Twin Peaks" or related Lynch material. This book of essays, focusing on different themes and messages in David Lynch's tv-serial, is most likely the best of its kind on the marked.
Take a mesmorising trip through the fantastic of "Twin Peaks" or go looking for clues to unlocking its strange mysteries - this book will give you all the leads. So whether you are into exploring doubling, postmodern culture, detective fiction, the fantastic, or merely the world of David Lynch, I strongly recommend getting a hold of this book. An amazing a thorough read - even better than the otherwise strong "Weirdsville USA"!!!
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The American West in Film: Critical Approaches to the Western (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
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Twenty years after the release of her first album, Madonna remains one of the most consistently transgressive and self-transforming artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The release of three albums and two sold-out world tours since 2000 alone have renewed media and academic interest in the artist. Madonna's recent work presents a set of strikingly new challenges to cultural analysis, and new developments in gender, queer and ethnic studies have shed more light on her entire œuvre. While the contributors refer to classic cultural theorists such as Baudrillard, Žižek, Foucault and Barthes, new theoretical trends feature prominently. The present volume offers new perspectives on Madonna's work to date, addressing her configurations of race, gender and sex(uality), with special emphasis on her resurrection after the Sex backlash in the early 1990s.
The collection focuses on new Madonna-related topics such as Hinduism, Judaism, Japanese culture, all-American culture, queer culture, motherhood and her influence on newer 'girl acts' such as the Spice Girls and Britney Spears. The book explores the themes of gender, sexuality, ethnicity and celebrity consumption through the lens of Madonna's songs, videos and shows. An international array of scholars portrays Madonna's popularization of the notion that identity is not fixed and can be continuously rearranged and revamped. The book will have wide appeal for all those concerned with gender studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, lesbian and gay musicology as well as popular music studies.
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Running Scared responds to the absence of critical attention to male sexuality in film by bringing representations of phallic masculinity into the spotlight. In his analysis of films, novels, paintings, photographs, popular music, jokes, and videos, Peter Lehman investigates the patriarchal culture that keeps the male body and especially male genitals out of sight. Lehman documents the pervasive anxiety underlying images of the male body, arguing that attempts to keep male sexuality hidden in the pursuit of good taste and an avoidance of perversion maintains the male mystique and preserves the power of the phallus.
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Screen, Culture, Psyche illuminates recent developments in Jungian modes of media analysis, and illustrates how psychoanalytic theories have been adapted to allow for the interpretation of films and television programmes, employing post-Jungian methods in the deep reading of a whole range of films. Readings of this kind can demonstrate the way that some films bear the psychological projections not only of their makers but of their audience, and assess the manner in which films engage the writer's own psyche. Seeking to go beyond existing theories, John Izod explores the question of whether Jungian screen analysis can work for ordinary filmgoers - can what functions for the scholar be said to be true for people without a background in Jung's ideas?
Through detailed readings of a number of films and programmes, John Izod builds on the work previously done by Jungian film analysts, and moves on to contemplate the level of audience engagement. Offering deep readings of films directed by Kubrick and Bernardo Bertolucci, as well as satirical comedy, documentaries and twenty-first century Westerns, the book explores the extent to which they manage to make the psychological impact on spectators that films of a similar kind have done on Jungian writers. The author concludes that the screen texts with the best likelihood of impacting the culture of the audience through their collective psychological force fall at opposite ends of the size and budget range: highly personal documentaries, and the most affecting of mainstream genre movies.
This innovative text will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and therapists, as well as students and scholars of film with an interest in understanding how screen products work psychologically to engage the viewer.
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Studies in Entertainment: Critical Approaches to Mass Culture (Theories of Contemporary Culture)
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Consuming Children: Education-Entertainment-Advertising
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"Consuming Children is an important, exciting, funny and tragic book, addressing key issues for education in the 21st century. It dramatically charts the corporatising of education and the corporatising of the child. It is a book that demands to be read by teachers and policymakers - before it is too late. Sparkling with sociological insight and imagination, it is as clear as it is important as it is disturbing." - Stephen J. Ball, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, University of London
"Accessible, insightful and boldly argued,'Consuming Children' makes a refreshing contribution to current discussions of young people, schooling and the culture industry. Jane Kenway and Elizabeth Bullen draw on a strong base of research and scholarship to advance powerful critiques and interesting and workable pedagogical responses to corporate culturalism." - Colin Lankshear
National Autonomous University of Mexico
"'Consuming Children' offers a challenging perspective on one of the most pressing educational issues of our time - the changing relationships between childhood, schooling and consumer culture. Combining incisive commentary on established debates with new insights from empirical research, it should be read by all those concerned with the future of learning." - Professor David Buckingham
Institute of Education, University of London
* Who are today's young people and how are they constructed in media-consumer culture and in relation to adult cultures in particular?
* How are the issues of pleasure, power, agency to be understood in the corporatised global community?
* How are teachers to educate young people? What new practices are required?
Buy delight, kids rule, adults are dim and schools are dull. These are canons of children's consumer cultures. In the places where kids, commodities and images meet, education, entertainment and advertising merge. Kids consume this corporate abundance with appetite. But what happens now that schools are on the market? Is this a form of corporate gluttony? Are designer schools educationally 'grotesque'? Who is conspicuously consuming at the educational emporium? How are students packaged? Which students have badge appeal? Who rules? Are adults taking their revenge on children? Are kids hungry to learn or keen to transgress? Where is their delight?
Consuming Children argues that we are entering another stage in the construction of the young as the demarcations between education, entertainment and advertising collapse and as the lines between the
generations both blur and harden. Drawing from the voices of students and from contemporary cultural theory this book provokes us to ponder the role of the school in the 'age of desire'.
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Provocative, Alarming and Empowering.......2006-09-26
Kenway and Bullens' close analysis of the intersection between education, entertainment and advertising in an increasingly market-driven society, is at times alarming and frightening, though ultimately empowering.
The discussion of market penetration and the commodification of education and children, is painted in vivid detail, covering everything from school raffle sales, student 'brand' identity and school promotional materials. The concept of 'consumer-media culture' is deployed in order to understand the dynamic driving force behind social, generational and institutional changes, with advertising featuring as a central example of this. The discussion of generational differences is also cleverly argued, acknowledging the inherent differences between youth and parents/teachers; though slippage between generations is also permitted and discussed clearly.
Although at times this text can seem all gloom and doom, with children and educational institutions seeming to be held at the mercy of the great fire-breathing dragon of 'consumer-media culture', woven throughout is also a vein of hope and encouragement for the future. Not only are students (from Victoria, Australia in this case) revealled to be quite astute when it comes to understanding the ways in which advertising, entertainment and education function throughout their own experience, more critical guidance is still needed. Kenway and Bullen offer such guidance in the form of pedagogical examples that seek not only to encourage students to be critical consumers of commodities, but active producers of alternative perspectives.
Theoretically dense and expertly argued by two acclaimed researchers, "Consuming Children" is an essential addition to debates seeking to understand students and education in our rapidly changing world.
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Kid-Tastic Birthday Parties: The Complete Party Planner for Today's Kids
Jane Chase
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Complete, easy, creative.......2000-06-14
This is a fantastic source for ideas for having a themed party. Gives great explanations for everything from invitations to food to games to favors. A wonderful guide to throwing a memorable party.
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Great for Beginners.......2007-10-04
This book is great for beginning Exchange administrators. I've supported Windows Server systems for over 6 years but my only exposure to Exchange has been on the client side. When I needed to start deploying and supporting Exchange servers I looked for a resource that would explain everything I need to know in enough detail to be helpful but not so much detail as to overwhelm me. This book was exactly was I needed.
Pros: Simple to read and understand. Covers the entire Exchange server lifecylce in enough detail to be truly useful; from installation all the way to troubleshooting when things go wrong.
Cons: An unusually high number of mismatched figures (graphics) in the book; sometimes figure 1 and figure 2 are the same thing! Some grammatical issues that once or twice led to a technical inaccuracy.
Conclusion: If you've been working with Exchange enough to know how to configure full-text indexing, work with address lists, or configure OWA, then you'll need something more advanced than this book. But if you have little to no experience with Exchange, this book is for you!
Great Book.......2007-08-15
As a seasoned Exchange Admin, I find my self refrencing this book quite a bit. I have read about 60% of the book and find it to be very easy reading to comprehend. Has great examples on how to navigate through the screens and is great for a begginer or novice admin.
Excellent Book.......2007-08-03
Well written in simple English without a bunch of jargon. I don't think I saw a single instance of the words, "rich" or "robust". Very good book for someone with minimal experience wanting to install Exchange Server for the first time and also an excellent reference guide for those with more experience interested in advanced configurations.
A well written book .......2006-02-06
When I first started reading this book, I was a bit overwhelmed. Especially while reading the first few pages of chapter 2. Being new to exchange server and never using the product before, and after reading the first few pages of the second chapter, I thought I made a mistake in buying this book.
But as I read more of the chapters, I grew to appreciate the writing style of Mr. Boswell. He explains the most tedious exchange topics in an easily understood manner. He takes you step by step and explains everything in great detail.
If you're looking for a book to pass the MCSE tests, then look further. This book really is geared to truly understanding the product. This book won't give you years of experience in administering an exchange server but it's a great resource for "newbie's" such as me.
Very, Very Good!.......2005-12-09
I'd thought that I was free to co-author with Bill to write this book, but ... Anyway, Bill is very good as far as W2k and W2k3 o/s are concerned, but he is also very good with Exchange 2k3. More importantly, Bill is very good to bring those complex issues down to earth with plained-English, explained the whole thing with a great sense of humor. Now, looking back, I think it was a good decision for not to get involved in writing this book with Bill in the first place because there is no way I could match his skill.
Very well-done, Bill. I hope I would see the Advanced-Topics on the Exchange 2k3 as well, also written by you, not just installing, performing basic configurations. Bill, I just want to let you know that I have started the time-watch now :)
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