Cinema, democracy and perfectionism

Cinema, democracy and perfectionismJoshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing skeptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life.

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manufacturing

the dynamics of luxury and basic fashion after the recent economic crisis and the negotiation through fashion of social class and feminine identity

the English and American made ‘Maoriland’ films of the late 1920s and early 1930s

An exciting new contribution from Australia’s foremost scholar of television

we discover attitudes to sinful

culture and politics - have sparked political debates worldwide for many years

rock and punk films

and the effects of mediation on nanotechnology and electronic literature

From Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade – the hard-boiled loner trawling the mean streets – to Agatha Christie's Captain Hastings – the genteel companion in greener surrounds – the P

Written by acclaimed playwright James MacDonald

together with a collection of writings from many different disciplines and perspectives on its various themes