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James S. Williams
Xala (1974) by the pioneering Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, was acclaimed on its release for its scorching critique of postcolonial African society, and it cemented Sembene's status as a wholly…
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James S Williams
Charts the key turning points in the short, extraordinary life of Frantz Fanon.
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A wide-ranging and accessible approach to Godard’s later work, and a major intervention in the study of film and ethics.
This book brings together five French directors who have established themselves as among the most exciting working today: Bruno Dumont, Robert Guediguian, Laurent Cantet, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Claire Denis. It…
This exciting and original volume offers the first comprehensive critical study of the recent profusion of European films and television addressing sexual migration and seeking to capture the lives and…
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John William Dawson, Bernard James Harrington
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
William S. Burroughs
Portrays the development of Burroughs’ mature writing style by presenting a selection of pieces from the mid-1950s. This book tells how his outrageous tone of voice represents the exorcism of…
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A comprehensive, original and accessible account of all aspects of Jean Cocteau’s work in the cinema. The first major study in English for over forty years. Casts new light on…
James S. Williams (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation…
An innovative new contribution to world cinema scholarship that examines the contested field of beauty in West African cinema.
This publication tackles such questions as: what role the female voice played when sound cinema was first developed? How have film genres and movements been shaped by gender and sexual…
Clifford S. Stagoll
A fresh and rigorous interpretation of William James's ethical theory, showing how experimenting with life's opportunities can transform one's self and life.
Responds to the explosion of gay and lesbian creativity on modern-day France. This book seeks to open up ‘homotextualities,’ understood as constructions and deconstructions of both homosexuality and its environments…
With 22 illustrated chapters, as well as a photo essay and visual filmography, this work aims to do critical justice to the full sweep of Godard’s artistic interests and preoccupations…
James S Cooley
The Class Of Sixty-Nine, Williams College, After Fifty Years: 1869-1919 is a book written by James S. Cooley and published in 1919. The book is a detailed account of the…
The Class of Sixty-Nine, Williams College, After Forty Years: 1869-1909 is a historical book written by James S. Cooley. The book was published in 1911 and provides a comprehensive account…
A team of international experts present a collection of articles on William James’s philosophy of religion and its current relevance. A new look at his philosophy of religion is crucially…
Stephen S. Bush (Brown University, Rhode Island)
William James’ original vision of individuality undergirds a philosophy of democracy and pluralism that advocates individual and collective responsibility for our social arrangements, our religion, and our morality. This book…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and…
William Jones Hoppin
Proceedings of the Century Association - in Honor of the Memory of Brig.-Gen. James S. Wadsworth and Colonel Peter A. Porter is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition…
William J Hoppin,Frederic S Cozzens
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
James William Morley
If, as seems likely, Japan’s 1975 GNP more than doubles the rest of Asia’s, will it seek to build armed forces to match? For a reliable forecast, six policy specialists…
Illustrates how William James’s philosophical pragmatism can help to resolve issues in everyday contemporary life.
Edward S. Reed
This account of psychology’s formative years tells the story of the failures and successes of 19th-century thinkers and practitioners to make psychology into a science. It also situates psychological developments…
James Fergusson,William Griggs,James S Waterhouse
Tree and Serpent Worship - Illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ - from the sculptures of the Buddhist topes at Sanchi…
This volume focuses on the American philosopher and psychologist William James and his engagements with European thought, together with the multidisciplinary reception of his work on both sides of the…
William James
William L. Riordon
William L. Riordon’s compiling and embroidering of Boss Plunkitt’s boastful comments on machine politics constitutes a minor classic in American social history. in an introduction to this edition of the…
S. T. Campagna-Pinto
The Workshop of Being brings into conversation Jonathan Edwards and William James on the pragmatic value of religious experience. The author shows how Edwards and James employ psychological dynamics and…
William James E Bennett
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
This sesquicentennial project of Presbyterian College tells the stories of thirteen individuals, chosen from among its graduates, faculty and benefactors, whose still voices represent in unique ways the history and…
William S. Webb
William Gilbert Hill
J S Jennings
Full Title: Trial of James Parks, Otherwise-Dickinson; for the Murder of William Beatson, At Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on the Night of the Thirteenth of April, 1853
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