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Hollywood Speaks Out explores that rare Hollywood feature that dared to tackle red-hot, social issues whilst American society was gripped by the convulsion and controversy they generated.:.; Explores why Hollywood has always been risk-adverse, and how most feature flms deal with…
This book show pictures that dared to protest real world issue and explores those rare Hollywood features that dared to tackle re-hot, social issues at the same time America herself struggled to come to terms.
Digitale Medien nehmen uns geistige Arbeit ab. Was wir früher einfach mit dem Kopf gemacht haben, wird heute von Computern, Smartphones, Organizern und Navis erledigt. Das birgt immense Gefahren, so der renommierte Gehirnforscher Manfred Spitzer. Die von ihm diskutierten Forschu…
Thomas Frank coined the term 'the conquest of cool'. This book shows how this conquest is at the heart of the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Jim McGuigan argues that 'cool capitalism' incorporates disaffection into capitalism itself, absorbing rebellion and thereby neutral…
The computer, writes Peter Lunenfeld, is the twenty-first century's culture machine. It is a dream device, serving as the mode of production, the means of distribution, and the site of reception. We haven't quite achieved the flying cars and robot butlers of futurist fantasies, …
Discusses news gathering, celebrity, travel, prestige, and the American dream.
Discusses news gathering, celebrity, travel, prestige, and the American dream.
"The late 1870s and early 1880s were watershed years in the history of French painting. As outgoing economic and social structures were being replaced by a capitalist, measured time, Impressionist artists sought to create works that could be perceived in an instant, capturing th…
