William A. Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195176407
- eISBN:
- 9780199775545
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195176407.003.0004
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, European History: BCE to 500CE
Tacitus and Pliny were fellow orators of distinction with apparently close connections between their communities. Tacitus’s Dialogus purports to show us the inner workings and debates of a tight ...
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Tacitus and Pliny were fellow orators of distinction with apparently close connections between their communities. Tacitus’s Dialogus purports to show us the inner workings and debates of a tight literary community, set dramatically in AD 75 but reflecting at least in part the community in which Pliny and Tacitus engaged. This chapter explores the ways in which, in the Dialogus, Tacitus explores the question of the connection between literary culture, elite society, and politics, particularly as it relates to the traditional Roman pursuit of gloria.Less
Tacitus and Pliny were fellow orators of distinction with apparently close connections between their communities. Tacitus’s Dialogus purports to show us the inner workings and debates of a tight literary community, set dramatically in AD 75 but reflecting at least in part the community in which Pliny and Tacitus engaged. This chapter explores the ways in which, in the Dialogus, Tacitus explores the question of the connection between literary culture, elite society, and politics, particularly as it relates to the traditional Roman pursuit of gloria.
Richard Barrios
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195377347
- eISBN:
- 9780199864577
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195377347.003.0014
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
Films that were not, strictly speaking, musicals, could still employ a large amount of music and song. With generic boundaries not firmly established, “crossover” works were yet another way in which ...
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Films that were not, strictly speaking, musicals, could still employ a large amount of music and song. With generic boundaries not firmly established, “crossover” works were yet another way in which sound film could test lyrical waters. Master directors King Vidor and Rouben Mamoulian used this approach to create the early-sound milestones Hallelujah! and Applause, respectively, as did Josef von Sternberg with The Blue Angel and Morocco. Several silent actors also turned to the semi-musical genre, most successively Gloria Swanson in The Trespasser. Such genre-spanning crossover would not play a major part in film after the first musical wave.Less
Films that were not, strictly speaking, musicals, could still employ a large amount of music and song. With generic boundaries not firmly established, “crossover” works were yet another way in which sound film could test lyrical waters. Master directors King Vidor and Rouben Mamoulian used this approach to create the early-sound milestones Hallelujah! and Applause, respectively, as did Josef von Sternberg with The Blue Angel and Morocco. Several silent actors also turned to the semi-musical genre, most successively Gloria Swanson in The Trespasser. Such genre-spanning crossover would not play a major part in film after the first musical wave.
Ronnee Schreiber
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195331813
- eISBN:
- 9780199851829
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331813.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
When we think of women's activism in America, figures such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan invariably come to mind—those liberal doyennes who have fought for years to chip away at patriarchy and ...
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When we think of women's activism in America, figures such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan invariably come to mind—those liberal doyennes who have fought for years to chip away at patriarchy and achieve gender equality. But women's interests are not synonymous with organizations like NOW anymore. As this book shows, the conservative ascendancy that began in the Reagan era has been accompanied by the emergence of a broad-based conservative women's movement. And while firebrands like Ann Coulter and Phyllis Schlafly may be the public face of right-wing women's activism, a handful of large and established women's organizations have proven to be the most effective promoters of the conservative agenda. This book shows that one of the key—albeit overlooked—developments in political activism since the 1980s has been the emergence of conservative women's organizations. It focuses on the most prominent of these groups, Concerned Women for America (CWA) and the Independent Women's Forum (IWF), to reveal how they are using feminist rhetoric for conservative ends: outlawing abortion, restricting pornography, and bolstering the traditional family. But ironically, these organizations face a paradox: to combat the legacy of feminism—particularly its appeal to the majority of American women—they must use the rhetoric of women's empowerment. Indeed, the book illustrates how conservative activists are often the beneficiaries of the very feminist politics they oppose. Yet just as importantly, it demolishes two widely believed truisms: that conservatism holds no appeal to women and that modern conservatism is hostile to the very notion of women's activism.Less
When we think of women's activism in America, figures such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan invariably come to mind—those liberal doyennes who have fought for years to chip away at patriarchy and achieve gender equality. But women's interests are not synonymous with organizations like NOW anymore. As this book shows, the conservative ascendancy that began in the Reagan era has been accompanied by the emergence of a broad-based conservative women's movement. And while firebrands like Ann Coulter and Phyllis Schlafly may be the public face of right-wing women's activism, a handful of large and established women's organizations have proven to be the most effective promoters of the conservative agenda. This book shows that one of the key—albeit overlooked—developments in political activism since the 1980s has been the emergence of conservative women's organizations. It focuses on the most prominent of these groups, Concerned Women for America (CWA) and the Independent Women's Forum (IWF), to reveal how they are using feminist rhetoric for conservative ends: outlawing abortion, restricting pornography, and bolstering the traditional family. But ironically, these organizations face a paradox: to combat the legacy of feminism—particularly its appeal to the majority of American women—they must use the rhetoric of women's empowerment. Indeed, the book illustrates how conservative activists are often the beneficiaries of the very feminist politics they oppose. Yet just as importantly, it demolishes two widely believed truisms: that conservatism holds no appeal to women and that modern conservatism is hostile to the very notion of women's activism.
J. Samaine Lockwood
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469625362
- eISBN:
- 9781469625386
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469625362.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, American Colonial Literature
This epilogue presents a series of recognitions regarding how the intimate historicism practiced by the New England regionalists—their sensual history making endeavors—resonate with the historicism ...
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This epilogue presents a series of recognitions regarding how the intimate historicism practiced by the New England regionalists—their sensual history making endeavors—resonate with the historicism pursued by the generation of feminist literary scholars who brought women writers into full intellectual view. Thus, this epilogue beings rethinking the feminist era of US women's intellectual history and outlines the ways in which forms of historicism are central to queer and feminist practices.Less
This epilogue presents a series of recognitions regarding how the intimate historicism practiced by the New England regionalists—their sensual history making endeavors—resonate with the historicism pursued by the generation of feminist literary scholars who brought women writers into full intellectual view. Thus, this epilogue beings rethinking the feminist era of US women's intellectual history and outlines the ways in which forms of historicism are central to queer and feminist practices.
Richard Osborne
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195181296
- eISBN:
- 9780199851416
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181296.003.0039
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
Gioachino Rossini was intelligently aware of the fact that composers of sacred music could all too easily be joined to the devil’s party without their knowing it. However, in his own sacred music, ...
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Gioachino Rossini was intelligently aware of the fact that composers of sacred music could all too easily be joined to the devil’s party without their knowing it. However, in his own sacred music, the Petite messe solennelle in particular, he is strikingly honest. One glimpses here a darker, more troubled side to his nature, married to a compensatory love of the older, preclassical choral disciplines. The most substantial of the sacred works when Rossini was active as an opera composer is the Messa di Gloria, a nine-movement setting of the Mass’s “Kyrie” and “Gloria.” Whatever images one cares to attach, it is gloriously affirmative music which confirms the truth of Théophile Gautier’s assertion that Italian sacred music is by nature “heureux, souriant, presque gai, toujours en fête.” He made these remarks after hearing Rossini’s Stabat mater at its first official performance in Paris in 1842.Less
Gioachino Rossini was intelligently aware of the fact that composers of sacred music could all too easily be joined to the devil’s party without their knowing it. However, in his own sacred music, the Petite messe solennelle in particular, he is strikingly honest. One glimpses here a darker, more troubled side to his nature, married to a compensatory love of the older, preclassical choral disciplines. The most substantial of the sacred works when Rossini was active as an opera composer is the Messa di Gloria, a nine-movement setting of the Mass’s “Kyrie” and “Gloria.” Whatever images one cares to attach, it is gloriously affirmative music which confirms the truth of Théophile Gautier’s assertion that Italian sacred music is by nature “heureux, souriant, presque gai, toujours en fête.” He made these remarks after hearing Rossini’s Stabat mater at its first official performance in Paris in 1842.
Daniel C. O'Neill
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9789888455966
- eISBN:
- 9789888455461
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888455966.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter first provides an overview of the history of Sino-Philippine relations, noting the strong improvement during Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term as president from 2001-2010. It uses each ...
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This chapter first provides an overview of the history of Sino-Philippine relations, noting the strong improvement during Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term as president from 2001-2010. It uses each president’s annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) as well as data on the number of state visits to and from China to illustrate the relative strength of these relations over time. The chapter then provides evidence that, despite much closer relations with the Arroyo administration, major investments from China agreed to by Arroyo were halted due to strong domestic opposition. Given the Philippine’s relatively democratic institutions, opposition in the courts, the legislature, the media, and civil society was able to force the administration to halt these Chinese projects and end efforts at cooperation between the two governments in the South China Sea. The chapter also presents the Philippines case against Chinese claims and activities in the South China Sea before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, which the Philippines instituted partially due to the inability of ASEAN to act collectively regarding the disputes. It concludes by noting efforts of Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to improve relations with China but suggests that these too may be hampered by domestic political opposition.Less
This chapter first provides an overview of the history of Sino-Philippine relations, noting the strong improvement during Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term as president from 2001-2010. It uses each president’s annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) as well as data on the number of state visits to and from China to illustrate the relative strength of these relations over time. The chapter then provides evidence that, despite much closer relations with the Arroyo administration, major investments from China agreed to by Arroyo were halted due to strong domestic opposition. Given the Philippine’s relatively democratic institutions, opposition in the courts, the legislature, the media, and civil society was able to force the administration to halt these Chinese projects and end efforts at cooperation between the two governments in the South China Sea. The chapter also presents the Philippines case against Chinese claims and activities in the South China Sea before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, which the Philippines instituted partially due to the inability of ASEAN to act collectively regarding the disputes. It concludes by noting efforts of Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to improve relations with China but suggests that these too may be hampered by domestic political opposition.
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469631592
- eISBN:
- 9781469631615
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469631592.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
After a decade of nomadism, the author returns home to her native South Texas and discovers her homeland has turned into a death valley in her absence, poisoned by petrochemical industries, ravaged ...
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After a decade of nomadism, the author returns home to her native South Texas and discovers her homeland has turned into a death valley in her absence, poisoned by petrochemical industries, ravaged by the drug war, and soon to be barricaded by a steel wall. The concept of “nepantla” is introduced as the way Aztecs described their struggle to reconcile their indigenous ways with the one Spanish colonizers forced upon them in the sixteenth century. More recently, Tejana writer Gloria Anzaldua described nepantla as a metaphor for a “birthing stage where you feel like you’re reconfiguring your identity and don’t know where you are.”Less
After a decade of nomadism, the author returns home to her native South Texas and discovers her homeland has turned into a death valley in her absence, poisoned by petrochemical industries, ravaged by the drug war, and soon to be barricaded by a steel wall. The concept of “nepantla” is introduced as the way Aztecs described their struggle to reconcile their indigenous ways with the one Spanish colonizers forced upon them in the sixteenth century. More recently, Tejana writer Gloria Anzaldua described nepantla as a metaphor for a “birthing stage where you feel like you’re reconfiguring your identity and don’t know where you are.”
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469631592
- eISBN:
- 9781469631615
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469631592.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Part Two of the book commences when, after five years of story-gathering in her native South Texas, the author relocates to the region of upstate New York known as “The North Country” for a year-long ...
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Part Two of the book commences when, after five years of story-gathering in her native South Texas, the author relocates to the region of upstate New York known as “The North Country” for a year-long professorship at St. Lawrence University. She soon learns that the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is just a 40 minute drive away. She recognizes this nation as the setting for the haunting 2008 film “Frozen River,” about human trafficking across the St. Lawrence River. After an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol, the author quickly realizes she is back in nepantla, the land of in-between.Less
Part Two of the book commences when, after five years of story-gathering in her native South Texas, the author relocates to the region of upstate New York known as “The North Country” for a year-long professorship at St. Lawrence University. She soon learns that the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is just a 40 minute drive away. She recognizes this nation as the setting for the haunting 2008 film “Frozen River,” about human trafficking across the St. Lawrence River. After an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol, the author quickly realizes she is back in nepantla, the land of in-between.
Suzanne Bost
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823230846
- eISBN:
- 9780823241101
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823230846.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
This book takes a new look at identity. Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities ...
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This book takes a new look at identity. Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities, the book analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity. The works of Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, and Ana Castillo, in particular, enable us to examine how identities shift and intersect with others through processes of incarnation. Since the 1980s, critics have come to equate these writers with Chicana feminist identity politics. This critical trend, however, has been unable to account for these writers' increasing emphasis on bodies that are sick, disabled, permeable, and, oftentimes, mystical. The book thus turns our attention to aspects of these writers' work that are usually ignored. Concerned equally with the medical-surgical interventions available in our postmodern age and with the ways of understanding bodies in the Native American and Catholic traditions these writers invoke, the book develops a model for identity that expands beyond the boundaries of individual bodies. It argues that this model has greater utility for feminism than identity politics because it values human variability, sensation, and openness to others. The methodology of the study is as permeable as the bodies and identities it analyzes. The book brings together discourses as disparate as Mesoamerican anthropology, art history, feminist spirituality, feminist biology, phenomenology, postmodern theory, disability studies, and autobiographical narrative.Less
This book takes a new look at identity. Following the contemporary movement away from the fixed categories of identity politics toward a more fluid conception of the intersections between identities and communities, the book analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity. The works of Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, and Ana Castillo, in particular, enable us to examine how identities shift and intersect with others through processes of incarnation. Since the 1980s, critics have come to equate these writers with Chicana feminist identity politics. This critical trend, however, has been unable to account for these writers' increasing emphasis on bodies that are sick, disabled, permeable, and, oftentimes, mystical. The book thus turns our attention to aspects of these writers' work that are usually ignored. Concerned equally with the medical-surgical interventions available in our postmodern age and with the ways of understanding bodies in the Native American and Catholic traditions these writers invoke, the book develops a model for identity that expands beyond the boundaries of individual bodies. It argues that this model has greater utility for feminism than identity politics because it values human variability, sensation, and openness to others. The methodology of the study is as permeable as the bodies and identities it analyzes. The book brings together discourses as disparate as Mesoamerican anthropology, art history, feminist spirituality, feminist biology, phenomenology, postmodern theory, disability studies, and autobiographical narrative.
Ryan P. Harper
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496810908
- eISBN:
- 9781496810946
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496810908.003.0005
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
Chapter four focuses on Gloria Gaither, the principal lyricist in the Gaither duo and the chief scriptwriter for most Homecoming videos and products. Gloria is a monumental yet marginal presence in ...
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Chapter four focuses on Gloria Gaither, the principal lyricist in the Gaither duo and the chief scriptwriter for most Homecoming videos and products. Gloria is a monumental yet marginal presence in the Homecoming world, as are her theological contributions. The chapter explores how Gloria—as woman, as artist—simultaneously expands and fortifies the boundaries of Homecoming evangelicalism and theology—primarily through her careful augmentations of conservative evangelical tropes.Less
Chapter four focuses on Gloria Gaither, the principal lyricist in the Gaither duo and the chief scriptwriter for most Homecoming videos and products. Gloria is a monumental yet marginal presence in the Homecoming world, as are her theological contributions. The chapter explores how Gloria—as woman, as artist—simultaneously expands and fortifies the boundaries of Homecoming evangelicalism and theology—primarily through her careful augmentations of conservative evangelical tropes.
David Yetman and Thomas R. Van Devender
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520227217
- eISBN:
- 9780520926356
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520227217.003.0006
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Latin American Cultural Anthropology
This chapter classifies the uses of plants according to various functions in Mayo lands. These plants include Gloria, rose-colored amapa and huanaca for aesthetic uses, mezquite, brea and jupachumi ...
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This chapter classifies the uses of plants according to various functions in Mayo lands. These plants include Gloria, rose-colored amapa and huanaca for aesthetic uses, mezquite, brea and jupachumi for livestock feed, and bolillo, sigropo and palo dulce for applications related to culture. For construction, medicine and industry some of the common plants used by the Mayos include horcones, gobernadora, and palo dulce.Less
This chapter classifies the uses of plants according to various functions in Mayo lands. These plants include Gloria, rose-colored amapa and huanaca for aesthetic uses, mezquite, brea and jupachumi for livestock feed, and bolillo, sigropo and palo dulce for applications related to culture. For construction, medicine and industry some of the common plants used by the Mayos include horcones, gobernadora, and palo dulce.
Suzanne Bost
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823230846
- eISBN:
- 9780823241101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823230846.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
Gloria Anzaldúa describes an experience of corporeal upheaval that defies conventional understandings about identity — so much so that critics generally ignore that it made historical data and ...
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Gloria Anzaldúa describes an experience of corporeal upheaval that defies conventional understandings about identity — so much so that critics generally ignore that it made historical data and professional authority less untouchable. This includes the Chicana Feminism and Disability Studies that discusses the three writers that were shaped for critical discourse about identity in the period when major writings first appeared. In addition, discussion about identity politics and permeability is stated which explains that work is invested in identity not as a predetermined entity. Moreover, methodology and organization is talked about for the clearer view of literary criticism and its methods.Less
Gloria Anzaldúa describes an experience of corporeal upheaval that defies conventional understandings about identity — so much so that critics generally ignore that it made historical data and professional authority less untouchable. This includes the Chicana Feminism and Disability Studies that discusses the three writers that were shaped for critical discourse about identity in the period when major writings first appeared. In addition, discussion about identity politics and permeability is stated which explains that work is invested in identity not as a predetermined entity. Moreover, methodology and organization is talked about for the clearer view of literary criticism and its methods.
Suzanne Bost
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823230846
- eISBN:
- 9780823241101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823230846.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
This analysis started after “Pain,” rereads Gloria Anzaldúa's work in the wake of her death and puts diabetes at the center of her theories of mestiza consciousness, the Coatclicue State, and radical ...
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This analysis started after “Pain,” rereads Gloria Anzaldúa's work in the wake of her death and puts diabetes at the center of her theories of mestiza consciousness, the Coatclicue State, and radical feminist spirituality. The analysis is all about Anzaldúa's wide and varied critical reception, her works, maligned as untrue to history, and cited as both essentialist and postmodern, nationalist and global. This majorly explains many of the counterintuitive and inflammatory insights of Borderlands in 1987. After the analyses about the Aztec and Catholic contexts that allowed her to accept her own pain as a productive, regenerative sensation, it is concluded with a section that follows her risky proposal in her last essay, “now let us shift” in 2002, to bridge spirituality and feeling with theory and politics.Less
This analysis started after “Pain,” rereads Gloria Anzaldúa's work in the wake of her death and puts diabetes at the center of her theories of mestiza consciousness, the Coatclicue State, and radical feminist spirituality. The analysis is all about Anzaldúa's wide and varied critical reception, her works, maligned as untrue to history, and cited as both essentialist and postmodern, nationalist and global. This majorly explains many of the counterintuitive and inflammatory insights of Borderlands in 1987. After the analyses about the Aztec and Catholic contexts that allowed her to accept her own pain as a productive, regenerative sensation, it is concluded with a section that follows her risky proposal in her last essay, “now let us shift” in 2002, to bridge spirituality and feeling with theory and politics.
GENE D. PHILLIPS
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125701
- eISBN:
- 9780813135403
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125701.003.0007
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter gives an analysis on Sunset Boulevard. It begins by describing the story conferences. The film's title refers to the passing of the old Hollywood: It recalls the tragic lives of has-been ...
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This chapter gives an analysis on Sunset Boulevard. It begins by describing the story conferences. The film's title refers to the passing of the old Hollywood: It recalls the tragic lives of has-been film stars like Norma Desmond, whose careers in silent pictures were eclipsed by the advent of sound. The decaying swimming pool on Norma's estate, in which John Gilbert swam ten thousand midnights ago, is a relic of the grandeur of Norma's long-lost heyday as a superstar in Hollywood. The stunning finale of Sunset Boulevard makes for one of the greatest moments in all cinema. It is blessed with a superb screenplay and inspired direction, topped off by Gloria Swanson's superlative performance as Norma and Erich von Stroheim's indelible portrayal of Max. Moreover, the movie is sterling for Billy Wilder's consummate craftsmanship in producing well-defined, plausible characters.Less
This chapter gives an analysis on Sunset Boulevard. It begins by describing the story conferences. The film's title refers to the passing of the old Hollywood: It recalls the tragic lives of has-been film stars like Norma Desmond, whose careers in silent pictures were eclipsed by the advent of sound. The decaying swimming pool on Norma's estate, in which John Gilbert swam ten thousand midnights ago, is a relic of the grandeur of Norma's long-lost heyday as a superstar in Hollywood. The stunning finale of Sunset Boulevard makes for one of the greatest moments in all cinema. It is blessed with a superb screenplay and inspired direction, topped off by Gloria Swanson's superlative performance as Norma and Erich von Stroheim's indelible portrayal of Max. Moreover, the movie is sterling for Billy Wilder's consummate craftsmanship in producing well-defined, plausible characters.
Marilyn Ann Moss
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813133935
- eISBN:
- 9780813135595
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813133935.003.0006
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Raoul Walsh became increasingly disenchanted with Fox after he directed What Price Glory? He was looking at two pictures he knew he'd aim directly at “Main Street.” Walsh felt depleted, literally ...
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Raoul Walsh became increasingly disenchanted with Fox after he directed What Price Glory? He was looking at two pictures he knew he'd aim directly at “Main Street.” Walsh felt depleted, literally depressed, and for a long time after could not shake it. But his spirits lifted and his energy surged in every sense of the word when Gloria Swanson came bidding in the early summer of 1927 and asked him to direct her next picture. Sadie Thompson was a box-office success and marked the third time—after Thief of Bagdad and What Price Glory?—that a Walsh picture appeared in Film Daily's best-ten list. Released 11 months after Sadie Thompson, at the end of 1928, The Red Dance didn't garner Walsh much favor at the box office or with the critics. The Big Trail is a simple story of adventure and romance that grows into a large historical cinematic document. Walsh's vision for this film was layered with personal meaning for him.Less
Raoul Walsh became increasingly disenchanted with Fox after he directed What Price Glory? He was looking at two pictures he knew he'd aim directly at “Main Street.” Walsh felt depleted, literally depressed, and for a long time after could not shake it. But his spirits lifted and his energy surged in every sense of the word when Gloria Swanson came bidding in the early summer of 1927 and asked him to direct her next picture. Sadie Thompson was a box-office success and marked the third time—after Thief of Bagdad and What Price Glory?—that a Walsh picture appeared in Film Daily's best-ten list. Released 11 months after Sadie Thompson, at the end of 1928, The Red Dance didn't garner Walsh much favor at the box office or with the critics. The Big Trail is a simple story of adventure and romance that grows into a large historical cinematic document. Walsh's vision for this film was layered with personal meaning for him.
Mikko Tuhkanen
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748634040
- eISBN:
- 9780748652563
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748634040.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter examines the linkage between Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Gilles Deleuze's philosophy on queer hybridity. It explores the potentialities that an ...
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This chapter examines the linkage between Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Gilles Deleuze's philosophy on queer hybridity. It explores the potentialities that an ontological turn would open for queer theory, and explains that Anzaldúa and Deleuze's ontologies signify futurity in that they are rooted in becoming rather than being. Despite differences, divergences and discords in the philosophies of Anzaldúa and Deleuze, they are both concerned with thinking about the becoming of an interrelated universe.Less
This chapter examines the linkage between Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and Gilles Deleuze's philosophy on queer hybridity. It explores the potentialities that an ontological turn would open for queer theory, and explains that Anzaldúa and Deleuze's ontologies signify futurity in that they are rooted in becoming rather than being. Despite differences, divergences and discords in the philosophies of Anzaldúa and Deleuze, they are both concerned with thinking about the becoming of an interrelated universe.
Hoshang Merchant
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199465965
- eISBN:
- 9780199086962
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199465965.003.0015
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
The Latin root of the word is porne, meaning ‘whore’. Merchant explains why there is porn (‘Slaves’) in Yaraana. He is following the example of Barthe’s The Pleasure of the Text (1975) and Anaïs ...
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The Latin root of the word is porne, meaning ‘whore’. Merchant explains why there is porn (‘Slaves’) in Yaraana. He is following the example of Barthe’s The Pleasure of the Text (1975) and Anaïs Nin’s soft porn. Porn is used here as an instruction. Andrea Dworkin hates pornography for demeaning women. Feminists Carl Jung and Gloria Steinem are even against flirting. But do they believe in love? Sontag concedes a social redeeming value for porn. In ancient India, the Kama Sutra and temple carvings taught sex to newly married couples. The Sufis always had a holistic attitude to the body.Less
The Latin root of the word is porne, meaning ‘whore’. Merchant explains why there is porn (‘Slaves’) in Yaraana. He is following the example of Barthe’s The Pleasure of the Text (1975) and Anaïs Nin’s soft porn. Porn is used here as an instruction. Andrea Dworkin hates pornography for demeaning women. Feminists Carl Jung and Gloria Steinem are even against flirting. But do they believe in love? Sontag concedes a social redeeming value for porn. In ancient India, the Kama Sutra and temple carvings taught sex to newly married couples. The Sufis always had a holistic attitude to the body.
William Williams
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199916955
- eISBN:
- 9780190258368
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199916955.003.0041
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter presents a selection of William Williams's hymns. Williams was ordained as a deacon at St. David's in August 1740, after which he served as a curate at Llanwrytd and Llanddewi Abergwesyn ...
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This chapter presents a selection of William Williams's hymns. Williams was ordained as a deacon at St. David's in August 1740, after which he served as a curate at Llanwrytd and Llanddewi Abergwesyn in Brecknockshire. However, he was denied the title of an Anglican minister in 1743 due to his itinerant preaching and support of the ministries of Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland. When Harris and Rowland feuded over leadership of Welsh Methodism in the mid-1740s, Williams sided with the latter. His hymns include Alleluia (1744), the three-part Hosanna i Fab Dafydd (“Hosanna to the Son of David”), and the two-part Gloria in Excelsis (1771–1772).Less
This chapter presents a selection of William Williams's hymns. Williams was ordained as a deacon at St. David's in August 1740, after which he served as a curate at Llanwrytd and Llanddewi Abergwesyn in Brecknockshire. However, he was denied the title of an Anglican minister in 1743 due to his itinerant preaching and support of the ministries of Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland. When Harris and Rowland feuded over leadership of Welsh Methodism in the mid-1740s, Williams sided with the latter. His hymns include Alleluia (1744), the three-part Hosanna i Fab Dafydd (“Hosanna to the Son of David”), and the two-part Gloria in Excelsis (1771–1772).
Markus Rathey
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780300217209
- eISBN:
- 9780300219517
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300217209.003.0007
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
This chapter examines Johann Sebastian Bach’s B Minor Mass, considered by Hans Georg Nägeli to be the ‘greatest artwork of all times and all people’. The history of B Minor Mass started as a sort of ...
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This chapter examines Johann Sebastian Bach’s B Minor Mass, considered by Hans Georg Nägeli to be the ‘greatest artwork of all times and all people’. The history of B Minor Mass started as a sort of advertising campaign. Bach himself created the first parts of the mass, the Kyrie and Gloria, in order to apply for the title of court composer in Dresden in 1733. This chapter first discusses the main subject of B Minor Mass, noting that it is the text of the Christian liturgy, the cry Kyrie eleison–Lord, have mercy; the praise of God in the Gloria in excelsis; the confession of faith in the Creed, Credo in unum Deum, and the celebration of the Eucharistic mystery in the Sanctus and Agnus Dei. It then explores the use of operatic drama as a tool for the interpretation of the text and the Mass’ large-scale architecture, which indicates Bach’s interest in balance and proportion. It also asks whether the Mass is indeed the greatest artwork of all times and all people.Less
This chapter examines Johann Sebastian Bach’s B Minor Mass, considered by Hans Georg Nägeli to be the ‘greatest artwork of all times and all people’. The history of B Minor Mass started as a sort of advertising campaign. Bach himself created the first parts of the mass, the Kyrie and Gloria, in order to apply for the title of court composer in Dresden in 1733. This chapter first discusses the main subject of B Minor Mass, noting that it is the text of the Christian liturgy, the cry Kyrie eleison–Lord, have mercy; the praise of God in the Gloria in excelsis; the confession of faith in the Creed, Credo in unum Deum, and the celebration of the Eucharistic mystery in the Sanctus and Agnus Dei. It then explores the use of operatic drama as a tool for the interpretation of the text and the Mass’ large-scale architecture, which indicates Bach’s interest in balance and proportion. It also asks whether the Mass is indeed the greatest artwork of all times and all people.
Michael G. Ankerich
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813136905
- eISBN:
- 9780813141381
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813136905.003.0021
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter examines Mae Murray’s vagabond lifestyle as she crisscrossed the country chasing a comeback and surviving on handouts from both strangers and old friends, such as Theda Bara, Loretta ...
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This chapter examines Mae Murray’s vagabond lifestyle as she crisscrossed the country chasing a comeback and surviving on handouts from both strangers and old friends, such as Theda Bara, Loretta Young, Robert Z. Leonard, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The chapter addresses the question of whether Murray was the model for Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.Less
This chapter examines Mae Murray’s vagabond lifestyle as she crisscrossed the country chasing a comeback and surviving on handouts from both strangers and old friends, such as Theda Bara, Loretta Young, Robert Z. Leonard, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The chapter addresses the question of whether Murray was the model for Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.
