Cultural & media studies

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Ghassan Salhabs melancholischer Blick auf Beirut in Film, Video und Dichtung

17 x 24 cm, 248 p., hardback
69.00 €
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This volume is the first comprehensive, across-media study of the work of the Lebanese film auteur Ghassan Salhab. His oeuvre emerges in a conceptual environment shaped by a crisis of representation. It is examined not only in its confrontation with …

Ansichten des Krieges

Kampfreliefs klassischer und hellenistischer Zeit im Kulturvergleich

21 x 29.7 cm, 408 p., 60 Tafeln, hardback
88.00 €
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The study is dedicated to the visual language and the messages of reliefs showing images of battle and fight, which provided the contemporary viewers with models of explanation for their own cognition. The analysis of 195 reliefs from Athens, Lycia, …

Polis und Porträt

Standbilder als Medien öffentlicher Repräsentation im hellenistischen Osten

24 x 32 cm, 192 p., hardback
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Aus öffentlichen oder privaten Geldern errichtete Porträtstatuen zu Ehren verdienter Männer und Frauen bildeten seit dem Hellenismus die beliebteste Form individueller Repräsentation in der griechischen Poliswelt. Im Band zu einer internationalen Tagung in München (4. – 6. Dez. 2009) nähern …

der âventiuren dôn

Klang, Hören und Hörgemeinschaften in der deutschen Literatur des Mittelalters

17 x 24 cm, 176 p., cloth
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The contributions in this volume assess the value of the acoustic in the Middle Ages and evaluate its importance in medieval literature. Although a great deal of research in Medieval Studies has focused on issues related to visuality, there has …

The Andalusian Music of Morocco

Al-Ala: History, Society and Text

17 x 24 cm, 368 p., mit Audio-CD, hardback
89.00 €
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This book reframes the history of the Andalusian music of Morocco by highlighting the interplay of oral and literary processes in the preservation and transmission of this poetic-musical tradition across generations. Although oral communication and the social intimacy it fosters …

Ludus compleatur

Theatralisierungsstrategien epischer Stoffe im spätmittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Spiel

17 x 24 cm, 454 p., cloth
128.00 €
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This study concentrates on strategies of the theatralization of epic motifs in the late medieval and early modern play in combination with the question of the advantages which lie in a dramatic realization compared to an epic or lyric text. …

Dismember Remember

Das anatomische Theater von Lina Saneh und Rabih Mroué

17 x 24 cm, 240 p., hardback
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What happens if a body is dissected with words rather than physically? If what is taken apart is reassembled? What impact does this have on how we see things? This volume is the first comprehensive introduction to the work of …

Das Buch in der Spätantike

Herstellung, Form, Ausstattung und Verbreitung in der westlichen Reichshälfte des Imperium Romanum

17 x 24 cm, 280 p., hardback
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Modern historians describes late antiquity as a period with an own face, different from classical antiquity and Middle Ages. Development was more slowly and without crashs, also roman traditions have been very important for a long time. Purpose of this …

By Gudrun Bühnemann with Transliterations and Translations from the Newari by Kashinath Tamot

The Life of the Buddha

Buddhist and Saiva Iconography and Visual Narratives in Artists’ Sketchbooks from Nepal

21 x 28 cm, 204 p., with dust jacket
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This book describes, analyses and reproduce line drawings from two manuscripts and a related section from a third manuscript. These are:
1. Manuscript M.82.169.2, preserved in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (circa late 19th century)
2. Manuscript 82.242-1-24, preserved in …

Scheiternde Zeugen, machtlose Wähler

Der Zuschauer im zeitgenössischen libanesischen Theater

17 x 24 cm, 118 p., hardback
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The study provides new insights into the development of contemporary theatre in Lebanon. Focusing on selected stage works by Rabih Mroué (b. 1967) and Hisham Jaber (b. 1980), the author presents a thorough analysis which draws on current theoretical approaches. …

Herausgegeben von der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek. Ausstellung und Katalogredaktion: Bettina Wagner

»Als die Lettern laufen lernten«

Medienwandel im 15. Jahrhundert. Inkunabeln aus der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München

22.5 x 29 cm, 240 p., hardback
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The invention of printing with movable letters is frequently described as a »media revolution« and compared with the effects of the »electronic revolution« of the past decades. While both events had far-reaching consequences on the production and distribution of texts, …

Herausgegeben von Sieglinde Hartmann und Freimut Löser unter redaktioneller Mitarbeit von Robert Steinke

Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft

Band 17 (2008/2009): Kaiser Maximilian I. (1459 bis 1519) und die Hofkultur seiner Zeit. Interdisziplinäres Symposion Brixen, 26. bis 30. September 2007

14.8 x 21 cm, 520 p., auf 8 Tafeln, hardback
69.00 €
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Volume 17 of the “Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft” presents some 40 papers on “Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) and the court culture of his time”. Maximilian is considered the first ruler to employ ‘modern’ media – primarily printing – in …

Rollenbilder in der athenischen Demokratie

Medien, Gruppen, Räume im politischen und sozialen System. Beiträge zu einem interdisziplinären Kolloqium in Freiburg i.Br., 24. bis 25. November 2006

17 x 24 cm, 224 p., hardback
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This volume contains eight papers under a common focus: the complexity of image- and role- construction in classical Athens. The development of democracy came along with a growing importance of the political order; equality among all citizens was the most …

Kult und Kommunikation

Medien in Heiligtümern der Antike

17 x 24 cm, 468 p., paperback / softback
42.00 €
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Media research has become a common subject and method for various academic fields. But there is, so far, no such study dealing with media research in the field of archaeology. This volume compiles contributions from authors covering different possible aspects …

Compiled by: Carmen Marcks

Die Tetrarchie

Ein neues Regierungssystem und seine mediale Präsentation

17 x 24 cm, 422 p., paperback / softback
39.90 €
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Die Regierungszeit Diocletians (284 bis 305 n. Chr.) und das von ihm entwickelte Regierungssystem der Tetrarchie bilden einen tiefen Einschnitt in der Römischen Geschichte. Die Ursache dafür liegt in dem neuen Herrschaftssytem. Die Gewalt übten vier Kaiser aus, die nicht …