Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema

Existentialism and Contemporary CinemaSimone de Beauvoirs work has not often been associated with film studies, which appears paradoxical when it is recognized that she was the first feminist thinker to inaugurate the concept of the gendered othering gaze. This book is an attempt to redress this balance and reopen the dialogue between Beauvoirs writings and film studies. The authors analyse a range of films, from directors including Claire Denis, Michael Haneke, Lucille Hadzihalilovic,

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Video games exemplify contemporary material objects

proposed aesthetics or art as an approach to this dimension of ethics

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Metaphysical Eroticism

New case studies addressing ways to achieve culturally competent practice

This edition of Paul Laurence Dunbar: Poet Laureate of the Negro Race is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers

Presents the history of the Children's Vaccine Initiative

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• Updated disciplinary decisions

Italian Americans on the Page fills a significant gap in Italian American and Italian diaspora studies

The concept of the “forest model” is introduced and discussed in detail