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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        September 2020

        Class, work and whiteness

        by Nicola Ginsburgh, Alan Lester

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        May 1992

        Beschreibung einer Form

        Versuch über Kafka

        by Martin Walser, Walter Höllerer

        Der Versuch über Kafka Beschreibung einer Form ist Martin Walsers Dissertation, sie erschien erstmals 1961 und ist eine bemerkenswerte Einführung in das Werk Franz Kafkas, das eine so tiefe und nicht nachlassende Wirkung ausübt.

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        May 2002

        Das dicke Kind und andere Erzählungen

        by Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Uwe Schweikert, Asta-Maria Bachmann

        Text und Kommentar in einem Band. In der Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek erscheinen literarische Hauptwerke aller Epochen und Gattungen als Arbeitstexte für Schule und Studium. Der vollständige Text wird ergänzt durch anschaulich geschriebene Kommentare.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        March 2017

        'The better class' of Indians

        Social rank, Imperial identity, and South Asians in Britain 1858–1914

        by A. Wainwright

        This is the first book-length study to focus primarily on the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. In a departure from previous scholarship on the South Asian presence in Britain, 'The better class' of Indians emphasizes the importance of class as the register through which British polite society interpreted other social distinctions such as race, gender, and religion. Drawing mainly on unpublished material from the India Office Records, the National Archives, and private collections of charitable organizations, this book examines not only the attitudes of British officials towards South Asians in their midst, but also the actual application of these attitudes in decisions pertaining to them. This fascinating book will be of particular interest to scholars and general readers of imperialism, immigration as well as British and Indian social history.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        November 2014

        Class, ethnicity and religion in the Bengali East End

        A political history

        by Sarah Glynn

        This exploration of one of the most concentrated immigrant communities in Britain combines a fascinating narrative history, an original theoretical analysis of the evolving relationship between progressive left politics and ethnic minorities, and an incisive critique of political multiculturalism. It recounts and analyses the experiences of many of those who took part in over six decades of political history that range over secular nationalism, trade unionism, black radicalism, mainstream local politics, Islamism and the rise and fall of the Respect Coalition. Through this Bengali case study and examples from wider immigrant politics, it traces the development and adoption of the concepts of popular frontism, revolutionary stages theory and identity politics. It demonstrates how these theories and tactics have cut across class-based organisation and acted as an impediment to addressing socio-economic inequality; and it argues for a left materialist alternative. It will appeal equally to sociologists, political activists and local historians. ;

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        The Arts
        April 2025

        Beyond the BBFC

        Local and regional film censorship in the UK

        by Sian Barber

        This work scrutinises British film censorship from a local perspective. Examining different regions and areas, the work of individual councils and their relations with one another and with the BBFC, it offers a broad historical exploration of the intricacies of film censorship in action. Drawing on local archival material and considering the activities of local government in enforcing Cinematograph legislation, this work considers the significance of film censorship apparatus and processes in shaping and informing responses to and control of film culture in different locations across the twentieth century.

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        February 2022

        Das alte Kind

        Thriller

        by Zoë Beck

        Es sind nur wenige Tage, die Carla von ihrem Kind getrennt im Krankenhaus verbringt – Tage, die alles verändern. Als die Schwester ihr das Baby in die Arme legt, ist Carla überzeugt, dass es gar nicht ihr Kind sein kann. Doch niemand glaubt ihr … Fiona wacht in ihrer Badewanne auf. Kerzen stehen am Wannenrand, Blütenblätter schwimmen auf dem Wasser, das sich allmählich rot färbt – von ihrem Blut. Mit letzter Kraft schleppt sie sich zum Telefon. Im Krankenhaus behauptet sie, jemand hätte versucht, sie zu töten. Doch niemand glaubt ihr …

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        Theory of Art
        September 2016

        Mixed messages

        American correspondences in visual and verbal practices

        by Edited by Catherine Gander, Sarah Garland

        Offering a major contribution to the field of American culture and aesthetics in an interdisciplinary frame, this collection assembles the cutting-edge research of renowned and emerging scholars in literature and the visual arts, with a foreword by Miles Orvell. The volume represents the first of its kind: an intervention in current interdisciplinary approaches to the intersections of the written word and the visual image that moves beyond standard theoretical approaches to consider the written and visual artwork in embodied, cognitive and experiential terms. Tracing a strong lineage of pragmatism, romanticism, surrealism and dada in American intermedial works through the nineteenth century to the present day, the editors and authors of this volume chart a new and vital methodology for the study and appreciation of the correspondences between visual and verbal practices.

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        June 1983

        Das verlorene Kind

        Roman

        by Peter Engel, Rahel Sanzara

        In ihrem Sensationserfolg von 1926, der in elf Sprachen übersetzt wurde, erzählt Rahel Sanzara einen wirklichen Kriminalfall des 19. Jahrhunderts. Der junge Fritz ist das Kind einer Vergewaltigung. Scheinbar unbelastet, wächst er mit seiner Mutter auf einem norddeutschen Gutshof auf, bis die Begegnung mit der arglosen Anna, der vierjährigen Tochter des Gutsbesitzers, eine tief vergrabene Störung offenbart und ihm zum Verhängnis wird …

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        September 2018

        Das fremde Kind

        by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Lisbeth Zwerger

        Die Geschwister Christlieb und Felix von Brakel leben mit ihren Eltern auf dem Land. Eines Tages kommt ihr reicher, weltläufiger Onkel Cyprianus zu Besuch und bringt ihnen »modernes« mechanisches Spielzeug aus der Stadt mit. Er verspricht, ihnen einen »zeitgemäßen« Hauslehrer zu besorgen, damit sie nicht »zurück blieben«. Doch der angekündigte Erzieher, der pechschwarz gekleidete Magister Tinte, entpuppt sich als Kinderfeind und Sadist. So bitten sie das magische »fremde Kind«, das sie auf ihren Waldspaziergängen kennengelernt haben, um Hilfe. Ein Märchen – auch für Erwachsene: E. T. A. Hoffmans Meistererzählung, in der Sammlung Die Serapionsbrüder 1819 veröffentlicht, erscheint erstmals als vollständige Einzelausgabe in der Insel-Bücherei, illustriert von der unvergleichlichen Lisbeth Zwerger.

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        May 1986

        Die Leistung der Form

        Lessings Dramen

        by Peter Pütz

        In seiner Monographie über Lessings Dramen erarbeitet Peter Pütz den kognitiven Mehrwert der dramatischen Form gegenüber abschöpfbaren ›Aussagen‹ und ›Lehren‹, zeigt - in ständigem Vergleich mit einschlägigen Beispielen diskursiver Darlegungen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert - die spezifische Erkenntnisleistung künstlerischer Darstellung, holt sie - nie im Abstrakt-Allgemeinen sich verlierend - durch präzise Textanalysen ein. Grundlegend erörtert das Buch Probleme der literarischen Form und schafft sich mit der begrifflichen Differenz von ›Darlegung‹ und ›Darstellung‹ eine tragfähige Basis für die nachfolgenden Interpretationen der Lessingschen Dramen, die schließlich auch neue Aufschlüsse geben über ideen- und sozialgeschichtliche Befunde der Aufklärung.

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        The Arts
        April 2011

        Screen/Space

        The projected image in contemporary art

        by Amelia Jones, Tamara Trodd, Marsha Meskimmon

        Projected-image art occupies an increasingly important place in the contemporary art-world. But does the projected image have its own specificity, beyond the histories of experimental film and video on the one hand, and installation art on the other? What is a projected image, and what is the history of projected-image art? These questions and others are explored in this thoughtful collection of nine essays by leading international scholars of film and projected-image art. Clearly structured in three sections - 'Histories', 'Screen', 'Space' - the book argues for recognition of the projected image as a distinctive category in contemporary art, which demands new critical and theoretical approaches. The contributors explore a range of interpretive perspectives, offering new insights into the work of artists including Michael Snow, Carolee Schneemann, Pipilotti Rist, Stan Douglas, Gillian Wearing, Tacita Dean, Jane and Louise Wilson, amongst others. The Introduction supplies a concise summary of the history of projected-image art and its interpretation, and there is a focus throughout the book on detailed analysis of individual artworks. ;

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        The Arts
        June 2016

        The British monarchy on screen

        by Mandy Merck

        Moving images of the British monarchy are almost as old as the moving image itself, dating back to an 1895 American drama, The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. And from 1896, actual British monarchs appeared in the new 'animated photography', led by Queen Victoria. Half a century later the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II was a milestone in the adoption of television, watched by 20 million Britons and 100 million North Americans. At the century's end, Princess Diana's funeral was viewed by 2.5 billion worldwide. In the first book length examination of film and television representations of this enduring institution, distinguished scholars of media and political history analyze the screen representations of royalty from Henry VIII to 'William and Kate'. Seventeen essays by Ian Christie, Elisabeth Bronfen, Andrew Higson, Karen Lury, Glynn Davies, Jane Landman and other international commentators examine the portrayal of royalty in the 'actuality' picture, the early extended feature, amateur cinema, the movie melodrama, the Commonwealth documentary, New Queer Cinema, TV current affairs, the big screen ceremonial and the post-historical boxed set. A long overdue contribution to film and television studies, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of British media and political history.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        May 2014

        Bachelors of a different sort

        by John Potvin

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