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The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Life of the Party
Critics have long recognized the links between community festivals and literary art. The comedies and tragedies of the ancient Greeks grew out of their festivals; Anglo-Saxon poetry was often read at festival occasions; and the structural patterns of renaissance drama are inseparable from their festive origins. In The Life of the Party, Christopher Ames argues that the private party has become the festival of modern culture and has served as a shaping force in the fiction of many important twentieth century writers. Drawing upon and extending theories of Mikhail Bakhtin and others, Ames contends that parties have inherited much of the spirit and social function of festivals and carnivals. In...
Where the Boys are
A provocative, contemporary anthology examining the construction of boys' identity in modern cinema.
Movies About the Movies
Hundreds of Hollywood-on-Hollywood movies can be found throughout the history of American cinema, from the days of silents to the present. They include films from genres as far ranging as musical, film noir, melodrama, comedy, and action-adventure. Such movies seduce us with the promise of revealing the reality behind the camera. But, as part of the very industry they supposedly critique, they cannot take us behind the scenes in any true sense. Through close analysis of fifteen critically acclaimed films, Christopher Ames reveals how the idea of Hollywood is constructed and constructs itself. Films discussed: What Price Hollywood? (1952), A Star Is Born (1937), Stand-In (1937), Boy Meets Girl (1938), Sullivan's Travels (1941), In a Lonely Place (1950), Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Star (1950), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Pennies from Heaven (1981), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Player (1992), Last Action Hero (1993).
The Last Word
The Last Word argues that the Hollywood novel opened up space for cultural critique of the film industry at a time when the industry lacked the capacity to critique itself. While the young studio system worked tirelessly to burnish its public image in the wake of celebrity scandal, several industry insiders wrote fiction to fill in what newspapers and fan magazines left out. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, these novels aimed to expose the invisible machinery of classical Hollywood cinema, including not only the evolving artifice of the screen but also the promotional discourse that complemented it. As likeminded filmmakers in the 1940s and 1950s gradually brought the dark side of the industr...
Cinematic Perspectives on Digital Culture
Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe, from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game players, and digital culture.
Singin' in the Rain
There is no movie musical more fun than Singin' in the Rain, and few that remain as fresh over the years. . . . It is a transcendent experience, and no one who loves movies can afford to miss it.—Roger Ebert America's most popular film critic is hardly alone in singing the praises of Singin' in the Rain. This quintessential American film-made in Hollywood's Golden Age, showcasing the genius of Gene Kelly, and featuring what Ebert calls "the most joyous musical sequence ever filmed"-has inspired love and admiration from fellow critics, film scholars, and movie buffs worldwide for more than half a century. Indeed, its reputation continues to grow: the American Film Institute now ranks it num...
The Oath
When a prominent New York businesswoman discovers her husband's dead body, her life is shuddered. As she awaits the arrival of a homicide detective, the story of Valerie's past unfolds. Her life has been a torrent of success and tribulation. This extraordinary fiction novel weaves together an unforgettable cast of characters in this fast-moving and gripping story. It grabs the reader from the start and continues to build up steam. Valerie had turned her talent into the lucrative real estate market of New York's luxury residences, while her ballet career blossoms. When she decides to withdraw from a real estate venture, her partner convinces her husband, a prominent New York attorney to assum...
Chapman's Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery
Chapman’s Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery, 4th Edition, comprising 5807 pages across five volumes, has been totally updated and expanded to provide comprehensive coverage of the workup, medical and surgical treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal disorders. The senior editors and 12 section editors from the University of California Davis Medical Center along with 554 internationally renowned experts provide in 12 subspecialty sections, containing 285 chapters, detailed coverage of all aspects of orthopaedic surgery and physical medicine and rehabilitation. The book begins with the physical examination and workup of musculoskeletal disorders, preoperative planning and perioperativ...
