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Presenting a new way to consider television for the 21st century, this book guide the reader through the misinformation and exaggeration that wrongly influence cultural discourse and public policy with regard to TV.

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What is the real nature of television, and what is its place in contemporary society and culture In a provocative rethinking of the medium and its ensuing effects, this book argues that we have misunderstood television and have thus contributed to a distorted view of art and culture in the 20th century.

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A pioneering scholarly examination of the rich and fascinating fields of science fiction and fantasy art, this book stimulates scholarly interest in these areas by offering both surveys of the entire history of these traditions and focused examinations of particular genres and artists.

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Introducing the reader to the wisdom of Art Blakey's - One of the greatest jazz performers and teachers of all time - teaching through his quotes and reaching into the deepest grotto of the meaning of each one of them.

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"Long before Elvis Presley entered Sam Phillips's Sun Records studio in 1954, rock 'n' roll was being performed and recorded by the likes of Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, the Clovers, t"

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Who 'speaks' to us in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony This title opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as the author explores the voices projected by music.

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The activity of women in American music from the 18th to 21st centuries. It describes hundreds of women composers, instrumentalists, conductors, orchestra and opera managers, music educators, and music patrons.

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Those concerned with growth and development at national or local levels must pay significantly more attention to the physical structure of urban settings which house many of the leading sectors of the economies of nations.

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Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false.

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New information includes details on recording dates, personnel, vocalists and soloists, sources, playing times, composers, test pressings, studio dialogue, and spoken introductions, together with data on selections made from newly discovered V-Disc recording sessions.

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This book provides an engaging historical survey of the vampire in American popular culture over 100 years, ranging from Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula to HBO's television series True Blood.

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This volume commemorates the 100th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh's death. Major van Gogh scholars present essays that reexamine the painter's place in the art world of his time, the phenomenal growth in his reputation, and his influence on later art movements and individual artists.

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This volume brings Continental philosophical interpretations of Van Gogh into dialogue with one another to explore how for Van Gogh, art places human beings in their world, and yet in other ways displaces them, not allowing them to belong to that world.

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This survey of choral literature, written by American composers from 1760 through the 1990s, examines nearly 3,000 pieces of choral music written by over 300 composers.

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"This is a useful reference work for popular culture and performing arts collections." Choice

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"Uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a central document of Afro-diasporic music in 21st-century Lisbon and as a case study of postcolonial encounters in global popular music"--

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"Uses the 2006 compilation DJs do Guetto as a central document of Afro-diasporic music in 21st-century Lisbon and as a case study of postcolonial encounters in global popular music"--

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Memorializes the singular talent of David McComb through a hauntological examination of contemporary recordings of his lost songs by various singers from Australias independent musical scene.

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This book is not only a fascinating biography of one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century but also a social history of the colorful extended family to which he belonged.

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The Vermont Reggae Festival, born in Burlington Vermont in 1986, became an historic event forever etched into the musical history of the city. Achieving the manifestation of peace, love, celebration of life, joy, fun, and excitement through the power of Reggae music. The Vermont Reggae Festival was a musical happening given as a gift to each attendee-all for the whopping ticket price of...FREE!!

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