The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth CenturyThis book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which figures read or hold a book. Reading fiction was cast as unmanly, while silent reading allowed women of means to read widely and privately. Portraits of such women helped construct the idea of the New Woman in Ireland.

the Belle Époque

cinematography and symbolism in the episodes as well as the fan videos they inspire

Drawing on Paul Ricoeur's notion of intersubjective narrative identity as well as the catastrophe theory of Gilles Deleuze

There are few figures as captivating as the antihero: the character we can't help but root for

neurosciences

capturing thousands of photographs that resulted in The Americans

Transition TraditionWe usually think of women as the victims of pornography rather than its consumers

Offering an analysis of media-related debates that affect future Europeans

and are translated for an English-speaking readership

This book focuses on the complex thinking processes artists utilize when teaching and offers a reconciliation of the artistic and educational enterprises

Spanning a variety of characteristic genres

Christian Marclay's The Clock conflates past and present chronologies