I b tauris jun 2007 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Live Flesh' demonstrates how contemporary Spanish films have contributed to a re-shaping of the masculine image. The authors explore the complexity and diversity of these images, while focusing on Spanish films of the democratic period, both popular and auteur. The analysis is drawn from examples of directors, both of national and international prominence, such as Pedro Almodó var, Alejandro Amená bar, Bigas Luna and Julio Medern, as well as films featuring acclaimed actors who have contributed to the construction of contemporary ideas of the masculine in their country, such as Antonio Banderas and Javier Bardem.Using a fresh theoretical framework, embracing queer and feminist theory and theories of nation, race and class, each chapter examines the key films that represent the male body (young, muscular, homosexual, foreign and so on), then focuses in on recent case studies, from the early 1980s to the present. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The election of the hard-line Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Iranian Presidency in 2005 shocked the world. In this compelling book, Iran experts Anoush Ehteshami and Mahjoub Zweiri penetrate the labyrinth of Iranian politics and reveal the forces which brought Ahmadinejad to power. They argue that the power base behind Ahmadinejad represents a kind of Iranian version of American neo-conservativism. Politicians and clerics exiled from influence under the reformist President Khatami have seized their chance to get back in to power and push an uncompromising foreign policy agenda. In an analysis which has major implications for US and EU policymakers, Ehteshami and Zweiri examine this group' s agenda on issues like Iraq and nuclear enrichment, and assess its strategies for implementing it. 'Iran and the Rise of Its Neoconservatives' is the essential guide to the politics to this turbulent nation, whose importance to world security has never been more keenly felt.…