university of toronto press sep 2006 (5 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Best known as the story from the 1904 Puccini opera, the compelling modern myth of Madame Butterfly has been read, watched, and re-interpreted for over a century, from Pierre Loti's 1887 novelMadame Chrysanthèmeto A.R. Gurney's 1999 playFar East. This fascinating collaborative volume examines the Madame Butterfly narrative in a wide variety of cultural contexts -literary, musical, theatrical, cinematic, historical, and political -and in a variety of media -opera, drama, film, and prose narratives - and includes contributions from a wide range of academic disciplines, such as Asian Studies, English Literature, Theatre, Musicology, and Film Studies.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ''Written in the Flesh' is bold, important, and maddeningly fun to argue with. Everyone interested in the history of sexuality and of desire will need to engage, if not agree with it.'-Thomas W. Laqueur, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley, author of 'Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Convergence of Civilizations will be an important tool for meeting the current global challenges being faced by nation-states as well as those in the future.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mark Kingwell, John Ralston Saul, Jan Zwicky, Thomas Hurka, Will Kymlicka, Graeme Hunter, Paul and Patricia Churchland, Michel Seymour, Arthur Schafer, Charles Taylor-the list of Canadian philosophers who have made important contributions to public debate is a long one. Here, in a single volume we find their views on topics ranging from free speech to free trade, from science to citizenship, from terrorism to tyranny, and from ethics to the environment.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'At last there is a lucid, well-written OB book, which covers key issues required in OB teaching, but which has a mind of its own. Students and faculty will recognize this is more than standard fare.' - Bill Cooke, Manchester Business School.