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During the first decades of the 21st century, a critical re-assessment of the reenactment as a form of historical representation has taken place in the disciplines of history, art history and performance studies. Engagement with the reenactment in film and media studies has come almost entirely from the field of documentary studies and has focused almost exclusively on non-fiction, even though reenactments are being employed across fiction and non-fiction film and television genres. Working with an eclectic collection of case studies from Milk, Monster, Boys Don’t Cry , and The Battle of Orgreave to CSI and the video of police assaulting Rodney King, this book examines the relationship between the status of theatricality in the reenactment and the ways in which its relationships to reference are performed. Carrigy shows that while the practice of reenactment predates technically reproducible media, and continues to exist in both live and mediated forms, it has been thoroughly tran

Drawing on original fieldwork, Carl Morris examines Muslim cultural production in Britain, with a focus on the performance-based entertainment industries: music, comedy, film, television and theatre. It is a seminal study that charts the growing agency and involvement of British Muslims in cultural production over the last two decades. Morris sets this discussion within the context of wider religious, social and cultural change, with important insights concerning the sociological profile, religious lives and public visibility of Muslims in contemporary Britain. Morris draws on theoretical considerations concerning the mediatization of religion and cosmopolitanization in a globally-connected world. He argues that a new generation of media-savvy and internationalist Muslim cultural producers in Britain are constructing counter narratives in the public sphere and are reshaping everyday religious lives within their own communities. This is having a profound impact upon areas that range fr

Written by an expert team of scholars this first volume examines war and resistance, different engines of economic performance and social and geographical mobility in the Mediterranean, slavery and social control, lived experience and the imperial discourses of race and identity, and the geographical and ecological settings in which the cultural histories of the Roman world played out. Together these chapters offer a bold new account of the Roman Empire, juxtaposing key topics that are not always considered together under the rubric of “culture.” A Cultural History of Western Empires in Antiquity examines the cultural history of ancient Mediterranean empires, and focuses on the Roman Empire; the prototypical empire in western history and imagination. A wide-ranging introduction examines the nexus of state-formation and culture in the ancient Mediterranean world, from the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire in late antiquity. Richly-illustrate

This book offers a stimulating introduction to the Hokkien music drama known as liyuanxi (‘pear garden theatre’), heir and current expression of one of China’s oldest unbroken xiqu (‘Chinese opera’) traditions. It considers the genre’s history prior to the 20th century, its signal successes before and after the Cultural Revolution, and its national prominence today. Beginning with an analysis of the form’s aesthetics and techniques, it proceeds to an overview of its rich and distinctive narrative repertoire, including several dramas unique to the genre.Josh Stenberg illustrates liyuanxi ’s distinctive musical and narrative qualities and presents the performance art’s place, not only in Chinese drama and theatre history, but also in the culture of the historic port city of Quanzhou and the broader Hokkien region and diaspora. This study focuses on the work of the only professional theatre troupe in the genre, the Fujian Province Liyuanxi Experimental Theatre (FPLET), and examines t

本书设立政治外交史、社会文化史、经济史、思想史四个栏目，内容涉及古代日本政治发展，近世和近代时期日本的国家战略演变，战后初期日本对“鲍莱中期赔偿计划”的应对，围绕《古事记》和《日本书纪》中“神功皇后”相关史料记载的讨论，江户后期至明治时期日本文人对唐宋时期以八大家为首的古文的学习和传授，2012年以来日本的供给侧结构改革，日本和中国学者在性别研究上的本土化探索，以及日本马克思主义研究学者梅本克己的生平、著作、主体性思想等。

The electric vehicle revival reflects negotiations between public policy, which promotes clean, fuel-efficient vehicles, and the auto industry, which promotes high-performance vehicles.Electric cars were once as numerous as internal combustion engine cars before all but vanishing from American roads around World War I. Now, we are in the midst of an electric vehicle revival and the quest for a sustainable car seems to be within reach. In Age of Auto Electric, Matthew N. Eisler shows that the halting development of the electric car in the intervening decades was a consequence of tensions between environmental, energy, and economic policy imperatives that informed a protracted reappraisal of the automobile system. These factors drove the electric vehicle revival, argues Eisler, hastening automaking’s transformation into a science-based industry in the process. Challenging the common assumption that the electric vehicle revival is due to the development of better batteries, Age of Auto El

A proposal for a new media design to balance the contributions of humans and materials in the world they share.How can media design support a balance between our needs for self-expression and the material needs of the world we are part of? What criteria define a sustainable media ecology? In Vital Media, Michael Nitsche argues that the current human-centric view is not sustainable and that media are best viewed as dynamic networks where cognitive and noncognitive participants co-create. What we need, according to Nitsche, is a media design that balances the needs of all partners involved: vital media. Tracing this ideal through two domains of expression and making, performance and craft, Nitsche calls on us to embrace material co-existence and to design for self-expression as well as material evolution. We must recognize that the living body and its dependencies on the world around it are at the heart of what media are about. Vital media exist to not only help individuals fulfill their

In a gentle introduction to ballet, a little boy and his friends gather for their dance class to learn some moves―and get excited about their debut performance.Stretchy leggings on? Ballet shoes in the bag? Let’s go! Join Thomas and his fellow dancers as they’re welcomed into the studio for their Saturday ballet class. There are feet positions to perfect and steps to learn―first position, plie, up on your toes, relevé―and turns and jumps, too. Everyone is getting ready for their first performance, The Nutcracker―and now it’s time to pick out costumes! This warm celebration of dancing, a companion to Holly Sterling’s Karate Kids, is inspired by the author’s time learning ballet as a young child. It’s sure to be a hit with little ones taking a class, free-form dancers at home, and those who are hoping to be a ballet kid one day, too.

《卓越績效評價準則》（GB／T 19580）2004年8月首次發佈，2012年3月修訂發佈。為了幫助各類組織更好地理解和應用《卓越績效評價準則》國家標準，在總結十多年學習和推廣卓越績效模式實踐的基礎上，中國質量協會、卓越國際質量科學研究院組織國內有關專家編寫和修訂《卓越績效評價準則實務（第2版）》一書。中國質量協會編著的《卓越績效評價準則實務（第2版）》全面解讀了《卓越績效評價準則》國家標準的內涵

本套叢書於2012年上市(第一版)，2015年改版(第二版)，2017又再次改版(第三版)。2020年為滿足市場需求，適應教師資格考試的變革，本書將於2020年進行修訂、改版(第四版)。第四版的變化主要體現在：依據近年來考試真題的變化，對教材內容進行適當修改、補充、刪減，修改了一些過往版本中存在的錯誤，補充了近兩年來考試中新出現的考點，刪減了一些過時的內容。本套叢書經過改版後，將以嶄新的面貌出現在

本套叢書於2012年上市(第一版)，2015年改版(第二版)，2017又再次改版(第三版)。2020年為滿足市場需求，適應教師資格考試的變革，本書將於2020年進行修訂、改版(第四版)。第四版的變化主要體現在：依據近年來考試真題的變化，對教材內容進行適當修改、補充、刪減，修改了一些過往版本中存在的錯誤，補充了近兩年來考試中新出現的考點，刪減了一些過時的內容。本套叢書經過改版後，將以嶄新的面貌出現在

本套叢書於2012年上市(第一版)，2015年改版(第二版)，2017又再次改版(第三版)。2020年為滿足市場需求，適應教師資格考試的變革，本書將於2020年進行修訂、改版(第四版)。第四版的變化主要體現在：依據近年來考試真題的變化，對教材內容進行適當修改、補充、刪減，修改了一些過往版本中存在的錯誤，補充了近兩年來考試中新出現的考點，刪減了一些過時的內容。本套叢書經過改版後，將以嶄新的面貌出現在

本本套叢書於2012年上市(第一版)，2015年改版(第二版)，2017又再次改版(第三版)。2020年為滿足市場需求，適應教師資格考試的變革，本書將於2020年進行修訂、改版(第四版)。第四版的變化主要體現在：依據近年來考試真題的變化，對教材內容進行適當修改、補充、刪減，修改了一些過往版本中存在的錯誤，補充了近兩年來考試中新出現的考點，刪減了一些過時的內容。本套叢書經過改版後，將以嶄新的面貌出現

文學作品合集。包括《菡萏初綻》《杏花聽雨》《梔子清露》三部分。《菡萏初綻》為徐州工程學院學生創作于2005―2012年的作品，其中包括詩歌、散文、小說等，分為“詩葩採擷”“文翰薈萃”“說苑拾摭”三部分。所收錄的作品內容豐富、感情真切，能夠引起讀者共鳴。《杏花聽雨》為徐州工程學院學生創作于2013―2015年的作品，體裁、體例與《菡萏初綻》相同，其中包含《念奴嬌·廣陵懷古》《曉風微醺》《橋》等多篇作品。內容豐富多彩，語言真摯動人。《梔子清露》為徐州工程學院學生創作于2016―2020年的作品，體裁、體例亦與《菡萏初綻》相同。所收錄的《憶長安》《桂香一碗》等作品語言優美、情感深厚。

2012年，德國政府從希特勒的主要藝術品經銷商――希爾德布蘭特‧古利特之子科爾內留斯的公寓中查抄了約1300件藝術作品，這些作品出自喬治‧格羅斯、亨利‧馬蒂斯、克勞德‧莫奈等大師之手。以格羅斯、希特勒和希爾德布蘭特這三個與第三帝國藝術界息息相關的人物為中心，記者林美揭示了不為人知的納粹劫掠藝術品罪行。

This book brings together a series of contributions by leading scholars and practitioners to examine the main features of smart contracts, as well as the response of key stakeholders in technology, business, government and the law. It explores how this new technology interfaces with the goals and content of contract law, introducing and evaluating several mechanisms to improve the ‘observability’ and reduce the costs of verifying contractual obligations and performance. It also outlines various ‘design patterns’ that ensure that end users are protected from themselves, prevent cognitive accidents, and translate expectations and values into more user-oriented agreements. Furthermore, the chapters map the new risks associated with smart contracts, particularly for consumers, and consider how they might be alleviated. The book also discusses the challenge of integrating data protection and privacy concerns into the design of these agreements and the broad range of legal knowledge and skil

本書以交遊空間和人際網絡為線索，通過對宋代士大夫的活動空間和相互交遊的分析，為宋代政治史、城市史的研究提供了新的視野和可能。書中大體收錄了大阪市立大學大學院文學研究科教授、著名史學家平田茂樹自《宋代政治結構研究》（上海古籍出版社，2010年版）、《宋代政治構造研究》（東京：汲古書院，2012年版）兩書出版之後公開發表的論文，著眼于對宋代的政治網絡進行解析，包括《宋代政治史研究的新視野――以科舉社會的“人際網絡”為線索》等。

2012～2013年,成都市文物考古研究所在成都市天回鎮發掘了4座西漢土坑木槨墓,出土漆木器、陶器、少量銅器和鐵器等遺物620餘件,其中最為重要的有M1出土的公私文書、M出土的玉璋和4部竹木制織機模型、M3出土的八部醫術竹簡及人體經脈髹漆木人等。該發掘項目入選了“2013年全國十大考古發現”。本書是M3出土的八部醫術竹簡（《脈書·上經》《脈書·下經》《逆順五色脈臧驗精神》《刺數》《治六十病和齊湯法》《醫馬書》《經脈書》等）及人體經脈髹漆木人的整理報告。竹簡內容或與扁鵲倉公的醫術有關，有較高的學術價值。

Why did Britons get up a play wherever they went? Kathleen Wilson reveals how the performance of English theater and a theatricalized way of viewing the world shaped the geopolitics and culture of empire in the long eighteenth century. Ranging across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans to encompass London, Kingston and Calcutta, Fort Marlborough in Sumatra, St. Helena and Port Jackson in New South Wales as well as London and provincial towns, she shows how Britons on the move transformed peripheries into historical stages where alternative collectivities were enacted, imagined and lived. Men and women of various ethnicities, classes and legal statuses produced and performed English theater in the world, helping to consolidate a national and imperial culture. The theater of empire also enabled non-British people to adapt or interpret English cultural tradition through their own performances, as Englishness became also a production of non-English peoples across the globe.

本次編寫將依據2012年版《全國普通高等學校本科專業目錄》的要求，在專業定位、體系建設、內容安排上，遵循人才發展規律，在保持和發揮中藥特色優勢的前提下，重視現代科學技術、方法論的融入，秉承“精化基礎理論、優化專業知識、強化實踐能力、深化素質教育、突出專業特色”的原則來構建教材體系，以促進中藥理論和實踐的整體發展，滿足培養特色中藥人才的需求。同時，同步進行數字化教學資源建設，打造本專業首套融合教材，實現我社教材與其他競爭社產品的差異化發展。

A history of the pervasive idea that politics is a marketplace.The Marketizers traces the origins of the neoliberal order to public choice theory. It argues that the reinvention of government on the model of the market would have been unimaginable without the emergence of this body of thought. The separation of provision and production in public services, the introduction of competition between service providers, the treatment of citizens as customers, and the use of performance incentives all have origins in the writings of public choice theorists. From the 1940s through the 1980s, these marketizers gradually eroded the differences between politics and the market as they applied the tools of economics to problems usually considered the purview of political scientists and political philosophers. In response to the extraordinary postwar growth in American public expenditures, they reimagined politics as a marketplace, redefined the relationship between the state and its citizens as a co

本書研究的是中國現當代文學中的北京想像，即“北京想像”是怎麼在文學中被敘述出來的，文學中的北京有哪些想像，是從什麼樣的訴求出發塑造北京城市想像的，為什麼這樣塑造，表現了什麼樣的價值訴求等等問題。作者認為，中國現當代文學中的北京想像，大致存在著現代啟蒙、文人傳統情懷、本地文人、社會主義價值體系的訴求與反思、全球化訴求、本地性的帝都情節、外鄉人(北漂)的等幾種大的敘述立場。在此之前，作者完成出版了《文學中的上海想像》(人民出版社2012年)，在學界反響很大。

A fascinating journey into the scientific and cultural history of the female butt, for fans of Mary Roach and Leslie Jamison.Whether we love them or hate them, think they’re sexy, think they’re strange, consider them too big, too small, or anywhere in between, humans have a complicated relationship with butts. It is a body part unique to humans, critical to our evolution and survival, and yet it has come to signify so much more: sex, desire, comedy, shame. A woman’s butt, in particular, is forever being assessed, criticized, and objectified, from anxious self-examinations trying on jeans in department store dressing rooms to enduring crass remarks while walking down a street or high school hallways. But why? In Butts: A Backstory, reporter, essayist, and RadioLab contributing editor Heather Radke is determined to find out.Spanning nearly two centuries, this vivid cultural history takes us from the performance halls of 19th-century London to the aerobics studios of the 1980s, the music

Ruby on Rails(TM) Tutorial by Michael Hartl has become a must-read for developers learning how to build Rails apps.--Peter Cooper, Editor of Ruby Inside Used by sites as varied as Hulu, GitHub, Shopify, and Airbnb, Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web applications, but it can be challenging to learn and use. Whether you're new to web development or new only to Rails, Ruby on Rails(TM) Tutorial, Seventh Edition, is the solution. Best-selling author and leading Rails developer Michael Hartl teaches Rails by guiding you through the development of three example applications of increasing sophistication. The tutorial's examples focus on the general principles of web development needed for virtually any kind of website. The updates to this edition include full compatibility with Rails 7. This indispensable guide provides integrated tutorials not only for Rails, but also for the essential Ruby, HTML, CSS, and SQL skills you need when developing web applicati

When our smartphones distract us, much more is at stake than a momentary lapse of attention. Our use of smartphones can interfere with the building-blocks of meaningfulness and the actions that shape our self-identity. By analyzing social interactions and evolving experiences, Roholt reveals the mechanisms of smartphone-distraction that impact our meaningful projects and activities. Roholt’s conception of meaning in life draws from a disparate group of philosophers―Susan Wolf, John Dewey, Hubert Dreyfus, Martin Heidegger, and Albert Borgmann. Central to Roholt’s argument are what Borgmann calls focal practices: dinners with friends, running, a college seminar, attending sporting events. As a recurring example, Roholt develops the classification of musical instruments as focal things, contending that musical performance can be fruitfully understood as a focal practice.Through this exploration of what generates meaning in life, Roholt makes us rethink the place we allow smartphones to o

With PISA tables, accountability, and performance management pulling educators in one direction, and the understanding that education is a social process embedded in cultural contexts, tailored to meet the needs and challenges of individuals and communities in another, it is easy to end up in seeing teachers as positioned as opponents to the ‘system’. Jerome and Starkey argue that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC, 1989) can provide a pragmatic starting point for educators to challenge some of these unsettling trends in a way which does not set up unnecessary opposition with policy-makers. They review the evidence from international evaluations, surveys and case studies about practice in human rights and child right education before exploring the key principles of transformative and experiential education to offer a robust theoretical framework that can guide the development of child rights education. They also draw out practical implications and outline

Aeschylus’ Persians is unique in being the only extant Greek tragedy on an historical subject: Greece’s victory in 480 BC over the great Persian King, Xerxes, eight years before the play was written and first performed in 472 BC. Looking at Persians examines how Aeschylus responded to such a turning point in Athenian history and how his audience may have reacted to his play. As well as considering the play’s relationship with earlier lost tragedies and discussing its central themes, including war, nature and the value of human life, the volume considers how Persians may have been staged in fifth-century Athens and how it has been performed today. The twelve essays presented here are written by prominent international academics and offer insightful analyses of the play from the perspectives of performance, history and society. Intended for readers ranging from school students and undergraduates to teachers and those interested in drama (including practitioners), this volume also

The A to Z of Creative Writing Methods is an alphabetical collection of essays to prompt consideration of method within creative writing research and practice.Almost sixty contributors from a range of writing traditions and across multiple forms and genre are represented in this volume: from poets, essayists, novelists and performance writers, to graphic novelists, illustrators, and those engaged in multi-media writing or writing-related arts activism. Contributors bring to this collection their distinct and diverse literary and cultural contexts, defining, expanding and enacting the methods they describe, and providing new possibilities for creative writing practice.Accessible and provocative, A to Z of Creative Writing Methods lays bare new developments and directions in the field, making it an invaluable resource for the teachers, research students and scholar-practitioners in the field of creative writing studies.

The A to Z of Creative Writing Methods is an alphabetical collection of essays to prompt consideration of method within creative writing research and practice.Almost sixty contributors from a range of writing traditions and across multiple forms and genre are represented in this volume: from poets, essayists, novelists and performance writers, to graphic novelists, illustrators, and those engaged in multi-media writing or writing-related arts activism. Contributors bring to this collection their distinct and diverse literary and cultural contexts, defining, expanding and enacting the methods they describe, and providing new possibilities for creative writing practice.Accessible and provocative, A to Z of Creative Writing Methods lays bare new developments and directions in the field, making it an invaluable resource for the teachers, research students and scholar-practitioners in the field of creative writing studies.

When our smartphones distract us, much more is at stake than a momentary lapse of attention. Our use of smartphones can interfere with the building-blocks of meaningfulness and the actions that shape our self-identity. By analyzing social interactions and evolving experiences, Roholt reveals the mechanisms of smartphone-distraction that impact our meaningful projects and activities. Roholt’s conception of meaning in life draws from a disparate group of philosophers ― Susan Wolf, John Dewey, Hubert Dreyfus, Martin Heidegger, and Albert Borgmann. Central to Roholt’s argument are what Borgmann calls focal practices: dinners with friends, running, a college seminar, attending sporting events. As a recurring example, Roholt develops the classification of musical instruments as focal things, contending that musical performance can be fruitfully understood as a focal practice.Through this exploration of what generates meaning in life, Roholt makes us rethink the place we allow smartphones to

本套書是一部詩歌自選集，收錄了作者申占華從2012年到2022年，十年間的近2000首詩歌佳作。這些詩歌，以五言、七言詩為主，有少量現代體詩歌。詩歌內容昂揚向上，感情澎湃，緊跟時代，貼近生活，不僅記錄了作者的生活軌跡和精神境界、文學追求，同時可視為一部十年間中國社會發展變化的編年體記錄表。詩歌是情感的產物，在這近2000首詩歌中，無不洋溢著高尚的情操、豐沛的感情和對美好生活的強烈追求，作者將眼中祖國的日新月異，將新時代的氣息，將心中所思所想，以詩歌的形式記錄，對祖國和時代致以最高的禮贊。

One of the best things you can do for yourself is imagine a world where you can reach your full potential. The more you picture that, the easier it becomes to make that dream happen. The Marcus Rashford You Are a Champion Action Planner is an interactive guide that will show you how to become a champion in anything you put your mind to!Marcus has inspired millions of children around the world in his empowering and bestselling guide for life, You Are a Champion - now, he's created a fun and engaging action planner packed with positive activities, brilliant advice and inspiring challenges that will help you reach your full potential.Marcus has once again teamed up with performance psychologist Katie Warriner and journalist Carl Anka, his collaborators on the award-winning book You Are a Champion, to help you achieve your dreams. Praise for the number one bestselling You Are a Champion, from parents on social media:'Perfect way to get your kids reading - get them a book by their hero!''My

Dancing to the Drum Machine is a never-before-attempted history of what is perhaps the most controversial musical instrument ever invented: the drum machine. Here, author Dan LeRoy reveals the untold story of how their mechanical pulse became the new heartbeat of popular music. The pristine snap of the LinnDrum. The bottom-heavy beats of the Roland 808. The groundbreaking samples of the E-MUSP-1200. All these machines―and their weirder, wilder-sounding cousins―changed composition, recording, and performance habits forever. Their distinctive sounds and styles helped create new genres of music, like hip hop and EDM. But they altered every musical style, from mainstream pop to heavy metal to jazz. Dan LeRoy traces the drum machine from its low-tech beginnings in the Fifties and Sixties to its evolution in the Seventies and its ubiquity in the Eighties, when seemingly overnight, it infiltrated every genre of music. Drum machines put some drummers out of work, while keeping others on

My toes tingle with excitement. It's ballet class today!Snowflakes are falling softly outside when Thomas and his friends arrive at Mr Elliot's dance studio. Prancing and whirling and twirling around the room, the boys and girls perfect their steps - first and second position, plies, curtsies and more.Then, it's time for the most exciting moment ... picking out costumes for their first ever performance: The Nutcracker!Joyful and spirited, this young celebration of dancing is inspired by the author's time learning ballet as a child, and will have little dancers, and aspiring dancers, pointing their toes and joining in.

As the first full-length study to analyse utopian plays in Western drama from antiquity to the present, Utopian Drama: In Search of a Genre offers an illuminating appraisal of the objectives of utopianism as manifested in drama through the ages, and carefully ascertains the added value that live performance brings to the persuasion of utopian thought. Siân Adiseshiah scrutinises the distinctive intervention of utopian drama through its examination alongside the utopian prose tradition – in this way, the book establishes new ways of approaching utopian aesthetics and new ways of interpreting utopian drama. This book provides fresh understandings of the generic features of utopian plays, identifies the gains of establishing a new genre, and ascertains ways in which this genre functions as political theatre. Referring to over 40 plays, of which 18 are examined in detail, Utopian Drama traces the emergence of the utopian play in the Western tradition from ancient Greek Comedy to exp