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Animation in Mexico, 2006 to 2022: Box Office, Web Shorts, and Streaming (SUNY series in Latin American Cinema)
by David S. DaltonExamines contemporary animation in Mexico—one of the most commercially successful and most understudied genres of the national cinema.Answering a call to view Mexican film through the lens of commercial cinema, Animation in Mexico, 2006 to 2022 is the first book-length study of the country's animated cinema in the twenty-first century. As such, the volume sheds light on one of the country's most strategically important and lucrative genres, subjecting it to sustained intellectual analysis for the first time. Building on earlier film history, David S. Dalton identifies two major periods, during which the focus shifted from success at the national box office to internationalization and streaming. In eight original essays, contributors use an array of theoretical and disciplinary approaches to interrogate how this popular genre interfaces with Mexican politics and society more broadly, from Huevocartoon to Coco and beyond. The book will appeal to students, scholars, and fans of Mexican film by situating animation within broader currents in the field and the industry.
Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy, 1770-1830
by Ellen LockhartThis path-breaking study of stage works in Italian musical performances reconsiders a crucial period of music history. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the statue animated by music, Ellen Lockhart deftly shows how Enlightenment ideas influenced Italian theater and music, and vice versa. As Lockhart reveals, the animated statue became a fundamental figure within aesthetic theory and musical practice during the years spanning 1770–1830. Taking as its point of departure a repertoire of Italian ballets, melodramas, and operas from this period, Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy traces its core ideas between science, philosophy, theories of language, itinerant performance traditions, the epistemology of sensing, and music criticism.
Animation: Genre and Authorship (Short Cuts)
by Paul WellsAnimation: Genre and Authorship explores the distinctive language of animation, its production processes, and the particular questions about who makes it, under what conditions, and with what purpose. In this first study to look specifically at the ways in which animation displays unique models of ‘auteurism’ and how it revises generic categories, Paul Wells challenges the prominence of live-action moviemaking as the first form of contemporary cinema and visual culture. The book also includes interviews with Ray Harryhausen and Caroline Leaf, and a full timeline of the history of animation.
Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows that Changed the World of Japanese Animation
by Chris StuckmannAn exploration of anime’s masterpieces and game-changers from the 1960s to the present—with contributions from writers, artists, superfans and more.Anime—or Japanese animation—has been popular in Japan since Astro Boy appeared in 1963. Subsequent titles like Speed Racer and Kimba the White Lion helped spread the fandom across the country. In America, a dedicated underground fandom grew through the 80s and 90s, with breakthrough titles like Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira making their way into the mainstream.Anime Impact explores the iconic anime movies and shows that left a mark on popular culture around the world. Film critic and longtime fan Chris Stuckmann takes readers behind the scenes of legendary titles as well as hidden gems rarely seen outside Japan. Plus anime creators, critics and enthusiasts—including Ready Player One author Ernest Cline, manga artist Mark Crilley, and YouTube star Tristan “Arkada” Gallant—share their stories, insights and insider perspectives.
Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form beyond Japan
by Stevie SuanA formal approach to anime rethinks globalization and transnationality under neoliberalism Anime has become synonymous with Japanese culture, but its global reach raises a perplexing question—what happens when anime is produced outside of Japan? Who actually makes anime, and how can this help us rethink notions of cultural production? In Anime&’s Identity, Stevie Suan examines how anime&’s recognizable media-form—no matter where it is produced—reflects the problematics of globalization. The result is an incisive look at not only anime but also the tensions of transnationality.Far from valorizing the individualistic &“originality&” so often touted in national creative industries, anime reveals an alternate type of creativity based in repetition and variation. In exploring this alternative creativity and its accompanying aesthetics, Suan examines anime from fresh angles, including considerations of how anime operates like a brand of media, the intricacies of anime production occurring across national borders, inquiries into the selfhood involved in anime&’s character acting, and analyses of various anime works that present differing modes of transnationality. Anime&’s Identity deftly merges theories from media studies and performance studies, introducing innovative formal concepts that connect anime to questions of dislocation on a global scale, creating a transformative new lens for analyzing popular media.
Anita cubierta de arena
by Alicia Dujovne OrtizLa historia de amor entre Garibaldi y Anita. La novela narra la historia de amor de Garibaldi y Anita, que Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, maestra en el arte contar, pinta, teje, canta con un placer contagioso, casi hipnótico, que atrapa al lector y lo mantiene preso de la lectura pero libre para seguir al personaje por la ciudad de Laguna, las playas de Rio Grande do Sul, a bordo del Rio Pardo, a caballo por el planalto y por el mato brasileños, en las aguas negras del río Pelotas, a través de la Serra das Antas, en la ciudad de Montevideo y cruzando el Atlántico rumbo a Italia hasta llegar a Roma en busca de la guerra y encontrar la muerte. Anita, la que sabe disparar el fusil y el cañón, la que lava su blusa y la camisa de su amante, la que domina el caballo como ninguna, la guerrillera, la puérpera que lleva en sus brazos un hijo y un arma, la carneadora de vacas, la que se encuentra enjaulada sin guerra y sin hombre, la enfermera en Roma y, finalmente, el cadáver semienterrado en una playa italiana es evocada en este magnífico relato donde se juntan la historia, la aventura y la pasión. La crítica ha dicho... «El trabajo de Dujovne Ortiz cumple holgadamente aquello del témpano de Hemingway: hay una enorme investigación histórica que sustenta lo que se ve desde lo invisible.» Ángel Berlanga, Página 12 «Dujovne Ortiz aprovechó hasta el último sudor de la aventura, romance y epopeya condensados en esta historia para hacer revivir al célebre personaje: esa mujer menuda e indómita, de cabellos retintos y mirada primitiva que a los 18 años se unió a los farrapos , los revolucionarios secesionistas que se alzaron en armas contra el emperador Pedro I, y lucharon para que Rio Grande do Sul se erigiera en Estado independiente.» Loreley Gaffoglio, ADN Cultura
Anjin - The Life and Times of Samurai William Adams, 1564-1620: A Japanese Perspective
by Hiromi RogersThe year is 1600. It is April and Japan’s iconic cherry trees are in full flower. A battered ship drifts on the tide into Usuki Bay in southern Japan. On board, barely able to stand, are twenty-three Dutchmen and one Englishman, the remnants of a fleet of five ships and 500 men that had set out from Rotterdam in 1598. The Englishman was William Adams, later to be known as Anjin Miura by the Japanese, whose subsequent transformation from wretched prisoner to one of the Shogun’s closest advisers is the centrepiece of this book. As a native of Japan, and a scholar of seventeenth-century Japanese history, the author delves deep into the cultural context facing Adams in what is one of the great examples of assimilation into the highest reaches of a foreign culture. Her access to Japanese sources, including contemporary accounts – some not previously seen by Western scholars researching the subject – offers us a fuller understanding of the life lived by William Adams as a high-ranking samurai and his grandstand view of the collision of cultures that led to Japan’s self-imposed isolation, lasting over two centuries. This is a highly readable account of Adams’ voyage to and twenty years in Japan and that is supported by detailed observations of Japanese culture and society at this time. New light is shed on Adams’ relations with the Dutch and his countrymen, including the disastrous relationship with Captain John Saris, the key role likely to have been played by the munitions, including cannon, removed from Adams’ ship De Liefde in the great battle of Sekigahara (September 1600), the shipbuilding skills that enabled Japan to advance its international maritime ambitions, as well as the scientific and technical support Adams was able to provide in the refining process of Japan’s gold and silver.
Anjo de Fogo
by Tanya Anne Crosby Elaine MoreiraDespedaçada pela morte do pai na batalha de Tinchebray, a nobre normanda Chrestien de Lontaine planeja casar a irmã e depois buscar a proteção de um convento, jurando não pertencer a homem nenhum... Pelo menos dessa vez, Chrestien está profundamente feliz por seu pai ter sido tão protetor, pois poucos sabiam que ele possuía filhas gêmeas. Mas alguém sabe de seu segredo... e agora só o Lobo Prateado de Henrique, o odiado inimigo responsável pela morte de seu pai, pode salvar essa impetuosa beldade.
Anjo negro: O legado de Russe
by Kathryn Le Veque1356 d.c. - São tempos de guerra para a Inglaterra, quando o príncipe negro percorre a França, travando uma guerra desagradável contra a população. O idealizador dessa estratégia brutal é o cavaleiro que eles chamam de Anjo Negro. Brandt de Russe, duque de Exeter, é o cérebro por trás da máquina de guerra do príncipe, um montanha de homem que é tão astuto quanto assustador. Na batalha, nenhum homem é igual a ele. Lady Ellowyn de Nerra, neta do grande mercenário Braxton de Nerra, foi enviada a Londres por seu pai aleijado para recolher os homens que ele doou para as guerras do príncipe negro na França. Os homens de De Nerra se misturam com os homens do duque de Exeter e Ellowyn está nas docas quando o duque desembarca seus navios. Na tentativa de se apresentar a Brandt e explicar seu propósito, o duque tem pouco tempo para a bela jovem e a confunde com uma prostituta. Insultada, Ellowyn ameaça o homem que todos os homens temem. E assim começa a história de amor ardente, apaixonada e profunda que transcende famílias, reis e dois continentes, construindo a Batalha de Poitiers, onde Brandt está na linha de frente. Na batalha, nenhum homem é igual a ele, mas mesmo os homens mais poderosos são prisioneiros de seus próprios corações.
Ann Alma Children's Library 2-Book Bundle: Skateway to Freedom / Under Emily's Sky
by Ann AlmaCritically acclaimed children's author Ann Alma presents two beloved books for young people, gathered together in this special bundle. Shortlisted for the Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award Includes: Under Emily’s Sky During a camping trip, 11-year-old Lee finds herself on a rough trail in a Vancouver Island forest. Halfway to an abandoned homestead, Lee trips and is knocked unconscious. She awakens in a strange world: all the usual landmarks have disappeared and the terrain is unpopulated except for a strange trailer and a herd of dogs. Lee investigates only to find an ornery woman at an easel who says she's named Emily Carr, and a family from the Depression-torn Prairies illegally logging the island's mighty cedars. Skateway to Freedom Eleven-year-old Josie Grun escapes from Communist East Germany with her mother and father one dark night in 1989 just months before the Berlin Wall comes tumbling down. Braving border guards, barbed wire, and rifle shots, Josie reluctantly turns her back on her best friend, Greta, and all that was once familiar. She crosses the ocean to join her uncle in Calgary, attempts to learn a foreign language, and overcomes the prejudices of her schoolmates in order to forge a new life. Clinging to the passion that has always been a comfort, her figure skating, she enters a local competition to prove that she is free on the ice and off.
Ann Arbor Beer: A Hoppy History of Tree Town Brewing (American Palate)
by David BardallisAnn Arbor has always been a beer-loving town. From the establishment of the first commercial brewery in 1838 through a century of German immigration down to today's local craft brew boom, the amber liquid looms large in Tree Town's quirky past and present. Find out how beer helped a former University of Michigan professor win a Nobel Prize. Discover the Ann Arbor doctor whose nationally bestselling home remedy book featured ale recipes. Learn which Michigan football legend pounded brewskis as part of his training regimen. Covering the exploits of famous poets, performers and prohibitionists, local author David Bardallis pops the cap off the big beer history of this little college town and leads readers to "the best beer you can drink" in Ann Arbor today.
Ann Arbor Observed: Selections from Then and Now
by Grace ShackmanTwenty-five years ago Grace Shackman began to document the history of Ann Arbor’s buildings, events, and people in theAnn Arbor Observer. Soon Shackman’s articles, which depicted every aspect of life in Ann Arbor during the city’s earlier eras, became much-anticipated regular stories. Readers turned to her illuminating minihistories when they wanted to know about a particular landmark, structure, personality, organization, or business from Ann Arbor’s past. Packed with photographs from Ann Arbor of yesteryear and the present day,Ann Arbor Observedcompiles the best of Shackman’s articles in one book divided into eight sections: public buildings and institutions, the University of Michigan, transportation, industry, downtown Ann Arbor, recreation and culture, social fabric and communities, and architecture. For long-time residents, Ann Arbor expatriates, University of Michigan alumni, and visitors alike,Ann Arbor Observedprovides a rare glimpse of the bygone days of a town with a rich and varied history. Grace Shackman is a history columnist for theAnn Arbor Observer,theCommunity Observer,and theOld West Side News,as well as a writer for University of Michigan publications. She is the author of two previous books:Ann Arbor in the 19th CenturyandAnn Arbor in the 20th Century.
Ann Arbor in the 19th Century: A Photographic History
by Grace ShackmanAnn Arbor has never been a typical college town, typical industrial town, or typical agricultural center. The city was founded in 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey. Settlers from the Eastern U.S. of British origin were soon followed by Germans, who brought with them many practical skills. With the opening of the University of Michigan campus in 1841, still more people came from across the country to teach and learn. Ann Arbor in the 19th Century: A Photographic History, details the growth of the city, when residents built houses and businesses, organized a government, and established churches, schools, a university, and newspapers, in over 190 photographs. Early residents would recognize the photograph of Okemos, nephew of Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawa, who made regular visits to Ann Arbor, before the Native Americans were banished to Kansas by the federal government. Another fascinating photo shows Henry Otto's Band, whose family was responsible for much of the music at official events. However, much of 19th century Ann Arbor would still be recognizable to today's residents.
Ann Bartlett Returns to the Philippines
by Martha JohnsonAnn Bartlett Returns to the Philippines, first published in 1945, is an exciting historical-fiction novel centering on Navy nurse Ann Bartlett and her friend and fellow nurse Evelyn Baldwin; location: the occupied Philippines during World War II. The pair travel from the U.S. to the Philippines and serve as nurses aboard a ship. Upon reaching the Philippines, their adventures begin as Ann boards a lifeboat searching for survivors of a nearby ship that has gone down following a Japanese attack; foggy weather separates the lifeboat from the ship, and when the weather clears, a Japanese airplane machine-guns the boat, forcing the passengers into the water. The story continues with the survivors reaching an island shore, narrow escapes from the Japanese, and a romance. Five ‘Ann Bartlett’ books were published by author Martha Johnson between 1941-1946.
Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (Screen Classics)
by Christina RiceThe forgotten screen legend who made Hollywood history by challenging the all-powerful studio system is revealed in this first full-length biography.Seemingly destined for A-list fame, Ann Dvorak was touted as &“Hollywood&’s New Cinderella&” after film mogul Howard Hughes cast her in the 1932 gangster film Scarface. But Dvorak&’s journey to superstardom was derailed when she walked out on her contractual obligations to Warner Bros. for an extended honeymoon. Ann Dvorak: Hollywood&’s Forgotten Rebel explores the life and career of one of the first individuals who dared to challenge the studio system.Dvorak reached her pinnacle during the early 1930s, when the film industry was relatively uncensored and free to produce movies with more daring storylines. She played several female leads in films including The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, Three on a Match, and Heat Lightning, but after her walk-out, Warner Bros retaliated by casting her in less significant roles.Following the casting conflicts and illness, Dvorak filed a lawsuit against the Warner Bros. studio, setting a precedent for other stars who eventually followed suit. In this insightful memoir, Christina Rice explores the spirited rebellion of a talented actress whose promising career fell victim to the studio empire.
Ann Fights for Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story (Girls Survive)
by Nikki Shannon SmithTwelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell Ann and her younger brother. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground Railroad. Will Ann’s family survive the dangerous trip and make it to freedom?
Ann Walker: The Life and Death of Gentleman Jack's Wife
by Rebecca BatleyLesbian. Lover. Lunatic. These are just some of the words usually used to describe Ann Walker, the oft overlooked wife of Anne Lister, better known by some as Gentleman Jack. Ann was one half of England’s first same-sex marriage and yet the rainbow plaque that marks their historic union on the wall of the Holy Trinity Church, York, features Ann’s name in a font only half the size of her wife’s. Her story has been long forgotten. Born into wealth and privilege Ann was one of the most eligible heiresses in 19th century Yorkshire and the question on everyone’s lips in 1830’s Halifax was why a respectable young heiress, with property, fortune and connection risked everything, even her freedom, to become entangled with the notorious Gentleman Jack? The answer to this question reveals a woman of immense courage, faith, and determination, but her voice has remained silent...until now. Within the depths of Ann’s diary - discovered by Diane Halford in 2020 - the answers to some of the above questions can be found, as can insight into Ann as an independent woman. The life of Ann is worthy of its own narrative and it is time for Ann to step out of the shadow of Gentleman Jack and tell her own story.
Ann of the Wild Rose Inn, 1777
by Jennifer ArmstrongAnn of the Wild Rose Inn is a heartwarming story about finding true love and almost losing it. Roger is the British sailor Ann loved but couldn't have for the sake of her family. Will everything work out for her?
Ann se Oorlog: Verraad
by Hannah HoweMet haar man weg op ‘n geheime sending, maak Ann Morgan gereed vir nog ‘n dag as sekretaresse by Trevor Bowman se privaat-speurder agentskap. Maar hierdie dag sal nie soos enige ander dae wees nie. In vier-en-twintig uur, sal Ann se lewe handomkeer verander wanneer sy ‘n moord ontdek, ‘n aanteklike wewenaar ontmoet, Speurder Inspekteur Max Deveraux, en hy konfronteer die moordenaar in ‘n web van versoeking en misleading.
Anna All Year Round
by Mary Downing Hahn Diane De GroatEight-year-old Anna enjoys one exciting experience after another in this charming story set in Baltimore just before World War I. She gets a new winter coat that's even better than Rosa's, rollerskates down the steepest hill in the neighborhood, and rides the trolley all by herself. And she delights in the changes occurring in the world around her, as motorcars and electric lights appear for the first time on her street. Based on the childhood experiences of the author's mother, these heartwarming episodes touch on timeless themes of family, friends, and the wonders of growing up.
Anna Finch and the Hired Gun: A Novel
by Kathleen Y'BarboWhen an aspiring reporter and a Pinkerton detective get tangled in Doc Holliday's story-- and each other--sparks can't help but fly. Despite her father's attempts to marry her off, Anna Finch dreams of becoming a reporter. A chance encounter with legendary gunslinger Doc Holliday gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, but Pinkerton agent Jeb Sanders is about to ruin everything. Though her father hired Jeb to keep her out of mischief, Anna's inconvenient attraction to her hired gun only multiplies her troubles. She doesn't realize Jeb has a score to settle with Doc Holliday, or that her association with the famous outlaw will affect more than just her marriage prospects. Between her father's desperation to see her wed and Jeb shadowing her every move, getting the story and fulfilling her journalistic ambition just got far more complicated than she ever imagined.
Anna Halprin (Routledge Performance Practitioners)
by Libby Worth Helen PoynorAnna Halprin traces the life's work of this radical dance-maker, documenting her early career as a modern dancer in the 1940s through to the development of her groundbreaking approach to dance as an accessible and life-enhancing art form. Now revised and reissued, this book: sketches the evolution of the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop, exploring Halprin's connections with the avant-garde theatre, music, visual art and architecture of the 1950s and 60s offers a detailed analysis of Halprin’s work from this period provides an important historical guide to a time when dance was first explored beyond the confines of the theatre and considered as a healing art for individuals and communities. As a first step towards critical understanding, and an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners offer unbeatable value for today’s student.
Anna Howard Shaw: The Work of Woman Suffrage (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History)
by Trisha FranzenWith this first scholarly biography of Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919), Trisha Franzen sheds new light on an important woman suffrage leader who has too often been overlooked and misunderstood. An immigrant from a poor family, Shaw grew up in an economic reality that encouraged the adoption of non-traditional gender roles. Challenging traditional gender boundaries throughout her life, she put herself through college, worked as an ordained minister and a doctor, and built a tightly-knit family with her secretary and longtime companion Lucy E. Anthony. Drawing on unprecedented research, Franzen shows how these circumstances and choices both impacted Shaw's role in the woman suffrage movement and set her apart from her native-born, middle- and upper-class colleagues. Franzen also rehabilitates Shaw's years as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, arguing that Shaw's much-belittled tenure actually marked a renaissance of both NAWSA and the suffrage movement as a whole. Anna Howard Shaw: The Work of Woman Suffrage presents a clear and compelling portrait of a woman whose significance has too long been misinterpreted and misunderstood.
Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters (The Nineteenth Century Series)
by Judith JohnstonAnna Brownwell Jameson (1794-1869) was a central figure in the London world of letters and art in the early Victorian period, and an important feminist writer. Her friends included such figures as Harriet Martineau, Lady Byron, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This study considers her life and works, using a different Jameson work as the central focus of each chapter. The author considers the particular non-fiction discourse in which the work is written, as well as such issues as gender and colonialism. Arranged chronologically, the book also charts the growth and development of a determined feminism in the vital years of the early Victorian period, and compares Jameson to her contemporaries.
Anna Karenina
by Leo TolstoyThe greatest love story ever told.Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms, Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately in love and setting in motion a chain of events that leads to her downfall. In this extraordinary novel, Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters, while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it.Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.