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The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

By: Gwyn Symonds

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The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

By: Gwyn Symonds

The topic of violence in the media seems as inundated as can be. Countless studies and research projects have been conducted, mostly to show its negative effects on society. What Gwynneth Symonds proposes, though, takes this significant topic one step further: studying the aesthetics of media violence. By defining key terms like the 'graphic' nature and 'authenticity' of violent representations, and discussing how those definitions are linked to actual violence outside the film and television screen, Symonds broadens the arena of study. Engagingly written, The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media fills an important gap. Symonds uses existing studies for the empirical audience reception data, together with discussions of the different representations of violence to look at violence in the media as an art form in of itself. By looking at The Simpsons, Bowling for Columbine and Norma Khouri's Forbidden Love, just to name a few, Symonds cross-analyzes violence in multiple media to see their affective role in audience reception - an important aspect when discussing media. The book strikes a balance between the readers' need to see how theory matches what actually happens in the texts in question and the demands of a theoretical overview.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1441117369

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9781441117366

Understanding the Workplace: A Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain: 2005

A Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain

By: David Gwyn

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Understanding the Workplace: A Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain: 2005

A Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain

By: David Gwyn

This volume was first delivered at a conference organised by the Association for Industrial Archaeology in Nottingham in June 2004, and formerly constituted a special issue of Industrial Archaeology Review. The papers have the explicit intention of formulating a research framework for industrial archaeology in the 21st century and demonstrating how far industrial archaeology is now a fully recognised element of mainstream archaeology.

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Routledge

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1351195018

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9781351195010

Frigates and Foremasts

The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745-1815

By: Julian Gwyn

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The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745-1815

By: Julian Gwyn

The first comprehensive study of naval operations involving North American squadrons in Nova Scotia waters, Frigates and Foremasts offers a masterful analysis of the motives behind the deployment of Royal Navy vessels between 1745 and 1815, and the navy’s role on the Western Atlantic. Interweaving historical analysis with vivid descriptions of pivotal events from the first siege of Louisbourg in 1745 to the end of the wars with the United States and France in 1815, Julian Gwyn illuminates the complex story of competing interests among the Admiralty, Navy Board, sea officers, and government officials on both sides of the Atlantic. In a gripping narrative encompassing sea battles, impressments, and privateering, Gwyn brings to life key events and central figures. He examines the role of leadership and the lack of it, not only of seagoing heroes from Peter Warren to Philip Broke, but also of land-based officials, such as the various Halifax naval yard commissioners, whose important contributions are brought to light. Gwyn’s brilliant evocation of people and events, and the scholarship he brings to bear on the subject makes Frigates and Foremasts a uniquely authoritative history. Wonderfully readable, it will attract both the serious naval historian and the general reader interested in the ‘why’ and ‘what’ of naval history on North America's eastern seaboard.

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UBC Press

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0774840188

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9780774840187

The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

By: Gwyn Symonds

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The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

Understanding the Workplace: A Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain: 2005

Understanding the Workplace: A Research Framework for Industrial Archaeology in Britain: 2005

Frigates and Foremasts

Frigates and Foremasts

The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

The Aesthetics of Violence in Contemporary Media

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