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From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

Psychoanalysis as an Allegory of Weimar Cinema

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From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

Psychoanalysis as an Allegory of Weimar Cinema

By: Irene Fowlkes

Essay from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: A, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: application of the science of psychology to the study of culture. The screening of the movie Secrets of a Soul on the birthday of the founding father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud in Berlin demonstrated the initial point of convergence between one of the most important and influential psychological theories of the 20th century and film production. Although Freud did not consider the cinematic medium as appropriate to fully explain the abstract concepts of psychoanalysis, which the film attempts by means of a case study concerning a patient's treatment, there apparently occurred some sort of transference process between the analyst and the artists. Thus, by mutually reinforcing each other, both discourses gained legitimacy making it worthwhile to further examine this relationship. G.W. Pabst's 1926 film, Secrets of a Soul (Geheimnisse einer Seele), is one such encounter, a chapter in the still unwritten and untheorized metahistory of psychoanalysis and cinema. This paper aims to make a contribution to that metahistorical text, proposing a combination of abstract analytical thought and popular entertainment during the Weimar Cinema period. In agreement with the notion, that "the ready appeal of cinema as an analogy for mental processes brings about the danger of the loss of the specificity of psychoanalytic understanding"3, I will not try to equate the two discourses, but rather follow two objectives: First, utilize psychoanalytic theory as an instrument for strategic interpretation of the story / plot of a particular film and second, attempt to crystallize out the way it corresponds with cinematic representation. In regards to the latter aspect I operate under the assumption, that the creative process of film making entails a big part of the unconscious and thus lends itself to psychoanalytic inter

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3640316231

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The Contentious Countess

By: Irene Saunders

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The Contentious Countess

By: Irene Saunders

Melanie wondered why the Earl of Denby asked her and not her dazzling sister to be his wife, and then she discovers that Denby has a desirable mistress, and his marriage was one of convenience only. So Melanie's having fallen in love with Denby becomes a very inconvenient matter. Original Regency Romance.

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Signet Book

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0451172760

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The Alex Studies

cognitive and communicative abilities of grey parrots

By: Irene M. PEPPERBERG,Irene M Pepperberg

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The Alex Studies

cognitive and communicative abilities of grey parrots

By: Irene M. PEPPERBERG,Irene M Pepperberg

20 years ago Pepperberg set out to discover whether results of pigeon studies necessarily meant that other birds were incapable of mastering cognitive concepts and the rudiments of referential speech. This is a synthesis of her studies.

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Harvard University Press

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0674041992

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9780674041998

Bed-Stuy in da Brownstone House:

Brooklyn Topographies as an Urban Metaphor of Deconstruction in Caribbean Immigration Narrative

By: Irene Fowlkes

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Bed-Stuy in da Brownstone House:

Brooklyn Topographies as an Urban Metaphor of Deconstruction in Caribbean Immigration Narrative

By: Irene Fowlkes

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: B+, University of Paderborn, course: Literary Topographies: New York, language: English, abstract: For the purpose of a contribution to the critical text volume of the Afro-American diaspora,'Brown Girl, Brownstones' is read as a Bildungsroman, rather than an ethnic study, whereas certain terms of sociological discourse pertaining to class, gender and race are elaborated upon. The novel concerns the first generation Barbadian-American girl Selina Boyce, who grows up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn during the Depression and the Second World War. Exploring the immigrant experience of Selina’s family through two major narrative strands, whereas the first primarily treats her parents' domestic conflict and the second is devoted to the protagonist’s coming of age, the novel is held together by the artful depiction of New York City topographies. As characteristic of the entire story, the beginning is constituted by a powerful personification of the brownstone houses, which are typical for Bed-Stuy, as the neighborhood is affectionately called by locals; contributing to its nostalgic charm. Both, the structure and significance of the work are sustained by the creation of socio-psychological meaning through the relationship of the plot with its characters and spatial images that translate into symbolism. Whereas Selina’s consciousness is primarily defined by the atmosphere of the city, her parent’s attitudes are still influenced in various ways by their past childhood on the Caribbean islands. The family’s search for a new home in the urban north of the United States is traced by highlighting the architectural metaphors of New York City in the novel. Special consideration is given to the beautiful Bed-Stuy brownstone story houses, Prospect Park, Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn and industrial Williamsburg as well as bohemian Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Less a conceptualization of dualities, as it can be found often in the secondary literature about Paule Marshall’s first work of prose, my interpretation aims to support the idea of an urban metaphor of deconstruction. Consequently, the romantic myth of New York City is put into question, as the protagonist rises to independence against the backdrop of development projects and embarks on her own version of the American dream.

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3640340302

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From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

Psychoanalysis as an Allegory of Weimar Cinema

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Gender and the City: Politics of Space in Contemporary New York Pop Culture

By: Irene Fowlkes

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Gender and the City: Politics of Space in Contemporary New York Pop Culture

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Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, Free University of Berlin, course: Independent Study, language: English, abstract: A kaleidoscope of New York City in terms of gender is created through an elaborate scholarly investigation as contemporary popular forms are considered across various media. By analysis of spatial categories, it explores the post 9/11 imagination of the metropolis in light of an inherent logic of consumer culture with a focus on women's views. Shaping an awareness of female voices as arguably characteristic of the postmodern cityscape, the essay aims to serve as an impulse in support of new ideas in feminist urban art politics.

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3640809572

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Celebrating Culinary Culture: Food Rituals in Contemporary American Short Story Writing

By: Irene Fowlkes

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Celebrating Culinary Culture: Food Rituals in Contemporary American Short Story Writing

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Essay from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: B, , language: English, abstract: The short stories in Brooklyn author Jhumpa Lahiri’s anthology Interpreter of Maladies all share a plotline revolving around immigration, conforming to a typical theme in the contemporary American short story. In this context, food is used as a means to express the crossing of boundaries, whether they are political, religious or psychological. Rituals, beliefs, customs and morals attached to the preparation, consumption and celebration of meals by characters in the stories depict the negotiation of a hyphenated identity as it pertains to gender, sexuality, family, friendship, war and love. Lahiri’s stories tell the reader about the Indian - American experience in particular, but her narratives transcend national concerns, because the food archetype is universal. In her fictional accounts, Lahiri works out her characters’ efforts to maintain their Indian tradition while struggling to assimilate to the United States and the ambivalence that is involved in the process. This is achieved by a literal feed into socio-cultural gaps creating a great deal of irony and humor. Lahiri appeals to the reader’s senses through the detailed description of taste, smell, visual or texture of food and the atmosphere surrounding it. A vivid idea of a component of the characters’ heritage is evoked as a result in the reader, so he / she develops a concrete awareness for certain culturally based idiosyncracies and differences likely to clash with American mores.

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Tales of Transference: A Study of Psychoanalytic Thought in the Films of Woody Allen

By: Irene Fowlkes

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Tales of Transference: A Study of Psychoanalytic Thought in the Films of Woody Allen

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Essay from the year 2008 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: B, University of Sheffield (School of English Language, Literature and Linguistics), language: English, abstract: The paper delivers a survey of American actor and director Woody Allen’s cinematography. It reveals a preoccupation with the doctrine of psychoanalysis over the course of his entire thirty year artistic output, in the context of which the theory’s various conceptual and methodological elements are debated. They are intertwined with narrative structure, character development and formation of dialogue, technical aspects as well as the nature of comedy versus tragedy as implicit in the question of the general purpose of art.

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3640871324

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Americana Style a la Mode Retro

Postmodern Pastiche Between Culture and Commodity

By: Irene Fowlkes

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Postmodern Pastiche Between Culture and Commodity

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Essay from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: A, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: An intriguing and controversial phenomenon in cultural theory is the fusion of high-and popular culture as characteristic of the postmodern period. Once provocative artists such as Brecht, Picasso and others had lost their subversive powers in school curricula and the museum and so were fully embraced by the bourgeoisie. In left wing reactionary fashion a new trend was born in British and American underground collectives, which aimed to incorporate the trivial and commercial into cultural expression. A new generation was on the move, which regarded an absolute distinction between elite-and mass production as extremely unhip. The most famous example is probably Andy Warhol's pop art, which inevitably brings to mind stacked up Brillo boxes, Coca Cola bottles and Campbell soup cans, combining sophisticated painting techniques with mundane advertising images. When measured against the "real" culture of modernism, postmodernism signifies a culture of kitsch in much of the approach conceptualized by the leading American theorist Fredric Jameson. He puts a distinctly political spin on the concept of postmodernism in his book 'Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism'. He views it as the "cultural dominant" of global capitalism. What has happened is that aesthetic production today has become integrated into commodity production generally as a result of American economic domination. As an example of the practice of this new culture, Jameson utilizes cinema, which he regards as the preeminent postmodern medium, due to its emphasis on sight. Particular reference is given to Hollywood productions of the late 20th century. As a representation of this genre, my selection includes American Graffiti (1973), Pulp Fiction (1994), True Romance (1983), Back to the Future (1985), Peggy Sue got Married (1986) and Rumble Fish (1983). After

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From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

The Contentious Countess

The Contentious Countess

The Alex Studies

The Alex Studies

Bed-Stuy in da Brownstone House:

Bed-Stuy in da Brownstone House:

From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

From Strange Bedfellows to Soulmates

Gender and the City: Politics of Space in Contemporary New York Pop Culture

Gender and the City: Politics of Space in Contemporary New York Pop Culture

Celebrating Culinary Culture: Food Rituals in Contemporary American Short Story Writing

Celebrating Culinary Culture: Food Rituals in Contemporary American Short Story Writing

Tales of Transference: A Study of Psychoanalytic Thought in the Films of Woody Allen

Tales of Transference: A Study of Psychoanalytic Thought in the Films of Woody Allen

Americana Style a la Mode Retro

Americana Style a la Mode Retro

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