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Czech puppet theatre in global contexts: roots, theories and encounters (2015)
Journal Article
Billing, C. M., & Drábek, P. (2015). Czech puppet theatre in global contexts: roots, theories and encounters. Theatralia, 5-31. https://doi.org/10.5817/ty2015-2-1

This article is both an introduction to this volume as well as to the rich and enchanting world of Czech puppet theatre, with its unique combination of transnational and geographically and cultural distinctive features. Pavel Drábek's essay, incorpor... Read More about Czech puppet theatre in global contexts: roots, theories and encounters.

Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music (2015)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2015). Breakbeat syncretism: The drum sample in African American popular music. In J. Metcalf, & C. Spaulding (Eds.), African American Culture and Society After Rodney King: Provocations and Protests, Progression and 'Post-Racialism' (177-192). Ashgate

Plug-in to fear: game biosensors and negative physiological responses to music (2015)
Journal Article
Mitchell, H. (2015). Plug-in to fear: game biosensors and negative physiological responses to music. Music and the moving image, 8(1), 37-57. https://doi.org/10.5406/musimoviimag.8.1.0037

The games industry is beginning to embark on an ambitious journey into the world of biometric gaming in search of more exciting and immersive gaming experiences. Whether or not biometric game technologies hold the key to unlock the “ultimate gaming e... Read More about Plug-in to fear: game biosensors and negative physiological responses to music.

The Western reception of Sergei Taneyev (2015)
Journal Article
Desbruslais, S. (2015). The Western reception of Sergei Taneyev. Zhurnal Obshchestva teorii muzyki, 9(1), 7-18

Sergei Taneyev is not a common name in Western musicology. Short studies of his theoretical writings include Allen Forte’s critical review of New Grove (1982), Ellon Carpenter’s survey in Russian Theoretical Thought in Music (1983), and Catherine Nol... Read More about The Western reception of Sergei Taneyev.

Social conflict in the contemporary French roman noir (2015)
Journal Article
Kimyongür, A. (2015). Social conflict in the contemporary French roman noir. Australian journal of crime fiction, 1(1),

Conflict is by definition at the heart of the crime novel: most evidently in the usually violent conflict between victim and perpetrator but also in a more abstract, though equally important, way in the conflict between the perpetrator and the social... Read More about Social conflict in the contemporary French roman noir.

Performing recognition : El castigo sin venganza and the politics of the ‘literal’ translation (2015)
Journal Article
Maitland, S. (2015). Performing recognition : El castigo sin venganza and the politics of the ‘literal’ translation. Bulletin of the Comediantes, 67(1), 37-56. https://doi.org/10.1353/boc.2015.0001

In Lope’s Ferrara, honour is a function of public perception. The Duke has been betrayed but cannot seek justice without making his betrayal public, destroying his reputation and shattering his legitimacy to rule. Only by seeking revenge in private c... Read More about Performing recognition : El castigo sin venganza and the politics of the ‘literal’ translation.

Classical Hollywood cinema: Point of view and communication (2015)
Book
Zborowski, J. (2015). Classical Hollywood cinema: Point of view and communication. Manchester University Press

© James Zborowski 2016. All rights reserved. This book offers a new approach to filmic point of view by combining close analyses informed by the tools of narratology and philosophy with concepts derived from communication studies. Each chapter stages... Read More about Classical Hollywood cinema: Point of view and communication.

Dementia, music and biometric gaming: Rising to the Dementia Challenge (2015)
Journal Article
Mitchell, H. R. (2015). Dementia, music and biometric gaming: Rising to the Dementia Challenge. Leonardo music journal : LMJ : journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, 25(25), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1162/LMJ_a_00928

In 2012, the U.K. government launched its Dementia Challenge, authorizing additional funding for dementia research and health care. The search for curative medicines is ongoing, but scientific research reveals evidence that music can play a positive... Read More about Dementia, music and biometric gaming: Rising to the Dementia Challenge.

Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance (2015)
Book
Skinner, A. (2015). Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance. Intellect

This book offers a rich analysis of collage practices in the theatre of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Focusing on the philosophical and formal tenets of the form, and supporting her analysis with wide-ranging examples from both theatre and fine art, Amy Skinne... Read More about Meyerhold and the Cubists: Perspectives in Painting and Performance.

El conocimiento de la realidad a través de la ficción: Una lectura epistemológica de Borges y Cortázar (2015)
Book
Riberi, A. (2015). El conocimiento de la realidad a través de la ficción: Una lectura epistemológica de Borges y Cortázar. Walter Frey

This brief study deals with aspects related to fantastic literature in Borges and Cortázar, and of the worldviews that originate in it. Both Borges and Cortázar redefine the fantastic in epistemological terms, so that their own study can be considere... Read More about El conocimiento de la realidad a través de la ficción: Una lectura epistemológica de Borges y Cortázar.

How time works in the Simpsons (2015)
Journal Article
Gilboy, J., Davis, A. M., & Zborowski, J. (2015). How time works in the Simpsons. Animation : an interdisciplinary journal, 10(3), 175-188. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847715602403

© The Author(s) 2015. This article uses two groups of case-study episodes to explore the complexities and perplexities that arise from the long-running use of a 'floating timeline' within The Simpsons. First, the conflicting representations of the yo... Read More about How time works in the Simpsons.

‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds (2015)
Journal Article
Bell, J., Bailey, L., & Kennedy, D. (2015). ‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds. Mortality, 20(4), 375-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2015.1083693

This paper presents draws on interviews with individuals who have experience of creating, maintaining and utilising Facebook sites in memory of a loved one who has died by suicide. We argue that Facebook enables the deceased to be an on-going active... Read More about ‘We do it to keep him alive’: bereaved individuals’ experiences of online suicide memorials and continuing bonds.

Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education (2015)
Book Chapter
Wang, C. (2015). Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education. In M. Qian (Ed.), Education and Modernity in Sociology 社会学视野中的教育与现代性 (117-130). Beijing: People's Daily Publishing Corporation

通过关注正在当代中国复兴的儒家读经教育，作者以读经学生为研究对象，对他们进行了正式或非正式访谈，讨论了他们的公民身份在读经过程中的塑造。本文的基本论点是：儒家读经教育塑造了学生的自我主体性，形成一种新的文化公民身份——儒家公民；儒家公民的基本品质是好学... Read More about Becoming Confucian Citizens: The Making of Students’ Cultural Citizenship in Classical Education.

Liebe (und/oder sexuelles Begehren) (2015)
Book Chapter
Gratzke, M. (2015). Liebe (und/oder sexuelles Begehren). In M. Schmidt (Ed.), Rücksendungen zu Jacques Derridas Die Postkarte. Ein essayistisches Glossar (223-230). Turia + Kant