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Converso Non-Conformism in Early Modern Spain
This book examines the effects of Jewish conversions to Christianity in late medieval Spanish society. Ingram focuses on these converts and their descendants (known as conversos) not as Judaizers, but as Christian humanists, mystics and evangelists, who attempt to create a new society based on quietist religious practice, merit, and toleration. His narrative takes the reader on a journey from the late fourteenth-century conversions and the first blood purity laws (designed to marginalize conversos), through the early sixteenth-century Erasmian and radical mystical movements, to a Counter-Reformation environment in which conversos become the advocates for pacifism and concordance. His account ends at the court of Philip IV, where growing intolerance towards Madrid’s converso courtiers is subtly attacked by Spain’s greatest painter, Diego Velázquez, in his work, Los Borrachos. Finally, Ingram examines the historiography of early modern Spain, in which he argues the converso reform phenomenon continues to be underexplored.
The BFI Companion to Crime
Robbers, gangsters, murderers, and criminals of every description have long been a staple of popular entertainment. Movies are no exception, and film buffs and scholars alike now have a complete guide to the vast array of films that make up the fascinating world of crime cinema. The BFI Companion to Crime offers detailed information on the sub-genres and motifs of movies dealing with criminals and their behavior: prison dramas, heist stories, kidnappings, the exploits of serial killers, juvenile delinquents, and hired guns. Phil Hardy also includes articles on the historical and social background of crime movies. The Mafia, the Japanese yakuza, the FBI, and the underworld of union rackets, prostitution, and drugs are some of the topics covered. Fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Maigret, Philip Marlow, and Pretty Boy Floyd appear in these pages, along with the literary sources of many crime films. The works of Graham Greene, Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, and Eric Ambler are among those featured. Abundantly illustrated with more than 500 photographs, this is the book for film enthusiasts and anyone interested in the crime genre.
The World of Architecture
Translated from Spanish Cover title: The world of contemporary architecture.
Award Winning Films
Award Winning Films is a movie viewer's guide to the most critically acclaimed films from the silent era to 1990, with each of the over 2700 movies listed having won at least one major cinematic award or festival prize. Each entry provides the film's country of origin, year of completion, length, format, production credits, direction, screenplay, cast, sequels and remakes, alternate titles, awards won, and when available, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating. Memorable or award-winning features of each film are discussed and an assessment of general critical opinion is given. Award presenters include the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Film Institute, the Berlin Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe/Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and 24 others.
Im Kino des Lebens
Dieser leidenschaftliche Essay entwirft ein Drehbuch der menschlichen Existenz als (Über-) Lebenskunst und fortwährende Suche nach sich selbst. Der Autor und Psychoanalytiker Otto Teischel bezeugt darin die befreiende Wirkung der (Film-)Kunst mit Schlüsselerlebnissen im Kino seines eigenen Lebens sowie am Beispiel der wahren Geschichte einer irischen Familie im New Yorker Exil der frühen 1980er Jahre. Auf berührende Weise wird die Magie des Lichtspieltheaters als eines öffentlichen Begegnungsraums lebendig und dabei zu einem Modell solidarischer (Kino-)Kultur. Im Dunkel gesellschaftlicher Entfremdung sehnen sich Menschen nach Schönheit und Wahrhaftigkeit, die sie daran erinnern, wer sie eigentlich sind und was sie gemeinschaftlich sein könnten. Wenn intensive Erlebnisse sich gleichzeitig abspielen und wir uns in einer Leinwandgeschichte ebenso wiederfinden können wie in den Wahrnehmungen unserer Mitmenschen im Kinosaal, geschieht Erstaunliches mit uns. Ein inspirierendes Buch über die lebensverändernde Kraft wahrhaftiger (Film-)Kunst.
