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Democratizing Luxury explores the interplay between advertising and consumption in modern Japan by investigating how Japanese companies at key historical moments assigned value, or "luxury," to mass-produced products as an important business model. Japanese name-brand luxury evolved alongside a consumer society emerging in the late nineteenth century, with iconic companies whose names became associated with quality and style. At the same time, Western ideas of modernity merged with earlier artisanal ideals to create Japanese connotations of luxury for readily accessible products. Businesses manufactured items at all price points to increase consumer attainability, while starkly curtailing pr...
Theatre Masks Out Side In examines masks from different angles and perspectives, combining the history, design, construction, and use of masks into one beautifully illustrated resource. Each chapter includes key information about an element of mask study: history and uses, theatre traditions, practical principles for directing, performing exercises, design considerations, mask-making techniques, and considering makeup as mask. Artist interviews, theatre company profiles, and hundreds of images provide insight into the variety of mask styles and performance applications. Project suggestions, discussion questions, useful worksheets, creative prompts, and resources for sourcing masks are included to inspire further exploration. Theatre Masks Out Side In is designed with the beginning theatre maker in mind, as well as prop makers, costume designers and technicians, and actors learning to use masks in performance.
As empec con esta aventura a la que he llamado Libertad sobre Ruedas y a la que he dedicado gran parte de mi tiempo, dinero y esfuerzo. Quiz para muchas personas esto sea lo cotidiano o carezca de elementos necesarios para compartirse, pero pienso que la vida de cada quien es una novela qu contar. Esta parte de mi vida representa para m un sinnmero de experiencias que, por mi forma de pensar, deseo compartirles a mi familia, a mis amigos y quien se d el tiempo de aprender y gozar de una lectura amena. Ojal dicha lectura, en su momento, tenga la capacidad de transportarnos a esos maravillosos lugares de nuestro Mxico, que tuve la oportunidad de conocer en mis travesas.
This powerful narrative recounts the tumultuous time in Honduras that witnessed then-President Manuel Zelaya deposed by a coup in June 2009, told through first-person experiences and layered with deeper political analysis. It weaves together two perspectives; first, the broad picture of Honduras since the coup, including the coup itself, its continuation in two repressive regimes, and secondly, the evolving Honduran resistance movement, and a new, broad solidarity movement in the United States. Although it is full of terrible things, this not a horror story: this narrative directly counters mainstream media coverage that portrays Honduras as a pit of unrelenting awfulness, in which powerless...
This book is an enthralling account of the role played by the destroyer ARA Bouchard in the Falklands/Malvinas War. Over forty years after its construction, with obsolete technology, scarce maintenance and many out-of-service machineries, it was still present during the whole campaign with a prominent role that, for several reasons, remained hidden until today. During the Falklands/Malvinas conflict, it patrolled the north of the archipelago to allow the recapture of the islands. It was noteworthy together with the Cruiser and another destroyer in the attack on the British fleet, without being able to find it. On its return, it was hit by the third torpedo launched by the submarine Conqueror...
El Norte Grande de Chile, ha contribuido a otorgarle a este país una nueva y rica sonoridad: la andina. La Nueva Canción Chilena usó estos recursos. El sonido de la quena, zampoña y charango ayudó a saber algo más de este desconocido territorio para el resto de los chilenos. La obra de Osvaldo Torres, primero junto a Illapu y luego como solista, transita en la década de los 70 y los 80, por la tradición oral andina y por la defensa de los derechos humanos. Figura del Canto Nuevo, Torres ha colaborado de singular modo a este movimiento enriqueciendo el paisaje sonoro de Chile. Este libro analiza su obra y la sitúa en su lucha por una sociedad más justa. Toda vez que resalta sus útimas creaciones resultado de una incesante búsqueda, no sólo en la música, sino que también en la pintura.
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Utilising international material to explore the roles, functions, tasks, responsibilities, powers and actions of intra-state politicians and the institutions to which they are elected, this insightful book examines how local and regional authorities are pivotal in the democratic and governing arrangements of different countries.