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    Impacts of Lomography

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    Cited: Albers‚ Pillipp and Michael Nowak. "Lomography - Snapshot Photography in the Age of Digital-Simulation." History Of Photography 23.1(1999)‚ 101-4. BarthesRoland. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. USA: Hill and Yang‚ 1980. Bourdieu‚ Pierre‚ Luc Boltanski‚ Robert Castel‚ Jean-Claude Chamboredon‚ and Dominique Schnapper. Photography: a Middle-Brow Art. Trans. Shaun Whiteside. Cambridge: Polity Press

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    contemporary theories that have described art in this way include Ernst Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms‚ Susanne K. Langer’s theory of presentational symbols‚ and the works on semiology and semiotics‚ largely inspired by the writings of Roland Barthes‚ that have been fashionable in continental Europe. It seems important to review some of the arguments that have been employed both for and against the overall conception of art that such theories share. In favour of the view‚ it is undeniable

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    Frankenstein There can be no denial of the fact that Mary Shelly’s novel‚ Frankenstein‚ is one of the seminal works of literature of all time. The author goes on to leave a lasting impression on the minds of the avid readers with the sheer aesthetic charm and affective appeal of the novel in context. The literary artist exudes her prowess as a creative artist as she portrays her content via the use of effective literary elements. Now‚ this novel goes on to incorporate inter-textual references

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    FASHION MEDIA Using a fashion image‚ explore the strengths and limitations of a semiotic analysis. Abstract; This essay will aim to elucidate the use of semiotic analysis using fashion iconography and imagery as its primary medium. We will aim to explore the strengths and limitations of semiotic analysis through a process of dissection; where we will explain how imagery has been layered to give voice to what the artist has chosen to communicate‚ without the use of syntax. Introduction;

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    The work of various artist from this time caught my attention but the work of Barbara Kruger stood up as I think with her work one can feel the atmosphere of our society in the late 60s’ early 70s’. The field of aesthetic activism‚ had a branch of precursors that addressed feminism as a recurrent trigger in its production. Several of these artists came out of disciplines such as photography and the "object" to rely on the corporal and the performative. With some exceptions‚ it was during the ’60s

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    Food and Eating

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    Course Schedule for the Winter Term Food & Eating Across Cultures‚ SOSA 2401 x/y Professor Liz Fitting‚ Sociology & Social Anthropology (attach to course syllabus) Week 14 Case study: Growing organic January 5 & 7 • Hetherington‚ Kregg‚ Chapters 1-4 Cultivating Utopia Week 15 Case study: Growing organic Jan. 12 &14 • Hetherington‚ Kregg‚ Chapters 5-8 Cultivating Utopia • Exams handed back this week & Make up exam on Tuesday January 12‚ 1-3 pm Week 16 Class and consumption

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    1997 AP English Prompt

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    AP English 11 Zachary Bresnick AP English Writing Prompt 12/13/14 Anxiety Stems from Uprooting In the excerpt from Meena Alexander’s autobiography‚ Fault Lines‚ she describes her constant uprooting of her life as the cause of her fractured self. Her constant uprooting caused her ego anxiety which has triggered a division of self and has unconsciously forced her ego use self-defense mechanisms such as projection‚ repression‚ and regression. Alexander has constantly been moving around

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    Languages of Waste: Matter and Form in our Garb-age Abstract: In the context of material ecocriticism which turns to explore the entanglements and networks of human and nonhuman elements‚ or as stated by Oppermann that ecological postmodernism contest the distinction between biological and chemical by endowing the matter whether organic or inorganic internal and external meanings‚ this paper raises a number of issues concerning the waste. The paper embarks from Barad and Bennett’s material theory

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    way for new ways of thinking and a new theoretical base when criticising art‚ literature‚ sexuality and history. John Fowles’ 1969 historical bricolage‚ The French Lieutenant’s Woman‚ utilises the ideas of postmodern theorists such as Foucault‚ Barthes and Sartre amongst others to form a postmodern double-coded discourse which examines values inherent in the Victorian era from a twentieth century context. The novel’s use of intertextuality‚ metafiction and its irreverent attitude can be seen as

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    Evocation of emotion

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    life‚ telling stories and constructing law. In essence narrative is a tool which allows us to empathise with others‚ an intrinsic trait unto our own humanity. Thus‚ "Like life itself‚ it is there‚ international‚ transhistorical‚ transcultural" (Barthes‚ 237). This is often done through an author’s ability to evoke an emotional response from their audience and can be demonstrated through the comparison of Raine’s ’A martian sends a postcard home.’ (1979) & James Joyce’ ’Eveline’ (1914). A definition

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