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Book Ozu

    Ozu

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donald Richie
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1977-03-15
  • ISBN : 9780520032774
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Ozu written by Donald Richie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977-03-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Substantially the book that devotees of the director have been waiting for: a full-length critical work about Ozu's life, career and working methods, buttressed with reproductions of pages from his notebooks and shooting scripts, numerous quotes from co-workers and Japanese critics, a great many stills and an unusually detailed filmography."—Sight and Sound Yasujiro Ozu, the man whom his kinsmen consider the most Japanese for all film directors, had but one major subject, the Japanese family, and but one major theme, its dissolution. The Japanese family in dissolution figures in every one of his fifty-three films. In his later pictures, the whole world exists in one family, the characters are family members rather than members of a society, and the ends of the earth seem no more distant than the outside of the house.

Book The Magellan Fallacy

Download or read book The Magellan Fallacy written by Adam Lifshey and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only study to date of the Spanish-language literature of both Southeast Asia and West Africa

Book Modernity and the Classical Tradition

Download or read book Modernity and the Classical Tradition written by Alan Colquhoun and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1960s, the rigor and conceptual clarity of Alan Colquhoun's criticism and theory have consistently stimulated debate and have served as an impetus for the pursuit of new directions in both theory and practice. This collection of essays displays Colquhoun's concern with developing a coherent discourse for the rampant pluralism that dominates contemporary architecture. Alan Colquhoun is a practicing architect and Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. His previous collection of essays received the 1985 Architectural Critics Award.

Book Exile and Cultural Hegemony

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sebastiaan Faber
  • Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780826514226
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Exile and Cultural Hegemony written by Sebastiaan Faber and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Francisco Franco's victory in the Spanish Civil War, a great many of the country's intellectuals went into exile in Mexico. During the three and a half decades of Francoist dictatorship, these exiles held that the Republic, not Francoism, represented the authentic culture of Spain. In this environment, as Sebastiaan Faber argues in Exile and Cultural Hegemony, the Spaniards' conception of their role as intellectuals changed markedly over time. The first study of its kind to place the exiles' ideological evolution in a broad historical context, Exile and Cultural Hegemony takes into account developments in both Spanish and Mexican politics from the early 1930s through the 1970s. Faber pays particular attention to the intellectuals' persistent nationalism and misplaced illusions of pan-Hispanist grandeur, which included awkward and ironic overlaps with the rhetoric employed by their enemies on the Francoist right. This embrace of nationalism, together with the intellectuals' dependence on the increasingly authoritarian Mexican regime and the international climate of the Cold War, eventually caused them to abandon the Gramscian ideal of the intellectual as political activist in favor of a more liberal, apolitical stance preferred by, among others, the Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset. With its comprehensive approach to topics integral to Spanish culture, both students of and those with a general interest in twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, or culture will find Exile and Cultural Hegemony a fascinating and groundbreaking work.

Book The Poisoned Water

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fernando Benítez
  • Publisher : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book The Poisoned Water written by Fernando Benítez and published by Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first English translation makes avail­able to English-speaking readers a power­ful modern Mexican novel, first published in 1961. Fernando Benítez, well-known Mexican author, journalist, and winner of Mexico's 1968 best-book award, exploits a true but little-known incident by build­ing it into a tightly structured, tense, and tragic novel of social protest. The incident on which the novel is based is a bloody rebellion against the village feudal master touched off by joking comment on the "poisoning" of the water as one of Don Ulises's men is pushed into the plaza fountain. Feed­ing on itself, the rumor spreads that the "boss" has poisoned the local spring, and rebellion follows, with its violent and unforeseen consequences. The result is a frightening look at one of Mexico's major social problems and glaring ironies--that over fifty years after a revolution fought by the peasant and for the peasant, most rural groups are still living below the national economic standard.

Book Space Reader

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Hensel
  • Publisher : Wiley
  • Release : 2009-05-18
  • ISBN : 9780470519431
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Space Reader written by Michael Hensel and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Space Reader provides a highly pertinent and contemporary understanding of space for a new generation of students and architects. It espouses a definition of space that is heterogeneous (an object or system consisting of a diverse range of different items). An example of heterogeneous space, for instance, is Manhattan where complex and multiple social and technological conditions are overlaid. (This is to be contrasted with highly centralised and ordered Modernist cities.) With the onset of globalisation and the Web, heterogeneneous space, with its emphasis on differentiation, is more relevant to the contemporary condition, which encourages the mixing of space, than a much more static conception of Modernist space. This book foregrounds spatial issues and the potential of heterogeneous space through a threefold strategy: 1) Its compilation of seminal essays on the discourse of heterogeneous space. These are to include previously published key texts by Reyner Banham, Andrew Benjamin, Robin Evans, Jeff Kipnis and Henri Lefebvre, as well as new texts by important contemporary commentators, such as Mark Cousins, Werner Durth and Anthony Vidler. 2) By commenting on these seminal texts and drawing links between them. 3) By distilling from the first two efforts a contemporary outlook on a discourse of heterogeneous space that is of future significance.

Book Engineered Ceramics

Download or read book Engineered Ceramics written by Tatsuki Ohji and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book project, all the American Ceramic Society's Engineering Ceramics Division Mueller and Bridge Building Award Winners, the ICACC Plenary Speakers and the past Engineering Ceramics Division Chairs have been invited to write book chapters on a topic that is compatible with their technical interests and consistent with the scope of the book, which is to focus on the current status and future prospects of various technical topics related to engineering ceramics, advanced ceramics and composite materials. Topics include: Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics & Composites Non-Destructive Evaluation and Mechanical Testing of Engineering Ceramics Brittle and Composite Material Design Modern Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics Thermal/Environmental Barrier Coatings Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Functional Applications Advanced Ceramic Joining Technologies Ceramics for Machining, Friction, Wear, and Other Tribological Applications Ceramic Composites for High-Temperature Aerospace Structures and Propulsion Systems Thermal Protection Materials: From Retrospect to Foresight Carbon/Carbon Composites Ceramic-Matrix Composites for Lightweight Construction Ultra High-Temperature Ceramics (UHTC) Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases) Ceramics for Heat Engine and Other Energy Related Applications Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) Armor Ceramics Next Generation Bioceramics Ceramics for Innovative Energy and Storage Systems Designing Ceramics for Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Advanced Ceramic Processing and Manufacturing Technologies Engineering Porous Ceramics Thermal Management Materials and Technologies Geopolymers Advanced Ceramic Sensor Technology Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Nuclear and Fusion Applications Advanced Ceramic Technologies for Rechargeable Batteries

Book The Past is a Foreign Country

Download or read book The Past is a Foreign Country written by David Lowenthal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-11-14 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lowentahal looks at the benefits and burdens of the past, how we study the past, and how we change it.

Book World Conference on Carbon  Carbon 2017

Download or read book World Conference on Carbon Carbon 2017 written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Prevenci  n de Riesgos Laborales  Sector Construcci  n  Riesgos  Espec  ficos en los Trabajos de Movimientos de Tierras  2a  ed

Download or read book Prevenci n de Riesgos Laborales Sector Construcci n Riesgos Espec ficos en los Trabajos de Movimientos de Tierras 2a ed written by Estefanía Navas Cuenca and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El contenido de esta obra tiene una orientación fundamentalmente práctica con actividades diseñadas para facilitar al lector/alumno la asimilación de los contenidos en aspectos como los conceptos básicos sobre seguridad y salud en el trabajo. El trabajo y la salud: los riesgos profesionales. Factores de riesgos. Daños derivados del trabajo. Los accidentes de trabajo y las enfermedades profesionales. Otras patologías derivas del trabajo. Marco normativo básico en materia de prevención de riesgos laborales. Derechos y deberes básicos en esta materia. Riesgos generales y su prevención. Riesgos ligados a las condiciones de seguridad. Riesgos ligados al medio ambiente de trabajo. La carga de trabajo, la fatiga y la insatisfacción laboral. Sistemas elementales de control de riesgos. Protección colectiva e individual. Planes de emergencia, El control de la salud de los trabajadores. Elementos básicos de la gestión de prevención de riesgos. Instancias implicadas en la prevención. Organización del trabajo preventivo: rutinas básicas. El incumplimiento en materia de prevención y sus consecuencias. Mecanismos de control del cumplimiento en la empresa. Infracciones. Sanciones. Responsabilidades. Primeros auxilios. Primeros auxilios. Riesgos específicos del trabajo de personal de caja. Nociones básicas de la ley 31/95 de prevención de riesgos laborales. Daños derivados del trabajo. Nociones básicas sobre incendios. Normas en caso de emergencia. Riegos laborales en el sector de la construcción. Riesgos específicos del trabajo del trabajo de movimientos de tierras.

Book The New Cultural History of Peronism

Download or read book The New Cultural History of Peronism written by Matthew B. Karush and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In nearly every account of modern Argentine history, the first Peronist regime (1946–55) emerges as the critical juncture. Appealing to growing masses of industrial workers, Juan Perón built a powerful populist movement that transformed economic and political structures, promulgated new conceptions and representations of the nation, and deeply polarized the Argentine populace. Yet until now, most scholarship on Peronism has been constrained by a narrow, top-down perspective. Inspired by the pioneering work of the historian Daniel James and new approaches to Latin American cultural history, scholars have recently begun to rewrite the history of mid-twentieth-century Argentina. The New Cultural History of Peronism brings together the best of this important new scholarship. Situating Peronism within the broad arc of twentieth-century Argentine cultural change, the contributors focus on the interplay of cultural traditions, official policies, commercial imperatives, and popular perceptions. They describe how the Perón regime’s rhetoric and representations helped to produce new ideas of national and collective identity. At the same time, they show how Argentines pursued their interests through their engagement with the Peronist project, and, in so doing, pushed the regime in new directions. While the volume’s emphasis is on the first Perón presidency, one contributor explores the origins of the regime and two others consider Peronism’s transformations in subsequent years. The essays address topics including mass culture and melodrama, folk music, pageants, social respectability, architecture, and the intense emotional investment inspired by Peronism. They examine the experiences of women, indigenous groups, middle-class anti-Peronists, internal migrants, academics, and workers. By illuminating the connections between the state and popular consciousness, The New Cultural History of Peronism exposes the contradictions and ambivalences that have characterized Argentine populism. Contributors: Anahi Ballent, Oscar Chamosa, María Damilakou, Eduardo Elena, Matthew B. Karush, Diana Lenton, Mirta Zaida Lobato, Natalia Milanesio, Mariano Ben Plotkin, César Seveso, Lizel Tornay

Book Seguridad en la construcci  n

    Book Details:
  • Author : Luis Humberto Casas Figueroa
  • Publisher : Universidad del Valle
  • Release : 2024-08-01
  • ISBN : 9587658256
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Seguridad en la construcci n written by Luis Humberto Casas Figueroa and published by Universidad del Valle. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El sector de la construcción es una de las principales fuentes de inversión de capital y generación de empleo a nivel nacional. Por las características especiales del sector se presentan situaciones de riesgo y accidentes que afectan al trabajador que participa en el proceso y al usuario final del producto, incidiendo en el bienestar individual y colectivo, en la productividad y competitividad de la empresa. Este libro da elementos conceptuales, caracteriza el sector, propende por la implementación de sistemas integrados de gestión ambiental, seguridad y salud en las obras de edificación, centrándose en las condiciones del lugar de trabajo y sus riesgos. Se origina en la construcción del marco conceptual del proyecto de investigación: «Las condiciones de trabajo y la seguridad en las obras de edificación en la ciudad de Cali", convocatoria interna 2015 de la Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones, y en la realización del trabajo de campo donde participaron estudiantes de la asignatura Seguridad en las Obras que dicta el Departamento de Tecnología de la Construcción para el programa académico de Arquitectura de la Universidad del Valle. Los autores del libro pertenecen al grupo de investigación interdisciplinario Ambiente, Seguridad, Salud y Trabajo (Amsestra), categoría «B" Colciencias, quienes participaron en la ejecución del proyecto.

Book Riesgos en la construcci  n

Download or read book Riesgos en la construcci n written by Fernando Henao Robledo and published by Ecoe Ediciones. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta obra presenta, en primer lugar, los aspectos legales de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo, según la nueva denominación introducida por la Ley 1562 de 2012, aplicables a la industria de la construcción en Colombia; posteriormente se citan algunos datos estadísticos de accidentalidad. También, se abordan los riesgos asociados a los diferentes procesos constructivos típicos de obra, la técnica para su identificación, evaluación y priorización. Para finalizar, se exponen las normas aplicables a la gran mayoría de las obras de construcción y los aspectos básicos del Sistema de Gestión de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, SG-SST. Este libro está dirigido a estudiantes, profesionales y en general a las entidades vinculadas al sector de la construcción que deben proteger a sus trabajadores de los riesgos presentes en el ambiente laboral.

Book Prevenci  n de riesgos laborales en la construcci  n

Download or read book Prevenci n de riesgos laborales en la construcci n written by Equipo Vértice and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La prevención de riesgos laborales es un tema de ferviente actualidad por la elevada estadística de accidentes laborales que se producen a lo largo del año. En este manual se trata la materia en general dividida en distintos capítulos con la legislación como marco normativo básico en materia de prevención. Se determinan los riesgos relacionados con los espacios y equipos de trabajo, con la organización y los contaminantes, para de este modo, determinar adecuadamente los planes de emergencia y evacuación y primeros auxilios. Todo ello referido en el último capítulo al sector de la construcción. ÍNDICE 1. Conceptos básicos sobre seguridad y salud. 2. Riesgos generales y su prevención. 3. Riesgos generales y su prevención. 4. Elementos básicos de gestión de la prevención de riesgos. 5. Primeros auxilios.

Book Prevenci  n de riesgos laborales en el sector de la construcci  n  Paso a paso  2 a EDICI  N 2024   Todas las claves para la prevenci  n de riesgos laborales en el sector de la construcci  n

Download or read book Prevenci n de riesgos laborales en el sector de la construcci n Paso a paso 2 a EDICI N 2024 Todas las claves para la prevenci n de riesgos laborales en el sector de la construcci n written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: