The Body In Action

Author : Stephen Barber
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780234090
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performance Projections written by Stephen Barber and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film does far more than document performance—it actively recreates the time and space of performance and overhauls its rapport with the viewer’s eye and body. The first book to look in-depth at the intersection of film and performance in relation to issues and theories of space, Performance Projections travels from the origins of film in Europe and the United States to the world of digital media today, exploring the dynamic relationship between these vitally connected ideas. Drawing from a wide range of examples—including filmic depictions of German and Japanese and Chinese performance art and street cultures—Stephen Barber argues that the act of filming has the power to draw distinctively performative dimensions out of unruly human gatherings, such as riots and political protests, while also accentuating the outlandish and aberrant aspects of performance. Spanning the history of film, Barber moves from performance in film’s formative years, such as Edward Muybridge’s work in the 1880s, to contemporary performance artworks—for example, Rabih Mroué’s investigations of the often lethal camera phone filming of snipers in Syrian cities. Proposing that the future conception of filmed performance needs to be radically expanded in response to the transformations of digital film cultures, Performance Projections is a critical addition to the literature on both film and art history.

Author : J. Coupland
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403918546
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discourse, the Body, and Identity written by J. Coupland and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-12-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'body' and 'discourse' seem diametrically opposed, but we interact with our bodies and represent ourselves and our relationships in bodily terms. This volume integrates new studies by leading researchers in sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology and cultural theory. It explores the many interfaces of body and discourse, organized under three main themes: the body as an interactional resource; ideological representations of the body; and discursive constructions of the body in normal and pathological contexts.

Author : Jørgen de Mey
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781579549107
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Action Hero Body written by Jørgen de Mey and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2005-06-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legendary celebrity trainer introduces his three-stage workout program that combines nutrition and physical training to increase their strength and endurance, promote weight loss, enhance cardiovascular fitness, and develop a more muscular body in just three weeks. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780937645031
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sensing, Feeling, and Action written by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sarah Key
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741761344
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Body in Action written by Sarah Key and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For those who suffer from aches, pains, and creaky joints, this handy reference shows how to keep the body's skeleton young and healthy. Including a series of stretches, this guide explores how muscles, joints, and bones work, how and why they wear and tear, and how to combat stiffness and pain. Treatments focus on the lower back, thoracic spine, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Further advice teaches the warning signs of imminent joint problems, immediate action necessary for restoring mobility, and how to break the bad habits of a sedentary lifestyle. Extensive diagrams of the body and how-to illustrations of exercises encourage patients to actively manage their pain. A daily 30-minute strengthening regime is also outlined for continued movement and flexibility.

Author : Percy Leed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781728410760
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guts written by Percy Leed and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With closeup pictures and lots of disgusting facts, learn all about the gross science behind your body's digestive system."--

Author : Pavlína Morganová
Publisher : Karolinum Press, Charles University
ISBN 13 : 9788024623177
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Czech Action Art written by Pavlína Morganová and published by Karolinum Press, Charles University. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever in-depth interpretation of Czech Action Art as a vast and very original stream of Czech post-war art within the context of the region's complex socio-political history. Based on the author's more than decade-long research, her interviews with artists and interpretations of many of their performances and other actions, Czech Action Art also features a list of all Czech happenings, events, performances, body-art pieces, land-art related and other actions from the 1960s to 1989."--Page [4] of cover.

Author : Theodore Dimon, Jr.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1623175801
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy in Action written by Theodore Dimon, Jr. and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to the core design principles of the body’s musculoskeletal system—for kinesiologists, movement therapists, yoga teachers, dancers, and bodyworkers of all kinds What does knowledge of anatomical structure have to do with preventing everyday muscular aches, pains, and injuries? According to Dr. Theodore Dimon, everything! Our bodies are designed to work holistically, supported by an intelligently organized system of muscles, bones, and connective tissue. So when we target problem spots by stretching, relaxing, or strengthening individual muscles, we bypass the dynamic, interconnected network that enables healthy functioning and injury prevention. Understanding how this system works in action is the key. In this groundbreaking guide, Dr. Dimon describes the basic principles that govern our bodies’ musculoskeletal architecture and provides practical exercises to activate specific muscle groups and demonstrate our bodies’ efficient holistic function. Readers will learn about dynamic design and the body in action, including: How the musculoskeletal system works as a whole The relationship between proprioception and muscle length About maximizing spinal, shoulder, hip, arm, and leg stability and health The important role of breath and breathing About posture and musculoskeletal support With more than 300 illustrations, this is an ideal resource for students and practitioners of kinesiology, bodywork, movement, sport kinesiology, dance, and all readers searching for a dynamic guide to the human body.

Author : Mark J. Rowlands
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262264404
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body Language written by Mark J. Rowlands and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An argument that activity provides a useful template for thinking about representation and that deeds are themselves representational: our representing of the world consists, in part, in certain sorts of deeds that we perform in the world. In Body Language, Mark Rowlands argues that the problem of representation—how it is possible for one item to represent another—has been exacerbated by the assimilation of representation to the category of the word. That is, the problem is traditionally understood as one of relating inner to outer—relating an inner representing item to something extrinsic or exterior to it. Rowlands argues that at least some cases of representation need to be understood not in terms of the word but of the deed. Activity, he claims, is a useful template for thinking about representation; our representing the world consists, in part, in certain sorts of actions that we perform in that world. This is not to say simply that these forms of acting can facilitate representation but that they are themselves representational. These sorts of actions—which Rowlands calls deeds—do not merely express or re-present prior intentional states. They have an independent representational status. After introducing the notion of the deed as a "preintentional act," Rowlands argues that deeds can satisfy informational, teleological, combinatorial, misrepresentational, and decouplability constraints—and so qualify as representational. He puts these principles of representation into practice by examining the deeds involved in visual perception. Representing, Rowlands argues, is something we do in the world as much as in the head. Representing does not stop at the skin, at the border between the representing subject and the world; representing is representational "all the way out."

Author : James Loftus Marsden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The action of the mind on the body, a lecture written by James Loftus Marsden and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: