Books Indexed
- Author: Pedro Almodóvar and Frederic Strauss
- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- ISBN-10: 0571231926
- ISBN-13: 978-0571231928
The Master Storyteller
Throughout this collection of interviews, which took place of a series of months, Almodóvar exudes a well balanced streak of eccentricity, coupled with a sense of professionalism that is rooted in formality and devotion to his work. He explains in-depth the many disparate influences which inspired his earliest films, from Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe to the varied iconography of popular culture.
- Author: Ali Rattansi
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199546037
- ISBN-13: 978-0199546039
Towards ‘interculturalism’?
Democracy, tolerance and equality are ‘core values’ that are frequently cited as the cornerstones of a British way of life, but as Rattansi points out, these values are vague, simplistic and not exclusive to Britain, and - especially historically speaking - have not always acted as the uniting undercurrent of British life.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
- Author: Chris Horrocks and Zoran Jevtic
- Publisher: Icon Books
- ISBN-10: 1848312075
- ISBN-13: 978-1848312074
‘I am the simulacrum of myself’
His ‘endist’ proclamations gave him the aura of a prophet. His mysterious pronouncements and penchant for irony, eclecticism and intellectual games had a Quixotic appeal. In many ways, Jean Baudrillard was a modern day Nietzsche: a difficult nihilist and sometimes obscure aphorist - a quintessential Romantic who declared the end of days.
- Author: AD Miller
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN-10: 1848874529
- ISBN-13: 978-1848874527
Russian spring
What is most refreshing about the story is its understated defiant quality. At a time when too much contemporary fiction seems expected to deliver superficial messages, it is good to read something based on more acute and genuine social observation.
Friday, December 09, 2011
- Author: Rob Lyons
- Publisher: Imprint Academic
- ISBN-10: 1845402162
- ISBN-13: 978-1845402167
Food for thought
Lyons’ intention in this book is to investigate food scares, both on their own merits and from an historical perspective, in order to understand our essential but often shaky relationship with what we eat. Today this means confronting and assessing the worth of a lot of government advice and challenging popular perceptions of modern mass-catering practices.
Friday, November 25, 2011
