Aura

"An earlier version of this text appeared in Salmagundi, vol. 63-64, 1984"--T.p. verso. More

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Demonstrates how both postcolonial France and the Maghreb cultural identity and memory, are structured in large part through a dialogue with colonial history that impedes a confrontation with contemporary issues important to the present and future of those geographical territories. More

La melancolie porte en elle l'heritage d'une tres longue histoire, qui aura traverse de multiples champs de la culture : medecine de l'ame et du corps, arts et litterature, philosophie, religion... L'imaginaire de Samuel Beckett, son esthetique aussi, n'ont eu de cesse de se confronter a toutes ces… More

…day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura (comedy was famously declared 'the new 'rock'n'roll' in the early '90s). It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sit More

…former British colony of Tanganyika and the island republic of Zanzibar. While there has been and still are tensions, this has held together, perhaps because the country has been ruled by a dominant party ever since independence. It enjoyed a special aura under its first president, Julius Nyerere, w More

En 1908, ecrire " un essai sur Ste-Beuve et Flaubert " fait partie des projets de Proust. Certes, il y aura l'article de la NRF, en 1920, " A propos du "style" de Flaubert ", mais l'essai annonce ne verra jamais le jour. Proust aurait-il oublie son auteur de predilection, celui qu'il imitait si bien… More

The mesmerizing photographic history of occult phenomena, from levitations and apparitions to spectres, ghosts, and auras. More

…British TV comedy from 1990 to the present day. The book examines 'post-alternative' comedy as both 'cult' and 'quality' TV, aimed mostly at niche audiences and often possessing a subcultural aura. It includes case studies of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and the sitcom writer Graham Linehan. -- . More