Michael Köhler Livres

Exploring themes of multiculturalism and identity, Zadie Smith's novel delves into the lives of families from diverse ethnic backgrounds across multiple generations. The narrative is structured around four main chapters, each focusing on different characters and time periods, including Archie, Samad, Irie, and Magid. This intricate approach prompts discussions about centrality and character focus within the story, highlighting the complexity of cultural heritage and personal identity in contemporary Britain.

Views of the Body serves as the catalogue for the exhibition Das Aktfoto, exploring 150 years of nude photography through a contemporary lens. This historical study uncovers two key insights: first, nude photographs have always represented more than mere "beautiful pictures of beautiful women." Second, the traditional divide between tasteful nudes and tasteless images of naked bodies is outdated, as it merely reflects the moral standards of the past, which are no longer relevant. By shedding the constraints of bourgeois moral sensibility, it becomes evident how little is understood about the representation of the nude body in photography, including its history, staging methods, and its interplay with art and culture. As the boundaries between nude photography and depictions of nakedness blur, the journey presented invites readers to explore the entire history of photography, examining various applications of the camera—from photo-art and photo-erotica to advertising, news photography, colonial ethnology, glamour photography, and nudism. To enhance comprehension of the evolution of staging and presentation techniques in nude photography, the book includes introductory essays that provide essential background knowledge in art and social history for each chapter.

Set against the backdrop of ancient cultures, the story follows Ben Messler, a Jewish Linguistics Professor and Philology expert, who unexpectedly immerses himself in a 2000-year-old Aramaic language and culture. His expertise in ancient Hebrew languages positions him as a key figure, but the journey he embarks on is beyond his wildest dreams, offering a profound exploration of history and human connection.

The book is dedicated to the method and application potential of micro segmented flow. The recent state of development of this powerful technique is presented in 12 chapters by leading researchers from different countries. In the first section, the principles of generation and manipulation of micro-fluidic segments are explained. In the second section, the micro continuous-flow synthesis of different types of nanomaterials is shown as a typical example for the use of advantages of the technique in chemistry. In the third part, the particular importance of the technique in biotechnical applications is presented demonstrating the progress for miniaturized cell-free processes, for molecular biology and DNA-based diagnostics and sequencing as well as for the development of antibiotics and the evaluation of toxic effects in medicine and environment.

Explaining the scientific fundamentals of etching processes which occupy a key position in microfabrication this work is a practical guide for etching processes. The practical section is set out like a cookery book: it gives recipes for many etching processes and helps to produce perfect microstructures.

From the abundance of Post-Modern photographic strategies currently in use this book focuses upon what is surely the most the "constructed" photograph. The term refers to works of photography in which the motif has been staged especially for the picture and in which the respective artist, in addition to his role as a photographer, also plays the part of director, stage and costume designer, make-up artist and from time to time of performer as well.The main section of the book is followed by a selection of works that recapitulates the pre-history of the "arranged and staged" photograph beginning in the late 1960s and recreates the climate in which the photographer-stagecrafters of the 1980s found their point of departure.

Der Legende nach entdeckte Nicole Kidman ihre Liebe zum Theater, weil sie Schutz vor der Sonne ihrer australischen Heimat suchte. Etwas von dieser Verletzlichkeit ist ihr bis heute anzumerken, doch stets verwandelt sich Kidmans fragile Physis auf der Leinwand in eine beeindruckende Präsenz. Mit diesem Talent ist sie in Genrefilmen wie THE OTHERS so gut aufgehoben wie im feministischen Kino einer Jane Campion oder in der Maske Virginia Woolfs – die Hauptrolle in THE HOURS brachte ihr den ersten Oscar ein. Unsterblich hat sich Kidman in Stanley Kubricks EYES WIDE SHUT gemacht, als sie ihren damaligen Ehemann Tom Cruise in die Traumwelt des weiblichen Begehrens lockte – in der Realität ging sie als geschiedene Frau daraus hervor. Das Buch zeichnet Nicole Kidmans Aufstieg zu einem der führenden Stars Hollywoods nach und skizziert ein facettenreiches Bild dieser ebenso intelligenten wie wagemutigen Schauspielerin.