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Sociology
Theatre Studies
Bogusław Szuba • Tomasz Drewniak (eds.)
Susan Bradley Smith
Beauty in Architecture
A Splendid Adventure
Harmony of Place
Australian Suffrage Theatre on the World Stage
Berlin, 2022. 484 pp., 188 fig. col., 110 fig. b/w, 2 tables.
Oxford, 2020. XIV, 408 pp., 70 fig. b/w.
Studies in Philosophy, Culture and Contemporary Society. Vol. 36 hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-85926-1 CHF 70.– / €D 59.95 / €A 61.60 / € 56.10 / £ 46.– / US-$ 67.95 eBook (SUL) • ISBN 978-3-631-87590-2 CHF 70.– / €D 60.95 / €A 62.40 / € 56.70 / £ 47.– / US-$ 68.95
The subject of the monograph is a multi-layered interpretation of beauty in architecture, the analysis of key ideas, attitudes, and concepts related to the art of shaping space focused on perfection and harmony. An integral approach to significant problems related to shaping the spatial order, taking into account a wide range of social, cultural, aesthetic, and environmental factors related to the beauty and harmony of a place, is a distinctive feature of the monograph. The statements of many theoreticians and practitioners of architecture from Poland and abroad, emphasize the beauty in architecture as an important feature of human surroundings. Architecture, apart from the features of utility and the required technical correctness, should lead to delight, deep reflection, and emotion.
Jan Felicjan Terelak
Antarctic Isolation as a Mars Habitat Analogue A Psychological Perspective Berlin, 2021. 410 pp., 64 fig. b/w, 5 tables. Studies in Philosophy, Culture and Contemporary Society. Vol. 34 hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-85790-8 CHF 58.– / €D 49.95 / €A 51.40 / € 46.70 / £ 38.– / US-$ 56.95 eBook (SUL) • ISBN 978-3-631-86058-8 CHF 58.– / €D 49.95 / €A 51.40 / € 46.70 / £ 38.– / US-$ 56.95
The book is a scientific monograph, based on a natural experiment on cognitive, emotional and social functioning during the year-long isolation of 21 winter hounds at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station. The conducted research was of a specimen and sociometric nature. The results presented in the book are unique in the literature on the subject due to the longitudinal nature of the research conducted, together with its high frequency (every two weeks). Moreover, the social isolation was total in its character, due to the large limitation of connectivity with the outside world, which could be considered analogous to future long-term space missions.
hb. • ISBN 978-1-906165-90-1 CHF 93.– / €D 77.95 / €A 81.50 / € 74.10 / £ 60.– / US-$ 90.95 eBook (SUL) • ISBN 978-1-78997-324-2 CHF 93.– / €D 77.95 / €A 81.50 / € 74.10 / £ 60.– / US-$ 90.95
Australia led the world in the achievement of woman’s suffrage and the nation’s cultural history reflects this ambitious and progressive atmosphere. The impressive achievements of suffrage feminists in Australian theatre, however, are an untold story, as is their contribution to the development of international women’s theatre of the time. A Splendid Adventure brings these experiences and experiments to light through a group biography exploring the theatrical careers of Katharine Susannah Prichard, Stella Miles Franklin, and Inez Isabel Bensusan. Chosen because of their expatriate involvement in the women’s movement, their international profile as enfranchised Australian women, and their exceptional contribution to both the development of Australian drama and international feminist theatre, these women embody the energies and passions of Australian suffrage playwrights. The biographies of these major figures are accompanied by the dramatic stories of the New Women playwrights, the theatrical endeavours of women university students, and a consideration of international feminist theatre on tour in Australia, including the work of migrant suffragette Adela Pankhurst. The volume also includes the full text of a play by each playwright. Australian suffrage playwrights emerge from this study as exceptional feminists, expatriates, and theatre workers, whose «splendid adventures» have considerable implications for international women’s theatre, feminist dramatic criticism, and Australian theatre historiography.
