The Spoon in the Stone by Doug Peterson
Hector Amaya advances into new territory in Latin American and U.S. cinema studies in this innovative analysis of the differing critical receptions of Cuban film in Cuba and the United States during the Cold War. Synthesizing film reviews, magazine articles, and other primary documents, Screening Cuba compares Cuban and U.S. reactions to four Cuban films: Memories of Underdevelopment, Lucia, One Way or Another, and Portrait of Teresa. In examining cultural production through the lens of the Cold War, Amaya reveals how contrasting interpretations of Cuban and U.S. critics are the result of the political cultures in which they operated. While Cuban critics viewed the films as powerful symbols of the social promises of the Cuban revolution, liberal and leftist American critics found meaning in the films as representations of anti-establishment progressive values and Cold War discourses. By contrasting the hermeneutics of Cuban and U.S. culture, criticism, and citizenship, Amaya argues that critical receptions of political films constitute a kind of civic public behavior.Bryan Ballinger earned a bachelor's degree in illustration from Columbus College of Art and Design in 1990. He has a master's degree in children's writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He began working for Microsoft as an illustrator after arriving to Seattle in 1991 and doing freelance work for clients such as Nintendo Power magazine. He was the principal illustrator for both the award-winning Encarta CD-ROM encyclopedia and the Explorapedia children's encyclopedia series. Bryan worked at Big Idea Productions, the makers of the VeggieTales children's videos, for 5 years as the 3D Design Lead.
Bryan is also a lecturer at Huntington University in Indiana, where he teaches Digital Media Arts. Bryan creates illustrations for children's books, websites, games, films, and advertisements, among other things. Animal Gas, a whimsical scratch-and-sniff children's picture book, is also written and illustrated by him.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780310706267 |
| ISBN 10 | 0310706262 |
| Title | The Spoon in the Stone |
| Author | Doug Peterson |
| Series | Big Idea Books: Veggietown Values |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Zondervan |
| Year published | 2005-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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