| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) |
| Series |
International Library of Sociology |
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International library of sociology
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| Contents |
Stillness in a Mobile World; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Stillness unbound; Part I Technics; 2 Shadow's forces/force's shadows; 3 Airportals: the functional significance of stillness in the Junkspace of airports; 4 Still waiting, still moving: on labour, logistics and maritime industries; Part II Communities; 5 The orchestration of feeling: stillness, spirituality and places of retreat; 6 Performing stillness: community in waiting; 7 The productivity of stillness: composure and the scholarly habitus; Part III Materialities |
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8 The private life of an air raid: mobility, stillness, affect9 Moving encounters: the affective mobilities of photography; 10 Stillness re-animated: experiencing Body Worlds and the work of art; Part IV Suspensions; 11 The singularity of the 'still': 'never suspend the question'; 12 Turbulent stillness: the politics of uncertainty and the undocumented migrant; 13 The broken thread: on being still; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This edited collection of essays on the conceptual, political and philosophical importance of stillness is positioned within a world that has increasingly come to be understood through the theoretical and conceptual lens of movement. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the diversity of this collection illuminates the multiplicity of ontological and epistemological registers through which stillness moves: from human geography to media studies, cultural theory to fine arts. With the help of luminaries such as Deleuze, Bergson, Barthes and Beckett, this book in |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fuller, Gillian
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| ISBN |
9780203855898 |
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0203855892 |
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