Introduction: Scoring The Edge -- Philip Hayward1) Psycho-Analysis: Form and Function in Bernard Herrmann's Music for Hitchcock's Masterpiece James Wierzbicki2) An Audiovisual Foreshadowing the First Thirty Seconds of Last Eight Minutes Psycho Scott Murphy3) Sound Hammer's Vampire Films Michael Hannan4) Creative Soundtrack Expression: Toro Takemitsu's Score Kwaidan Kyoko Koizumi5) Prog Rock, Horror Film Sonic Excess: Dario Argento, Morricone Goblin Tony Mitchell6) Inflamed: Synthetic folk...

There has been increasing awareness that communities based on islands are subject to particular island-related factors (the so-called 'island effect'). This paper sheds empirical light how the island effect differs in different kinds of communities, specifically solitary one hand and archipelagos other. It does so by comparing two subnational jurisdictions (SNIJs) England: Isles Scilly Isle Wight. By analysing census statistics, we show spatial distribution (an archipelago) Wight (a island)...

St. Michael’s Mount, a small, tidal island in Mount’s Bay, close to the south-western tip of English county Cornwall, is both highly picturesque tourism attraction and place that has become associated with various aspects Christianity, Christian folklore and, more latterly, New Age mysticism. While was centre for pilgrimage 12th-14th centuries, at time when it closely Michael Archangel Benedictine order devoted him, several other religious spiritual associations are recent. One notable...

This anthology provides accounts of how the convergence new technologies is changing old ones cinema and television. From IMAX to Virtual Reality, via HDTV, digital images, interactive games multimedia, this text considers economic technological forces are pushing audiences images into configurations, offers critical perspectives on publicity that these have generated.

It is clearly important to applaud Yothu Yindi' s success but it just as retain a critical focus and recognise that the singling out of Yindi (in manager Alan James' words) 'the flagship for Aboriginal Australia' (SMH 26/10/92 p5), conveniently serves elide all that's troubling white culture.

This paper proposes that a satisfactory quantitative measure of the combat effectiveness military force is its probability success in combat. The depends not only on capabilities specified but also nature enemy, environment, and mission. Since it impractical to experimentally, i.e., actual combat, judgment must be called specify relation between parameters capability,

Review(s) of: The Soundscapes of Australia: Music, Place and Spirituality, by Fiona Richards (Ed.), Ashgate, Aldershot Burlington, 2007, vii+327pp, ISBN 978 07546 4072 1.

This article outlines the development of Vietnam's Con Dao archipelago (and Son island in particular) as tourism destinations since formal reunification Vietnam 1975. In particular it examines nature area's two main attractions, Son's prison sites and memorials archipelago's natural environment, how these have been marketed to experienced by national international tourists. discussion also involves considerations concept thanatourism latter might be understood operate a Vietnamese context....

This paper compares and contrasts the management systems governance structures of two island sites with national international World Heritage recognition: Lord Howe Island (off mid-east coast Australia) Fernando de Noronha north-east Brazil). Using historical contemporary references, explores manner in which distinct approaches to are implicated daily living community members, considers their socioeconomic activities. We use case tourism as examples complexities involved different forms...

Over the last decade there have been a number of attempts to both imagine Manhattan’s pre-colonial past and envisage new ways in which metropolitan island (and greater New York area) might more productively relate its location within major estuarine environment. Rising sea levels associated with global warming given particular focus, not say sense urgency, this enterprise. This essay reviews several aforementioned projects discusses their conceptual parameters reference recent debates Island...

In one sense, islands are easy to characterise, the working definition being that they areas of land wholly surrounded by water. But edges blurred. Complexities arise when we consider sand, rock or coral covered at high tide, connected other low tide (by sand spits etc.), bridges causeways. Areas submerged generally not regarded as islands. linked others an awkward, intermediate category. And have been bridged causeways often having significantly ‘de-islanded’ human engineering. Island...

This article addresses the nature of autonomist impulses and initiatives that developed on Isle Wight, off southern coast England, in late 20th Century. Drawing recent discussions process decolonization island territories broader field study ethnopolitical mobilization support regional autonomy, considers reasons why local failed to secure significant traction with population. Focus is placed historical identity building, how Wight community conceptualizes its relationship England as a whole...

The concept of the aquapelago, an assemblage terrestrial and aquatic spaces generated by human activities, was first advanced in 2012 has been subsequently developed with regard to what termed ‘aquapelagic imaginary’ – figures, symbols, myths narratives engagement such assemblages. Venice, a city premised on integration marine elements within intermediate tidal lagoon, is paradigmatic aquapelago its artists have produced substantial corpus creative work reflecting various aspects Domini da...

AbstractThe celebrity sex video is now a well-established part of contemporary audiovisual culture, although it attracts little attention as phenomenon in itself. Any primarily generated by the profile individuals involved, terms their relative degrees and previously established public persona. Despite increasing ubiquity phenomenon, issues concerning production dissemination these videos are more complex than may first appear. Indeed, distribution constitutes media practice with distinct...