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Author: Marc Valdez Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781720441618 Category : Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
"'Breaking Bad' Signs and Symbols," aims to understand some of the symbolism embedded in the backgrounds of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," in order to decode messages and stories Vince Gilligan and crew have hidden there. A series of tables are used to isolate how certain architectural features are used: Pueblo Deco Arches, Gentle Arches, Bell-Shaped Lamps, Parallel Beams in the Ceiling; Twinned Features; Five-Pointed Stars; Octagons, etc. In particular, daylighting innovations that were pioneered or promoted in Chicago are examined: Glass Block Windows, Luxfer Prismatic Tile Windows, and Plate Glass Windows. Like many cities in America's Great Plains and Mountain West, Albuquerque obtained much of its architecture directly from Chicago via the AT&SF railroad and Highway 66. In "Breaking Bad," Albuquerque is used as a stunt double for the City of Chicago. Certain symbols advance the plot: foreshadowing symbols like Pueblo Deco Arches, or danger symbols like bell shapes and stagger symbols. Other features, like Glass Block Windows or Parallel Beams in the Ceiling, tell stories about the legacies and corruptions of modernity, particularly those deriving from Chicago's "Century of Progress" (1833-1932). Stories told by the architecture, sets, and props of "Breaking Bad" include: The Legacy of El Chapo; Tributes to Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest"; The Badger Comes To Entrap; The Five Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe; The Legacy of London's Crystal Palace; and an Homage to Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner." The way that the Native-American past is used in "Breaking Bad" suggests modern concerns like surveillance were ancient concerns as well.
Author: Marc Valdez Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781720441618 Category : Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
"'Breaking Bad' Signs and Symbols," aims to understand some of the symbolism embedded in the backgrounds of "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul," in order to decode messages and stories Vince Gilligan and crew have hidden there. A series of tables are used to isolate how certain architectural features are used: Pueblo Deco Arches, Gentle Arches, Bell-Shaped Lamps, Parallel Beams in the Ceiling; Twinned Features; Five-Pointed Stars; Octagons, etc. In particular, daylighting innovations that were pioneered or promoted in Chicago are examined: Glass Block Windows, Luxfer Prismatic Tile Windows, and Plate Glass Windows. Like many cities in America's Great Plains and Mountain West, Albuquerque obtained much of its architecture directly from Chicago via the AT&SF railroad and Highway 66. In "Breaking Bad," Albuquerque is used as a stunt double for the City of Chicago. Certain symbols advance the plot: foreshadowing symbols like Pueblo Deco Arches, or danger symbols like bell shapes and stagger symbols. Other features, like Glass Block Windows or Parallel Beams in the Ceiling, tell stories about the legacies and corruptions of modernity, particularly those deriving from Chicago's "Century of Progress" (1833-1932). Stories told by the architecture, sets, and props of "Breaking Bad" include: The Legacy of El Chapo; Tributes to Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest"; The Badger Comes To Entrap; The Five Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe; The Legacy of London's Crystal Palace; and an Homage to Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner." The way that the Native-American past is used in "Breaking Bad" suggests modern concerns like surveillance were ancient concerns as well.
Author: John C. Lamothe Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476639531 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 241
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At their basic level, sporting events are about numbers: wins and losses, percentages and points, shots and saves, clocks and countdowns. However, sports narratives quickly leave the realm of statistics. The stories we tell and retell, sometimes for decades, make sports dramatic and compelling. Just like any great drama, sports imply conflict, not just battles on the field of play, but clashes of personalities, goals, and strategies. In telling these stories, we create heroes, but we also create villains. This book is about the latter, those players who transgress norms and expectations and who we label the "bad boys" of sports. Using a variety of approaches, these 13 new essays examine the cultural, social, and rhetorical implications of sports villainy. Each chapter focuses on a different athlete and sport, questioning issues such as how notorious sports figures are defined to be "bad" within particular sports and within the larger culture, the role media play in creating antiheroes, fan reactions when players cross boundaries, and how those boundaries shift depending on the athlete's gender, sexuality, and race.
Author: David R. Koepsell Publisher: Open Court ISBN: 0812697901 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 254
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Breaking Bad, hailed by Stephen King, Chuck Klosterman, and many others as the best of all TV dramas, tells the story of a man whose life changes because of the medical death sentence of an advanced cancer diagnosis. The show depicts his metamorphosis from inoffensive chemistry teacher to feared drug lord and remorseless killer. Driven at first by the desire to save his family from destitution, he risks losing his family altogether because of his new life of crime. In defiance of the tradition that viewers demand a TV character who never changes, Breaking Bad is all about the process of change, with each scene carrying forward the morphing of Walter White into the terrible Heisenberg. Can a person be transformed as the result of a few key life choices? Does everyone have the potential to be a ruthless criminal? How will we respond to the knowledge that we will be dead in six months? Is human life subject to laws as remorseless as chemical equations? When does injustice validate brutal retaliation? Why are drug addicts unsuitable for operating the illegal drug business? How can TV viewers remain loyal to a series where the hero becomes the villain? Does Heisenberg’s Principle of Uncertainty rule our destinies? In Breaking Bad and Philosophy, a hand-picked squad of professional thinkers investigate the crimes of Walter White, showing how this story relates to the major themes of philosophy and the major life decisions facing all of us.
Author: Adele Nozedar Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1667200763 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 576
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Unlock the hidden meanings of the world’s ancient and modern signs and symbols with this huge A-Z reference book on symbolic objects. The Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols is the definitive A-Z guide to the ancient meanings of signs and symbols, some of which have been lost for thousands of years. From different cultures and religions across the world, within these illustrated pages are signs of magic and mystery, secret alphabets, scripts, and numerology. Find out why Masonic temples have black-and-white checkered floors, where in the natural world the golden mean can be found, why the pentagram is considered a magical symbol of power, and more.
Author: David P. Pierson Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 073917925X Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 234
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Breaking Bad: Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series, edited by David P. Pierson, explores the contexts, politics, and style of AMC's original series Breaking Bad. The book's first section locates and addresses the series from several contemporary social contexts, including neo-liberalism, its discourses and policies, the cultural obsession with the economy of time and its manipulation, and the epistemological principles and assumptions of Walter White's criminal alias Heisenberg. Section two investigates how the series characterizes and intersects with current cultural politics, such as male angst and the re-emergence of hegemonic masculinity, the complex portrayal of Latinos, and the depiction of physical and mental impairment and disability. The final section takes a close look at the series' distinctive visual, aural, and narrative stylistics. Under examination are Breaking Bad's unique visual style whereby image dominates sound, the distinct role and use of beginning teaser segments to disorient and enlighten audiences, the representation of geographic space and place, the position of narrative songs to complicate viewer identification, and the integral part that emotions play as a form of dramatic action in the series.
Author: Marc Valdez Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781724469106 Category : Languages : en Pages : 392
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This book provides a systematic approach to visiting filming locations for AMC's hit television series "Breaking Bad." Albuquerque-area locations are presented by neighborhoods and in circuits that exploit their order and proximity for efficient tours. This Fifth Edition of the book is a condensation of the filming-location information presented at 'Marc Valdez Weblog' (http: //marcvaldez.blogspot.com). A number of different enthusiasts have contributed to this book to help give people a better understanding of the geographic, historical, and cultural setting for the TV series. Personal reminisces and anecdotes are interspersed with historical information regarding Albuquerque and its complicated interactions with the television series. The author lives in Sacramento, California, but was born in Albuquerque and raised in nearby Corrales. Chief contributor is Sven Joli. Brian T. Bailey and Tom Lamb contributed illustrations. Vince Gilligan's Albuquerque closely-resembles the real Albuquerque, but in fact it's an artistic creation - a remapping, a kind of projection or hologram, that endlessly fascinates. Understanding Vince Gilligan's Albuquerque requires an understanding of the real city - this book can help - but that's only the beginning. There are deeper processes and ambitions at work - and this book can help with that understanding too. Presented for the first time together with this Fifth Edition is a sister book -"'Breaking Bad' Signs and Symbols: Reading Meaning into Sets, Props, and Filming Locations" - on how the creative team tells stories in the backgrounds of scenes using elements of Albuquerque architecture, particularly those elements deriving from Chicago. Of particular note are stories about Chicago's "Century of Progress" and the disappointing legacies of modernity in America.
Author: Irene Tuffrey-Wijne Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 0857005839 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 194
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This book offers unique and flexible guidelines that can be used by practitioners to ease the process of breaking bad news to people with intellectual disabilities. The guidelines, which are adaptable to individual communication ability and level of understanding, address the many complex needs of people with intellectual disabilities who can find understanding and accepting news that has a negative impact on their life a very difficult task. In the book, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne covers a range of different types of bad news, from bereavement and illness to more minor issues such as a change of accommodation, and offers highly practical and effective tips that will help carers and practitioners ensure that bad news is relayed as sensitively and successfully as possible. An easy-to-use and comprehensive guide, this book will be an invaluable resource of information for carers, health professionals such as doctors and nurses as well as families of people with intellectual disabilities.
Author: John P. Hermann Publisher: University of Alabama Press ISBN: 0817300422 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 268
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Signs and Symbols in Chaucer's Poetry presents the work of nine distinguished Chaucer scholars inspired by the work of D. W. Robertson Jr., whose seminal 1969 study Preface to Chaucer has exerted wide influence in medieval studies and sparked new interest in the literary iconography of Middle English.
Author: Adrian Frutiger Publisher: ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 372
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Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
Author: DK Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593958586 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 354
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Since when did certain hand gestures become offensive? And why are scales a symbol of justice? For thousands of years, humans have communicated through a language of signs and symbols. From uniforms to body adornment and corporate logos, symbols are everywhere, and this book is your guide to their secret meanings and history. The Sun as well as the night sky with its stars and planets has long been used to symbolize supernatural forces. Learn about this and also how humans have used patterns, numbers, clothing, and more to signal authority, kinship, and status. Signs & Symbols decodes over 2000 emblems, explaining the visual language of architecture, heraldry, religion, and death. It answers questions such as why, for example, Christianity is symbolized by a fish, or how the Chinese use the crane bird to signify longevity. This comprehensive book also explores how certain gemstones or flowers became linked to personal qualities and how the alphabet and national flags came into being. Signs & Symbols will open your eyes to the fascinating world of symbolism that is embedded in every area of our lives.
Author: Marc Valdez
Author: Marc Valdez
Author: John C. Lamothe
Author: David R. Koepsell
Author: Adele Nozedar
Author: David P. Pierson
Author: Marc Valdez
Author: Irene Tuffrey-Wijne
Author: John P. Hermann
Author: Adrian Frutiger
Author: DK