Location: Denmark
Member Since:
Aug. 21, 2015
Richard Raskin
Biography
Richard Raskin is Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Culture—Media Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Where to find Richard Raskin online
Website: http://qpbooks.com
Where to buy in print
Books
The Yin and Yang of Short Film Storytelling
by Richard Raskin
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 35,960.
Language:
English.
Published: August 1, 2022
by
Quid Pro, LLC.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Fine art » Film & video, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Individual director
The first book to study short film using the yin-yang concept—describing major forms of yin and yang, redefined as freed of patriarchal bias. Yin evokes such properties as holding back or openness to interpretation; yang equals structure, causality or control. Ten exemplary short films use the model to illuminate storytelling. Includes rich shot-by-shot breakdowns—many in color—and handy links.
Seashell Beauty and the Concept of Nature at Play
by Richard Raskin
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 6,640.
Language:
English.
Published: February 18, 2021
by
Quid Pro, LLC.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Applied arts » Essays, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Seashells
The poet Pablo Neruda kept a box of seashells on his desk for inspiration and was in awe of their beauty. But does that beauty serve a survival function for the mollusk that produced it? Does it help to attract a mate, to capture prey, to ward off predators? If not, does that very beauty defy the principle, 'Nature does nothing in vain'? Raskin discusses a controversial answer, with many photos.
Life is Like a Glass of Tea: Studies of Classic Jewish Jokes (Second Edition)
by Richard Raskin
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 98,760.
Language:
English.
Published: August 21, 2015
by
Quid Pro, LLC.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » Jewish, Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor & satire » Form / jokes & riddles
The first book on Jewish humor in which individual jokes are singled out for comprehensive study, this classic book devotes a chapter to each of 8 major jokes, tracing its history & variants—and looking closely at the ways in which the comic behavior enacted in the punchline can be interpreted. One of the unique properties of classic Jewish jokes is openness to radically different interpretations.