Barbara Fuchs Knihy

Barbara Fuchs, a Professor at UCLA, explores the themes of Maurophilia and the cultural construction of early modern Spain in her works. She directs the Center for 17th and 18th Century Studies and has authored notable publications, including "Exotic Nation" and the plays "The Bagnios of Algiers" and "The Great Sultana," which delve into the narratives of captivity. Her scholarship offers insights into the interplay of identity and cultural representation during a transformative period in Spanish history.

The book examines the dynamics of imitation among early modern European powers through literary and historiographical texts from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, focusing on Spain, Italy, England, and the New World. It addresses European depictions of New World subjects and Islam, enriching the understanding of early modern imperialism with insights from the Mediterranean context. Key themes include literary transmission, imperial ideology, colonial identities, and issues of counterfeits and piracy, providing a comprehensive view of cultural exchanges during this period.

Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition. This useful guidebook charts the transformations of 'romance' throughout literary history and explores its use.

Die Studienarbeit dokumentiert eine fünftägige Geländeübung, in der verschiedene geologische Aufschlüsse in Thüringen und dem südlichen Harzvorland untersucht wurden. Die behandelten Regionen umfassen die Thüringer Mulde, das Thüringer Schiefergebirge, den Thüringer Wald sowie das Subherzynes Becken und den Harz. Die Arbeit bietet einen Einblick in die geologischen Gegebenheiten dieser Gebiete und deren Bedeutung für die Geowissenschaften.

Engaging with the picaresque genre, Barbara Fuchs explores how these literary strategies challenge the nature of truth-telling. The book reveals how picaresque texts prompted readers to critically examine the truth claims embedded in the dominant discourses of Imperial Spain, encouraging a deeper understanding of authority and narrative.

Offering one of the first scholarly examinations of digital and distanced performance since the global shutdown of theaters in March 2020, Barbara Fuchs provides both a record of the changes and a framework for thinking through theater's transformation. Though born of necessity, recent productions offer a new world of practice, from multi-platform plays on Zoom, WhatsApp, and Instagram, to enhancement via filters and augmented reality, to urban distanced theater that enlivens streetscapes and building courtyards. Based largely outside the commercial theater, these productions transcend geographic and financial barriers to access new audiences, while offering a lifeline to artists. This study charts how virtual theater puts pressure on existing assumptions and definitions, transforming the conditions of both theater-making and viewership. How are participatory, site-specific, or devised theater altered under physical-distancing requirements? How do digital productions blur the line between film and theater? What does liveness mean in a time of pandemic? In its seven chapters, Theater of Lockdown focuses on digital and distanced productions from the Americas, Europe, and Australia, offering scholarly analysis and interviews. Productions examined include Theater in Quarantine's "closet work" in New York; Forced Entertainment's (Sheffield, UK), End Meeting for All, I, II, and III; the work of Madrid-based company Grumelot; and the virtuosic showmanship of EFE Tres in Mexico City

Barbara Fuchs examines the paradoxes in the construction of Spain in relation to its Moorish heritage through an analysis of Spanish literature, costume, language, architecture, and chivalric practices from 1492 to 1609.

This Norton Critical Edition includes:* Five major early modern plays of the Spanish Empire--The Siege of Numantia, Fuenteovejuna, The Dog in the Manger, Life Is a Dream, and The Trials of a Noble House--when Spain produced one of the most vibrant and dramatic canons in the history of theater.* An Introduction, a Note on the Translation, and explanatory footnotes by G. J. Racz and Barbara Fuchs.* Background materials centering on the comedia; on class, gender, and the performance of identity; and on stages, actors, and audiences.* Fourteen judiciously chosen critical essays both on Golden Age Spanish drama generally and on the individual plays.* A Selected Bibliography.

Modelle aus unterschiedlichen Wissensgebieten treffen fach- und spartenübergreifend auf die Lern und Spielmodelle des Coburger Puppenmuseums. Vorgestellt und erläutert werden dreidimensionale Modelle aus Fachgebieten wie Architektur und Innenarchitektur, Philosophie und Sprachwissenschaft, Biologie und Physik, Maschinenbau und Wirtschaftsinformatik, Geschichts- und Sozialwissenschaften. So wie historische Puppenstuben die Normen und Regeln einer Gesellschaft verkörpern, so vermittelt der spielerische Gebrauch von wissenschaftlichen Modellen einen Einblick in die Arbeitsweisen der unterschiedlichen Disziplinen. Er ist Teil des wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisprozesses und entspricht zugleich dem wachsenden Bedürfnis nach anschaulicher Vermittlung von Wissen.