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Against Interpretation
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Featured · Essays
Against Interpretation
1960s
"'Against Interpretation' was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone out of print and has influenced generations of readers all over the world. It includes some of Sontag's best-known works, among them "On Style", "Notes on 'Camp", and the t...
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Stand Up Against Gravity
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Park Avenue
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Against Interpretation
Carries a strong pull into books through resistance and South Asia.
The Open Society and Its Enemies
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
Carries a strong pull into books through resistance and migration.
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5 Broken Cameras
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5 Broken Cameras
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and longing.
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Sarazanmai
Carries a strong pull into music through longing and South Asia.
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Potiki
1980s
A Māori community defends its land against development. Oral tradition and communal memory as resistance.
MemoryRitualResistance
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Against the Odds
2010s
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
1990s
Children pilot giant robots against angels. Depression, religion, and the deconstruction of mecha.
After-hoursFolkloreIdentity
5 Broken Cameras
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5 Broken Cameras
2010s
A Palestinian farmer documents the weekly protests against the barrier through five cameras, each destroyed by soldiers. Oscar-nominated and viscerally direct.
After-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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Against the Odds
2000 novel by Elizabeth Moon
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Anime 2010s
Angel Beats!
Dead teenagers in a purgatory school rebel against God. Comedy, action, and devastating endings.
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Film 1950s
Sansho the Bailiff
A mother and her children separated by slavery in feudal Japan. Compassion against cruelty.
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Essays 1940s
The Open Society and Its Enemies
A defense of liberal democracy against totalitarian ideologies. Plato and Marx examined.
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Music 2010s
Stand Up Against Gravity
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