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Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506713571Author Way NetflixFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984879585Author Emily FlakeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult

A wide-ranging introductory guide for readers making their first steps into the world of manga, this book helps readers explore the full range of Japanese comic styles, forms and traditions from its earliest texts to the internationally popular comics of...

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past forty years. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this second edition of The Feminism and Visual Culture...

Opera's Second Death is a passionate exploration of opera - the genre, its masterpieces, and the nature of death. Using a dazzling array of tools, Slavoj Zizek and coauthor Mladen Dolar explore the strange compulsions that overpower characters in Mozart...

In this volume, emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment, nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture. They draw their theoretical inspiration from the vitality...

Celebrate the smiley face's 60 year impact on art, music, pop and counter culture with The Sm;)e Book. In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality-used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver...

Raiding the Icebox is a kaleidoscopic review of the avant-garde and radical subcultures of the twentieth century, and explains how the most powerful artistic statements of the era redrew the line between high and low art.Beginning with an analysis of the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506725550Author AsmodeeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781981172603Author Matthew McCaffreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

In this highly engaging book, Antony Easthope examines 'Englishness' as a form and a series of shared discourses. Discussing the subject of 'nation' - a growing area in literary and cultural studies - Easthope offers polemical arguments written in a...

The actual historical moments of birth of the various arts are not known. At most, significant changes of direction are distinguishable - and these are usually detected retrospectively. However, the founding of eurythmy, a new art of movement, has been...

Black British Culture and Society brings together in one indispensable volume key writings on the Black community in Britain, from the 'Windrush' immigrations of the late 1940s and 1950s to contemporary multicultural Britain. Combining classic writings...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781791943233Author Laura's Dot to Dot TherapyFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedSeries Dot to Dot...

Nominee for the 2021 Eisner Awards Best Academic/Scholarly Work In the twenty-first century, the field of comics studies has exploded. Scholarship on graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, webcomics, manga, and all forms of comic art has grown at a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951038151Author Mr. Timothy TrumanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Clover PressPublisher Clover Press

Featuring a wide array of iconic rock posters, period photographs, music memorabilia and light shows, "out-of-this-world" clothing, and avant-garde films, this catalogue celebrates San Francisco's rebellious and colorful counterculture that blossomed in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788284620169Author Patricia G. BermanFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Munch MuseumPublisher Munch Museum

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954575069Author Sean EganFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Askill PublishingPublisher Askill PublishingWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 203mm *...

From the director of Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, and Man of Steel, comes Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder's eagerly awaited return to the zombie scene, staring Dave Bautista. Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate...

Most of us, at various moments in our lives, either adopt a `tourist' identity of are framed within another's tourist experience. Travellers' Tales investigates the future for travelling in a world whose boundaries are shifting and dissolving. The...

Having graduated from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, Greg Spalenka has been producing commercial and fine art for over 30 years. With a client list including film studios, magazines, newspapers and book publishers, his distinctive style is...

First reader of its kind to cover role of language in the study of cultural theoryTruly interdisciplinary and relevant across the subject areaStudent and teacher friendly layout with extensive cross-referencingA huge selection of works by key thinkers in...

A fascinating look at the anxious pleasures of Japanese visual culture during World War II. Airplanes, gas masks, and bombs were common images in wartime Japan. Yet amid these emblems of anxiety, tasty caramels were offered to children with paper gas...

The barest awareness of the ubiquity and influence of the media today provides proof enough that our fate is in the hands of the image. But when and how was this fate sealed? Image, Icon, Economy considers this question and recounts an essential thread...

Mark Simpson, known by his pen name, Jock, is an internationally recognized three-time New York Times best-selling artist and Eisner Award nominee. Over the last two decades, Jock has become one of the most distinguished illustrators in comics, with...

Drawing upon theories from visual studies, critical visual culture studies, and cognitive psychology, and with a special focus on gender and ethnicity, this book gives students a theoretical foundation for future work as visual communicators.The book...

This book focuses on the culture and politics involved in building hip-hop archives. It addresses practical aspects, including methods of accumulation, curation, preservation, and digitization and critically analyzes institutional power, community...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955767098Author Sammy SteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Tomahawk PressPublisher Tomahawk PressWeight(grams) 566g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789077207185Author Luc TuymansFormat PaperbackImprint StockmansPublisher Stockmans

Built upon the politics of difference, The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon examines artistic practice through an international lens. This vibrant collection of essays and writings - produced in different cultural contexts and collected over two decades -...

This pioneering study examines regional British television drama from its beginnings on the BBC and ITV in the 1950s to the arrival of Channel Four in 1982. It discusses the ways in which regionalism, regional culture and regional identity have been...

Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research.About the AuthorDouglas...

An important dispatch from a new, multipolar order that is taking form before our eyesA vast cultural movement is emerging from outside the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge yet to Hollywood, McDonald's,...

What are super-devoted fans of comic books really like? What draws them together and energizes their zeal? What do the denizens of this pop-culture world have in common?This book provides good answers as it scrutinizes the fans whose profiles can be...

A gorgeous, coffee-table collection that captures the energy, excitement and, of course, the love, behind Peanuts's first-ever partnership and public art exhibition with seven major internationally renowned artists including Nina Chanel Abney, AVAF...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781548318215Author Jim BlanchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

As a TV Producer and host of the smash late night show Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen has a front row seat to an exciting world not many get to see. In this dishy, detailed diary of one year in his life, Andy goes out on the town, drops names, hosts...

The idea of authenticity - deliciously vague and as ubiquitous as Starbucks - has hit the spot in almost every sector of 21st-century life. But can we trust the authentic image of Nigel 'man-of-the-people' Farage, Sarah 'hockey mom' Palin or Gwyneth...

Visit the lush, sugar-coated township of Pollilop Drop and follow the journey of one lil' rotter kid, Pukeboy, who struggles to overcome his fear of playing guitar in front of an audience. He seeks advice from other rot-pack kids. Creatively frustrated,...