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Performing Authorship: Self-Inscription and Corporeality in the Cinema Cecilia Sayad 9781780760056
SciFier: $258.75The figure of the auteur continues to haunt the study of film, resisting both the poststructuralist charges that pointed to its absence and the histories of production that have described its... -
Contract With The Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s Kathy O'Dell 9780816628872
RRP: $50.36SciFier: $40.99Kathy O'Dell argues that the growth of masochistic performance during the 1970s must be seen in the context of society's response to the Vietnam War and contemporaneous changes in theories of... -
Popular Performance Adam Ainsworth (Kingston University, London, UK) 9781350089686
SciFier: $87.00There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause... -
Performance Anxieties: Staging Psychoanalysis, Staging Race Ann Pellegrini 9780415916868
SciFier: $84.25Performance Anxieties looks at the on-going debates over the value of psychoanalysis for feminist theory and politics--specifically concerning the social and psychical meanings of racialization... -
The Thrill Makers: Celebrity, Masculinity, and Stunt Performance Jacob Smith 9780520270893
RRP: $68.70SciFier: $65.24Well before Evel Knievel or Hollywood stuntmen, reality television or the X Games, North America had a long tradition of stunt performance, of men (and some women) who sought media attention and... -
Menopausal Gentleman: The Solo Performances of Peggy Shaw Peggy Shaw 9780472034147
RRP: $52.56SciFier: $49.76Obie-award-winning performer and writer Peggy Shaw has been playing her gender-bending performances on Off Broadway, regional, and international stages for three decades. Co-founder of the renowned... -
Joke-Performance in Africa: Mode, Media and Meaning Ignatius Chukwumah 9780367593605
SciFier: $94.19Jokes have always been part of African culture, but never have they been so blended with the strains and gains of the contemporary African world as today. Joke-Performance in Africa describes and... -
The Performative Representations of Masculinity in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema by Justin Russell Greene
SciFier: $178.60In this book, Justin Russell Greene examines how Quentin Tarantino uses his auteur identity to further cement the masculine tropes of Hollywood - and ultimately, society - through language, visual... -
Ingmar Bergman Revisited - Performance, Cinema, and the Arts Maaret Koskinen 9781905674343
RRP: $192.36SciFier: $156.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674343Author Maaret KoskinenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher... -
Towards Embodied Performance: Directing and the Art of Composition Rachel Dickstein 9781032377711
SciFier: $86.24Towards Embodied Performance invites directors and other generative performance makers to experiment with making their own original, visually stunning, sonically immersive, and physically rigorous... -
Performing Women: Stand-Ups, Strumpets and Itinerants Alison Oddey 9781403948779
SciFier: $109.90Alison Oddey's interviews with prominent performing women span generations, cultures, perspectives, practice and the best part of the twentieth-century, telling various stories collectively... -
Ageing, Dementia and Time in Film: Temporal Performances MaoHui Deng 9781474486989
RRP: $45.78SciFier: $42.78Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474486989Author MaoHui DengFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher... -
Sing to Victory! by Suzanne Ament
RRP: $210.66SciFier: $208.46A woman wearing a ballgown singing in the snow for returning ski troops; a technician's tears ruining a master recording of a new wartime song; fresh recruits spontaneously standing and doffing their... -
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember by John DiLeo
SciFier: $38.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879109721Author John DiLeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight... -
Ingmar Bergman Revisited - Performance, Cinema, and the Arts Maaret Koskinen 9781905674336
RRP: $57.25SciFier: $48.30Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674336Author Maaret KoskinenFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher... -
We Are Paper Toys: Print-Cut-Fold-Glue-Fun by Louis Bou
SciFier: $48.39Arranged by artists, "We Are Paper Toys!" is the most creative book of its kind available. From paper toy sketches and templates to final design layouts and finished products, each paper toy design... -
The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville by Anthony Slide
RRP: $160.30SciFier: $109.21The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville provides a unique record of what was once America's preeminent form of popular entertainment from the late 1800s through the early 1930s. It includes entries not only... -
Kubrick's Men Richard Rambuss 9780823293872
RRP: $217.55SciFier: $187.34A provocative re-reading of Stanley Kubrick's work and its focus on masculine desire The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts to a sustained reflection on the male condition: past, present, and future... -
Performance Costume in 18th-Century France: Louis-Rene Boquet Between Tradition and Reform Petra Zeller Dotlacilova (Stockholm University, Sweden) 9781350531000
SciFier: $231.61Petra Zeller Dotlacilova's study examines the development of theatrical costumes in France during the long 18th century, including the abandonment of long-established traditions, the need to... -
Bunuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema Ernesto R. Acevedo-Munoz 9780520239524
RRP: $162.59SciFier: $147.68Though Luis Bunuel, one of the most important filmmakers of the twentieth century, spent his most productive years as a director in Mexico, film histories and criticism invariably pay little... -
The Routledge Companion to Arts Marketing Daragh O'Reilly (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom University of Sheffield, UK) 9781138385740
SciFier: $110.06The relationship between the arts and marketing has been growing ever more complex, as the proliferation of new technologies and social media has opened up new forms of communication. This book... -
Boys, Boyz, Bois: An Ethics of Black Masculinity in Film and Popular Media Keith Harris (University of Ohio, Ohio, USA) 9780415996587
SciFier: $106.10Boys, Boyz, Bois concerns questions of ethics, gender and race in popular American images, national discourse and cultural production by and about black men. The book proposes an ethics of... -
Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art by Ben Schachter (Saint Vincent College)
RRP: $73.17SciFier: $66.27Contemporary Jewish art is a growing field that includes traditional as well as new creative practices, yet criticism of it is almost exclusively reliant on the Second Commandment's prohibition of... -
Fifty Key Improv Performers: Actors, Troupes, and Schools from Theatre, Film, and TV Matt Fotis 9781032414218
SciFier: $44.61Fifty Key Improv Performers highlights the history, development, and impact of improvisational theatre by highlighting not just key performers, but institutions, training centers, and movements to... -
The Singing Mermaid Julia Donaldson 9781509862733 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.30SciFier: $5.73Dive into the adventure with The Singing Mermaid, a delightful tale from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard.With brilliant... -
The Singing Mermaid Julia Donaldson 9781509894178
RRP: $18.30SciFier: $13.97Tempted by the promise of fame and fortune, the Singing Mermaid joins a circus. The crowds love her, but the poor mermaid is kept in a tank by the wicked circus owner Sam Sly, and she soon longs to... -
Costuming the Curve: Dressing Bodies of Size for the Stage, Screen, and Life Jeannie Galioto 9780367524944
RRP: $87.00SciFier: $80.72Costuming the Curve: Dressing Bodies of Size for the Stage, Screen, and Life is a groundbreaking and practical guide that redefines how designers approach body diversity in performance.This book... -
New Documentary Stella Bruzzi 9780415385244
RRP: $82.42SciFier: $80.04Praise for New Documentary:'It's refreshing to find a book that cuts through the tired old debates that have surrounded documentary film and television. It heralds a welcome new approach.' Sight and... -
Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices Andrew Knight-Hill 9780367271466
SciFier: $110.06Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices, applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both... -
The Screen Combat Handbook: A Practical Guide for Filmmakers Kevin Inouye (Certified Teacher and Theatrical Firearms Instructor, SAFD; Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming) 9781138493667
SciFier: $86.24The Screen Combat Handbook is an essential guide to navigating the unique challenges of putting combat on screen. Explore the process from the early stages of preproduction planning all the way... -
Illusion in Cultural Practice: Productive Deceptions Katharina Rein (University of Potsdam, Germany) 9781032036311
RRP: $89.29SciFier: $88.23This volume explores illusionism as a much larger phenomenon than optical illusion, magic shows, or special effects, as a vital part of how we perceive, process, and shape the world we live inThis... -
Media Law for Producers Philip Miller 9780240804781
RRP: $135.09SciFier: $130.09Media Law for Producers is a comprehensive handbook that explains, in lay terms, the myriad legal issues that the producer will face on a regular basis - contracts, permits, defamation, patents,... -
The Looks of Love by Hal Rubenstein
SciFier: $68.91Hal Rubenstein, fashion authority, consultant, and author of the bestselling 100 Unforgettable Dresses, presents fifty of the most influential romantic moments in style from the 1930s to today, in... -
Film Studies: Critical Approaches John Hill (Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Performance Studies, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Performance Studies, University of Ulster at Coleraine) 9780198742807
SciFier: $127.78'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound, May 1998 covers all the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject chapter... -
The Singing Mermaid Julia Donaldson 9781509862733
RRP: $18.30SciFier: $13.97Dive into the adventure with The Singing Mermaid, a delightful tale from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard.With brilliant... -
Call Me by Your Name: Perspectives on the Film Edward Lamberti 9781789389425
RRP: $251.79SciFier: $248.49Adapted by James Ivory from Andre Aciman's novel and directed by Luca Guadagnino, the film Call Me by Your Name has been passionately received among audiences and critics ever since its 2017 release... -
World Cinema: Critical Approaches John Hill (Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Performance Studies, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Performance Studies, University of Ulster at Coleraine) 9780198742821
SciFier: $147.34'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound May 1998 international coverage ranges from pre-1930s Europe to contemporary 'Bollywood' musicals ... -
Culture and Politics in South Asia: Performative Communication Dev Nath Pathak (South Asian University, New Delhi, India) 9780367277642
SciFier: $95.79This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in contemporary South Asia. It explores languages, signs and symbols reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of... -
Abracadabra! by HarperCollins Children's Books
RRP: $16.01SciFier: $12.92A magical new picture book based on the award-winning TV series The Adventures of Paddington! With the help of his friend, Mr Gruber, and a new magic set, Paddington turns into Paddington the... -
Protective Armor Engineering Design Magdi El Messiry 9781774634646
RRP: $190.05SciFier: $170.95There is increasing interest in the area of protective vests, either for protection against bullets or protection from the most realistic threats within domestic frontline operations: edged weapon,...