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Theatre, Communication, Critical Realism T. Nellhaus 9781349384938
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £34.80From oral culture, through the advent of literacy, to the introduction of printing, to the development of electronic media, communication structures have radically altered culture in profound ways... -
Contemporary Hollywood Masculinities: Gender, Genre, and Politics Susanne Kord 9781137372833
SciFier: £92.99Kord and Krimmer investigate the most common male types - cops, killers, fathers, cowboys, superheroes, spies, soldiers, rogues, lovers, and losers - by tracing changing concepts of masculinity in... -
Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films in a Global Era Natalia Pinazza 9781349463343
SciFier: £46.99Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the... -
Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films in a Global Era Natalia Pinazza 9781137336033
SciFier: £46.99Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the... -
Men and Masculinities in Irish Cinema D. Ging 9780230232006
SciFier: £46.99Spanning a broad trajectory, from the New Gaelic Man of post-independence Ireland to the slick urban gangsters of contemporary productions, this study traces a significant shift from idealistic... -
Masculinities in Contemporary Argentine Popular Cinema Carolina Rocha 9780230338180
SciFier: £46.99Examines contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities, the social construction of gender, and the financing of domestic film production following Argentina's 1990 change to a... -
Post-War Modernist Cinema and Philosophy: Confronting Negativity and Time H. Ford 9780230368873
SciFier: £46.99A unique study of four major post-war European films by four key 'auteurs', which argues that these films exemplify film modernism at the peak of its philosophical reflection and aesthetic... -
A History of the Screenplay S. Price 9780230291805
SciFier: £46.99The screenplay is currently the focus of extensive critical re-evaluation, however, as yet there has been no comprehensive study of its historical development. International in scope and placing... -
Silent Film Comedy and American Culture Alan Bilton 9781137020246
SciFier: £46.99This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images and illogical gags... -
Making Settler Cinemas: Film and Colonial Encounters in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand P. Limbrick 9780230102644
SciFier: £46.99Through a shrewd analysis of the historical experience of imperialism and settler colonialism, Limbrick draws new conclusions about their effect on cinematic production, distribution, reception and... -
Rethinking the Femme Fatale in Film Noir: Ready for Her Close-Up J. Grossman 9780230233287
SciFier: £92.99In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film... -
A History of the Screenplay S. Price 9780230291812
RRP: £49.99SciFier: £46.99The screenplay is currently the focus of extensive critical re-evaluation, however, as yet there has been no comprehensive study of its historical development. International in scope and placing... -
A Sustainable Theatre: Jasper Deeter at Hedgerow B. Witham 9780230341456
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £34.99Begun as an audacious experiment, for thirty years the Hedgerow Theatre prospered as America's most successful repertory company. While known for its famous alumnae (Ann Harding and Richard... -
Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity Montre Aza Missouri 9781137454171
SciFier: £46.99Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film examines the transformation of the stereotypical 'tragic mulatto' from tragic to empowered, as represented in independent and mainstream cinema. The author... -
Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital Era L. Conner 9781137023919
SciFier: £92.99This book offers readers an understanding of the theoretical framework for the concept of Arts Talk, provides historical background and a review of current thinking about the interpretive process,... -
The DVD and the Study of Film: The Attainable Text M. Parker 9780230110441
SciFier: £46.99Drawing on interviews with producers, directors, and scholars, and examining the DVD's supplementary features, this book explores how the format, at its best, combines the enthusiasm of a fan,... -
Film and Female Consciousness: Irigaray, Cinema and Thinking Women L. Bolton 9780230275690
SciFier: £46.99Film and Female Consciousness analyses three contemporary films that offer complex and original representations of women's thoughtfulness and individuality: In the Cut (2003), Lost in Translation... -
Hollywood's Representations of the Sino-Tibetan Conflict: Politics, Culture, and Globalization J. Daccache 9781349450565
SciFier: £46.99Using film as a lens though which we can witness the global transformations in politics, economy, culture, and communication, this book analyzes Hollywood's shift in its depictions of China and Tibet... -
Fantasy Film Post 9/11 F. Pheasant-Kelly 9780230392120
SciFier: £46.99Examining a range of fantasy films released in the past decade, Pheasant-Kelly looks at why these films are meaningful to current audiences. The imagery and themes reflecting 9/11, millennial... -
Screenwriting Poetics and the Screen Idea I. MacDonald 9781349351916
SciFier: £46.99A new, original investigation into how screenwriting works; the practices, creative 'poetics' and texts that serve the screen idea. Using a range of film, media and creative theories, it includes new... -
Semiotics of Exile in Contemporary Chinese Film by H. Zeng
SciFier: £46.99Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New Cinema directors, and overseas Chinese directors... -
Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo E. Bueno 9781137009180
SciFier: £46.99Amacio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the... -
Theodor Adorno and Film Theory: The Fingerprint of Spirit B. Wall 9781349455065
SciFier: £46.99What is the fundamental nature of the filmic object: is it a commodity or is it, can it be, art? What would that mean - can it still matter? This book introduces the thought of Theodor Adorno into... -
W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian A. Wertheim 9781349671441
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £34.81W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores... -
Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy by M. Kavka
RRP: £99.99SciFier: £92.99Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy explains the appeal of reality television in terms of the affective power of the mediated image. In place of common objections that reality TV is 'not real',... -
Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital Era L. Conner 9781349438389
SciFier: £92.99This book offers readers an understanding of the theoretical framework for the concept of Arts Talk, provides historical background and a review of current thinking about the interpretive process,... -
The DVD and the Study of Film: The Attainable Text M. Parker 9781349292875
SciFier: £46.99Drawing on interviews with producers, directors, and scholars, and examining the DVD's supplementary features, this book explores how the format, at its best, combines the enthusiasm of a fan,... -
The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past T. Pugh 9780230340077
SciFier: £102.99For many, the middle ages depicted in Walt Disney movies have come to figure as the middle ages, forming the earliest visions of the medieval past for much of the contemporary Western (and... -
Screening Schillebeeckx by A. Sison
SciFier: £46.99The book is an exploration of the creative crossings between the liberative stream of the eschatology of Edward Schillebeeckx and the stylistic strategies of 'Third Cinema', political cinema... -
Italian Women Filmmakers and the Gendered Screen Maristella Cantini 9781349463527
SciFier: £46.99Featuring essays by top scholars and interviews with acclaimed directors, this book examines Italian women's authorship in film and their visions of reality. The contributors use feminist film... -
Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture Steven T. Brown 9780230103603
SciFier: £82.99Engaging some of the most canonical and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese visual culture. Steven T. Brown draws new... -
A Sustainable Theatre: Jasper Deeter at Hedgerow B. Witham 9781349344314
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £21.49Begun as an audacious experiment, for thirty years the Hedgerow Theatre prospered as America's most successful repertory company. While known for its famous alumnae (Ann Harding and Richard... -
Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition A. Davis 9780230116795
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £36.99The first full-length study of comedy on the burlesque stage, this book takes the reader inside the burlesque houses of the 1930s, looks at the role comedy played in an entertainment form known... -
Screenwriting Poetics and the Screen Idea I. MacDonald 9780230392281
SciFier: £46.99A new, original investigation into how screenwriting works; the practices, creative 'poetics' and texts that serve the screen idea. Using a range of film, media and creative theories, it includes new... -
Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil: After Cinema Novo E. Bueno 9781349435999
SciFier: £46.99Amacio Mazzaropi's work is a unique instance in Brazilian culture - as an artist not connected with the subsidized film industry, he developed a singular voice and represents a segment of the... -
Inner Monologue in Acting R. Roznowski 9781137354273
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £35.19What should an actor be thinking onstage? This overlooked, important question is the crux of this new book that combines psychological theory, numerous practical exercises, and a thorough and... -
The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy-Tale and Fantasy Past T. Pugh 9781137550880
SciFier: £83.49For many, the middle ages depicted in Walt Disney movies have come to figure as the middle ages, forming the earliest visions of the medieval past for much of the contemporary Western (and... -
The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness B. Murphy 9781349469727
SciFier: £77.99The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture argues that complex and often negative initial responses of early European settlers continue to influence American horror and gothic narratives to this... -
Theodor Adorno and Film Theory: The Fingerprint of Spirit B. Wall 9781137306135
SciFier: £46.99What is the fundamental nature of the filmic object: is it a commodity or is it, can it be, art? What would that mean - can it still matter? This book introduces the thought of Theodor Adorno into... -
Silent Film Comedy and American Culture Alan Bilton 9781349437474
SciFier: £46.99This absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a form of collective anxiety dream, their fantastical images and illogical gags...