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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,... -
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: £36.79The 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 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... -
Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity Montre Aza Missouri 9781349554515
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... -
Critical Essays on Colombian Cinema and Culture by J. Suarez
SciFier: £46.99An expanded translation of the groundbreaking book on Colombian cinema, this work addresses not only the inadequate distribution of criticism on Colombian cinema outside Latin America, but also... -
Hollywood's Representations of the Sino-Tibetan Conflict by J. Daccache
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... -
Action Figures by M. Gallagher
SciFier: £46.99What accounts for the massive global popularity of action films and adventure literature? How do men and women respond to iconic screen stars such as Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve... -
Hollywood Knights by S. Aronstein
SciFier: £46.99Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority... -
Accountability and the Public Interest in Broadcasting by Kenneth A. Loparo
SciFier: £46.99Against a backdrop of great change in technology and the economics of broadcasting and new media, this timely survey of contemporary attitudes to accountability and the public interest in... -
Remembering the Occupation in French film: National Identity in Postwar Europe L. Hewitt 9780230601307
SciFier: £92.99When collective memory is a source of national debate, the public representation of history quickly becomes a locus of controversy and ideological struggle. This work shows how French film has... -
83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary Don Brown 9780063311565
SciFier: £15.08A young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the siege of Mariupol (Feb '22 - May '22) and the brave people who stayed to defend their city against... -
Television and British Cinema: Convergence and Divergence Since 1990 Hannah Andrews 9781349456857
SciFier: £46.99Undertaking a thorough and timely investigation of the relationship between television and cinema in Britain since 1990, Hannah Andrews explores the convergence between the two forms, at industrial,... -
Cinematic Perspectives on Digital Culture: Consorting with the Machine Norman Taylor 9781349335183
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £41.55Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of... -
Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures P. Brereton 9780230282773
SciFier: £46.99Examining post-1990s Indie cinema alongside more mainstream films, Brereton explores the emergence of smart independent sensibility and how films break the classic linear narratives that have defined... -
Phenomenology and the Future of Film: Rethinking Subjectivity Beyond French Cinema J. Chamarette 9780230299535
SciFier: £46.99Using hybrid phenomenological approaches to film, this book focuses on how moving images are 'experienced' and 'encountered' as well as 'read' and 'viewed'. Its close engagements with films and... -
The Education of the Filmmaker in Europe, Australia, and Asia M. Hjort 9781349344277
SciFier: £46.99Practice-based film education is a crucial element in the institutional landscape of film. This book fills the gap in understanding practice-based film scholarship, focusing on Europe, Asia, and... -
Theatre, Communication, Critical Realism T. Nellhaus 9781349384938
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £34.91From 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... -
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... -
British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future J. Bignell 9781137327574
SciFier: £46.99Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction... -
The Education of the Filmmaker in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas M. Hjort 9781349441204
SciFier: £114.42Using case studies from Nigeria, Qatar, the United States, the West Indies, and others, the contributors to this volume examine aspects such as audience response, film education for children, and the... -
Transnational Stardom: International Celebrity in Film and Popular Culture R. Meeuf 9781349443390
RRP: £99.99SciFier: £92.99Combining a diverse range of case studies with discussion between leading scholars in star studies and transnational cinema, this book analyzes stars as sites of cross-cultural contestation and the... -
Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage C. Wynne 9781349452545
SciFier: £46.99Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage re-appraises Stoker's key fictions in relation to his working life. It takes Stoker's work from the margins to centre stage, exploring how... -
Representations of Femininity in American Genre Cinema: The Woman's Film, Film Noir, and Modern Horror David Greven 9780230112513
SciFier: £46.99The theme of female transformation informs the Hollywood representation of femininity from the studio era to the present. Whether it occurs physically, emotionally, or on some other level,... -
Screening Post-1989 China: Critical Analysis of Chinese Film and Television W. Ho 9781349506460
SciFier: £46.99This unique book investigates the tug-of-war between the free market economy and authoritative state regulation in Chinese culture after 1989. Contextualizing close textual readings of cinematic and... -
Masculine Jealousy and Contemporary Cinema C. Yates 9781403986214
SciFier: £46.99This study provides new insights into the link between masculinity and jealousy through a study of representations of male jealousy in modern Hollywood cinema. It argues, through examples of films... -
Cinema after Fascism: The Shattered Screen S. Craig 9780230103849
SciFier: £46.99Cinema After Fascism considers how postwar European films glance ambivalently backward from the postwar period to the fascist era and delves into issues of gender certainties and spectatorship. In...