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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... -
Gendering Science Fiction Films: Invaders from the Suburbs S. George 9781349458103
SciFier: £46.99In the 1950s, science fiction invasion films played a complicated part in supporting and criticizing Cold War ideologies. By reading these invasion narratives as performances of middle-class, white... -
Baggy Pants Comedy: Burlesque and the Oral Tradition A. Davis 9781137378729
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £35.19The 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... -
The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness B. Murphy 9781137353719
SciFier: £112.99The 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... -
Postmodern Chick Flicks: The Return of the Woman's Film R. Garrett 9781403998194
SciFier: £92.99In this extensive analysis of the renewed popularity of the 'woman's film' in the 1990s, Roberta Garrett examines melodrama, romantic comedy, costume drama and female-led noirs , revealing the way... -
Postmodern Chick Flicks: The Return of the Woman's Film R. Garrett 9781349546787
SciFier: £92.99In this extensive analysis of the renewed popularity of the 'woman's film' in the 1990s, Roberta Garrett examines melodrama, romantic comedy, costume drama and female-led noirs , revealing the way... -
Italian Women Filmmakers and the Gendered Screen by Maristella Cantini
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 9780230103597
SciFier: £92.99Engaging 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... -
European Cinema in the Streaming Era: Policy, Platforms, and Production Christopher Meir 9783031421815
RRP: £119.99SciFier: £107.99This collection examines the impact of streaming platforms on European cinema. It is structured from three distinct points-of-view: the policy issues related to streaming platforms, equally at the... -
From Communism to Capitalism: Nation and State in Romanian Cultural Production F. Andreescu 9781349446889
SciFier: £46.99This book offers an interdisciplinary mode of analyzing transitions from communism and planned economy to democracy and capitalism focusing on how the various social and political transformations are... -
Transnational Stardom: International Celebrity in Film and Popular Culture R. Meeuf 9781137268273
SciFier: £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... -
From Communism to Capitalism: Nation and State in Romanian Cultural Production F. Andreescu 9781137276919
SciFier: £46.99This book offers an interdisciplinary mode of analyzing transitions from communism and planned economy to democracy and capitalism focusing on how the various social and political transformations are... -
Masculine Jealousy and Contemporary Cinema C. Yates 9781349540679
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... -
East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage: From China, Hong Kong, Taiwan to Japan and South Korea Kenneth A. Loparo 9780230116955
SciFier: £92.99How do East Asian cultural heritages in shape film? How are these legacies being revived, or even re-created, by contemporary filmmakers? This collection examines the dynamic interactions between... -
Brands and Gaming by D. Nichols
SciFier: £46.99The computer gaming industry is bigger than the film and music industries and is growing faster than both of them put together. The industry is also changing fast. The typical computer gamer is in... -
Jewish Women on Stage, Film, and Television by R. Mock
RRP: £44.99SciFier: £34.59This book exposes and traces a previously unrecognized performance tradition of extraordinary Jewish women in the Diaspora, from Rachel and Sarah Bernhardt in Nineteenth Century France to Roseanne... -
Taiwan Cinema: A Contested Nation on Screen G. Hong 9780230111622
SciFier: £46.99A groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, Hong provides helpful insight into how it is taught and studied by taking into account not only the auteurs of New Taiwan Cinema, but also the history of... -
From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West S. Napier 9781403962133
SciFier: £112.99What is it about anime that is so appealing to a transnational fan base? This book takes a look at anime fans and the place they occupy, both in terms of subculture in Japan and America, and in... -
Mediating Memory in the Museum: Trauma, Empathy, Nostalgia S. Arnold-de-Simine 9780230368866
SciFier: £112.99Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is situated at the interface between memory studies and museum studies. It highlights the role of museums in the... -
Relocating Shakespeare and Austen on Screen Lisa Hopkins 9780230579552
SciFier: £46.99Lisa Hopkins analyzes eight film adaptations which have taken either Shakespeare or Jane Austen - icons of Englishness - out of their original geographical or cultural context and transposed them to... -
British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future J. Bignell 9781137327567
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... -
Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity O. Ashkenazi 9781349344192
SciFier: £46.99In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish... -
Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema J. Gwynne 9781349455232
RRP: £99.99SciFier: £92.99By analyzing the negotiation of femininities and masculinities within contemporary Hollywood cinema, Postfeminism and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema presents diverse interrogations of popular cinema... -
Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage C. Wynne 9781137298980
SciFier: £47.18Bram 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... -
Weimar Film and Modern Jewish Identity O. Ashkenazi 9780230341364
SciFier: £46.99In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish... -
Cinema after Fascism: The Shattered Screen S. Craig 9781349288236
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... -
Film Trilogies: New Critical Approaches C. Perkins 9780230250314
SciFier: £46.99Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book - the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy- provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in which the trilogy form engages key issues in... -
In Godzilla's Footsteps: Japanese Pop Culture Icons on the Global Stage W. Tsutsui 9781403964618
SciFier: £46.99These essays consider the Godzilla films and how they shaped and influenced postwar Japanese culture, as well as the globalization of Japanese pop culture icons. There are contributions from Film... -
Taiwan Cinema: A Contested Nation on Screen G. Hong 9781137290090
SciFier: £46.99A groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, Hong provides helpful insight into how it is taught and studied by taking into account not only the auteurs of New Taiwan Cinema, but also the history of... -
Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture: From Chevy Chase to Tina Fey J. Whalley 9780230103580
SciFier: £46.99Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture sheds new light on the ways in which Saturday Night Live s confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production,... -
Television and the Moral Imaginary: Society through the Small Screen T. Dant 9781349313624
SciFier: £92.99Just how bad is television? Drawing on a range of theoretical sources including Husserl Lacan, Lefebvre, Sartre, Schutz and Adam Smith, this book takes a phenomenological approach to the small screen... -
Style in British Television Drama L. Cooke 9781349443130
SciFier: £46.99This pioneering book provides detailed analysis of scenes from nine British television dramas produced between 1954 and 2001. Taking dinner table scenes as a recurring motif, the study analyses...