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Fantasy and Mimesis (Routledge Revivals): Responses to Reality in Western Literature Kathryn Hume 9781138794467
SciFier: $64.40Since Plato and Aristotle's declaration of the essence of literature as imitation, western narrative has been traditionally discussed in mimetic terms. Marginalized fantasy- the deliberate from... -
Terry Pratchett Could Save the World by Rebecca Ann Bach
RRP: $55.59SciFier: $54.75This monograph contends that attending to Pratchett's work could help to save our world. It draws attention to the astonishing capacity of Pratchett's novels to inspire and argues that Pratchett's... -
The Iliad Homer Homer 9781454965992
RRP: $27.80SciFier: $19.63Homer's epic tale of Achilles and the Trojan War, now in a beautiful gift edition for the Union Square & Co. Signature Gilded Editions line. Set during the siege of Troy, The Iliad, along with The... -
Jewish Women in Comics: Bodies and Borders Heike Bauer 9780815637714
RRP: $104.25SciFier: $82.07In this groundbreaking collection of essays, interviews, and artwork, contributors draw upon a rich treasure trove of Jewish women's comics to explore the representation of Jewish women's bodies and... -
The Colour of Fashion: The Story of Clothes in Ten Colors Caroline Young 9781802790849
RRP: $20.84SciFier: $11.94The story of fashion is woven through with colour. Vividly illustrated and compellingly written, The Colour of Fashion uncovers the colourful history of style, through 10 shades and their key moments... -
The Best of the Best by Gardner Dozois
SciFier: $41.96For over twenty years, "The Years Best Science Fiction" has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan... -
Humphrey Jennings by Keith Beattie
RRP: $118.15SciFier: $87.22Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of... -
The Virtues of Underwear by Nina Edwards
RRP: $27.80SciFier: $21.42This book unravels the intimate narratives woven into the fabric of our most personal garments. From the first loincloths to the intricate layers of shapewear, the narrative explores the concealed... -
The Secret of Giza Ken Warner 9781036709006
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $10.20What if humanity didn't start on Earth..? An incredible discovery deep inside the Great Pyramid, a mysterious signal sent from the Bermuda Triangle, and a ruthless experiment taking place in Area... -
Drawn from History by James Mellor
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $13.54Drawn From History is a cartoon journey through Britain's past. Cartoonist James Mellor traces the story of Britain from the end of the Ice Age to the dawn of the twenty-first century and captures a... -
Framing Monsters by Joshua David Bellin
RRP: $47.19SciFier: $28.38The canon of popular cinema has long been rife with fantastic tales, yet critical studies have too often expediently mixed the fantasy genre with its kindred science fiction and horror films or... -
Scoring the Score: The Role of the Orchestrator in the Contemporary Film Industry Ian Sapiro (University of Leeds, UK) 9780415723237
RRP: $72.27SciFier: $65.61Scoring the Score is the first scholarly examination of the orchestrator's role in the contemporary film industry. Orchestrators are crucial to the production of a film's score, yet they have not... -
Ultimate Marvel: Includes two exclusive prints Adam Bray 9780241288122
RRP: $48.65SciFier: $36.46Every significant Marvel Comics character, location, weapon, gadget, and vehicle: one ultimate encyclopedia.Packed full of incredible facts and stunning images, this authoritative encyclopedia... -
Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World Professor Jane Tynan (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) 9781350227224
SciFier: $48.64Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World examines the role uniform plays in public life and private experience. This volume explores the social, political, economic, and cultural... -
Dress and Identity in British Literary Culture, 1870-1914 by Rosy Aindow
SciFier: $74.03Rosy Aindow examines the way fiction registered and responded to the emergence of a modern fashion industry during the period 1870-1914. She traces the role played by dress in the formation of... -
Calling Dr. Strangelove by George Case
RRP: $30.57SciFier: $26.70Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is one of the most celebrated and significant films ever made. This book traces the movie's origins as a... -
Film Censorship in a Cultural Context by Daniel Sacco
RRP: $27.79SciFier: $24.84This book examines a sampling of cinematic works that provoked censorious impulses throughout the shift away from formal film censorship in the late modern West. The public controversies surrounding... -
Post-War Modernist Cinema and Philosophy: Confronting Negativity and Time H. Ford 9780230368873
SciFier: $65.32A 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... -
Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands A. Gabriel Melendez 9780813561066
RRP: $44.48SciFier: $34.74Hidden Chicano Cinema examines how New Mexico, situated within the boundaries of the United States, became a stand-in for the exotic non-western world that tourists, artists, scientists, and others... -
Indiscreet Fantasies: Iberian Queer Cinema Andres Lema-Hincapie 9781684482474
RRP: $172.36SciFier: $140.31Pedro Almodovar may have helped put queer Iberian cinema on the map, but there are multitudes of LGBTQ filmmakers from Catalonia, Portugal, Castile, Galicia, and the Basque Country who have made the... -
Latina/o Stars in U.S. Eyes by Mary C. Beltran
RRP: $29.18SciFier: $28.12This book explores the role film and television stardom has played in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging popular ethnic notions of Latina/os in the United States since the silent film era of... -
Cinematic Homecomings: Exile and Return in Transnational Cinema Dr Rebecca Prime (Independent Scholar, USA) 9781501319952
SciFier: $56.98The history of cinema charts multiple histories of exile. From the German emigres in 1930s Hollywood to today's Iranian filmmakers in Europe and the United States, these histories continue to exert a... -
Ottoman Dress and Design in the West by Charlotte A. Jirousek
RRP: $34.74SciFier: $29.09Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the history of... -
The Art and Politics of Bolivian Cinema by Sanchez-H., Jose, Sanchez-H., Jose
SciFier: $136.21In Bolivia, politics have always shaped art, particularly when it comes to film. This book presents Bolivia's most significant filmmakers largely in their own words. Since 1981, Jose Sanchez-H. has... -
Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World Professor Jane Tynan (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands) 9781350045552
SciFier: $158.45Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World examines the role uniform plays in public life and private experience. This volume explores the social, political, economic, and cultural... -
United Arrows United Arrows 9780847869688
RRP: $66.03SciFier: $63.58Founded in 1989 and based out of Tokyo, United Arrows, with over 250 stores, is one of the most influential fashion and retail brands to ever come out of Japan. This book offers a fresh and... -
The Off-Screen by Eyal Peretz
RRP: $80.62SciFier: $64.48From the Renaissance on, a new concept of the frame becomes crucial to a range of artistic media, which in turn are organized around and fascinated by this frame. The frame decontextualizes, cutting... -
Black Manhood on the Silent Screen Gerald R. Butters 9780700611973
SciFier: $63.93In early-20th-century motion picture houses, offensive stereotypes of African Americans were as predictable as they were prevalent. However, few people realize that from 1915 to 1929 a number of... -
Hollywood Online: Internet Movie Marketing Before and After The Blair Witch Project Dr. Ian London (Independent Scholar, UK) 9781501374449
RRP: $40.30SciFier: $33.35Hollywood Online provides a historical account of motion picture websites from 1993 to 2008 and their marketing function as industrial advertisements for video and other media in the digital age.The... -
Haddon Hall by Nejib
RRP: $20.84SciFier: $15.51Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke: David Bowie had an extraordinary talent for reinvention. But at the beginning of his career, he made the most significant transformation of his... -
Playing with Earth and Sky: Astronomy & Geography and the Art of Marcel Duchamp James Housefield 9781611689570
SciFier: $53.46Playing with Earth and Sky reveals the significance astronomy, geography, and aviation had for Marcel Duchamp-widely regarded as the most influential artist of the past fifty years. Duchamp... -
Zola and Film by Anna Gural-Migdal
RRP: $40.30SciFier: $34.49This collection of essays, contributed by scholars of French literature and film, explores the dynamic relationship between Zola's fiction and its film adaptations, examining critically significant... -
Chinese Documentaries: From Dogma to Polyphony Yingchi Chu 9780415544177
RRP: $70.88SciFier: $64.40In China, unlike in Western cinema, documentary film, rather than fiction film, has been the dominant mode since 1949. In recent years, documentary TV programmes have experienced a meteoric rise... -
Cine-Ethics: Ethical Dimensions of Film Theory, Practice, and Spectatorship Jinhee Choi (King's College London, UK) 9781138233850
RRP: $66.71SciFier: $60.78This volume looks at the significance and range of ethical questions that pertain to various film practices. Diverse philosophical traditions provide useful frameworks to discuss spectators'... -
The Live-Action Animated Film Kyle Meikle 9781978828612
RRP: $19.45SciFier: $17.31Since cinema's beginning, live actors and cartoon characters have traded places and invaded each other's spaces, with real people getting animated and animated character getting real. The Live-Action... -
Lovecraft in the 21st Century: Dead, But Still Dreaming Antonio Alcala Gonzalez 9780367713089
RRP: $70.88SciFier: $65.37Lovecraft in the 21st Century assembles reflections from a wide range of perspectives on the significance of Lovecraft's influence in contemporary times. Building on a focus centered on the... -
American Cinema of the 1920s by Lucy Fischer
RRP: $43.09SciFier: $35.70During the 1920s, sound revolutionized the motion picture industry and cinema continued as one of the most significant and popular forms of mass entertainment in the world. Film studios were... -
Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands A. Gabriel Melendez 9780813561073
RRP: $172.36SciFier: $127.17Hidden Chicano Cinema examines how New Mexico, situated within the boundaries of the United States, became a stand-in for the exotic non-western world that tourists, artists, scientists, and others... -
The New Jew in Film by Nathan Abrams
SciFier: $54.06Jewish film characters have existed almost as long as the medium itself. But around 1990, films about Jews and their representation in cinema multiplied and took on new forms, marking a significant... -
Ancient Egypt by Button Books
RRP: $18.06SciFier: $12.69Factology: Ancient Egypt is a fact-packed introduction to this iconic time in history, presented in maps, timelines, diagrams and statistics. Did you know that the pyramids of Giza were once covered...