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Sketching for Animation: Developing Ideas, Characters and Layouts in Your Sketchbook Professor Peter Parr (Arts University Bournemouth) 9781350087095
RRP: $52.81SciFier: $45.49Drawing and sketching are central to the art of animation and can be crucial tools in designing and developing original stories, characters and layouts. Sketching for Animation offers a wealth of... -
Ancient Greece and Rome in Videogames: Representation, Play, Transmedia Dr Ross Clare (University of Liverpool, UK) 9781350157194
SciFier: $143.16This volume presents an original framework for the study of video games that use visual materials and narrative conventions from ancient Greece and Rome. It focuses on the culturally rich continuum... -
'Guilty Pleasures': European Audiences and Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy Dr Alice Guilluy (MetFilm School, UK) 9781350163034
SciFier: $127.82In Guilty Pleasures, Alice Guilluy examines the reception of contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy by European audiences. She offers a new look at the romantic comedy genre through a qualitative... -
Other Cinemas: Politics, Culture and Experimental Film in the 1970s Sue Clayton 9781350213128
SciFier: $51.14The innovations and debates in experimental film in the 1970s have had far-reaching and long-lasting influence, with a resurgence of interest in the decade revealed by new gallery events, film... -
African Lace-bark in the Caribbean: The Construction of Race, Class, and Gender Steeve O. Buckridge (Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA) 9781350058507
SciFier: $52.81In Caribbean history, the European colonial plantocracy created a cultural diaspora in which African slaves were torn from their ancestral homeland. In order to maintain vital links to their... -
Fashion Journalism: History, Theory, and Practice Dr Sanda Miller (Southampton Solent University, UK) 9781472520173
SciFier: $144.55Fashion is all around us, and so too is fashion journalism. Discussions of fashion proliferate in an ever-increasing range of media, from newspapers and magazines to tweets and TV programs. Fashion... -
The Religious Life of Dress: Global Fashion and Faith Lynne Hume 9780857853615
SciFier: $45.12From clothing to the painted and scarified nude body, through overt, public display or esoteric symbols known only to the initiated, dress can convey information about beliefs, faith, identity,... -
Women Artists, Feminism and the Moving Image by Lucy Reynolds (University of Westminster, UK)
SciFier: $53.63A diverse range of leading scholars, activists, archivists and artists explore the histories, practices and concerns of women making film and video across the world, from the pioneering German... -
How to Write Everything by David Quantick
SciFier: $25.88How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer's handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world and getting paid for it, too. It... -
Robert Redford and American Cinema by Dr Michael Allen (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
SciFier: $143.16Michael Allen's insightful study explores the long and diverse career of the actor and director Robert Redford, from his early work in theatre and TV to his contemporary status as an iconic and... -
Film Noir: A Critical Introduction Dr Ian Brookes (University of Nottingham, UK) 9781780933269
SciFier: $145.24What is film noir? With its archetypal femme fatale and private eye, its darkly-lit scenes and even darker narratives, the answer can seem obvious enough. But as Ian Brookes shows in this new study,... -
Martin Scorsese's Divine Comedy: Movies and Religion Catherine O'Brien (Kingston University, UK) 9781350141605
SciFier: $51.42This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Catherine O'Brien draws on the structure of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy to explore... -
Animation in the Middle East by Stefanie Van de Peer (Queen Margaret University, UK)
SciFier: $48.64The internationally acclaimed films Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir only hinted at the vibrant animation culture that exists within the Middle East and North Africa. In spite of censorship,... -
Portugal's Global Cinema by Dr. Mariana Liz (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
SciFier: $47.25Portuguese cinema has become increasingly prominent on the international film festival circuit, proving the country's size belies its cultural impact. From the prestige of directors Manoel de... -
Sportswomen in Cinema: Film and the Frailty Myth Nicholas Chare 9781350418998
SciFier: $44.47Sportswomen in Cinema considers both documentary and fiction films from a variety of periods and cultures, by directors including Kathryn Bigelow, Gurinder Chadha, Im Soon-rye, George Kukor, Ida... -
Once and Future Antiquities in Science Fiction and Fantasy Brett M. Rogers 9781350068940
SciFier: $122.31In 15 all-new essays, this volume explores how science fiction and fantasy draw on materials from ancient Greece and Rome, 'displacing' them from their original settings-in time and space, in points... -
Manga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics Casey Brienza (Lecturer in Publishing and Digital Media, City University London, UK, City University London, UK) 9781472595874
SciFier: $45.12Japanese manga comic books have attracted a devoted global following. In the popular press manga is said to have "invaded" and "conquered" the United States, and its success is held up as a... -
The Cinema of Sofia Coppola: Fashion, Culture, Celebrity Professor Suzanne Ferriss (Nova Southeastern University, USA) 9781350176621
SciFier: $136.21The Cinema of Sofia Coppola provides the first comprehensive analysis of Coppola's oeuvre that situates her work broadly in relation to contemporary artistic, social and cultural currents. Suzanne... -
Bollypolitics by Ajay Gehlawat (Sonoma State University, USA)
SciFier: $141.96This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India, including a surge in sectarian violence and the ascent... -
Fashioning Memory: Vintage Style and Youth Culture Heike Jenss (Parsons School of Design, The New School, USA) 9781350024366
SciFier: $40.30Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Based on in-depth ethnographic research, Fashioning Memory is a unique study into sartorial engagements with memory and time... -
Dress, Law and Naked Truth by Professor Gary Watt (University of Warwick, UK)
SciFier: $158.45This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Why are civil authorities in so-called liberal democracies... -
A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Empire Denise Amy Baxter (The University of North Texas, USA) 9780857856845
SciFier: $148.65During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the production of dress shifted dramatically from being predominantly hand-crafted in small quantities to machine-manufactured in bulk. The... -
Benjamin on Fashion Philipp Ekardt 9781350075993
SciFier: $158.45Benjamin on Fashion reconstructs and redefines Walter Benjamin's complex, fragmentary and yet influential fashion theory that he developed in the Arcades Project (1927-1940) and beyond, while... -
Therapeutic Aesthetics: Performative Encounters in Moving Image Artworks Maria Walsh (Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK) 9781350093157
SciFier: $157.06Therapeutic Aesthetics focuses on moving image artworks as expressive of social psychopathological symptoms that arise in a climate of neoliberal cognitive capitalism, such as anxiety, depression,... -
Bomber Boys on Screen by S. P. MacKenzie (University of South Carolina, USA)
SciFier: $48.64Since the Second World War, depictions of Royal Air Force operations in film and television drama have become so numerous that they make up a genre worthy of scholarly attention. In this illuminating... -
Bollypolitics: Popular Hindi Cinema and Hindutva Ajay Gehlawat (Sonoma State University, USA) 9781350401921
SciFier: $43.08Winner of Best Monograph at the 2025 BAFTSS Awards.This book provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving landscape of Bollywood cinema in response to recent socio-political changes in India,... -
Queer Horror Film and Television: Sexuality and Masculinity at the Margins Darren Elliott-Smith (University of Stirling, UK) 9781350259089
SciFier: $47.25In recent years, the representation of alternative sexuality in the horror film and television has "outed" itself from the shadows from which it once lurked, via the embrace of an outrageously queer... -
Classical Antiquity in Video Games: Playing with the Ancient World Dr Christian Rollinger (Lecturer in Ancient History, University of Trier, Germany) 9781350066632
SciFier: $158.45From gaming consoles to smartphones, video games are everywhere today, including those set in historical times and particularly in the ancient world. This volume explores the varied depictions of the... -
Transnational Perspectives on Graphic Narratives: Comics at the Crossroads Dr Daniel Stein 9781472587589
SciFier: $56.98This book brings together an international group of scholars who chart and analyze the ways in which comic book history and new forms of graphic narrative have negotiated the aesthetic, social,... -
'Guilty Pleasures': European Audiences and Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy Dr Alice Guilluy (MetFilm School, UK) 9781350240353
SciFier: $44.47In Guilty Pleasures, Alice Guilluy examines the reception of contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy by European audiences. She offers a new look at the romantic comedy genre through a qualitative... -
Superhero Culture Wars: Politics, Marketing, and Social Justice in Marvel Comics Dr Monica Flegel (Lakehead University, Canada) 9781350148642
SciFier: $41.69The reactionary Comicsgate campaign against alleged "forced" diversity in superhero comics revealed the extent to which comics have become a key battleground in America's Culture Wars. In the first... -
Superhero Culture Wars: Politics, Marketing, and Social Justice in Marvel Comics Dr Monica Flegel (Lakehead University, Canada) 9781350148635
SciFier: $129.26The reactionary Comicsgate campaign against alleged "forced" diversity in superhero comics revealed the extent to which comics have become a key battleground in America's Culture Wars. In the first... -
Adaptation for Screenwriters Professor or Dr. Robert Edgar (Professor of Writing and Popular Culture, York St John University, UK) 9781350036673
SciFier: $37.59Develop the critical and creative skills to 'translate' a story from page to screen with this step-by-step guide to the process of screen adaptation you'll learn to: - interrogate a novel or short... -
Werner Herzog: Filmmaker and Philosopher Professor Richard Eldridge (Swarthmore College, USA) 9781350100152
SciFier: $40.59Werner Herzog has produced some of the most powerful, haunting, and memorable images ever captured on film. Both his fiction films and his documentaries address fundamental issues about nature,... -
Animal Comics: Multispecies Storyworlds in Graphic Narratives David Herman (Researcher, Durham University, UK) 9781350116955
SciFier: $51.42Animal characters abound in graphic narratives ranging from Krazy Kat and Maus to WE3 and Terra Formars. Exploring these and other multispecies storyworlds presented in words and images, Animal... -
Beyond a Joke: Parody in English Film and Television Comedy Neil Archer (Keele University, UK) 9781350242449
SciFier: $48.64At the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, a global audience of nearly one billion viewers were treated to the unprecedented sight of James Bond meeting Queen Elizabeth II. Shortly after,... -
Critical Fashion Practice: From Westwood to Van Beirendonck Adam Geczy (University of Sydney, Australia) 9781474265522
SciFier: $40.30There is a new form of design practice within the contemporary fashion industry which is active in complex forms of social commentary and critique. While fashion in the modernist era has shown signs... -
Costume Since 1945: Historical Dress from Couture to Street Style Deirdre Clancy 9781472524249
RRP: $40.30SciFier: $36.57Since the mid-20th century fashion has undergone phenomenal change at a rapid pace in the context of unprecedented social, political and cultural upheaval. This fully updated and expanded second... -
All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones Carolyne Larrington (Official Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Literature. Professor of Medieval European Literature, University of Oxford, UK) 9781784539320
RRP: $20.84SciFier: $19.32'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often... -
Shocking Cinema of the 70s Julian Petley (Brunel University London, UK) 9781350194489
SciFier: $44.47This collection focuses on 1970s films from a variety of countries, and from the marginal to the mainstream, which, by tackling various 'difficult' subjects, have proved to be controversial in one...