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Hackers as Heroes in German Film and Television by William Mahan
SciFier: $109.10This book examines German feature films and television series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero, introducing the German hacker genre to the ongoing scholarly discussion of... -
Stand-up Comedy, Theology, and Ethics Jacob D. Myers 9781978714762
SciFier: $115.36Bringing together the distinct but connected disciplines of theology and ethics, Stand-up Comedy, Theology, and Ethics adds to the growing field of humor and religion. Beginning by re-considering... -
Thailand, Western Cinema, and Imagery: Misrepresentation, Exoticisation, and Reclamation Andrew Russell 9781666952223
SciFier: $122.31In this book, Andrew Russell explores Western media's fascination with images of the East by focusing primarily on Thailand as a case study. Russell argues that Hollywood's representation of Thailand... -
Microdystopias by Asbjorn Gronstad
SciFier: $116.05This edited collection examines the effects that macrosystems have on the figuration of our everyday-of microdystopias-and argues that microdystopic narratives are part of a genre that has emerged in... -
HBO's The Leftovers by Eliot Borenstein
SciFier: $109.10This book unpacks and analyzes the central themes of sacrifice, melancholy, apocalypticism, and the nature of family and home in HBO's The Leftovers to demonstrate the key role it played in the... -
Come With Me If You Want to Live by Michael Harris
SciFier: $116.05If our near future sometimes feels like a dystopian sci-fi movie, that's because it is. In Come With Me If You Want to Live: The Future as Foretold in Classic Sci-Fi Films, Michael Harris reveals the... -
Theology and the Star Wars Universe by Benjamin D. Espinoza
SciFier: $122.31Scholars have been arguing for years that Star Wars is more than light sabers, Wookies, Millennium Falcons, and troubling familial relationships. Star Wars is an exciting space fantasy that we can... -
Remembering the Future through Cinematic Symbols: Human/Artificial Intelligence Amar Singh 9781666939538
SciFier: $143.85This book explores the making of futuristic memory through cinematic symbols relating to future relationships between humans and artificial intelligence (AI). Amar Singh examines how audiences are... -
Nazi Occultism, Jewish Mysticism, and Christian Theology in the Video Game Series Wolfenstein by Frank G. Bosman
SciFier: $122.31The critically acclaimed if controversial game series Wolfenstein is famous for its inclusion of historical objects and figures from the realm of Nazi Occultism, including the Swastika, the Spear of... -
A Critical Companion to Jane Campion by Elsa Colombani
SciFier: $126.48Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666933291Author Elsa ColombaniFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress... -
Animated Parables by Terry Lindvall
SciFier: $129.26Generally neglected for their rhetorical power, animated cartoons provide a treasure chest of provocative and comic gems that teach about the seven deadly sins. After a brief history of parables and... -
Ursula K. Le Guin, Consent, and Metaphor by Kate Sheckler
SciFier: $116.05In Ursula K. Le Guin, Consent, and Metaphor, Kate Sheckler constructs a new method to categorize metaphor, arguing that the moment of consent that exists in the form determines the effects of the... -
A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson by Adam Barkman
SciFier: $122.31The twelve essays in A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson offer various interpretations of Mel Gibson's work, treating this prolific but controversial figure not only as a filmmaker but as a historian,... -
Batman's Villains and Villainesses by Justin F. Martin
SciFier: $136.21While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman's Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham's Souls takes into view the... -
Winning the Crowd by Jonathan Ashbach, Oklahoma Baptist University
SciFier: $122.31Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666955279Author Jonathan AshbachFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress... -
Composing TV Drama by Marco Ianniello
SciFier: $108.41In this book, Marco Ianniello investigates the complex art of television drama screenwriting, arguing that the screenplay itself, rather than the final product, is at the heart of the current success... -
Film and Faith by Micah Watson, long-time policy analyst
SciFier: $116.05Film and Faith: Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe explores religious themes in contemporary film with a focus on recent depictions of religion's continuing manifestations in a secularizing... -
Science Fantasy by Cenk Tan
SciFier: $122.31Chasing Aristotle's "probable impossibilities", Science Fantasy: Critical Explorations in Fiction and Film scrutinizes science fantasy, a hybrid genre that draws from both science fiction and fantasy... -
Researching Creativity in Media Industries Mads Moller T. Andersen 9781666901696
SciFier: $108.41In this book, Mads Moller T. Andersen examines the methodological challenges that arise when studying creativity and creative processes in media industries, arguing that the field of media studies... -
Researching Creativity in Media Industries Mads Moller T. Andersen 9781666901719
SciFier: $47.25In this book, Mads Moller T. Andersen examines the methodological challenges that arise when studying creativity and creative processes in media industries, arguing that the field of media studies... -
Philosophical Perspective on Cinema Pedro Blas Gonzalez 9781666906226
SciFier: $116.05The main premise of Philosophical Perspective on Cinema is simple: Can a visual medium such as cinema put in greater perspective diverse aspects of human experience? Films are usually sorted by... -
The Queer Coming of Age Film Genre by Brad Windhauser
SciFier: $122.31In The Queer Coming of Age Film Genre, Brad J. Windhauser argues for the existence of this genre and, using a genre and queer theory lens, investigates how the initial, classic cluster of this... -
Philosophical Perspective on Cinema Pedro Blas Gonzalez 9781666906240
SciFier: $44.47The main premise of Philosophical Perspective on Cinema is simple: Can a visual medium such as cinema put in greater perspective diverse aspects of human experience? Films are usually sorted by... -
Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic by Carey Millsap-Spears
SciFier: $109.10While many scholars agree the Gothic mode has been a precursor to science fiction since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Carey Millsap-Spears argues in this book that the made for streaming series Star... -
The Last of Us and Theology by Peter Admirand
SciFier: $122.31With a catastrophic fungal pandemic, the post-apocalypse, a moral quest despite societal breakdowns, humans hunting humans or morphed into grotesque infected, The Last of Us video games and HBO... -
Gender in French Banlieue Cinema by Marzia Caporale
SciFier: $122.31This edited volume investigates the reconfiguration of gender in French banlieue cinema, interrogating whether the films produced over the last two decades provide new and viable models of resistance... -
Diaspora and Cultural Negotiations by Shilpa Daithota Bhat
SciFier: $122.31Diaspora and Cultural Negotiations: The Films of Gurinder Chadha explores critical and theoretical conceptualizations of identity, globalization, intersectionality, and diaspora, among other topics,... -
Global James Bond by Lisa Funnell
SciFier: $116.05Global James Bond: (Re) Imagining and Transplanting a Popular Culture Icon focuses on the ambivalent yet fascinating interplay between the global and the local in the longest running film franchise... -
A Critical Companion to David Fincher by Francis Mickus
SciFier: $129.26The thirteen chapters in this collection analyze David Fincher's development as a filmmaker, from television commercials and music videos to serving as front runner on the series Mindhunter. The... -
Crafting Contemporary Documentaries and Docuseries for Global Screens by Phoebe Hart
SciFier: $115.36This book explores the industrial and personal challenges faced by filmmakers in bringing the current worldwide craze for documentary films and series to screens small and large. Utilizing a number... -
The American Film in the Crisis of Confidence by John P. McCombe
SciFier: $122.31American Film in the Crisis of Confidence: Hollywood Malaise, 1976-1983 examines how Hollywood films depict and respond to what U.S. President Jimmy Carter deemed a national "crisis of confidence" in... -
Decoding Disney's Arab and Muslim Narratives by Ghanem Elhersh
SciFier: $111.19Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666964677Author Ghanem ElhershFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress... -
The Morph-Image by Steen Ledet Christiansen
SciFier: $129.26In The Morph-Image: The Subjunctive Synthesis of Time, Steen Ledet Christiansen argues for a new model of digital cinema that draws on Deleuzian and Whiteheadian insights into time and the future... -
Culinary Cinema by Deborah R Geis
SciFier: $122.31Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666958638Author Deborah R GeisFormat HardbackPage Count 252Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress... -
The Evolution of Hollywood's Calculated Blockbuster Films by Alexander Ross
SciFier: $122.31In this book, Alexander Ross highlights how creative entrepreneurs saved the Hollywood studios in the 1970s by establishing the calculated blockbuster, consisting of key replicable markers of... -
The American Film Institute and the Cultural Politics of Experimental and Independent Cinema by Gracia Ramirez
SciFier: $115.36This book examines the role that the American Film Institute (AFI) had in supporting experimental and independent cinema at a key moment of change in the history of American film. Weaving a rich... -
Reading Phinehas, Watching Slashers by Brandon R. Grafius
SciFier: $136.21The tale of the "zeal" of Phineas, expressed when he killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman having sex and thus stopped a "plague" of consorting with idolatrous neighbors in the Israelite camp... -
Classical Vertigo by Mark William Padilla
SciFier: $143.85Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has dazzled and challenged audiences with its unique aesthetic design and startling plot devices since its release in 1958. In Classical Vertigo: Mythic Shapes and...