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Fathers on Film: Paternity and Masculinity in 1990s Hollywood Katie Barnett (University of Chester, UK) 9781350191600
SciFier: £34.99The father is an enduring and iconic figure in Hollywood cinema and in the 1990s, narratives of redemptive fatherhood featured prominently in some of the decade's most popular films like Kindergarten... -
Fat on Film by Barbara Plotz (London College of Communication, UAL, UK)
SciFier: £34.99Over the last two decades, fatness has become the focus of ubiquitous negative rhetoric, in the USA and beyond, presented under the cover of the medicalized ''war against the obesity epidemic''. In... -
Fathers on Film: Paternity and Masculinity in 1990s Hollywood Katie Barnett (University of Chester, UK) 9781350120884
SciFier: £112.99The father is an enduring and iconic figure in Hollywood cinema and in the 1990s, narratives of redemptive fatherhood featured prominently in some of the decade's most popular films like Kindergarten... -
Queer Sexualities in Early Film by Shane Brown (University of East Anglia, UK)
SciFier: £33.99Since the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study The Celluloid Closet in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little... -
Screening Siblings in Contemporary American Film Katie Barnett (University of Chester, UK) 9781350383357
RRP: £85.00SciFier: £76.50Siblings are everywhere in film, but their place in cinema has largely gone unstudied. This book turns attention to the brother-sister dynamic on screen and the many ways it shapes how stories are... -
Sex, Censorship and the Millennial Teen Film Jade Jontef (La Trobe University, Australia) 9781350442474
SciFier: £94.99Through an in-depth analysis of iconic teen movies, this study explores the relationship between sex, censorship, and the shaping of Generation Y's views on desire. Jade Jontef argues that in light... -
Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood by Patricia Di Risio (Monash University, Australia)
SciFier: £95.93The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre. Patricia Di Risio argues that cinematic representations... -
Pop & Postfeminism: Female Dandyism in Popular Music Nathalie Weidhase (University of Surrey, UK) 9781350158023
SciFier: £95.93Focusing on Amy Winehouse, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Lana del Rey, Nathalie Weidhase conceptualises the female dandy as a figure that simultaneously embodies and ruptures postfeminist notions of... -
Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction by James E. Bennett (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
SciFier: £105.26For over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have pushed the tenet that a person may be able to, and should, alter their sexual... -
Stand-up Comedy and Contemporary Feminisms: Sexism, Stereotypes and Structural Inequalities Ellie Tomsett (Birmingham City University, UK) 9781350302327
SciFier: £30.99What are the barriers to women's participation in live comedy, and how are these barriers maintained in the digital era? In this book, Ellie Tomsett considers how the origins of stand-up comedy... -
Gay Conversion Practices in Memoir, Film and Fiction: Stories of Repentance and Defiance James E. Bennett (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 9781350289871
SciFier: £30.99For over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have pushed the tenet that a person may be able to, and should, alter their sexual... -
Feel-Bad Postfeminism: Impasse, Resilience and Female Subjectivity in Popular Culture Catherine McDermott 9781350326712
SciFier: £31.99In Feel-Bad Postfeminism, Catherine McDermott provides crucial insight into what growing up during empowerment postfeminism feels like, and outlines the continuing postfeminist legacy of resilience... -
Gendering History on Screen by Julia Erhart
SciFier: £112.44Movies about significant historical personalities or landmark events like war seem to be governed by a set of unspoken rules for the expression of gender. Films by female directors featuring female... -
From the Margins to the Mainstream by Marianne Kac-Vergne (Universite de Picardie Jules Verne, France)
SciFier: £31.99This book explores the various issues raised by women's fraught integration into the mainstream in film and television, whether it be off screen as filmmakers and film critics or on screen in film... -
Feminisms and Domesticity in Times of Crisis: The Rise of the Austerity Celebrity Jessica Martin (University of Leeds, UK.) 9781350332225
SciFier: £95.93How can we make sense of intensifying gender inequalities amid the growing visibility of popular, media-driven feminism? Can domestic cultures offer a space for feminist response and resistance to... -
Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance by Lea Gerhards (Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Germany)
SciFier: £31.99In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring... -
Globalized Queerness: Identities and Commodities in Queer Popular Culture Helton Levy (London Metropolitan University, UK) 9781350292826
SciFier: £30.99Has a global queer popular culture emerged at the expense of local queer artists? In this book, Helton Levy argues that global queer culture is indebted to specific, local references that artists... -
Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance by Lea Gerhards
SciFier: £110.98In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring... -
Pop & Postfeminism: Female Dandyism in Popular Music Nathalie Weidhase (University of Surrey, UK) 9781350515895
RRP: £39.95SciFier: £35.39Nathalie Weidhase conceptualises the female dandy as a figure that simultaneously embodies and disrupts postfeminist notions of femininity, including maintaining a physique conforming to contemporary... -
Television Comedy and Femininity by Rosie White
SciFier: £103.99Can comedy on television harbour elements of gender transgression or subversion? If a man is permitted to be 'funny peculiar' - playing the underdog or misfit - does a woman seem stranger in his... -
Gender and Genre in 1990s Hollywood: Challenging Definitions of Sex, Women, and Femininity Patricia Di Risio (Monash University, Australia) 9781350292871
RRP: £39.95SciFier: £35.39The 1990s was a decade of significant turmoil in Hollywood cinema, which resulted in a watershed moment in the interplay of gender and genre. Patricia Di Risio argues that cinematic representations... -
'Guilty Pleasures': European Audiences and Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy Dr Alice Guilluy (MetFilm School, UK) 9781350163034
SciFier: £91.96In 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... -
'Guilty Pleasures': European Audiences and Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy Dr Alice Guilluy (MetFilm School, UK) 9781350240353
SciFier: £31.99In 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...