Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Hardcover. This book examines modern dance as a form of embodied resistance to political and cultural nationalism in India through the works of five selected modern dance makers: Rabindranath Tagore, Uday Shankar, Shanti Bardhan, Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Ranjabati Sircar. Series: New World Choreographies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375162
- ISBN
- 9781137375162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A cinema without cameras, without actors, without screen frames and without narratives almost seems like an antithetical impossibility of what is usually expected from a cinematic spectacle. This book defines an emergent field of post-cinematic theatre and performance, challenging our assumptions and expectations about theatre and film. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375483
- ISBN
- 9781137375483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. What does it mean to live as a ghost? Exploring spectrality as a metaphor in the contemporary British and American cultural imagination, Peeren proposes that certain subjects - migrants, servants, mediums and missing persons - are perceived as living ghosts and examines how this figuration can signify both dispossession and empowerment or agency. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375841
- ISBN
- 9781137375841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardcover. Long form scenic improv began with the Harold. The comic philosophy of this form started an era of comedy marked by support, trust, and collaboration. This book tells of the Harold, beginning with the development of improv theatre, through the tensions and evolutions that led to its creation at iO, and to its use in contemporary filmmaking. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137376572
- ISBN
- 9781137376572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 46.71
€ 53.39
€ 46.71
Hardcover. The Gentleman's House analyses the architecture, decoration, and furnishings of small classical houses in the eighteenth century. By examining nearly two hundred houses it offers a new interpretation of social mobility in the British Atlantic World characterized by incremental social change. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JF; AMKD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378378
- ISBN
- 9781137378378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.40
€ 129.40
Hardcover. 3D Cinema: Optical Illusions and Tactile Experiences questions the common frameworks used for discussing 3D cinema, realism and spectacle, in order to fully understand the embodied and sensory dimensions of 3D cinema's unique visuality. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378569
- ISBN
- 9781137378569
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Marx and the Moving Image approaches cinema from a Marxist perspective. It argues that the supposed 'end of history', marked by the comprehensive triumph of capitalism and the 'end of cinema', calls for revisiting Marx's writings in order to analyse film theories, histories and practices. Editor(s): Mazierska, Ewa. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378606
- ISBN
- 9781137378606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
Paperback. When themes of historical and cultural identity appear and repeat in popular film, it is possible to see the real pulse of a nation and comprehend a people, their culture and their history. National Identity in Global Cinema describes how national cultures as reflected in popular cinema can truly explain the world, one country at a time. Num Pages: 187 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379023
- ISBN
- 9781137379023
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Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Hardcover. This collection focuses on performance work that engages with Cape Town, at the foot of the African continent, as a real or imagined node in a complex system of migration and mobility. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379337
- ISBN
- 9781137379337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Hardcover. Shakespearean Echoes assembles a global cast of established and emerging scholars to explore new connections between Shakespeare and contemporary culture, reflecting the complexities and conflicts of Shakespeare's current international afterlife. Editor(s): Hansen, Adam. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AP; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380012
- ISBN
- 9781137380012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
hardcover. Between 1740 and 1832, England witnessed what has been called its 'golden age of caricature', coinciding with intense rivalry and with war with France. This book shows how Georgian satirical prints reveal attitudes towards the French 'Other' that were far more complex, ambivalent, empathetic and multifaceted than has previously been recognised. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; AFH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380135
- ISBN
- 9781137380135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 188 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ASD; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382818
- ISBN
- 9781137382818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. This collection explores the representation and performance of queer youth in media cultures, primarily examining TV, film and online new media. Specific themes of investigation include the context of queer youth suicide and educational strategies to avert this within online new media, and the significance of coming out videos produced online. Editor(s): Pullen, Christopher. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA; JFD; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383549
- ISBN
- 9781137383549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Hardcover. Ruprecht hopes to show that Quatremere's true importance emerges only if we situate him in his own times, one generation after Winckelmann, in a very different, and a far more revolutionary and secularizing cultural moment. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACG; HBG; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384072
- ISBN
- 9781137384072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
Hardcover. Exotic animals were coveted commodities in nineteenth-century Britain. Spectators flocked to zoos and menageries to see female lion tamers and hungry hippos. Helen Cowie examines zoos and travelling menageries in the period 1800-1880, using animal exhibitions to examine issues of class, gender, imperial culture and animal welfare. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZX; HBTB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384430
- ISBN
- 9781137384430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.02
€ 150.02
Hardcover. The muscle-bound male body is a perennial feature of classically-inflected action cinema. This book reassesses these films as a cinematic form, focusing on the depiction of heroic masculinity. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations has greatly influenced popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384706
- ISBN
- 9781137384706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided the unique talents of playwrights in the Broadway theatre of her day. Her quiet determination and burning enthusiasm brought America's finest mid-century playwrights to prominence and altered stage history. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ANB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385475
- ISBN
- 9781137385475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.56
€ 33.99
€ 27.56
Hardcover. Here, essays use the latest theories in postcolonialism, globalization, and post-nationalism to explore how world cinema and theater respond to Bollywood's representation of Shakespeare. In this collection, Shakespeare is both part of an elite Western tradition and a window into a vibrant post-national identity founded by a global consumer culture. Editor(s): Dionne, Craig; Kapadia, Parmita. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 219 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386120
- ISBN
- 9781137386120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Hardcover. This study contributes to ongoing discussions on the connections between the environmental imaginary and issues of identity, place and nation. Utilizing a delimited ecocritical approach, McNee puts Brazilian culture, through the work of contemporary poets and visual artists, into a broader, transnational dialogue. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 202 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADPB; AFC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386144
- ISBN
- 9781137386144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The Internet is the most terrifying and most beautifully innovative invention of the twentieth century. Using film theory and close textual analysis, Tucker offers an explanation of the Internet and a brief history of its portrayal on film in order examine how it has shaped contemporary versions of self-identity, memory, and the human body. Num Pages: 265 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386687
- ISBN
- 9781137386687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. A critical engagement with cinema in Italy, this book examines the national archive of film based on sound and listening using a holistic audio-visual approach. Sisto shifts the sensory paradigm of film history and analysis from the optical to the sonic, demonstrating how this translates into a shift of canonical narratives and interpretations. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137387707
- ISBN
- 9781137387707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardback. From Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz to Bella Swan in Twilight, the girl has been a subject of intense cinematic interest. This collection considers the specificity of girls' experiences and their cinematic articulation through a multicultural feminist lens which cuts across the divides of popular/art-house, Western/non Western, and north/south. Editor(s): Taylor-Jones, Kate E. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388919
- ISBN
- 9781137388919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.03
€ 162.03
Hardback. Sex and Film is a frank, comprehensive analysis of the cinema's love affair with the erotic. Forshaw's lively study moves from the sexual abandon of the 1930s to filmmakers' circumvention of censorship, the demolition of taboos by arthouse directors and pornographic films, and an examination of how explicit imagery invaded modern mainstream cinema. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390042
- ISBN
- 9781137390042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.67
€ 128.67