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Films, cinema
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Films, cinema
Hardcover. This comprehensive historical account demonstrates the rich diversity in 1970s British experimental filmmaking, acting as a form of reclamation for films and filmmakers marginalized within established histories. An indispensable book for practitioners, historians and critics alike, it provides new interpretations of this rich and diverse history. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137369376
- ISBN
- 9781137369376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.62
€ 116.62
Hardcover. Cinema frequently depicts various types of work, but this representation is never straightforward. It depends on and reflects many factors, especially the place and time the film is made and the type of audience it addresses. Here, the contributors employ transnational and transhistorical perspectives to compare filmic depictions of work. Editor(s): Mazierska, Ewa. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 171 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137370853
- ISBN
- 9781137370853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Rethinking the Romance Genre examines why the romance genre has proven such an irresistible form for contemporary writers and filmmakers as they approach global issues. In contemporary texts ranging from literary works, to films, to social media, romance facilitates a range of intimacies that offer new feminist models in the age of globalization. Num Pages: 246 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3J; APF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137371867
- ISBN
- 9781137371867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Paperback. What does it mean to be a man in today's society? Kord and Krimmer investigate the most common male archetypes - cops, killers, cowboys, superheroes, soldiers, lovers, and losers - by tracing changing concepts of masculinity in popular Hollywood blockbusters from 1992 to 2008 against a backdrop of politics, social developments, and American myths. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372833
- ISBN
- 9781137372833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This book traces the history of 'girls' aesthetics,' where adult Japanese women create art works about 'girls' that resist motherhood, from the modern to the contemporary period and their manifestation in Japanese women's theatrical and dance performance and visual arts including manga, film, and installation arts. Series: Contemporary Performance Interactions. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AN; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372970
- ISBN
- 9781137372970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardcover. The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessible theorizing about politics. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137374707
- ISBN
- 9781137374707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375841
- ISBN
- 9781137375841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378569
- ISBN
- 9781137378569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378606
- ISBN
- 9781137378606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379023
- ISBN
- 9781137379023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137383549
- ISBN
- 9781137383549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137384706
- ISBN
- 9781137384706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386120
- ISBN
- 9781137386120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
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
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
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
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
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
€ 160.72
€ 160.72
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
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardcover. The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391193
- ISBN
- 9781137391193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSY; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2018
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395405
- ISBN
- 9781137395405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.21
€ 139.21
Hardcover. This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine Collective and Kumar Shahani. It offers analysis of their documentary methods and aesthetics, exploring how their oeuvres constitute a critical and self-reflexive approach to documentary-making in India. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137395436
- ISBN
- 9781137395436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This book argues theoretically for, and exemplify through critical and historical analysis, the interrelatedness of discourses on scale, distance, identification and doubling in the cinema. It contains analyses of a wide variety of films, including Citizen Kane, The Double Life of Veronique, The Great Gatsby, Gilda, Vertigo and Wings of Desire. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137396709
- ISBN
- 9781137396709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
hardcover. Editor(s): De Valk, Mark. Num Pages: 342 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 17 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399175
- ISBN
- 9781137399175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Hardcover. In film, the femme fatale has long been constructed as a beautiful heterosexual Caucasian woman. Da Silva shows the need to incorporate diverse ethnic groups and male homosexuals into the range of "femmes" fatales and examines how the Brazilian representations cross gender, race, and class and offer alternatives to the dominant Hollywood model. Num Pages: 222 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399205
- ISBN
- 9781137399205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39