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Paperback. Offers a perspective on American film by tying the growth of spectatorship to the historical transformation of the public sphere. Focusing on silent films, this text examines how the spectator concept evolved, integrating ethnically, socially and sexually differentiated audiences. Num Pages: 390 pages, 57 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058316
- ISBN
- 9780674058316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.64
€ 53.99
€ 45.64
Hardback. A study of visuality in early modern and modern China. It identifies three distinct constellations of visual concerns corresponding to the late imperial, mid-twentieth century, and contemporary periods, respectively. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031746
- ISBN
- 9780674031746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.40
€ 50.99
€ 42.40
Paperback. Exploring classic examples of film noir such as 'The Asphalt Jungle', 'Double Indemnity' and 'Kiss Me Deadly', alongside many lesser-known works, Dimendberg interweaves film history and urban history while analysing works by Raymond Chandler, Edward Hopper and Siegfried Kracauer. Num Pages: 352 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013469
- ISBN
- 9780674013469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.32
€ 46.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. This compact guide to the history and performance of music contains entries drawn and condensed from the "New Harvard Dictionary of Music" and its companion "Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music". It is a reference for home or classroom and professional and amateur musicians. Editor(s): Randel, Don Michael. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 768 pages, 150 line illustrations and musical examples. BIC Classification: AV; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009783
- ISBN
- 9780674009783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.08
€ 37.99
€ 32.08
Hardcover. The Samaveda contains the earliest tradition of music from India, which is largely Rigvedic textual material in a form arranged for singing in the solemn Srauta ritual. This work presents an accented edition that is based on manuscripts collected from all over India and Europe. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 946 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 2BBA; AVGE; HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 946
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009356
- ISBN
- 9780674009356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.50€ 85.69
€ 95.50
€ 85.69
Paperback. This diverse collection of material about the history of film exhibition in the United States documents and enlivens the history of moviegoing, film exhibition practices, business policies, and programming strategies. It is a comprehensive study of the cultural history of American film. Editor(s): Waller, Gregory A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225928
- ISBN
- 9780631225928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.57
€ 86.57
Hardback. Draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine modes of animation storytelling that address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and socio-cultural change. Num Pages: 255 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: APFV; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292550
- ISBN
- 9780520292550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 72.62
€ 95.56
€ 72.62
Hardback. What issues, of both form and content, shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary's arguments about the world in which we live? This book investigates the ways in which documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness, but simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality. Num Pages: 271 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290396
- ISBN
- 9780520290396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 73.14
€ 95.56
€ 73.14
Hardback. examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann. During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of thematic transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 116. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285569
- ISBN
- 9780520285569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70€ 51.43
€ 65.70
€ 51.43
Paperback. Gathers together Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned decades and transformed the history of the cinema. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Sidney. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285514
- ISBN
- 9780520285514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Examines one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time - Norman Corwin - using him as a critical lens to consider the history of multimedia authorship, particularly in the realm of sound. Editor(s): Smith, Jacob; Verma, Neil. Num Pages: 265 pages, 12. BIC Classification: APB; APW; BGF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285323
- ISBN
- 9780520285323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Suitable for scholars and enthusiasts, this book establishes the key role played by the L A Rebellion within the histories of cinema, Black visual culture, and postwar art in Los Angeles. Editor(s): Field, Allyson; Horak, Jan-Christopher; Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma. Num Pages: 488 pages, 110. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284678
- ISBN
- 9780520284678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.47€ 54.80
€ 70.47
€ 54.80
Hardback. Through analysis of several key collaborations in American cinema from the silent era to the late twentieth century such as those of D W Griffith and Billy Bitzer, and Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Burks, this book underlines the importance of cinematographers to both the development of cinematic technique and the expression of visual style in film. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284340
- ISBN
- 9780520284340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 73.14
€ 95.56
€ 73.14
Hardback. An exploration of why innumerable boys were castrated for singing between the mid-sixteenth and late-nineteenth centuries. This book shows that the entire foundation of Western classical singing, culminating in bel canto, was birthed from an unlikely and historically set of desires, public and private, aesthetic, economic, and political. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 496 pages, 45 musical examples, 75 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279490
- ISBN
- 9780520279490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 46.57
€ 59.72
€ 46.57
Paperback. Presents an examination of the interrelationships of music and surfing explores different ways that surfers combine surfing with making and listening to music. This title discusses the origins of surfing in Hawai'i, its central role in Hawaiian society, and the mele (chants) and hula (dance or visual poetry) about surfing. Num Pages: 240 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AV; JHBS; WSSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276642
- ISBN
- 9780520276642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AVA; CF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276536
- ISBN
- 9780520276536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. What do we mean when we identify a composer as the creator of a piece of music? Does a printed piece of music embody the work, even if the composer is not the person who puts the work on paper? In this cultural history of Western music's adaptation to print, this title looks at how the concept of musical authorship took root. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; AVGC2; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276505
- ISBN
- 9780520276505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 46.93
€ 59.72
€ 46.93
Hardback. The tonadilla, a satiric musical skit popular on the public stages of Madrid during the late Enlightenment, has played a significant role in the history of music in Spain. This book examines the musical, theatrical, and social worlds that the tonadilla brought together, and their lasting influence the historiography of Spanish music. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 24 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DSE; AVGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276307
- ISBN
- 9780520276307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.47€ 54.69
€ 70.47
€ 54.69
Hardback. In the German states in the late eighteenth century, women flourished as musical performers and composers, their achievements measuring the progress of culture and society from barbarism to civilization. This title restores this earlier musical history and explores the role that women played in the development of classical music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 14 b/w photographs, 8 tables, 49 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273849
- ISBN
- 9780520273849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 65.28
€ 84.81
€ 65.28
Paperback. Makes a contribution to scholarship on Jean-Luc Godard, especially his films and videos since the late 1980s. Through detailed analyses of extended sequences, technical innovations, and formal experiments, the author provides an original interpretation of a series of several internally related films. Num Pages: 326 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273337
- ISBN
- 9780520273337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. Makes a contribution to scholarship on Jean-Luc Godard, especially his films and videos since the late 1980s. Through detailed analyses of extended sequences, technical innovations, and formal experiments, the author provides an original interpretation of a series of several internally related films. Num Pages: 326 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273313
- ISBN
- 9780520273313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.47€ 54.80
€ 70.47
€ 54.80
Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer (1889-1966), friend and colleague of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, was one of the most influential film critics of the mid-twentieth century. This book assembles essays in cultural criticism, film, literature, and media theory that he wrote during the quarter century he spent in America after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Editor(s): Von Moltke, Johannes; Rawson, Kristy. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271838
- ISBN
- 9780520271838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.48
€ 40.99
€ 29.48
Paperback. Drawing on the records of studio personnel, independent exhibitors, moviegoers, and the motion pictures themselves, this title analyzes what was wrong - and right - with Hollywood at the end of a heralded decade, and how the industry's troubles changed the making and marketing of films in 1938 and beyond. Num Pages: 284 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271807
- ISBN
- 9780520271807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Examines radio's central place in the history of twentieth-century critical theory. This title considers how the radio came to matter, especially politically, to phenomenology, existentialism, Hegelian Marxism, anticolonialism, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies. It offers a fresh perspective on the role this technology plays today. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270503
- ISBN
- 9780520270503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36