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Hardcover. Exploring research into mobile phone use as props to subjective identity, Norman Taylor employs concepts from Michelle Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and actor network theory to discuss the affect of mechanisms of make-believe, from celebrity culture to avatar-obsessed game players, and digital culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 3 diagrames. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298927
- ISBN
- 9780230298927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Coates presents the face in film as a place where transformations begin, reflecting both the experience of modernity and such influential myths as that of Medusa. This is exemplified by a wide range of European and American films, including Ingmar Bergman's Persona. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298477
- ISBN
- 9780230298477
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. The rise of independent documentary film production is the most radical development in the contemporary Chinese mediascape. This book is a sustained examination of Chinese independent documentary in relation to one of its central principles: xianchang, or being 'on the scene'. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298293
- ISBN
- 9780230298293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. This history of British and American television drama since 1970 charts the increased transnationalisation of the two production systems. From The Forsyte Saga to Roots to Episodes, it highlights the close relationship that drives innovation and quality on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 2. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230297753
- ISBN
- 9780230297753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that this book sets out to examine. With a particular focus on Wuthering Heights, the book examines adaptations made from the 1930s to the twenty-first century, providing an understanding of how they help shape our cultural landscape. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294042
- ISBN
- 9780230294042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This volume brings together a series of essays that interrogate the notion of figuration in Indian cinemas. The essays collectively argue that the figures which exhibit maximum tenacity in Indian cinema often emerge in the interface of recognizable binaries: self/other, Indian/foreign, good/bad, virtue/vice, myth/reality and urban/rural. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291799
- ISBN
- 9780230291799
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. The music industry is undergoing immense change. This book argues that the transformations occurring across the various music industries - recording, live performance, publishing - can be characterised as much by continuity as by change, raising complex questions about the value of music commodities. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291485
- ISBN
- 9780230291485
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Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. A lively and engaging study of on-screen and off-screen performances of masculinity, focusing on well-known male actors in American film and popular culture in the 1990s and 2000s. Peberdy examines specific social, cultural, historical and political contexts that have affected age, race, sexuality and fatherhood on screen. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283787
- ISBN
- 9780230283787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Patricia Holland offers a fascinating study of the ways in which changes to public services, and shifts in the concept of 'the public' under Margaret Thatcher's three Conservative governments, were mediated by radio and television in the 1980s. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; APT; APW; JFDT; JPHL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282377
- ISBN
- 9780230282377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. Phantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse offers an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of fundamental shifts in German cultural memory. This paperback edition includes a new preface. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; APFA; DSBH; JFC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230279650
- ISBN
- 9780230279650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. An exposition and analysis of the development of propaganda, focusing on how the development of radio transformed the delivery and impact of propaganda and led to the use of radio to incite hatred and violence. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APW; HBTZ; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278295
- ISBN
- 9780230278295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. An examination of the development of local radio broadcasting and the trend for locally-owned, locally-originated and locally-accountable commercial radio stations to fall into the hands of national and international media groups. Starkey traces the early development of local radio through to present-day digital environments. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APW; GTC; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276895
- ISBN
- 9780230276895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. Film and Female Consciousness explores the representation of female consciousness on-screen and demonstrates the ways in which the thought of Luce Irigaray can be used to address the traditional problems of the objectification of women in cinema as outlined by feminist theory since the 1970s. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275690
- ISBN
- 9780230275690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Teresa De Lauretis makes a bold and original argument for the renewed relevance of the Freudian theory of drives, through close readings of texts ranging from cinema and literature to psychoanalysis and cultural theory. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JMAF; JMS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260. Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. 200 pages. Teresa De Lauretis makes a bold and original argument for the renewed relevance of the Freudian theory of drives, through close readings of texts ranging from cinema and literature to psychoanalysis and cultural theory. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JMAF; JMS. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275492
- ISBN
- 9780230275492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Screening the Unwatchable: Spaces of Negation in Post-Millennial Art C...
Grnstad, Asbjrn, Grønstad, Asbjørn
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248946
- ISBN
- 9780230248946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. This book presents the current and future issues facing opera houses and opera companies. Problems in different environments need different solutions. In particular, it opposes the American method of managing cultural institutions, preferring a European one where public support and funds plays a major role. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANS; AVGC9; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247260
- ISBN
- 9780230247260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.58
€ 194.58
Hardcover. Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese 'opera' in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AN; ASD; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245655
- ISBN
- 9780230245655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. An investigation of the history of Spanish guerrilla fighters (the maquis), concentrating on their cinematic representations in film and documentary from the 1950s onwards. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; APFA; HBWP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240551
- ISBN
- 9780230240551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. 216 pages. Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236226
- ISBN
- 9780230236226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Hardcover. In the context of nineteenth-century Victorinoir and close readings of original-cycle film noir, Julie Grossman argues that the presence of the "femme fatale" figure, as she is understood in film criticism and popular culture, is drastically over-emphasized and has helped to sustain cultural obsessions with "bad" women. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233287
- ISBN
- 9780230233287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.25
€ 138.25
Hardcover. Martin Dines explores the relationship between the physical and metaphorical spaces of suburbia and the evolution of modern gay identities across a range of British and American film and fiction, looking at the work of Dennis Cooper, Quentin Crisp, Todd Haynes, Christopher Isherwood, Kevin Killian, David Leavitt, Oscar Moore and Edmund White. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233249
- ISBN
- 9780230233249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Spanning a broad trajectory, from the New Gaelic Man of post-independence Ireland to the slick urban gangsters of contemporary productions, this study traces a significant shift from idealistic images of Irish manhood to a much more diverse and gender-politically ambiguous range of male identities on the Irish screen. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; APFA; JFD; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232006
- ISBN
- 9780230232006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444. Music, Masculinity and Mayhem. 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. A critical survey of Hollywood film musicals from the 1960s to the present. This book examines how, in the post-studio system era, cultural, industrial and stylistic circumstances transformed this once happy-go-lucky genre into one both fluid and cynical enough to embrace the likes of Rocky Horror and pave the way for Cannibal! and Moulin Rouge!. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFN; AVGM; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 20. Weight: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230491
- ISBN
- 9780230230491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. This book is about the emigration, film careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected emigres, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film became the leading national cinema of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. British Filmmakers in American Cinema 1910-1969. 216 pages, 11. This book is about the emigration, film careers and socio-cultural influence of British filmmakers moving to Hollywood in the studio era. It deals with some of the unknown and neglected emigres, as well as the leading lights who founded, initiated and ensured that American film became the leading national cinema of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; APFB. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229235
- ISBN
- 9780230229235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58