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Hardcover. Through the analysis of examples that range from cutting-edge Hollywood blockbusters to viral films on the internet, and from Victorian cinema to the present, the contributors to this volume discuss the ways in which thinking about technology is crucial to understanding cinema's forms, significance and impact upon audiences. Editor(s): Bennett, Bruce; Furstenau, Marc; Mackenzie, Adrian. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230524774
ISBN
9780230524774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. * Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. . Editor(s): Shiel, Mark; Fitzmaurice, Tony. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222446
ISBN
9780631222446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

Paperback. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Num Pages: 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586. 409 pages, 50 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Charney, Leo; Schwartz, Vanessa R. Casting aside the traditional conception of film as an outgrowth of photography, theatre, and the novel, the essays in this volume reasses the relationship between the emergence of film and the broader culture of modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201125
ISBN
9780520201125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

paperback. Using South African cinema as a lens through which to view cultural changes resulting from the end of apartheid in 1994, this title examines how media transformed the meaning of race and nation during this period and argues that, as apartheid was disbanded and new racial constructs allowed, South Africa quickly sought a new mode of representation. Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFM; APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221865
ISBN
9780253221865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. This text provides a chronicle of contemporary independent American films from the late 1970s up to 1999. It documents the socio-economic, political and artistic forces that led to the rise of independent films and looks at the tension between Hollywood and indie films. Num Pages: 601 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 902.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
601
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814751244
ISBN
9780814751244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400428
ISBN
9781474400428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. This book explores the intersections of film, justice, and the state in comparative perspective across a range of major Asian countries, including India, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The contributing authors cross the conventional border between the analysis of on-screen and off-screen intersections of law and cinema. Editor(s): Creekmur, Corey K.; Sidel, Mark. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; JFC; JFD; JP; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537556
ISBN
9781349537556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

paperback. Exploring the dead/alive figure in such films as The Ring, American Beauty, and The Elephant Man, Vincent Hausmann charts the spectacular reduction of psychic life and assesses calls for shoring up psychic/social spaces that transfer bodily drives to language. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349293490
ISBN
9781349293490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622948
ISBN
9780816622948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. 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: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335183
ISBN
9781349335183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardcover. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403970466
ISBN
9781403970466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. Discusses the chameleonic performances of Marilyn Marilyn as woman, star, and text. In circling 'Marilyn country', this book also discusses Marilyn as text, since those who knew and did not know her - husbands, lovers, fans, writers, directors, co-stars, critics - have written about Marilyn differently, and endlessly. Num Pages: 174 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776744809
ISBN
9788776744809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.14

Hardback. Close reading and analysis of ten major life stories, from Mohandas Gandhi and Black Elk to Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, and Rigoberta Menchu. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823219933
ISBN
9780823219933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.24

Paperback. An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s 'traditional jazz boom' onwards Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335733
ISBN
9780822335733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism. aeo Provides a unifying analytic framework for the study of urban tourism. aeo Brings urban tourism into focus as an important political, economic and cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Hoffman, Lily M.; Fainstein, Susan S.; Judd, Dennis R. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC; KNSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100588
ISBN
9781405100588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Paperback. The authors of this book use regulation theory to bring theoretical focus and analytic clarity to the study of urban tourism. aeo Provides a unifying analytic framework for the study of urban tourism. aeo Brings urban tourism into focus as an important political, economic and cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Hoffman, Lily M.; Fainstein, Susan S.; Judd, Dennis R. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC; KNSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 265 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405100595
ISBN
9781405100595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. A study of ubanization of Africa. Editor(s): Murray, M.; Myers, G. Num Pages: 332 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349532049
ISBN
9781349532049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.18

Paperback. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Circum-Atlantic Performance. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. 320 pages, 55 photographs. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 488.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104616
ISBN
9780231104616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. A study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy that explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068676
ISBN
9780252068676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; JFCA; JFHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Feral House
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936239955
ISBN
9781936239955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.45

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