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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 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. 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. 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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298477
- ISBN
- 9780230298477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
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. Using hybrid phenomenological approaches to film, this book focuses on how moving images are 'experienced' and 'encountered' as well as 'read' and 'viewed'. Its close engagements with films and installations by four contemporary French filmmakers explore the limits and possibilities of 'cinematic' subjectivity. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299535
- ISBN
- 9780230299535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. A refreshing insight into a previously neglected area of popular British cinema - the holiday film - including historical information about the British holiday and analyses of key films from the 1900s to the recent past. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301047
- ISBN
- 9780230301047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardcover. Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. The book demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301054
- ISBN
- 9780230301054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Kristi McKim offers close-analyses of films in which attachment and detachment, intimacy and distance, ephemera and endurance become more visible and meaningful. Films discussed include Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, Agnes Varda's Jacquot de Nantes, Doris Dorrie's Cherry Blossoms and Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301368
- ISBN
- 9780230301368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Political Communication in Britain: The Leader's Debates, the Campaign...
Mortimore, Roger, Atkinson, Simon
Hardcover. The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; GTC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301450
- ISBN
- 9780230301450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; GTC; JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301467
- ISBN
- 9780230301467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. A critical assessment of cyborg cinema. Tracing the cinematic cyborg's transition over the last three decades and evaluating its theoretical significance, the book questions the relevance of the cyborg in terms of understanding human identity and technology. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422. 264 pages, 0. A critical assessment of cyborg cinema. Tracing the cinematic cyborg's transition over the last three decades and evaluating its theoretical significance, the book questions the relevance of the cyborg in terms of understanding human identity and technology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFA. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302198
- ISBN
- 9780230302198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address more radical notions surrounding class, politics, sex, delinquency, violence and censorship. Spanning post-war crime cinema to present-day "Mockney" productions, it contextualizes the films and identifies important and neglected works. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303706
- ISBN
- 9780230303706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. From Tattoo to Saw, this book considers mainstream cinema's representation of the viscerally dominated and marked body. Examining a shift in the late twentieth century to narratives that highlight subjection, endurance and willed-acquiescence, it probes the confluence of pain, pleasure and consent to analyse the implications of the change. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319387
- ISBN
- 9780230319387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. The first monograph to critically engage with the controversial horror film subgenre known as 'torture porn', this book dissects press responses to popular horror and analyses key torture porn films, mapping out the broader conceptual and contextual concerns that shape the meanings of both 'torture' and 'porn'. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230319417
- ISBN
- 9780230319417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.58
€ 160.58
Hardcover. What are the political and aesthetic dimensions of video art, documentary, and global cinema in contemporary image culture? Lynes makes visible how sites of political struggle, exploitation, and armed conflict can be interpreted through a feminist politics of location, attentive to the frictions and flows within transnational circuits of exchange. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337541
- ISBN
- 9780230337541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Examines contemporary cinematic representations of Argentine masculinities, the social construction of gender, and the financing of domestic film production following Argentina's 1990 change to a neo-liberal economic model. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; APFA; JFCA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338180
- ISBN
- 9780230338180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. In film studies, Iranian films are kept at a distance, as 'other,' different, and exotic. In reponse, this book takes these films as philosophically relevant and innovative. Each chapter of this book is devoted to analyzing a single film, and each chapter focuses on one philosopher and one particular aesthetic question. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339118
- ISBN
- 9780230339118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book offers a new methodology for examining the ethico-political dimensions of religion and film which foregrounds film's social power both to shape subjectivity and to image contemporary social contradictions and analyses three specific films: Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala; Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry; and the Coens' The Man Who Wasn't There. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339866
- ISBN
- 9780230339866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary anthology highlights exiled/alienated women in literature, history, and cinema. Contributors investigate when and how women from diverse backgrounds have been relegated to the margins in order to shed light on the state of alienhood that stems from gendered otherness. Editor(s): Zinn, Gesa; Stanley, Maureen Tobin. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 10. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230339996
- ISBN
- 9780230339996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42