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Paperback. This anthology of philosophical essays explores the interpersonal and political contexts in and against which the films of ten major postwar filmmakers were made. Editor(s): Phillips, James. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758017
- ISBN
- 9780804758017
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Reconstructs and intervenes in the fascinating debates that have pitted the history of thinking about film. Both an engaging history and an invaluable sourcebook, this book examines a vast pool of thought. Editor(s): Tredell, Nicolas. Series: Critical Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0002875
- ISBN
- 9781840463545
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. During the Second World War, the popularity and importance of the cinema in Britain was at its peak. In this groundbreaking book, Richard Farmer provides a social and cultural history of cinemas and cinemagoing in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and explores the impact that the war had on the places in which British people watched films. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; APF; HBJD1; HBTB; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091889
- ISBN
- 9780719091889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.67
€ 157.67
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
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing skeptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life. Editor(s): Dienstag, Joshua Foa. Series Editor(s): Brink, Bert van den; Laden, Anthony Simon; Niesen, Peter; Owen, David. Series: Critical Powers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784994020
- ISBN
- 9781784994020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.90
€ 48.90
Hardback. This book explores the adaptations by filmmakers of existing occult religions as framing devices for their work. It also discusses the cultural implications of these films, both as flash points in the national discourse on religion and as springboards for social criticism. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460483
- ISBN
- 9781611460483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.07
€ 155.07
Hardback. A few days after 9/11, US Vice-President Dick Cheney invoked the need for the USA to work 'the dark side' in its global 'War on Terror'. Covering a diverse spectrum of 21st century cinema, this books deals with documentary or fictional representations of atrocity such as state-sanctioned torture, genocide, enforced disappearance, and apartheid. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642632
- ISBN
- 9780748642632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.66€ 103.50
€ 111.66
€ 103.50
Hardback. Reveals the difficult course of French filmmaking from the declaration of war in 1939 through four years of misery to France's liberation in 1944. This book examines the conditions of filmmaking as they reflected the larger political, cultural, and social context within occupied France. It is suitable for film historians. Num Pages: 235 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231059268
- ISBN
- 9780231059268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.92€ 62.60
€ 79.92
€ 62.60
Hardcover. Despite being two key sites for filmmaking in the Soviet bloc, the national cinemas of Czechoslovakia and East Germany have received comparatively little attention from scholars. This volume comprehensively explores these film cultures to form a multifaceted, richly contextualized portrait. Editor(s): Karl, Lars; Skopal, Pavel. Series: Film Europa. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 1DVK; 3JJPG; APF; HBJD; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782389965
- ISBN
- 9781782389965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.63
€ 175.63
Hardback. Examines cinematic representations of colonial-era victimization and how they inform our understanding of the contemporary age of terror. Series: France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APF; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228092
- ISBN
- 9780803228092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. "English translation first published in 1989 by The Athlone Press"--T.p. verso. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472512604
- ISBN
- 9781472512604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.62
€ 31.99
€ 30.62
Paperback. "English translation first published in 1986 by The Athlone Press"--T.p. verso. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472508300
- ISBN
- 9781472508300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Winkel, Roel Vande; Welch, David. Num Pages: 362 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403994912
- ISBN
- 9781403994912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Paperback. By 1940 going to the movies was the most popular form of public leisure in Britain's empire. This book explores the social and cultural impact of the movies in colonial societies in the early cinema age. Series: Britain and the World. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455782
- ISBN
- 9781349455782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Translator(s): Lukacher, Ned. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689545
- ISBN
- 9780816689545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.80
€ 18.99
€ 18.80
Paperback. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Num Pages: 360 pages, 53 b/w photographs, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596. A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 360 pages, Illustrations, map. Footbinding originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Neither condemning nor defending foot-binding, this work debunks many myths and misconceptions about its origins, development, and its eventual end. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 25. Weight: 566.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253902
- ISBN
- 9780520253902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. "An eclectic and poetic exploration of the cigarette lighter and its association with romance, magic, art, science, immortality and death in literature and popular culture"-- Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501307362
- ISBN
- 9781501307362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 376 pages, 112 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665440
- ISBN
- 9780816665440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. The second edition of James E. G. Zetzel's masterly translation of Cicero's major works of political philosophy, On the Commonwealth and On the Laws. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316505564
- ISBN
- 9781316505564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.83
€ 29.83
Paperback. An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics. Editor(s): Annas, Julia. Translator(s): Woolf, Raphael. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. 196 pages. Editor(s): Annas, Julia. An accessible 2001 translation of Cicero's important work on ethics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCA; HPQ. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 9. Weight: 324. Translator(s): Woolf, Raphael.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669016
- ISBN
- 9780521669016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55