wyszukanych pozycji: 8
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Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977
ISBN: 9780786422012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo and the ?Wrestling Women, ? these low-budget ?Mexploitation? films offer plenty of campy fun and still inspire cult devotion, yet they also reward close study in surprising ways. This work places Mexploitation films in their historical and...
Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to...
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168,76 |
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The American Worker on Film: A Critical History, 1909-1999
ISBN: 9780786447343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An examination of the cinematic and cultural discourse surrounding work, the worker, organized labor, and the working class in 20th century America, this book situates textual analysis within the context of labor and politics. Looking at both comedies (Modern Times, Gung Ho, Office Space) and dramas (The Grapes of Wrath, On the Waterfront, F.I.S.T., Blue Collar, Norma Rae, and Matewan), the book reveals how these films are not merely products of their times, but also producers of ideological stances concerning the status of capitalism, class struggle, and democracy in America. Common themes...
An examination of the cinematic and cultural discourse surrounding work, the worker, organized labor, and the working class in 20th century America, t...
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304,64 |
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Politics and the American Television Comedy: A Critical Survey from I Love Lucy Through South Park
ISBN: 9780786432356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work examines the unique and ever-changing relationship between politics and comedy through an analysis of several popular American TV programs.
This work examines the unique and ever-changing relationship between politics and comedy through an analysis of several popular American TV programs.
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223,00 |
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Mexican Cinema of Darkness: A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969-1988
ISBN: 9780786429998 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Following the national and international upheaval and tragedy in 1968, Mexican ?trash cinema? began to shift away from the masked wrestler genre and towards darker, more explicit films, and disturbing visions of the modern world: films which can be called ?avant-exploitation.? This work covers six of those films: El Topo, Mansion of Madness, Alucarda, Guyana, Crime of the Century, Birds of Prey, and Santa Sangre.
Following the national and international upheaval and tragedy in 1968, Mexican ?trash cinema? began to shift away from the masked wrestler genre and t...
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168,76 |
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Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966-1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era
ISBN: 9781476662145 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and the Velvet Underground.
This book examines these artists' relationships to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada) and neo-avant-garde (Warhol, Pop Art, minimalism), considering their work in light of debates about modernism versus postmodernism.
The author analyzes the performers' use of dissonance and noise within popular music, the role of social commentary and controversial topics in...
The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zapp...
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196,15 |
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Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics
ISBN: 9780786478095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Cover songs operate as a form of cultural discourse across various musical genres and different societal, historical and political conditions. Employing both textual and contextual analysis, cases studies include a comparative analysis of Jimi Hendrix's and Whitney Houston's versions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as well as mapping the trajectory of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" from the original version by the Rolling Stones through cover versions by Otis Redding, Devo, and Britney Spears. The radical deconstruction of pop and rock songs by the Residents and Laibach is also examined, with...
Cover songs operate as a form of cultural discourse across various musical genres and different societal, historical and political conditions. Employi...
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168,76 |
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Teens, TV and Tunes: The Manufacturing of American Adolescent Culture
ISBN: 9780786466429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This political analysis of teen culture examines the historical and ideological development of American youth society, the economic and ideological relationship between television and popular music, and the ideological rivalry between Nickelodeon and Disney.More than mere entertainment, teen sitcoms and pop music portray a complex and often contradictory set of cultural discourses. They engage in a process of ideology marketing and hip versus square politics. Case studies include Saved by the Bell, Britney Spears, the movie School of Rock, early pop music sitcoms like The Monkees and The...
This political analysis of teen culture examines the historical and ideological development of American youth society, the economic and ideological re...
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cena:
168,76 |
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Manage Your Financial Life: Just Starting Out
ISBN: 9780997609721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
65,68 |