wyszukanych pozycji: 10
Brief Encounters: Lesbians and Gays in British Cinema 1930 - 1971
ISBN: 9781474291330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For many years, lesbian and gay representation in British cinema escaped the attention of critics and historians. Informative and entertaining, Brief Encounters examines performers, directors and a wide range of films to reveal a cinema more varied, vital and sensuous than we could have imagined. Through a close reading of mid-twentieth century British films, Bourne explores a range of lesbian and gay screen images from movies including Soldiers of the King, Pygmalion, In Which We Serve, Brief Encounter, Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes and A Hard Day's Night. In... For many years, lesbian and gay representation in British cinema escaped the attention of critics and historians. Informative and entertaining, ... |
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560,70 zł |
Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather
ISBN: 9780810859029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ethel Waters overcame her disadvantaged childhood to become the most famous African American actress, singer, and entertainer of her time. Her critically acclaimed move to Broadway in the mid 1920s after having first triumphed in Black vaudeville during the Harlem Renaissance brought the startlingly innovative and subtle character of Black Theatre into the mainstream. Ethel transformed such songs as "Dinah," "Am I Blue?," "Stormy Weather," and Irving Berlin's "Heat Wave" into classics and inspired the next generation of Black female vocalists. She gave sophistication and class to the blues...
Ethel Waters overcame her disadvantaged childhood to become the most famous African American actress, singer, and entertainer of her time. Her critica...
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306,92 zł |
Deep Are the Roots: Trailblazers Who Changed Black British Theatre
ISBN: 9780750996297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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98,04 zł |
Elisabeth Welch: Soft Lights and Sweet Music
ISBN: 9780810854130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From her stage debut in 1922 to her final professional appearance in 1996, Elisabeth Welch was an important figure in the world of popular song. In 1923 she launched the Charleston and throughout the Jazz Age, she was associated with some of the great names of the Harlem Renaissance, including Josephine Baker, Adelaide Hall, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, and Ethel Waters. On Broadway she popularized Cole Porter's scandalous song "Love for Sale." After settling in London in 1933, she introduced the classic torch song "Stormy Weather" to British audiences, and that same year she began a career in...
From her stage debut in 1922 to her final professional appearance in 1996, Elisabeth Welch was an important figure in the world of popular song. In 19...
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198,69 zł |
Nina Mae McKinney (hardback): The Black Garbo
ISBN: 9781629337340 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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158,73 zł |
Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo
ISBN: 9781593936587 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Nina Mae McKinney has been described as Hollywoods first Black movie star, and yet her name is often missing from film histories and encyclopedias. In The Black Garbo Stephen Bourne celebrates the highs and lows of Ninas life and career, and offers an affectionate portrait of one of Hollywoods most talented, charismatic and forgotten stars.
Nina Mae McKinney has been described as Hollywoods first Black movie star, and yet her name is often missing from film histories and encyclopedias. In...
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85,39 zł |
Black Poppies: The Story of Britain's Black Community in the First World War
ISBN: 9780750999632 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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46,42 zł |
Under Fire: Black Britain in Wartime 1939-45
ISBN: 9780750994354 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The trials and triumphs of Britain's black community during the Second World War
The trials and triumphs of Britain's black community during the Second World War
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67,06 zł |
Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars
ISBN: 9781784538743 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "In 1943 the famous Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed was shot down over Tunisia. He died a hero. Twice before he had bailed out of blazing Spitfires. Twice King George VI had congratulated him. What his family probably never knew was that Gleed was homosexual. It was not until the 1990s, when one of his lovers was interviewed for BBC television, that the truth came out..." In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the... "In 1943 the famous Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed was shot down over Tunisia. He died a hero. Twice before he had bailed out ... |
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236,20 zł |
Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars
ISBN: 9781350143227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort. Fighting Proud weaves together the remarkable lives of these men, from RAF hero Ian Gleed - a Flying Ace twice honoured for bravery by King George VI - to the infantry officers serving in the trenches on the Western Front in WWI - many of whom led the charges into machine-gun fire only to find themselves court-martialled after the war for...
In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed f...
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81,50 zł |