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Mark Lewis
ISBN: 9781846310379 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mark Lewis’ s films are remarkable, not only for their rich and highly seductive use of light and color, but also for the way in which they pay homage to both classic Hollywood cinema and the avant-garde while remaining outside of both traditions. "Mark Lewis" is the first book to explore this acclaimed Canadian’ s art, and it features images from several of his works, including his most recent piece, "Rear Projection,"
This film, in particular, documents a significant shift in Lewis’ s practice. Actress Molly Parker, known for her roles in "Six Feet Under" and... Mark Lewis’ s films are remarkable, not only for their rich and highly seductive use of light and color, but also for the way in which they pay ...
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129,39 |
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Queer Sexualities in French and Francophone Literature and Film
ISBN: 9789042022652 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The steady development of queer theory over the last two decades has provided useful analytical tools and the will to dismiss the watchdog of heteronormativity. Modes of reading have evolved, as this volume of FLS amply attests. Following Bill Edmiston's introduction to the volume - a concise and informative history of queer theory - the fifteen articles reveal, not surprisingly, significant diversity. One deals with queerness in the context of medieval writing where allegorical and euphemistic expression were understood to be irreconcilable. Another treats translations in Early Modern France...
The steady development of queer theory over the last two decades has provided useful analytical tools and the will to dismiss the watchdog of heterono...
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418,44 |
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Shakespeare Translated: Derivatives on Film and TV
ISBN: 9780820478395 / Angielski / Miękka / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shakespeare s works are constantly being translated into new contexts, a fact which demonstrates the vitality of his plots in contemporary settings. Shakespeare Translated looks at the way certain plays particularly Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear have been recontextualized into films like O and King of Texas, or television shows such as -The Gilmore Girls-, -Cheers-, and -Clueless-. This book illustrates how Romeo and Juliet is the most shamelessly appropriated of Shakespeare s scripts for contemporary use because its...
Shakespeare s works are constantly being translated into new contexts, a fact which demonstrates the vitality of his plots in contemporary settings. <...
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131,93 |
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A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television
ISBN: 9780786437160 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its inception in November 1963, the British science fiction television series Doctor Who has exerted an enormous impact on the world of science fiction (over 1,500 books have been written about the show). The series follows the adventures of a mysterious "Time Lord" from the distant planet Gallifrey who travels through time and space to fight evil and injustice. Along the way, he has visited Rome under the rule of Nero, played backgammon with Kublai Khan, and participated in the mythic gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Predating the Star Trek phenomenon by three years,...
Since its inception in November 1963, the British science fiction television series Doctor Who has exerted an enormous impact on the world of s...
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220,07 |
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The Films of Fay Wray
ISBN: 9780786438754 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This heavily illustrated filmography of Wrays work at last makes obvious her sizeable contribution to the silver screeen. It begins with an overview of her professional acting career, from her period of great demand after the making of King Kong to her gradual decline after her divorce in 1939. The filmography is divided into three sections that describe and discuss the complete collection of Fay Wrays films. The first section introduces Wrays early silent feature film appearances; the second covers her leading lady period in popular horror thrillers and other films in the sound era; and the...
This heavily illustrated filmography of Wrays work at last makes obvious her sizeable contribution to the silver screeen. It begins with an overview o...
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166,56 |
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A Theory of Narrative
ISBN: 9780231144292 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Narrative is a powerful element of human culture, storing and sharing the cherished parts of our personal memories and giving structure to our laws, entertainment, and history. We experience narrative in words, pictures, and film, yet regardless of how the tale is told, story remains independent from the media that makes it concrete. Narrative follows humans wherever they travel and adapts readily to new forms of communication. Constantly evolving and always up-to-date, narrative is a necessary strategy of human expression and a fundamental component of human identity. In order to...
Narrative is a powerful element of human culture, storing and sharing the cherished parts of our personal memories and giving structure to our laws, e...
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154,04 |
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A Theory of Narrative
ISBN: 9780231144285 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Narrative is a powerful element of human culture, storing and sharing the cherished parts of our personal memories and giving structure to our laws, entertainment, and history. We experience narrative in words, pictures, and film, yet regardless of how the tale is told, story remains independent from the media that makes it concrete. Narrative follows humans wherever they travel and adapts readily to new forms of communication. Constantly evolving and always up-to-date, narrative is a necessary strategy of human expression and a fundamental component of human identity. In order to...
Narrative is a powerful element of human culture, storing and sharing the cherished parts of our personal memories and giving structure to our laws, e...
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513,45 |
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Media, Culture and Society in Iran: Living with Globalization and the Islamic State
ISBN: 9780415772167 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By exploring topics such as the Internet, print press, advertising, satellite television, video, rock music, literature, cinema, gender, religious intellectuals, and secularism, this unique and wide-ranging volume explains Iran as a complex society that has successfully managed to negotiate and embody the tensions of tradition and modernity, democracy and theocracy, isolation and globalization, and other such cultural-political dynamics that escape the explanatory and analytical powers of all-too-familiar binary relations. Featuring contributions from among the best-known... By exploring topics such as the Internet, print press, advertising, satellite television, video, rock music, literature, cinema, gender, religious ... |
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731,67 |
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North African Cinema in a Global Context: Through the Lens of Diaspora
ISBN: 9780415460323 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides insight into contemporary film production from North African countries referred to as the Maghreb. Focus is both on the socio-economic context of film production, which suffers some of the same setbacks and obstacles as other regions of the developing world, and on the thematic details treated in the films themselves. The book delves into ideas such as gender and sexuality, national identity, political conflict, and issues of post and neo-colonial relationships in the context of globalisation. The book includes close analyses of individual films which at times... This book provides insight into contemporary film production from North African countries referred to as the Maghreb. Focus is both on the socio-ec... |
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438,95 |
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Why We Watch: Killing the Gilligan Within
ISBN: 9780684831060 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I believe the American television rerun is the path to personal peace." -- Dr. Will Miller
What did ten years of watching Scooby Doo do to your psyche? Are you psychologically sick if you liked Cindy better than Marcia on The Brady Bunch? What does Frasier tell you about your own dysfunctional family patterns? Dr. Will Miller explains it all in this hilarious self-help guide to our teleconscious. Studies show that Miller's exciting new technique called Teletherapy can help you balance your inner Moe, Larry, and Curly, relax your inner Incredible Hulk; and explore other... "I believe the American television rerun is the path to personal peace." -- Dr. Will Miller
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68,75 |
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The Spoken Words of Spirit: Lessons from the Other Side
ISBN: 9781432720803 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spirit speaks to you! Learn how to improve your life! Our lives are influenced on a regular basis by Spirits and loved ones on the other side. The Spoken Words of Spirit is a series of shared messages that have been received on many subjects. These include health, prosperity, relationships and more. There are some messages that reveal Spirit's vision of Earthly matters. Mostly, this is a book that will bring inner peace to yourself and soul if you absorb the intent of these loving messages! Treat yourself to a way for your life to improve; for you to be stronger in numerous ways, both... Spirit speaks to you! Learn how to improve your life! Our lives are influenced on a regular basis by Spirits and loved ones on the other side.... |
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72,56 |
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Practising Videojournalism
ISBN: 9780415386661 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing valuable guidance on how to combine journalistic writing ability with video practice, and offering information on key skills, Practising Videojournalism gives both students and practicing journalists access to a wide job market, and keeps them in step with the multi-skilled journalist demanded by the media today. Vivien Morgan presents invaluable information on key skills such as:
Providing valuable guidance on how to combine journalistic writing ability with video practice, and offering information on key skills, Practis... |
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185,30 |
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Practising Videojournalism
ISBN: 9780415386654 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing valuable guidance on how to combine journalistic writing ability with video practice, and offering information on key skills, Practising Videojournalism gives both students and practicing journalists access to a wide job market, and keeps them in step with the multi-skilled journalist demanded by the media today. Vivien Morgan presents invaluable information on key skills such as:
Providing valuable guidance on how to combine journalistic writing ability with video practice, and offering information on key skills, Practis... |
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707,28 |
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The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945-1989
ISBN: 9780521819978 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published at a time when the U.S. government s public diplomacy is in crisis, this book provides an exhaustive account of how it used to be done. The United States Information Agency was created in 1953 to tell America s story to the world and, by engaging with the world through international information, broadcasting, culture and exchange programs, became an essential element of American foreign policy during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified archives and more than 100 interviews with veterans of public diplomacy, from the Truman administration to the fall of the Berlin Wall,...
Published at a time when the U.S. government s public diplomacy is in crisis, this book provides an exhaustive account of how it used to be done. The ...
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Maiden USA; Girl Icons Come of Age
ISBN: 9780820481975 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Maiden USA: Girl Icons Come of Age explores images of powerful, contradictory pop culture icons of the past decade, which run the gamut from Mean Girls and their Endangered Victims to Superheroines and Ingenue Goddesses. Are girls of the Title IX generation in need of Internet protection, or are they Supergirls evolving beyond gender stereotypes to rescue us all? Maiden USA provides an overview of girl trends since the 90s including the emergence of girls digital media-making and self-representation venues on MySpace, Facebook and YouTube as the newest wave of Girl Power."
Maiden USA: Girl Icons Come of Age explores images of powerful, contradictory pop culture icons of the past decade, which run the gamut from Me...
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205,92 |
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The History of Media and Communication Research: Contested Memories
ISBN: 9780820488295 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Strictly speaking-, James Carey wrote, -there is no history of mass communication research.- This volume is a long-overdue response to Carey s comment about the field s ignorance of its own past. The collection includes essays of historiographical self-scrutiny, as well as new histories that trace the field s institutional evolution and cross-pollination with other academic disciplines. The volume treats the remembered past of mass communication research as crucial terrain where boundaries are marked off and futures plotted. The collection, intended for scholars and advanced graduate...
-Strictly speaking-, James Carey wrote, -there is no history of mass communication research.- This volume is a long-overdue response to Carey s commen...
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219,14 |
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Jack the Ripper: His Life and Crimes in Popular Entertainment
ISBN: 9780786440450 / Angielski / Miękka / 203 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The identity of Jack the Ripper has consumed public curiosity since he first tormented the East End of London in 1888. Numerous theories have been offered as to the Ripper's identity, but a definitive answer has always been elusive. This work surveys the literary, film, television, and radio treatments of Jack the Ripper and his crimes.
The identity of Jack the Ripper has consumed public curiosity since he first tormented the East End of London in 1888. Numerous theories have been off...
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166,56 |
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Celluloid Deities: The Visual Culture of Cinema and Politics in South India
ISBN: 9780739110607 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Towering billboards featuring photorealistic portraits of popular cinema stars and political leaders dominated the cityscape of Chennai, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Studying the manufacture and reception of these billboards--known locally as banners and cutouts--within the context of the entwined histories of the cinema industry and political parties in Tamil Nadu, Preminda Jacob reveals the broader significance of these fragments of visual culture beyond their immediate function as pretty pieces of advertising. Jacob analyzes...
Towering billboards featuring photorealistic portraits of popular cinema stars and political leaders dominated the cityscape of Chennai, in the south ...
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683,83 |
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French and American Noir: Dark Crossings
ISBN: 9780230536906 / Angielski / Twarda / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new addition to the Crime Files series explores the complex relationship between 'noir' in France and in the U.S., including discussion of both film and fiction.
This new addition to the Crime Files series explores the complex relationship between 'noir' in France and in the U.S., including discussion of both f...
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201,72 |
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Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television
ISBN: 9780786443413 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text includes information on scientific films, horror films and fantasy films that were released in America from 1968 through 1988. Entries are arranged alphabetically and include cast and credits, plot synopsis and notes.
This text includes information on scientific films, horror films and fantasy films that were released in America from 1968 through 1988. Entries are a...
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220,07 |