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The Ages of the Avengers: Essays on the Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Changing Times
ISBN: 9780786474585 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comic book audience expectations have fluctuated dramatically through the years, and comic book creators have had to adapt to shifting reader concerns. One of Marvel Comic s most popular franchises for five decades, the Avengers have always been reflective of their times, having adapted to an evolving readership to remain relevant. This collection of fresh essays by popular culture scholars examines Avengers story lines such as the Korvac Saga, Civil War, and Secret Invasion, and scrutinizes key characters including the Black Panther and Hank Pym. Essays explore how real-world events such as...
Comic book audience expectations have fluctuated dramatically through the years, and comic book creators have had to adapt to shifting reader concerns...
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Gwen Verdon: A Life on Stage and Screen
ISBN: 9780786497362 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) won four Tony awards for her work on Broadway and also appeared in films and on television. Stricken with rickets as a child, Verdon overcame severe leg deformity through ballet training, making her film debut at 11 as a solo ballerina in the musical The King Steps Out (1936). Her theater credits include Can-Can (1953-1955), Damn Yankees (1955-1956), Redhead (1959-1960), New Girl in Town (1957-1958), Sweet Charity (1966-1967) and Chicago (1975-1977). When not dancing on stage or screen, she coached other actors, such as Jane Russell,...
American dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon (1925-2000) won four Tony awards for her work on Broadway and also appeared in films and on television...
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Loving Vampires: Our Undead Obsession
ISBN: 9780786497782 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects - sexuality, gender roles, race, ethnicity, class - and often channeling widespread fears of immigration, crime, terrorism and addiction. This book explores pop culture's vampires variously as sexual seducers, savage monsters, noble protectors and drainers of human power.
Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects - sexuality, gender roles, race, ethn...
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Toy Stories: The Toy as Hero in Literature, Comics and Film
ISBN: 9781476665177 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Toys those celebrated childhood cohorts and lead actors in children s imaginative play have a fantastic history of heroism in fiction. From teddy bears that guard sleeping babies to plastic soldiers and cowboys who lay siege to wooden block castles, toys are often the heroes of the stories children inspire authors to tell. In this collection of new essays, scholars from a range of disciplines examine fictional toys as protectors of the children they love, as heroes of their own stories, and as champions for the greater good in the writings of A.A. Milne, Hans Christian Andersen, William...
Toys those celebrated childhood cohorts and lead actors in children s imaginative play have a fantastic history of heroism in fiction. From teddy bear...
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Ingrid Pitt, Queen of Horror: The Complete Career
ISBN: 9781476672304 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ingrid Pitt, icon of horror cinema: her life and career. Full cast and production credits, synopses, reviews and notes are offered for all of her film, stage and television appearances, along with a critical listing of her novels and other published works. An analysis of Hammer Films' Karnstein Trilogy--of which Pitt's celebrated The Vampire Lovers (1970) was the first installment--is included, and also examined is the trilogy's original literary source, Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla." Other features are rare photographs and other movie-related graphics from every phase of the actress'...
Ingrid Pitt, icon of horror cinema: her life and career. Full cast and production credits, synopses, reviews and notes are offered for all of her film...
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Lillian Lorraine: The Life and Times of a Ziegfeld Diva
ISBN: 9781476675275 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Nuts about Squirrels: The Rodents That Conquered Popular Culture
ISBN: 9781476675961 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ann Miller: Her Life and Career
ISBN: 9781476679259 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Algonquin Kid - Adventures Growing Up at New York's Legendary Hotel (Hardback)
ISBN: 9781593937935 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the hardback version. The true life story of Michael Elihu Colby and his childhood days at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel. His grandparents Mary and Ben B. Bodne had traded their southern oil fortune for the legendary but faded Algonquin and restored the hotel's former glory. Their efforts led to a remarkable renaissance and attracted an overflow of celebrities from the ridiculous to the sublime. Michael weaves a vivid tapestry of encounters with glittering Broadway and Hollywood celebrities in a kaleidoscopic memoir of illustrious figures-some on a meteoric rise, some in tragic...
This is the hardback version. The true life story of Michael Elihu Colby and his childhood days at Manhattan's Algonquin Hotel. His grandparents Mary ...
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Carol Lynley: Her Film & TV Career in Thrillers, Fantasy and Suspense
ISBN: 9781629336336 / Angielski / Miękka / 770 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The South Korean Film Industry
ISBN: 9780472056927 / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Swedish Film: An Introduction and a Reader
ISBN: 9789185509362 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a presentation of the history of Swedish film through carefully selected articles by Swedish and international film scholars. This book draws upon a rich tradition of research on Swedish cinema, and it offers a varied and inspiring introduction to the history from the very first film screenings to contemporary works.
Offers a presentation of the history of Swedish film through carefully selected articles by Swedish and international film scholars. This book draws u...
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Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Film: Reel Education
ISBN: 9780415737678 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Films about education provide many of the most popular interpretations of what teaching and learning mean in schools. An analysis of this medium reveals much about the historical, cultural, political, and philosophical dimensions of education. Timely and engaging, this book fills a gap for scholarly and informed public commentary on the portrayal of education in film, offering a wide range of conceptual and interpretive perspectives. Teaching, Learning, and Schooling in Film explores several key questions, including: What does it mean to be a good teacher? How do these good... Films about education provide many of the most popular interpretations of what teaching and learning mean in schools. An analysis of this medium re... |
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Neo-Disneyism; Inclusivity in the Twenty-First Century of Disney's Magic Kingdom
ISBN: 9781800797994 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Icon: The Life, Times, and Films of Marilyn Monroe Volume 2 1956 to 1962 & Beyond
ISBN: 9781593937751 / Angielski / Miękka / 892 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Goddess... Legend... Icon... You thought you knew her... but never like this. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) survived a childhood marked by abuse, neglect, and chaos to become a psychological, cultural, and spiritual phenomenon of the Twentieth Century. Her remarkable life, brilliant film career, and posthumous legend have been deconstructed in over 600 biographies. Psychotherapist & author Gary Vitacco-Robles reframes and redefines the fascinating woman behind the iconic image through an analysis of her psyche and an appreciation of her film and stage performances in Volume 2 of this definitive...
Goddess... Legend... Icon... You thought you knew her... but never like this. Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) survived a childhood marked by abuse, neglect...
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Ross Alexander: The Life and Death of a Contract Player (hardback)
ISBN: 9781629335858 / Angielski / Twarda / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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William S. Hart Park
ISBN: 9781540251398 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Star Wars: Visions
ISBN: 9780810995895 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Star Wars debuted in 1977, it revolutionized mainstream American filmmaking, transporting fans to new galaxies and introducing them to countless now-classic characters, aliens, planets, and starships. In the decades since, the Star Wars Saga has become a phenomenon impacting cultures across the globe. Just as George Lucas drew upon the work of N. C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell for his own visual inspiration, he has now invited more than 100 well-known and promising artists to draw upon the entire Star Wars galaxy for inspiration. Star Wars: Visions...
When Star Wars debuted in 1977, it revolutionized mainstream American filmmaking, transporting fans to new galaxies and introducing them to cou...
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Analyse des Magazinbeitrages Ich möchte berühmt sein aus der Magazinreihe Forum der Europäer
ISBN: 9783638672832 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,3, Freie Universitat Berlin (Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Medienseminar Fernsehen; Wintersemester 2005 / 2006, 8 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Fernsehen ist in unserer Gesellschaft seit langem zum Massenmedium geworden. Es begleitet uns Tag taglich, sei es durch gezielte Nutzung oder nur als Begleitmedium. Was unsere Sinne wahrnehmen reflektieren wir oft nicht im Detail, sondern erleben das Dargestellte als ein...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1,3, Freie Universitat Berlin (Publizistik und Kommu...
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Struktur und filmische Gestaltung des Dokumentarfilms: "Überleben in New York: Ein Film von Rosa von Praunheim
ISBN: 9783640396931 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1.7, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Rahmen dieser Hausarbeit mochte ich die Reportage "Uberleben in New York" von Rosa von Praunheim, die 1989 in Zusammenarbeit mit dem WDR entstanden ist naher analysieren. Die deutsche Erstaus-strahlung lief am 16.07.1991 beim WDR. Uraufgefuhrt wurde die Reportage 1989 auf dem Filmfestival in Hof und lief 28 Wochen in Berlin im Kino. Die Reportage dauert 90 Minuten und ist vollstandig, bis auf einige schwarz-weie Fotos...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, Note: 1.7, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Sprache: Deutsch,...
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