Transnational Horror Cinema: Bodies of Excess and the Global Grotesque
ISBN: 9781137584168 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book broadens the frameworks by which horror is generally addressed. Rather than being constrained by psychoanalytical models of repression and castration, the volume embraces M.M. Bakhtin's theory of the grotesque body. For Bakhtin, the grotesque body is always a political body, one that exceeds the boundaries and borders that seek to contain it, to make it behave and conform. This vital theoretical intervention allows Transnational Horror Cinema to widen its scope to the social and cultural work of these global bodies of excess and the economy of their grotesque exchanges. With...
This book broadens the frameworks by which horror is generally addressed. Rather than being constrained by psychoanalytical models of repression and c...
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421,13 zł |
Film Genre – From Iconography to Ideology
ISBN: 9781904764793 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic in an accessible way and includes sections on the principles of studying and understanding "the idea of genre"; genre and popular culture; the narrative and stylistic conventions of specific genres; the relations of genres to culture and history, race, gender, sexuality, class and national identity; and the complex relations between genre and authorship. Case studies include: 42nd Street,...
This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, ...
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96,24 zł |
New York City and the Hollywood Musical: Dancing in the Streets
ISBN: 9781137569363 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In examining the relationship between the spectacular, iconic and vibrant New York of the musical and the off-screen history and geography of the real city--this book explores how the city shaped the genre and equally how the genre shaped representations of the city. Shearer argues that while the musical was for many years a prime vehicle for the idealization of urban density, the transformation New York underwent after World War II constituted a major challenge to its representation. Including analysis of 42nd Street, Swing Time, Cover Girl, On the Town, The...
In examining the relationship between the spectacular, iconic and vibrant New York of the musical and the off-screen history and geography of the real...
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382,84 zł |
Emerging Genres in New Media Environments
ISBN: 9783319402949 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores cultural innovation and transformation as revealed through the emergence of new media genres. New media have enabled what impresses most observers as a dizzying proliferation of new forms of communicative interaction and cultural production, provoking multimodal experimentation, and artistic and entrepreneurial innovation. Working with the concept of genre, scholars in multiple fields have begun to explore these processes of emergence, innovation, and stabilization. Genre has thus become newly important in game studies, library and information science, film and media...
This volume explores cultural innovation and transformation as revealed through the emergence of new media genres. New media have enabled what impress...
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497,71 zł |
Film Trilogies: New Critical Approaches
ISBN: 9781349321209 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in which the trilogy form engages key issues in contemporary discussions of film remaking, adaptation, sequelization and serialization."
Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in...
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191,40 zł |
Hollywood and Intimacy: Style, Moments, Magnificence
ISBN: 9781349346493 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acritical appreciation of close relationships in the modern American movie, looking in detail at contemporary Hollywood filmswhich explore intimacy andthe connections of characters, their surroundings, and points of film style.Peacock'sclose readings provide a fresh approachto understanding the big American film."
Acritical appreciation of close relationships in the modern American movie, looking in detail at contemporary Hollywood filmswhich explore intimacy an...
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191,40 zł |
Love in the Time of Cinema
ISBN: 9781349337019 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kristi McKimoffers close-analyses of films in which attachment and detachment, intimacy and distance, ephemera and endurance become more visible and meaningful.Films discussedincludeWim Wenders' Wings of Desire, Agnes Varda's Jacquot de Nantes, Doris Dorrie's Cherry Blossoms and Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours."
Kristi McKimoffers close-analyses of films in which attachment and detachment, intimacy and distance, ephemera and endurance become more visible and m...
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191,40 zł |
Violence and the Limits of Representation
ISBN: 9781349451913 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Violence and the Limits of Representation explores the representation of violence in literature, film, drama, music and art in order to demonstrate the ways in which the work done by researchers in the Arts and Humanities can offer fresh perspectives on current social and political issues.
Violence and the Limits of Representation explores the representation of violence in literature, film, drama, music and art in order to demonstrate th...
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191,40 zł |
Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
ISBN: 9780520296817 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "With a new introduction: Rethinking trancendental style"--Title page.
"With a new introduction: Rethinking trancendental style"--Title page.
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The Hollow Woods: Storytelling Card Game
ISBN: 9781786270221 / Angielski / Cards / 20 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for 'myrioramas', the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. Almost infinite combinations of cards provide endless storyscaping possibilities. Traverse an enchanted landscape as you build a perpetual panorama inhabited by fire-breathing dragons, magical unicorns and sinister shadow figures. With many games to play and millions of stories to tell, each turn of the card is a new adventure. Where will the story take you? There are over two quintillion storyscaping...
Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for 'myrioramas', the 20 picture cards can be placed in any orde...
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81,85 zł |
Der Wuxia-Film Und Die Aktuelle Gesellschaft Chinas: Eine Strukturelle Analyse Des Wuxia-Genres
ISBN: 9783658177997 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 381 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Alan Moore, Out from the Underground: Cartooning, Performance, and Dissent
ISBN: 9783319665078 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores Alan Moore's career as a cartoonist, as shaped by his transdisciplinary practice as a poet, illustrator, musician and playwright as well as his involvement in the Northampton Arts Lab and the hippie counterculture in which it took place. It traces Moore's trajectory out from the underground comix scene of the 1970s and into a commercial music press rocked by the arrival of punk. In doing so it uncovers how performance has shaped Moore's approach to comics and their political potential. Drawing on the work of Bertholt Brecht, who similarly fused political dissent with... This book explores Alan Moore's career as a cartoonist, as shaped by his transdisciplinary practice as a poet, illustrator, musician and playwright... |
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American Horror Fiction and Class: From Poe to Twilight
ISBN: 9781137532794 / Angielski / Twarda / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study will appeal to scholars of American Studies, English literature, Media and Cultural Studies interested in class representations in the horror genre from the nineteenth century to the present day.
This study will appeal to scholars of American Studies, English literature, Media and Cultural Studies interested in class representations in the horr...
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306,26 zł |
Through the Looking Glass: John Cage and Avant-Garde Film
ISBN: 9780190628086 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage's interactions and collaborations with avant-garde filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of the audiovisual experience on Cage's career. The examples chosen highlight moments of rupture within Cage's notions of the audiovisual experience and the medium-specific ontology of a work of art.
Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage's interactions and collaborations with avant-garde filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of ...
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180,69 zł |
Through The Looking Glass
ISBN: 9780190628079 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage's interactions and collaborations with avant-garde filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of the audiovisual experience on Cage's career. The examples chosen highlight moments of rupture within Cage's notions of the audiovisual experience and the medium-specific ontology of a work of art.
Through the Looking Glass examines John Cage's interactions and collaborations with avant-garde filmmakers, and in turn seeks out the implications of ...
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487,87 zł |
Victorian Detectives in Contemporary Culture: Beyond Sherlock Holmes
ISBN: 9783319693101 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Orbit: George Lucas: Rise of an Empire
ISBN: 9781948216357 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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How Did Lubitsch Do It?
ISBN: 9780231186445 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph McBride analyzes Ernst Lubitsch's films in rich detail in the first in-depth critical study to consider the full scope of his work in both his native and adopted lands. McBride explains the "Lubitsch Touch," shows how the director challenged American attitudes toward romance and sex, and offers revealing insights into his working methods.
Joseph McBride analyzes Ernst Lubitsch's films in rich detail in the first in-depth critical study to consider the full scope of his work in both his ...
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191,10 zł |
The Magnificent Max Baer: The Life of the Heavyweight Champion and Film Star
ISBN: 9781476671611 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. California's ""Glamour Boy"" and world champion boxer was a movie attraction for women and a money-making draw for promoters during the Great Depression. This is the first complete biography to cover Max Baer's boxing record; his early family life; his film, stage, television, and radio careers; and his WW II Army service.
California's ""Glamour Boy"" and world champion boxer was a movie attraction for women and a money-making draw for promoters during the Great Depressi...
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248,84 zł |
Transatlantic Television Drama: Industries, Programs, and Fans
ISBN: 9780190663124 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transatlantic Television Drama looks at how serial dramas like Black Mirror captivate US audiences, and what this reveals about the ways Americans and Brits relate to each other on and off the screen.
Transatlantic Television Drama looks at how serial dramas like Black Mirror captivate US audiences, and what this reveals about the ways Americans and...
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487,87 zł |