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Documentary Television in Canada : From National Public Service to Global Marketplace
ISBN: 9780773523883 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the inception of Canadian television in the early 1950s, documentary television has been misunderstood and often maligned by its critics. This book traces its history back to its roots in radio in the 1930s and 1940s and examines the variety of forms of documentary television that developed over the years.
Since the inception of Canadian television in the early 1950s, documentary television has been misunderstood and often maligned by its critics. This b...
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141,40 |
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Consuming Pleasures: Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to Soap Opera
ISBN: 9780813192826 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "To be continued... " Whether these words fall at a season-ending episode of Star Trek or a TV commercial flirtation between coffee-loving neighbors, true fans find them impossible to resist. Ever since the 1830s, when Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers enticed a mass market for fiction, the serial has been a popular means of snaring avid audiences. Jennifer Hayward establishes serial fiction as a distinct genre -- one defined by the activities of its audience rather than by the formal qualities of the text. Ranging from installment novels, mysteries, and detective fiction of... "To be continued... " Whether these words fall at a season-ending episode of Star Trek or a TV commercial flirtation between coffee-loving n... |
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112,19 |
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Journey of a Lifetime
ISBN: 9780007298808 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this work, the iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career.
In this work, the iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his...
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76,19 |
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Lost Laughs of '50s and '60s Television: Thirty Sitcoms That Faded Off Screen
ISBN: 9780786444663 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally broadcast on American television between 1952 and 1969, the thirty situation comedies detailed in this work are seldom seen today, receiving only brief and often incomplete and inaccurate mentions in most reference sources. Yet these sitcoms (including Angel, The Governor and J.J., It's a Great Life, I'm Dickens...He's Fenster and Wendy and Me, ) and the stories of the talented people who made them, represent an integral part of TV history. Each of the thirty entries has been extensively researched, including screenings of multiple episodes. Containing a complete list of production...
Originally broadcast on American television between 1952 and 1969, the thirty situation comedies detailed in this work are seldom seen today, receivin...
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166,12 |
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The Official Fan's Guide to the Fugitive the Official Fan's Guide to the Fugitive
ISBN: 9781440179228 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,10 |
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Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism
ISBN: 9780879725372 / Angielski / Twarda / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism examines serials. Broadcast first in 1926 on radio and since 1956 on television Monday through Friday 52 weeks a year, soap operas provide a clear promise to continue for as long as mass medicated entertainment exists. Over the last sixty years, billions have happily suffered along with the gallant men and women of the afternoon.
A growing body of scholarly literature exists now to provide insights and suggest answers to the question of why so many continually return to the routine tragedies of daytime drama. Each of our chapters... Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism examines serials. Broadcast first in 1926 on radio and since 1956 on television Monday through...
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76,04 |
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The TV Arab
ISBN: 9780879723095 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr. Shaheen, studying over 100 different popular entertainment programs, cartoons and major documentaries telecast on network, independent and public channels, totaling nearly 200 episodes that relate to Arabs, has thrown new and revealing light on the stereotypes of people from the Middle East.
Dr. Shaheen, studying over 100 different popular entertainment programs, cartoons and major documentaries telecast on network, independent and public ...
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79,85 |
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The Politics of Reality Television : Global Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415588249 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the industrial history of the global migrations of reality television is well established, there has been less consideration of the theoretical & methodological implications of this expansion. This book considers ways in which these migrations test our understanding of reality television across the globe.
While the industrial history of the global migrations of reality television is well established, there has been less consideration of the theoretical ...
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707,28 |
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Beyond Sitcom: New Directions in American Television Comedy
ISBN: 9780786458431 / Angielski / Miękka / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through the lens of structural semiotics, this book explores the textual mechanisms that have driven the evolution of televisual comedy from the classic sitcom, a genre still deeply rooted in its theatrical origins, toward a new genre that is fully integrated into a more mature stage of television's history. It analyzes four comic series--Scrubs, The Office, The Comeback, and Ugly Betty--revealing how each program separates itself from the traditional sitcom archetype and demonstrates an increased self-awareness of the comic genre. Throughout the work, the author focuses on two cardinal...
Through the lens of structural semiotics, this book explores the textual mechanisms that have driven the evolution of televisual comedy from the class...
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166,12 |
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Technologies of Seeing: Photography, Cinematography and Television
ISBN: 9780851706016 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the complex forces pushing and constraining technological developments in cinema. It contests the view that technological advance is simply the result of scientific progress. Rather, the author argues that social forces control the media technology agenda at every stage.
This text examines the complex forces pushing and constraining technological developments in cinema. It contests the view that technological advance i...
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513,45 |
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Television Culture
ISBN: 9780415596466 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Television Culture provides a comprehensive introduction for students to an integral topic on all communication and media studies courses.
Television Culture provides a comprehensive introduction for students to an integral topic on all communication and media studies courses.
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560,94 |
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Latin American Writers and the Rise of Hollywood Cinema
ISBN: 9780415883962 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume analyses the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers, examining the ways in which these writers seized the opportunity to reassert their relevance in the rapidly modernising public sphere by actively - and often subversively - mediating encounters between Hollywood and local audiences.
This volume analyses the initial engagement with Hollywood by key Latin American writers, examining the ways in which these writers seized the opportu...
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234,09 |
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Buffy in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with the Vampire Slayer
ISBN: 9780786459643 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection combines the academic and practical aspects of teaching by exploring the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught in international classrooms through both interdisciplinary and discipline-based approaches. Essays describe how Buffy can be used to explain and encourage further discussion of television's narrative complexity, archetypal characters, morality, feminism, identity, ethics, non-verbal communication, film production, media and culture, censorship, and Shakespeare, among other topics.
This collection combines the academic and practical aspects of teaching by exploring the ways in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer is taught in internati...
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166,12 |
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Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture
ISBN: 9781138743960 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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385,30 |
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A Fighting Spirit
ISBN: 9780007354375 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On 27 August 1979, newly recruited to the Parachute Regiment, Paul Burns was on a tour of duty in Northern Ireland when the truck in which he was travelling was destroyed by an IRA bomb. 18 of his friends and colleagues were killed and he barely survived. This is the story of his determination to make the most of his life.
On 27 August 1979, newly recruited to the Parachute Regiment, Paul Burns was on a tour of duty in Northern Ireland when the truck in which he was trav...
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76,19 |
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Not My Idea of Heaven
ISBN: 9780007354344 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When she was a child, Lindsey Rosa's life was governed by the rules of an extreme separatist sect know as the Fellowship. But, as Lindsey grew, so too did her awareness of the outside world. In this book she recalls the heartbreaking choice she had to make in choosing between the family she loved and her need for a 'normal' life.
When she was a child, Lindsey Rosa's life was governed by the rules of an extreme separatist sect know as the Fellowship. But, as Lindsey grew, so too...
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76,19 |
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Other Worlds: Society Seen Through Soap Opera
ISBN: 9781551111032 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When American nation-wide network radio was still in its infancy, new programs such as Ma Perkins began to feature ongoing story lines in fifteen minute episodes focusing on home life and romance. Procter & Gamble and other soap companies were the most common sponsors, and soon the genre of soap opera had been christened. In this entertaining but probing inquiry into the nature, history, and significance of the soaps, anthropologist Dorothy Anger shows how they reflect and shape the ethos of particular nations. Anger's primary focus is on the similarities and contrasts... When American nation-wide network radio was still in its infancy, new programs such as Ma Perkins began to feature ongoing story lines in fi... |
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126,78 |
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Beyond Ideology: A Case of Egalitarian Bias in the News?
ISBN: 9780761824824 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beyond Ideology addresses the predominance of television news. This research attempts to rise above partisanship, that is, go beyond ideology in order to focus on cultural influences, if any, that may exist in the network newsrooms.
Beyond Ideology addresses the predominance of television news. This research attempts to rise above partisanship, that is, go beyond ideology in order...
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253,65 |
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The Secret World of Jon and Kate: The Stupidest Story in the History of the Universe and the People Who Covered It
ISBN: 9781453659564 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Secret World of Jon and Kate" propels you into the crazy world of celebrity journalism as a former Us Weekly reporter delivers a pull-no-punches, behind-the-scenes account of the madness that enveloped the rural Pennsylvania community the Gosselins call home. Veteran journalist Al Walentis discusses his stealth reporting for Us Weekly, tells how he shopped the exclusive photos of Jon cheating with his babysitter to the major publications, profiles the international paparazzi who rode the wave of gossip for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and tracks Jon's public meltdown from "cool...
"The Secret World of Jon and Kate" propels you into the crazy world of celebrity journalism as a former Us Weekly reporter delivers a pull-no-punches,...
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51,83 |