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Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen
ISBN: 9780595402519 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether it was Lucy and Ethel (Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance) or Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, Gale Storm flaunting 1950s conventions as Margie, or Bea Arthur as Maude, flaunting every convention about female behavior we could think of, we all have our favorite funny ladies, who brought us laughter every week, and, for a half-hour at least, took us away from our daily problems. Classic TV expert Michael Karol, in a series of original essays, examines the roles these Sitcom Queens played on TV, and how they became the beloved TV icons of generation after generation of TV fans. Featuring a sitcom...
Whether it was Lucy and Ethel (Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance) or Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, Gale Storm flaunting 1950s conventions as Margie, or Bea Ar...
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60,46 |
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Producing Public Television, Producing Public Culture
ISBN: 9780691044675 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1989 to 1991, Barry Dornfeld had an unusual double role on the crew of the major PBS documentary series Childhood. As a researcher for the series, he investigated the relationship between children and media. As an anthropologist, however, his subject was the television production process itself--examining, for example, how producers developed the series, negotiated with their academic advisors, and shaped footage shot around the world into seven programs. He presents the results of his fieldwork in this groundbreaking study--one of the first to take an ethnographic approach to... From 1989 to 1991, Barry Dornfeld had an unusual double role on the crew of the major PBS documentary series Childhood. As a researcher for ... |
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251,57 |
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"Sex and the City": Kiss and Tell
ISBN: 9780743457309 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After six wildly successful and critically acclaimed season, HBO's Sex and the City lowered its curtain with an extraordinary finale befitting its remarkable run. Now Sex and the City, the first true comedy about sex and love from a female point of view (and the show that made cosmopolitans and designer shoes part of every single woman's night out), lives on in this luscious, uniquely entertaining, and one-of-a-kind book.
Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, the official companion book, celebrates the show with behind-the-scenes stories on all six seasons and original... After six wildly successful and critically acclaimed season, HBO's Sex and the City lowered its curtain with an extraordinary finale befitting ...
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150,93 |
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Investigating Couples: A Critical Analysis of the Thin Man, the Avengers and the X-Files
ISBN: 9780786411238 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Male-female detective pairings often exhibit offbeat, dark humor and considerable chemistry as they investigate crimes. They have proven to be both entertaining and alluring on screen and television. This work reveals an evolutionary progression in the depictions of three such detective duos: the married pair Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man, blackhumored special agents John Steed and Emma Peel of The Avengers, and finally the smoldering Mulder and Scully in The X-Files. Ten chapters offer critical analysis, rich with background information and insider observations. Production comments...
Male-female detective pairings often exhibit offbeat, dark humor and considerable chemistry as they investigate crimes. They have proven to be both en...
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165,24 |
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Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to Er
ISBN: 9780815605041 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an insider's tour, touching on the network's dizzying decision-making process, and the artists who have revolutionized the medium.
This is an insider's tour, touching on the network's dizzying decision-making process, and the artists who have revolutionized the medium.
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75,62 |
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You Can't Air That: Four Cases of Controversy and Censorship in American Television Programming
ISBN: 9780815631507 / Angielski / Twarda / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this illuminating book, David S. Silverman assesses four controversial television programs from the perspective of media history, assessing the censorship present at all four networks and the political and intellectual inertia it produces in broadcast television. Beginning with "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in the sixties, the author also examines "The Richard Pryor Show", "TV Nation", and "Politically Incorrect". Drawing on firsthand accounts by the writers, producers, and performers of these programs, Silverman offers an unbiased view of the ways in which censorship, sponsor...
In this illuminating book, David S. Silverman assesses four controversial television programs from the perspective of media history, assessing the cen...
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82,19 |
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Mayberry 101: Volume 1
ISBN: 9780895872180 / Angielski / Miękka / 507 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this first volume of a projected three-volume series, Browner covers the 79 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show that were written by Harvey Bullock, Everett Greenbaum, Bill Idelson, and their partners. Photos.
In this first volume of a projected three-volume series, Browner covers the 79 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show that were written by Harvey Bullock,...
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105,95 |
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Goodnight, John Boy: A Celebration of an American Family and the Values That Have Sustained Us Through Good Times and Bad
ISBN: 9781581822984 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For eight wonderful years "The Waltons, " the story of a family living in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, entertained America and the world. Yet this television show was more than entertaining. Each episode combined wonderful stories and "teachable moments" in which adults and children alike learned the importance of honesty, hard work, respect, responsibility, self-sacrifice, and kindness. As is true in most families, the Waltons faced many challenges, occasionally stumbled along the way, but they struggled to live their lives within the framework of...
For eight wonderful years "The Waltons, " the story of a family living in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, ente...
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68,19 |
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Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s
ISBN: 9781860647536 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Series like ""The Avengers"" and ""Danger Man,"" with their professional secret agents, or ""The Saint"" and ""The Persuaders,"" featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this unique television genre for the first time. James Chapman uses case studies to look at the thrillers' representations of national identity, and the world of the '60's and '70's. Chapman also asserts that this particular type of thriller was a historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal, as the current...
Series like ""The Avengers"" and ""Danger Man,"" with their professional secret agents, or ""The Saint"" and ""The Persuaders,"" featuring flamboyant ...
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662,03 |
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Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism
ISBN: 9780415080590 / Angielski / Miękka / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Channels of Discourse fills a significant gap in the critical literature on television. The eight distinguished scholars whose essays make up the collection consider commercial televisionin relation to the major strands of contemporary literary, cultural and cinematic criticism.
Channels of Discourse fills a significant gap in the critical literature on television. The eight distinguished scholars whose essays make up...
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178,95 |
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'Dear Bbc': Children, Television Storytelling and the Public Sphere
ISBN: 9780521785600 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on the diverse views of over 1,300 children in the UK between the ages of 6-12, "Dear BBC" discusses key controversies in the public sphere about children's relationship with the media, especially television drama. Maire Messenger Davies draws on material gathered from an audience research project commissioned by the BBC, based on surveys, structured discussions with children and interviews with program makers and policy makers.
Drawing on the diverse views of over 1,300 children in the UK between the ages of 6-12, "Dear BBC" discusses key controversies in the public sphere ab...
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Television in Post-Reform China: Serial Dramas, Confucian Leadership and the Global Television Market
ISBN: 9780415425469 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed of China's economic and political modernization during the post-Deng Xiaoping era. It intertwines the evolution of Chinese television drama particularly with the ascendance of the Chinese New Left that favors a recentralization of state authority and an alternative path towards China's... This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime televisio... |
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Channels of Discourse, Reassembled: Television and Contemporary Criticism
ISBN: 9780415080583 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A systematic consideration of commercial television in the light of contemporary culture, literary and cinematic criticism, the essays in this book address the place of semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, feminist criticism and British cultural studies in the critical analysis of television. The second edition includes two new chapters discussing postmodernism and television theory: Television and Modernism and Relations of Discourse. The original essays have been substantially revised and updated in the light of contemporary theory, and refer...
A systematic consideration of commercial television in the light of contemporary culture, literary and cinematic criticism, the essays in this book ad...
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701,49 |
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The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Sopranos Season One and Two or Unofficial Sopranos Season 1 and Unofficial Sopranos Season 2 Ultimate Guide
ISBN: 9781603320450 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's clear that The Sopranos has captivated the minds of TV viewers all around the world. What isn't clear is what it actually means. This guide answers many of the questions you've been asking about The Sopranos. From a complete analysis of the plot and its symbolism to hidden clues within the show, this book provides inside analysis and news that can't be found anywhere. The book includes a complete interpretation, and analysis for Season One and Two. This is quite simply the Ultimate Unofficial Guide to The Sopranos Season One and Season Two THIS BOOK INCLUDES: Plot Summary Analysis and...
It's clear that The Sopranos has captivated the minds of TV viewers all around the world. What isn't clear is what it actually means. This guide answe...
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Ultimate Unofficial the Sopranos Season Five and Sopranos Season Six Guide or Sopranos Season 5 and Sopranos Season 6 Unofficial Guide
ISBN: 9781603320474 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Benson provides a complete but unauthorized analysis of the plot and its symbolism to hidden clues within "The Sopranos."
Benson provides a complete but unauthorized analysis of the plot and its symbolism to hidden clues within "The Sopranos."
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138,71 |
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Unofficial Sopranos Series Guide or Ultimate Unofficial Sopranos Encyclopedia: The Sopranos Encyclopedia: Unofficial Sopranos News, Sopranos Analysis,
ISBN: 9781603320481 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Ultimate Unofficial Csi Las Vegas Season Two Guide: Csi Las Vegas Season 2 Unofficial Guide
ISBN: 9781603320269 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's clear that CSI Vegas has captivated the minds of TV viewers all around the world. What isn't clear is what it actually means. This guide answers many of the questions you've been asking about CSI Vegas. From an analysis of the plot and its symbolism to hidden clues within the show, this book provides inside analysis and news that can't be found anywhere else. The book includes a complete interpretation, and analysis for CSI Vegas Season Two. This is quite simply the Ultimate Unofficial Guide to CSI Vegas Season Two. THIS BOOK INCLUDES: Plot Analysis and Interpretation, Hidden Messages,...
It's clear that CSI Vegas has captivated the minds of TV viewers all around the world. What isn't clear is what it actually means. This guide answers ...
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101,56 |
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Star Trek Celebrations
ISBN: 9780743417730 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever wonder what to serve at a Klingon Day of Ascension? Just can't remember if you bring a gift to a Rumarie celebration? Can't recall if on Galvin Five, a marriage is considered successful only if children are produced within a year or three of the wedding? You know that Damok was on the ocean, but you can't recall just what that means? Have no fear Finally, you too can come prepared to any celebration held anywhere in the Federation.
Culled from the data resources of every world, this comprehensive and handy guide will let you walk into any celebration with assurance. Clearly... Ever wonder what to serve at a Klingon Day of Ascension? Just can't remember if you bring a gift to a Rumarie celebration? Can't recall if on G...
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56,67 |
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Hardcastle and McCormick
ISBN: 9781593933241 / Angielski / Miękka / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Milton C. Hardcastle was a law and order judge. Mark McCormick was an ex-con, an ex-racecar driver, and Hardcastle's last case. On the eve of his retirement, Hardcastle chose an unwilling McCormick to be the fast gun (and even faster driver) for his post-retirement career as a modern day Lone Ranger. Would they get the bad guys, or kill each other, first? Return with us now, to those thrilling days of yesteryear-1983-1986, to be exact-when Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh combined car chases, humor, and unforgettable characters for sixty-five episodes of action-packed entertainment....
Milton C. Hardcastle was a law and order judge. Mark McCormick was an ex-con, an ex-racecar driver, and Hardcastle's last case. On the eve of his reti...
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161,32 |
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The Hitler Filmography: Worldwide Feature Film and Television Miniseries Portrayals, 1940 Through 2000
ISBN: 9780786445851 / Angielski / Miękka / 303 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adolf Hitler was arguably the most evil figure of the twentieth century. From the time his Nazi regime launched World War II to the present time, he has frequently been depicted on film. This book focuses on portrayals of Hitler in feature films and television miniseries.
Adolf Hitler was arguably the most evil figure of the twentieth century. From the time his Nazi regime launched World War II to the present time, he h...
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