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Buffs and casual fans alike will enjoy this extra-large serving of popcorn for thought * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eThe greatest living writer on the movies ... \u003ci\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is surely his magnum opus -- John Banville * New Statesman BOOKS OF THE YEAR *\u003cbr\u003eRigorous and rewarding, and a page rarely passes without insight * Independent BOOKS OF THE YEAR *\u003cbr\u003eNobody else would match its sweep, its erudition, its discernment or its warmth -- David Hare * Guardian BOOKS OF THE YEAR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are always irreverent arguments about the status of filmmaking in David Thomson's writing: \"Story ideas hang around in Hollywood longer than some marriages or buildings.\" Or \"It would be said of British cinema that it was nothing until a band of Hungarians took it over.\" This goes alongside his real passion for the art: \u003ci\u003eOn Sweet Smell of Success\u003c\/i\u003e - \"The film was shot in a glittering harsh black and white by James Wong Howe and looked like the hide of a crocodile in the moonlight.\" On \u003ci\u003eColonel Blimp -\u003c\/i\u003e \"There is one scene of Deborah Kerr with auburn hair and in a cornflower blue dress, in shadow and firelight, that must be among the most romantic shots made during the war. No one in Britain before had seen that you could make a film because you were crazy about a girl.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Thomson is, I think, the best writer on film in our time. If \u003ci\u003eHave you Seen?\u003c\/i\u003e was his most succinct and entertaining book, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is a large and vivacious map on the history of 'the screen': beginning with Muybridge and then tracing careers ranging from Korda to Renoir to Hawkes to Mizoguchi, to David Lynch and Tarentino, then swerving over to television shows such as \u003ci\u003eI love Lucy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos.\u003c\/i\u003e He has found and created a marvellous plot for the history of film with insights and revelations on every page, as well as a few mcguffins. He is our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael Ondaatje\u003cbr\u003eA great critic cuts both ways - he nudges you into reconsidering the films you love, as well as the ones you dislike. David Thomson's sensual prose has always amplified the imagination of a great critic. In broad outline, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of the movies, a wide-ranging task which usually carries with it a certain amount of connect-the-dots tedium. But Thomson's emphases are typically fresh and often ecstatic, even when he's disparaging a film you love. Nobody does it better -- Scott Eyman (author of EMPIRE OF DREAMS and LION OF HOLLYWOOD)\u003cbr\u003eOf the medium's many distinguished critics, none is better informed or more authoritative than David Thomson ... [\u003ci\u003eThe Big Screen \u003c\/i\u003eis] part film history, part thesis, part love letter and lament ... genuine insights abound ... Like any great work of criticism, the book is essentially an education in good taste, and crucially it sends us back to the movies. Thomson's montage of ecstasies and laments re-awakens in us the thrill and wonder of moving images and the need to know what happens next. In that, it is as close to definitive as any book on film can be. Just as we look at the movies, we should listen to him * Spectator Life *\u003cbr\u003eDavid Thomson is a metaphysician of the movies ... Thomson's brain is the ultimate repertory theatre, perpetually rerunning our favourites and allowing us to wonder at them all over again. The highest praise I can give him is to say that the images he treasures are just as alive on his pages as they were on the big screen -- Peter Conrad * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA love letter to a dying art, [\u003ci\u003eThe Big Screen\u003c\/i\u003e] is also a scathing indictment of its legacy. In over 500 pages of breathtaking criticism, [Thomson] seeks to understand the impact of the screen upon our collective consciousness * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eA cultural overview of the past, present and future of the movies * Sunday Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a wildly seductive love letter to what Thomson concludes is a 'lost love' ... he rapturously recalls a lifetime's enchantment with the big screen * Metro *\u003cbr\u003eA startling analysis of what happens to us in the darkness as we dream with eyes open * Observer BOOKS OF THE YEAR *\u003cbr\u003eThere's one standout in this year's slew of film literature, The Big Screen written by David Thomson, a giant in the world of film criticism. His book is erudite but readable, delightfully tangential, and surprisingly polemical. He provides a fascinating ride through the past century of mostly American cinema and posits a theory that 'the shining light and the huddled masses' of yore will be replaced by digital anomie, as the big screen is replaced by YouTube on an iPhone -- Kate Muir * The Times BOOKS OF THE YEAR *\u003cbr\u003e[The Big Screen] works both as an engaging primer on film history and as a map for more numinous shifts in the path of popular art ... 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Embracing everything from Black Sabbath's guitarist, Tony Iommi, losing his fingers in a sheet metal press to the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, it's dramatic, perceptive and often extremely funny. * Books of the Year, Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eIt was hard to find a more convincing read ... a highly entertaining look at everything from The Avengers to Harry Potter that proclaims Britain as the champion of culture, spreading words and songs internationally like no other * Books of the Year, Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eSandbrook's hugely enjoyable analysis of why we continue to punch above our weight in this area ... covers everything from boarding school tales (Tom Brown to Harry Potter) to country house tales (Brideshead and Downton), the works of Tolkien to the 2012 Olympics. * Books of the Year, Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eTerrific fun ... Sandbrook isn't like other historians ... He heads off down strange, neglected byways, teasing out unexpected connections, with the results often proving far more illuminating - and enjoyable - than conventional narratives ... I defy you not to be swept up in a narrative that's as colourful as it is dramatic. -- John Preston * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eEngrossing ... delightful ... a book that relishes an argument and likes to challenge received opinion ... not only thoroughly entertaining, but crammed with as many serious insights as a shelf-ful of academic studies. -- Alwyn Turner * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eWitty ... enthusiastic ... a passionate and admirable defence of coach-party musical theatre, large-print historical fiction, wedding reception rock, Orc sagas, To the Manor Born, Arnold Bennett, Billy Bunter and Billy Elliot ... The hot core of his story, though, is made of the most thrillingly unlikely material. -- Matthew Sweet * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eSplendid ... Sandbrook is always an engaging and perceptive writer and the subject lends itself to his eye for a story and his ability to connect with the reader. This is, after all, a book about the very things that, over the past century, we have most enjoyed, from Hercule Poirot to Sgt Pepper. -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eSparkling ... fascinating ... always enlightening ... as usual with Sandbrook, there are some lovely vignettes and incongruous details ... Academic writers could certainly learn something from his lightness of touch and ability to build an argument. -- Joe Moran * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written ... wonderfully counter-intuitive ... with an excellent feel for the contemporary pulse and the surprising killer detail ... I, too, have left out loads that Sandbrook has cleverly and incisively included. -- Nick Curtis * London Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA marvellous read ... juicy, irresistible, restoring the past with all its delight, defeats and energy to the ageing spectator ... He delights in the sheer, tumbling crowdedness of British popular culture over the past half century or so, crams in at a terrific pace the innumerable stories of its successes, and lends the status of heroism to his favourite figures. The author catches with infectious excitement the cracking pace and headlong productivity of this teeming crowd. -- Fred Inglis * Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eMasterly ... lively and stimulating ... He loves to debunk received opinion. -- Robert Low * Standpoint *\u003cbr\u003eA vivid, endlessly fascinating account of the numerous achievements of this country's national imagination. This book is my personal dream factory ... so invigorating and exciting. -- Jessie Thompson * Huffington Post *\u003cbr\u003eDefiantly populist ... Dominic Sandbrook zestfully charts the route that has taken Britain from 'workshop of the world' to 'cultural superpower' ... as Sandbrook rightly insists, 'we still live in the shadow of the Victorians -- Boyd Tonkin * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant. -- A N Wilson * The Tablet *\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging and very accessible history book about our modern artistic achievements that, provocatively, also debunks some of the very icons it praises. -- Simon Copeland * The Sun *\u003cbr\u003eI loved this book about British culture, partly because there's so much in it, and partly because of the brilliant way the author joins the dots ... Sandbrook gets us thinking about cinema, art, country houses, Tolkein, Doctor Who, and, superbly, much more. -- William Leith * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining trawl through British culture ... [Sandbrook] has produced a book that is not only thoroughly enjoyable to read, but also crammed with as many serious insights as a shelf of academic studies * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIt's a great premise, and I dived into, and splashed around in, this book gleefully at first. Here were lucid and often amusing expositions on the work of Lennon and McCartney, Ian Fleming, JRR Tolkien, Christie ... in his books on Britain in the 1950s and 60s, Sandbrook has covered some of this ground before. But he doesn't repeat himself, and his scope is wider than heretofore - he notices, for instance, how ingrained Charles Dickens's influence is, still, in popular entertainment ...  It would be impossible to please everyone. 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Challenging the stereotype of Protestants as world-denouncing-and-defying puritans and iconoclasts who stood in the way of film''s maturation as an art, the authors contend that Protestants were among the key catalysts in the origins and development of film, bringing an identifiably Protestant aesthetic to the medium. The essays in this volume track key Protestant themes like faith and doubt, sin and depravity, biblical literalism, personal conversion and personal redemption, holiness and sanctification, moralism and pietism, Providence and secularism, apocalypticism, righteousness and justice, religion and race, the priesthood of all believers and its offshoots-democratization and individualism. Protestants, the es\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Roman Catholicism's influence on film is well known, the corresponding influence of Protestantism is frequently ignored. 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The Protestant Reformation on Screen 4 - \"Here I stand I can do no other...\" Martin Luther in German and American Biopics Esther Wipfler 5 - The Vexed Man: Oliver Cromwell and the English Reformation and Civil War on Screen Gastón Espinosa 6 - Propaganda, Blasphemy, and The Savage God in The Witchfinder General \u0026amp; The Wicker Man Victor Sage  Part III. Protestant Influences in European Art Films 7 - Words versus \"The Word\": Language and Scripture in Ingmar Bergman's Films and Writings Maaret Koskinen 8 - Protestant Miracle in Dreyer's Ordet Marc LeFanu 9 - Babette's Feast: Protestant Pietism, the Conflict of Spirit and Flesh, and Reconciliatory Grace in the Danish Babette's Feast Kjell O. Lejon 10 - Protestant Ambivalence Towards Allegory in Wim Wenders' The Scarlet Letter Erik Redling  Part IV. Protestant Experience in American Movies 11 - Where Were You? 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Chapter Six Looking Ahead: A Silent Nod towards the Future  Chronological List of the Absolute Music Chronological List of the Applied Music Acknowledgments Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732542271831,"sku":"9780190681012","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190681012.jpg?v=1719997354"},{"product_id":"silent-film-9780190852528","title":"Silent Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in the late 1920s, the cinema''s silent era is both one of the most important epochs of film history and one of the most misunderstood within the popular imagination. In this brief and readable account, these formative decades come vividly to life. 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Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an excellent short guide that manages to cram in a vast amount of information into a very small space. It never pretends to offer a history of film but is a superb resource for getting students to think about film as a medium, and to think about what makes film distinct as a means of conveying information, emotion, ideas at the same time as generating wonder, admiration, controversy, or ire. An unrivalled introduction to thinking about film as a medium. \/ Matthew Woodcock, University of East Anglia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Frame after Frame ; 2. Life in the Dark ; 3. Story Time ; 4. Digital Dreams","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732589031767,"sku":"9780192803535","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"a-very-nervous-persons-guide-to-horror-movies-9780197535905","title":"A Very Nervous Persons Guide to Horror Movies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy your worst nightmares about watching horror movies are unfoundedFilms about chainsaw killers, demonic possession, and ghostly intruders make some of us scream with joy. But while horror fans are attracted to movies designed to scare us, others shudder already at the thought of the sweat-drenched nightmares that terrifying movies often trigger. The fear of sleepless nights and the widespread beliefs that horror movies can have negative psychological effects and display immorality make some of us very, very nervous about them. But should we be concerned?In this book, horror-expert Mathias Clasen delves into the psychological science of horror cinema to bust some of the worst myths and correct the biggest misunderstandings surrounding the genre. In short and highly readable chapters peppered with vivid anecdotes and examples, he addresses the nervous person''s most pressing questions: What are the effects of horror films on our mental and physical health? Why do they often cause nightmares? Aren''t horror movies immoral and a bad influence on children and adolescents? Shouldn''t we be concerned about what the current popularity of horror movies says about society and its values? While media psychologists have demonstrated that horror films indeed have the potential to harm us, Clasen reveals that the scientific evidence also contains a second story that is often overlooked: horror movies can also help us confront and manage fear and often foster prosocial values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Very Nervous Person's Guide to Horror Movies lives up to its name. Clasen addresses all the major concerns people have about horror, providing evidence-backed arguments for why people should not be so nervous. * Coltan Scrivner, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture *\u003cbr\u003eMathias Clasen is like the Carl Sagan of horror. He enthusiastically brings us into the unknown, showing us the remarkable psychology and biology of scary movies–the deeper meanings hidden inside popular culture. His frontline research on horror audiences and their mixed emotions makes him a respected expert in this emerging field. But his expertise is matched by his own nervousness and anxiety about horror. This makes him a kindred spirit and perfect guide to the terrifying world of attraction and repulsion. * Stephen Asma, author of On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: A Nervous Horror Researcher's Confessions  Chapter 1: Introduction--\"What's the Big Deal about Horror Cinema?\" Chapter 2: \"I'm Nervous about the Jump Scares\" Chapter 3: \"I'm Nervous about Horror Films and Nightmares\" Chapter 4: \"I'm Nervous about Horror Films and My Mental Health\" Chapter 5: \"I'm Nervous about Horror Films and My Physical Health\" Chapter 6: \"I'm Nervous that Horror Films Are Immoral\" Chapter 7: \"I'm Nervous that Watching Horror Makes Me Look Stupid\" Chapter 8: \"I'm Nervous about Kids Watching Horror\" Chapter 9: \"I'm Nervous about What the Popularity of Horror Says about Society\" Chapter 10: \"So. . . I Shouldn't Be Nervous at All?\" Chapter 11: \"Okay, I'm about Ready to Watch a Horror Film. What Now?\"  Notes Works Cited","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732645917015,"sku":"9780197535905","price":18.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"how-coppola-became-cage-9780197556375","title":"How Coppola Became Cage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn in-depth look at one of the film industry''s most audacious working actorsIn 1982, a gangly teenager named Nicolas Coppola made his film debut and changed his name to Nicolas Cage, determined to distance himself from his famous family. Once he achieved stardom as the rebel hunk of 1983''s Valley Girl, Cage began a career defined by unorthodox risks and left turns that put him at odds with the stars of the Brat Pack era. How Coppola Became Cage takes readers behind the scenes of the beloved cult movies that transformed this unknown actor into an eccentric and uncompromising screen icon with a wild-eyed gift for portraying weirdos, outsiders, criminals-and even a romantic capable of seducing Cher. Author Zach Schonfeld traces Cage''s rise through the world of independent cinema and chronicles the stories behind his career-making early performances, from the method masochism of Birdy to the operatic torment of Moonstruck and abrasive expressionism of Vampire''s Kiss, culminating with t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelightful. * The Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eA must-read for both Cage obsessives and agnostics: this is a fascinating, consistently bizarre, thoroughly entertaining early-years portrait of a true Hollywood original. * Empire, 5* *\u003cbr\u003eThorough, considered and entertainingly written. * James Mottram, Total Film, 4* *\u003cbr\u003eZach Schonfeld's compulsively readable, well-researched book on Nicolas Cage, How Coppola Became Cage, gets to the heart of the unique, multitalented actor. * PopMatters *\u003cbr\u003eA lively, anecdote-filled look into the actor's shape-shifting, storied career. Even the most ardent Cage fans will learn something new. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating details and entertaining provocative backstories make this an important, captivating read for Cage fans and cinephiles alike. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eI learned so much from Zach's deep, deep dive into Cage's foundational years and how he came to be the experimental Hollywood A-lister we know today. Zach's thoroughness is remarkable. * Lindsay Gibb, author of National Treasure: Nicolas Cage *\u003cbr\u003eBefore Nicolas Cage was a national treasure, he was Nicky Coppola, an eccentric young actor trying to break out from the long shadow of his family name. In this thorough look at Cage's seldom documented early years, Zach Schonfeld draws on original interviews with siblings, classmates, and colleagues to chronicle his journey from high school theater kid to Valley Girl heartthrob to household name. A must read for Cage fans. * Dan Ozzi, author of SELLOUT *\u003cbr\u003eCharting an authoritative middle path between scholar and superfan, Schonfeld breaks down the life and works of a beguiling figure with a careful balance of critical rigor and curious open-mindedness. 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Documentary films have become reliable earners at the U.S. box office and ubiquitous on streaming platforms, while historically they existed on the margins of mainstream media. How do we explain the growing commercialization of documentary films and the conditions that fueled their transformation?The growing commercialization of documentary film has not gone unnoticed, but it has not been sufficiently explained. Streaming and the growing interest in reality TV are usually offered as initial explanations whenever a documentary enters the cultural conversation or breaks a box-office record, but neither of those causes grapple with the overlapping causal mechanisms that commercialized documentary film. How Documentaries Went Mainstream provides a more comprehensive and meaningful periodization of the commercialization of documentary film. Although the commercial ascension of documentary films might seem meteoric, it is the culmination of decades-long efforts that have developed and fortified the audience for documentary features. Author Nora Stone refines rough explanations of these efforts through a robust synoptic history of the market for documentary films, using knowledge of film economics and the norms of industry discourse to tell a richer story. This periodization will allow scholars to compare the commercialization of documentary film with other genres. Drawing on archival documents, industry trade journals and popular press, and interviews with filmmakers and film distributors, Stone illuminates how documentary features have become more plentiful, popular, and profitable than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStone's history of post-vérité U.S. documentary is, simply put, the book I've been waiting for. For too long, documentary histories have focused primarily on makers and movements, but Stone weaves an account of the film markets, documentary institutions, and shifts in film culture driving documentary's increased public visibility. Whether discussing canonical works, box office flops, public television broadcasts, or popular documentary hits, this book provides a narrative that reframes and illuminates the major changes in the documentary landscape over the last half century. * Chris Cagle, Associate Professor, Temple University, Film and Media Arts *\u003cbr\u003eHow Documentaries Went Mainstream explores the tension between public service and commodity exchange in the documentary film market by tracing the shifting industrial trends in documentary distribution and exhibition between the 1960s and today. Deftly researched and incisively written, Stone's book offers an important intervention in the history of documentary by focusing on the mode's industrial concerns. Essential reading for anyone interested in how and why documentary has come to occupy such a prolific and lucrative corner of the media market in recent years. * Kristen Fuhs, Professor of Media Studies, Woodbury University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: How Documentaries Went Mainstream  Chapter 1: 1960 to 1977, Direct Cinema Blossoms, But Little Support for Documentary Films in Theaters  Chapter 2: 1978 to 1989, A Rising Tide: How the Independent Film Movement Boosted Documentaries  Chapter 3: 1978 to 1990, Fighting For A Place On Public Television: Independent Filmmakers Lobby  Chapter 4: 1990 to 1999, Television or Cinema? Redefining Documentary for Prestige and Profit  Chapter 5: 2000 to 2007, The Docbuster Era  Chapter 6: 2008 to 2022, Streaming Video Drives Documentary Production Trends and Private Investment  Conclusion: Documentary Film Inches Closer to the Center, But Core Tensions Remain  Bibliography Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732650373463,"sku":"9780197557303","price":27.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197557303.jpg?v=1719997802"},{"product_id":"renegades-9780197577684","title":"Renegades","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok explores how hip hop culture -- principally music and dance -- is used to construct and perform identity and maintain a growing urban youth subculture. This community finds its home on Dubsmash, a social media app that lets users record short dance challenge videos before cross-sharing them on different social media apps such as Instagram and Snapchat. Author Trevor Boffone interrogates the roles that Dubsmash, social media, and hip hop music and dance play in youth identity formation in the United States. These so-called Dubsmashers privilege their cultural and individual identities through the use of performance strategies that reinforce notions of community and social media interconnectedness in the digital age. These young people create a sense of identity and community that informs and is informed by hip hop culture. As such, the book argues that Dubsmash serves as a fundamental space to fashion contemporary youth identity. To do this, the book re-appropriates the term Renegade to explain the nuanced ways that Dubsmashers take up visual and sonic space on social media apps to self-fashion identity, form supportive digital communities, and exert agency to take up space that is often denied to them in other facets of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dance challenges of the Renegade and Donut Shop, to the moves of the mop and the woah, Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok provides a fascinating window into the youth identity formation of Gen Z culture through their predominant life-line of social media. * Adrienne Gibbons Oehlers, Dance Research Journal  *\u003cbr\u003eRenegades celebrates new digital platforms, through the lives and experiences of the Black dancers, artists, musicians, and activists who popularize their viral content. If you care about where the future of hip-hop culture, digital community-building, and education are going, you should buy this book! * Aria S. Halliday, Editor of The Black Girlhood Studies Collection *\u003cbr\u003ePlenty of books focus on young people's fix on phones, cultural appropriation of Blackness, or hip-hop as music and pedagogy. Renegades tackles all that with a Woah! tagged on. Boffone confronts whiteness, anti-Black sexism, and even COVID19 with his insights about digital dance trends. He bops to beats chosen by Black girls in his Spanish classroom. He calls out the empathy gap limiting their safe, nurturing development as students. He 'mops' with them going viral on DubSmash and TikTok. This collaborative, therapeutic hip-hop intervention will lead White teachers and other readers to exclaim: Keke taught me the Black girl joy that influences the Internet's top hip-hop songs and dance. * Kyra Gaunt, author of The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop *\u003cbr\u003eRenegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok is a thorough and nuanced analysis of the many ways that Black youth have used hip-hop dance to transform digital space. By addressing the implications of this transformation for areas as diverse as educational philosophy, identity, language, intellectual property law, and political organizing, Trevor Boffone has produced a timely and inspiring contribution to hip-hop dance scholarship. * Joe Schloss, author of Foundation; B-boys, B-girls and Hip-Hop Culture in New York *\u003cbr\u003eThe book creates a platform to center Black narratives and will deepen (and in many instances initiate) the dance discussions in my courses related to race, equity, and social media. * Heather Trommer-Beardslee, Journal Of Dance Education *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dance challenges of the Renegade and Donut Shop, to the moves of the mop and the woah, Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok provides a fascinating window into the youth identity formation of Gen Z culture through their predominant life-line of social media. * Adrienne Gibbons Oehlers, Dance Research Journal *\u003cbr\u003eRenegades celebrates new digital platforms, through the lives and experiences of the Black dancers, artists, musicians, and activists who popularize their viral content. If you care about where the future of hip-hop culture, digital community-building, and education are going, you should buy this book! * Aria S. Halliday, Editor of The Black Girlhood Studies Collection *\u003cbr\u003ePlenty of books focus on young people's fix on phones, cultural appropriation of Blackness, or hip-hop as music and pedagogy. Renegades tackles all that with a Woah! tagged on. Boffone confronts whiteness, anti-Black sexism, and even COVID19 with his insights about digital dance trends. He bops to beats chosen by Black girls in his Spanish classroom. He calls out the empathy gap limiting their safe, nurturing development as students. He 'mops' with them going viral on DubSmash and TikTok. This collaborative, therapeutic hip-hop intervention will lead White teachers and other readers to exclaim: Keke taught me the Black girl joy that influences the Internet's top hip-hop songs and dance. * Kyra Gaunt, Author of The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction Chapter 1 - Digital Communities: From Dubsmash to TikTok Chapter 2 - This Bridge Called Dubsmash: Renegades Call It Home Chapter 3 - The Original Renegade: Dubsmash, Hip Hop Culture, and Sharing Values in a Digital Space Chapter 4 - Gone Viral: Creating an Identity as a Hip Hop Artist Chapter 5 - Moving as One: Unison Dancing, Muscular Bonding, and Hip Hop Pedagogy Chapter 6 - When Karen Slides Into Your DMs: Race, Language, and Dubsmash Outro - The Revolution Will Be Dubsmashed Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index Author Bio","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732653551959,"sku":"9780197577684","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197577684.jpg?v=1719997811"},{"product_id":"regulating-big-tech-9780197616109","title":"Regulating Big Tech","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https:\/\/oxford.universitypressscholarship.com\/.Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and curtail the dominance of a few, yet regulatory responses remain fragmented, with some focused solely on competition while others seek to address issues around harm, privacy, and freedom of expression.Regulating Big Tech condenses the vibrant tech policy debate into a toolkit for the policy maker, legal expert, and academic seeking to address one of the key issues facing democracies today: platform dominance and its impact on society. Contributors explore elements of the toolkit through comprehensive coverage of existing and future policy on data, antitrust, competition, freedom of expression, juris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocieties have finally woken up to the threat to democracy posed by the dominance of a small number of tech companies. But to date, the legal and legislative responses to the threat have been disjointed, unimaginative, and in some cases almost incoherent. The shortage of good ideas for bringing digital technology under effective democratic control is palpable and worrying. By assembling a formidable group of thinkers on these questions, Tambini and Moore have not only created the kind of brain trust liberal democracies need at this critical time, but also a primer for policymakers everywhere. * John Naughton, Cambridge University and Observer columnist *\u003cbr\u003eThe threat to democracy posed by the concentration of power in digital media markets is one of the great challenges of our time. Regulating Big Tech has assembled ideas for change from some of the best thinkers in the world. It is essential reading for anyone wrestling with the topic. * Ben Scott, Executive Director, Reset *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Damian Tambini and Martin Moore  PART I: Enhancing Competition   1. Reshaping Platform-Driven Digital Markets  Mariana Mazzucato, Josh Entsminger, and Rainer Kattel   2. Reforming Competition and Media Law--The German Approach  Bernd Holznagel and Sarah Hartmann   3. Overcoming Market Power in Online Video Platforms  Eli M. Noam   4. Enabling Community-Owned Platforms--A Proposal for a Tech New Deal  Nathan Schneider  PART II: Increasing Accountability   5. Obliging Platforms to Accept a Duty of Care  Lorna Woods and Will Perrin   6. Minimizing Data-Driven Targeting and Providing a Public Search Alternative  Angela Phillips and Eleonora Maria Mazzoli   7. Accelerating Adoption of a Digital Intermediary Tax  Elda Brogi and Roberta Maria Carlini  PART III: Safeguarding Privacy   8. Treating Dominant Digital Platforms as Public Trustees  Philip M. Napoli   9. Establishing Auditing Intermediaries to Verify Platform Data  Ben Wagner and Lubos Kuklis   10. Promoting Data for Well-Being While Minimizing Stigma  Frank Pasquale   Part IV: Protecting Democracy   11. Responding to Disinformation: Ten Recommendations for Regulatory Action and Forbearance  Chris Marsden, Ian Brown, and Michael Veale   12. Creating New Electoral Public Spheres  Martin Moore   13. Transposing Public Service Media Obligations to Dominant Platforms  Jacob Rowbottom  PART V: Reforming Governance   14. A Model for Global Governance of Platforms  Robert Fay   15. Determining Our Technological and Democratic Future: A Wish List  Paul Nemitz and Matthias Pfeffer   16. Reconceptualizing Media Freedom  Damian Tambini   17. 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Film music has since become its own industry, an aesthetic platform for expressing creative visions, and a commercial vehicle for growing musical stars of all varieties.In this Very Short Introduction, Kathryn Kalinak takes readers behind the scenes to understand both the practical aspects of film music--what it is and how it is composed--and the theories that have been developed to explain why film music works. This accessible book not only entertains with the fascinating stories of the composers and performers who have shaped film music across the globe but also gives readers a broad sense of the key questions in film music studies today. 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Taking its name from the 1973 film The Exorcist, which was widely understood to be based on a true story, this book outlines a cycle in which religious beliefs and practices become the basis of films that in turn inspire religious beliefs, practices, and experiences in response. Authors Joseph P. Laycock and Eric Harrelson draw heavily from archival research to shed new light on the details of this phenomenon, in addition to incorporating interviews with horror authors, film writers, and paranormal investigators.Drawing on psychology, sociology, and folklore studies, Laycock and Harrelson theorize how film informs religious experience and shapes religious culture. The Exorcist Effect examines the production and reception of Rosemary''s Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), and The Omen (1976) as seminal films in the genre; figures as Malachi Martin as well as Ed and Lorraine Warren, who inserted themselves directly into the spotlight, and the horror films that influenced and were inspired by their careers; and areas of culture where the influence of this cycle was most apparent-the Satanic Panic, religious exorcisms, and moral panic over heavy metal and the messages it was purported to spread. The final chapter considers the QAnon conspiracy theory and its numerous allusions to film as a contemporary manifestation of The Exorcist effect. Ultimately, The Exorcist Effect is a deftly researched and compelling volume that is sure to interest horror buffs, religious scholars, and historians alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Exorcist Effect, Joseph Laycock and Eric Harrelson demonstrate how horror's fake blood seeps through the screen to stain our cultural and religious beliefs and habits. By combining film theory with religious history and cultural currents, readers find ways cinema is deeply imbricated with conspiracy theories, xenophobia, religious faith, racism, and our legal system. * S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Author of Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World *\u003cbr\u003eThis book rocks! A brilliantly researched exploration of the strange entanglements of religion and horror packed with cultural insights, nail-sharp arguments, and deep dives into the all-too-human angels and demons we meet along the way. As a longtime fan of The Exorcist, I was fascinated from page one. As a professional filmmaker, I can honestly say this book has impacted my very approach to the wonderfully dark art of horror cinema. * Owen Egerton, Novelist and director of Mercy Black *\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent book, well thought-out and well presented, and takes seriously the power of popular culture in shaping the culture of religion in late modern society. It could serve as a model for other scholars to consider that relationship more carefully than has too often been the case to this point. * Douglas E Cowan, Professor of Religious Studies and Social Development Studies, Renison University College, University of Waterloo *\u003cbr\u003eWith The Exorcist Effect, Joseph Laycock continues his forensic analyses of the intersection of Catholic practices and American media and popular culture. Here we find an intriguing investigation into the cultural developments that inspire the thriving practice of exorcism in North America. Countering the intuitive assumption that the rising demand for exorcists correlates to a rise in weird phenomena, Laycock and Harrelson trace the effects that media like The Exorcist have on perceptions and practices related to demonic possession. This is an engaging and enjoyable book for anyone interested in Catholicism, the supernatural, and religion. Laycock continues the work he has become known for-delivering top scholarship that is cutting edge and frankly, hard to put down. 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Such exposés are screened and viewed under the assumption that revealing secret prejudices will necessarily realize the promises of democracy and bring about a postracial and postfeminist future. This book addresses why the culture of public revelations has failed to hold the perpetrators accountable. Caught on Tape illustrates how public revelations constitute a symbolic and imaginary world for the public that is preoccupied with the obscene enjoyment of transgressive white masculinity: a compulsively repetitive experience of ecstatic and excessive pleasure-in-pain that arises from encounters with that which disturbs, traumatizes, and interrupts illusory notions of our coherent selves and reality. 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Today, it continues to adapt and grow as new technologies and viewing platforms become available, and remains an integral cultural and aesthetic entertainment experience for people the world over.Cinema developed against the backdrop of the two world wars, and over the years has seen smaller wars, revolutions, and profound social changes. Its history reflects this changing landscape, and, more than any other art form, developments in technology. In this Very Short Introduction, Nowell-Smith looks at the defining moments of the industry, from silent to sound, black and white to colour, and considers its genres from intellectual art house to mass market entertainment. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introduction series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. 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The French invented the auteur and the ciné-club; they incubated criticism from the 1920s to our own day that is unrivalled; and they boast more film journals, fan magazines, TV shows, and festivals devoted to film than anywhere else. This Very Short Introduction opens up French cinema through focusing on some of its most notable works, using the lens of the New Wave decade (1958-1968) that changed cinema worldwide. Exploring the entire French cinematic oeuvre, Dudley Andrew teases out distinguishing themes, tendencies, and lineages, to bring what is most crucial about French Cinema into alignment. He discusses how style has shaped the look of female stars and film form alike, analysing the made up aesthetic of many films, and the paradoxical penchant for French cinema to cruelly unmask surface beauty in quests for authenticity. 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This is a book for any intelligent non-specialist reader with an interest in British film. * Brian McFarlane, On Screen *\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining and very informative tour of British film history, starting from the silent days of course, but taking a more productive route than a simple chronological tour. * Pamela Hutchison, Silent London *\u003cbr\u003eThis short introduction is...a shrewd one... it informs and also inspires. * Graham McCann, Former Fellow of King's College, University of Cambridge *\u003cbr\u003eNot the least among this small book's many pleasures are its lucid, nuanced prose style and the elegant manner in which thematic threads are teased out and followed through ... it is a sensitive, sensible, and sharply perceptive introduction that will be welcomed by students new to the field, while those who think they know everything about the subject already will find some fresh observations. * Sheldon Hall, Hitchcock Annual *\u003cbr\u003eIt guides and galvanises; it informs and also inspires. As a starting point for an inquisitive student,... it soon earns ample respect for its selectiveness, as well as appreciation for the additional lines of inquiry that it suggests. * Graham McCann, Society *\u003cbr\u003eBritish Cinema: A Very Short Introduction, despite its format as a pocket guide, offers considerably more than its slender size promises. It will be of particular value to students and to general readers approaching British cinema history for the first time, and it is pleasing that the appendices include a solid section of recommended further reading. * James Shelton, Journal of British Cinema and Television 21.1 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations 1: Britain and Cinema 2: Varieties of Britishness 3: A very short history 4: 1933 and after 5: The war and after 6: Ealing and after 7: Chariots and after 8: Looking back, looking forward References Further Reading General Index Index of Names","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732886171991,"sku":"9780199688333","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199688333.jpg?v=1719998810"},{"product_id":"hollywood-9780199943548","title":"Hollywood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this engaging and readable book, Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. He recounts how the studio system rose out of the ashes of Thomas Edison''s trust to create the handful of companies that have dominated global screens and imaginations for more than 100 years. Throughout, he reveals that the elements we take to be a natural part of the Hollywood experience--stars, genre-driven storytelling, blockbuster franchises, etc.--are really the product of cultural, political, and commercial forces. In many ways, Hollywood has remained the same for over a century. It has always been a global industry based in the U.S., and its storytelling has always unfolded across media, adapting plays, book, and comics and spinning off product tie-ins, television series, and social media campaigns. But major events have also continually remade Hollywood. The studios have weathered wars, disruptive new technologies, and competition by adopting a strategy of risk management and assimilation. 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Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Peter Decherney has literally written the book on Hollywood-everything you ever needed to know about the history of the film industry in eight captivating chapters.\" --Stacey Snider, Co-Chair, 20th Century Fox \"Peter Decherney has proven that brevity truly is the soul of wit. Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction is not only a great (and very quick) read; it's incredibly insightful when it comes to explaining how movies have evolved, both creatively and financially, over the last century. If you love movies you'll love this book.\" --Dick Wolf, producer of Law \u0026amp; Order \"Peter Decherney - setting the scene by pointing out how unnatural, crisis-prone and risky a business Hollywood has always been - weaves a beguiling narrative. He takes the reader from the days of Edison's kinetoscope to digital post-production equipment, always alert to the fact that this now century-old success story which is the American film industry only survived the many changes in technology, business models and audience tastes, because it held fast to a few fundamental principles, such as keeping corporate control, managing risk and extending audience access. Briskly told, integrating the latest scholarship while not losing pace or momentum, Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction captures the essentials without ever sacrificing nuance.\" --Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam \"Peter Decherney gives us a whirlwind ride from Edison to You Tube in his Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction.R\" --Roger and Julie Corman, filmmakers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Five Theses on the History of Hollywood ; 1. Before Hollywood ; 2. The Studio System ; 3. 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