Individual actors Books
University Press of Florida Play All Night
Book SynopsisThe 1971 Allman Brothers Band album At Fillmore East was a musical manifesto years in the making. In Play All Night!, Bob Beatty dives deep into the motivations and musical background of band founder Duane Allman to tell the story of what made this album one of the most important live rock albums in history.
£21.56
Rutgers University Press Being Rita Hayworth Labor Identity and Hollywood
Book Synopsis'Being Rita Hayworth' considers the ways in which this actress has been treated by film scholarship over the years to accomplish its own goals, sometimes at her expense.Trade ReviewMcLean's work is significant because it addresses a major flaw in the majority of star studies--the lack of knowledge regarding how movie stars were created by the Hollywood studio system. She achieves an understanding of movie stars as economic constructs, of the relationship of their real selves to their images, and of how a star's original meaning and reception by fans sometimes differ from what we assume today....Being Rita Hayworth is a model of good scholarship. * Film Quarterly *[T]he plethora of stimulating ideas in Being Rita Hayworth should jolt star, labor, and film scholarship to reassess contemporary, too easily accepted truths and lead to dynamic debates and exciting exchanges. Fresh perspectives rejuvenate, and that's a gift to scholarship. * Quarterly Review of Film and Video *This book is praiseworthy in all aspects of the subject....This is an excellent book well worth reading because of the cogent discussion of ubiquitous processes of commodification, advertising, and their influence on modes of subjectivity. * Visual Anthropology *Exploring the creation of this popular movie star's persona, Being Rita Hayworth takes an especial interest in her appeal to other women of the day who were struggling to navigate the demands of family and work outside the home. An excellent read for anyone with an especial interest in not only Hayworth's career, but the ripple effect her star persona had on the hearts and minds of a female generation. * The Midwest Book Review *This book reexamines Rita Hayworth's star image and her proficiency as a dancer in order to challenge received wisdom about the objectification of female stars in classical Hollywood cinema. This is a superior piece of scholarship and an outstanding contribution to star studies. -- Ina Rae Hark * University of South Carolina *McLean's argument is complex, coherent, and eminently readable. Through meticulous research, she productively opens up the notion of star as worker. -- Mary R. Desjardins * Dartmouth College *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth? Part One. Stardom Off the Screen Part Two. Film Stars, Film Texts, Film Studies Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess Notes Cansino/Hayworth Filmography Bibliography Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Pretty People
Book Synopsis In the 1990s, American civil society got upended and reordered as many social, cultural, political, and economic institutions were changed forever. Pretty People examines a wide range of Hollywood icons who reflect how stardom in that decade was transformed as the nation itself was signaling significant changes to familiar ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, and nationality. Such actors as Denzel Washington, Andy Garcia, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and Antonio Banderas became bona fide movie stars who carried major films to amazing box-office success. Five of the decade’s top ten films were opened by three women—Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, and Whoopi Goldberg. “Chick flick” entered the lexicon as Leonardo DiCaprio became the “King of the World,” ushering in the cult of the mega celebrity. Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise defined screen masculinity as stark contrasts between &ldquTrade Review"Everett assembles a coterie of capable scholars to investigate changes in society, popular culture, and stardom during the 1990s. Several chapters shine with insight. Everett's chapter on the talents of the iconoclastic Johnny Depp delights as it instructs. Recommended." * Choice *"Everett assembles a coterie of capable scholars to investigate changes in society, popular culture, and stardom during the 1990s. Several chapters shine with insight. Everett's chapter on the talents of the iconoclastic Johnny Depp delights as it instructs. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Arnold Schwarzenegger: Corporeal Charisma 2. Jodie Foster: Feminist Hero?3. Denzel Washington: A Revisionist Black Masculinity4. Julia Roberts: Cultural Phenomenon5. Leonardo DiCaprio: King of the “World”6. Antonio Banderas, Andy Garcia, and Edward James Olmos: Stardom, Masculinity, and “Latinidades” 7. Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise: The Box Office and “True Masculinity”8. Angela Bassett and Halle Berry: African American Leading Ladies9. Michael Douglas: An Ordinary Man10. Pierce Brosnan: Licensed to Sell11. Johnny Depp and Keanu Reeves: Hollywood and the IconoclastsIn the WingsWorks CitedContributorsIndex
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Tough Aint Enough
Book SynopsisClint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this late point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular and respected—though controversial—filmmakers. Tough Ain’t Enough offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars who explore the actor-director’s extensive career. Trade Review"The editors have assembled a diverse group of scholars and turned them loose to make sense of the vast array of contradictions that is Clint Eastwood. This is a unique and extraordinary collection with not a weak chapter in it." -- Dennis Bingham * author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre *"Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood Lester D. Friedman and David Desser Part I: Crosscurrents Chapter 2: “I Don’t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”: Riding the Post-Leone Western Stephen Prince Chapter 3: “God/Country/Family:” The Military Movies Lester D. Friedman Chapter 4: “A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations”: The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan Jonathan Kirshner Chapter 5: “I’m Not So Tough”: Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films Diane Carson Chapter 6: “Heroes are Something We Create: The Biopics” David Sterritt Part II: Controversies Chapter 7: “I Am a Camera”: Clint Eastwood’s Performative Gaze Murray Pomerance Chapter 8: “You ain’t ugly like me; it’s just that we both got scars”: Women in Eastwood’s Films Lucy Bolton Chapter 9: “I know I'm as blind as a slab of concrete, but I'm not helpless”: Eastwood and the Aging Action Hero David Desser Chapter 10: “Seems like we can’t trust the White Man”: The Theater of Race in and out of Eastwood’s Films Alexandra Keller Chapter 11: Play Music for Me: Eastwood’s Film Scores Charity Lofthouse Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Tough Aint Enough New Perspectives on the Films
Book SynopsisClint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this late point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular and respected—though controversial—filmmakers. Tough Ain’t Enough offers readers a series of original essays by prominent cinema scholars who explore the actor-director’s extensive career. Trade Review"The editors have assembled a diverse group of scholars and turned them loose to make sense of the vast array of contradictions that is Clint Eastwood. This is a unique and extraordinary collection with not a weak chapter in it." -- Dennis Bingham * author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre *"Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Teller and the Tale: An Introduction to the Films of Clint Eastwood Lester D. Friedman and David Desser Part I: Crosscurrents Chapter 2: “I Don’t Want Nobody Belonging to Me”: Riding the Post-Leone Western Stephen Prince Chapter 3: “God/Country/Family:” The Military Movies Lester D. Friedman Chapter 4: “A Man’s Got to Know His Limitations”: The Cop Films from Nixon through Reagan Jonathan Kirshner Chapter 5: “I’m Not So Tough”: Melodrama and Performance in the Later Films Diane Carson Chapter 6: “Heroes are Something We Create: The Biopics” David Sterritt Part II: Controversies Chapter 7: “I Am a Camera”: Clint Eastwood’s Performative Gaze Murray Pomerance Chapter 8: “You ain’t ugly like me; it’s just that we both got scars”: Women in Eastwood’s Films Lucy Bolton Chapter 9: “I know I'm as blind as a slab of concrete, but I'm not helpless”: Eastwood and the Aging Action Hero David Desser Chapter 10: “Seems like we can’t trust the White Man”: The Theater of Race in and out of Eastwood’s Films Alexandra Keller Chapter 11: Play Music for Me: Eastwood’s Film Scores Charity Lofthouse Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Films of Denys Arcand Global Film Directors
Book SynopsisDenys Arcand has been making films in Quebec for nearly sixty years. The Films of Denys Arcand illuminates his films in the context of the massive changes in Quebec society during that period. It explores the work of a major director who has achieved international success and some key issues in film studies and Canadian studies. Trade Review"Jim Leach knows Quebec cinema incredibly well, and this book is a terrific introduction to that tradition through one of its most important filmmakers. The close analyses of Arcand's documentaries are especially welcome. Readers who know Arcand's feature films since The Decline of the American Empire will also learn a great deal about those films as well as Arcand's overall feature-film corpus, which goes back to the early 1970's." -- Jerry White * editor of The Cinema of Canada *"Jim Leach proves a sure-footed guide to an enigmatic filmmaker whose long career 'has spanned the entire history of modern Quebec cinema.' The detailed treatment of every entry in Arcand’s eclectic filmography contextualizes each work according to genre, production history, and moment in time. Leach’s book is especially strong in its consideration of Arcand’s films in relation to the culture and politics of Quebec, and in the ways the films cite, reflect, and comment on each other." -- David Pike * author of Canadian Cinema since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World *"This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the texts and contexts of one of Quebec and Canada's leading film directors, bringing out his significance via insightful readings of his works in terms of both their national and international dimensions." -- William Marshall * author of Quebec National Cinema *"Skilfully presented by Leach who then goes on to examine Arcand’s films chronologically from his time at the National Film Board, where his documentary work proved at times too challenging for his paymasters....Leach is a perceptive and sympathetic critic." * British Journal of Canadian Studies *"Leach knows how to work through the tangle of Quebec film criticism—a must with a much-debated director like Arcand— and he acts as a judicious mediator for the anglophone academic reader." * Canadian Journal of Film Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Introduction: Denys of Quebec Chapter 1: Alone or with others: Arcand and the Quiet Revolution Chapter 2: Subjective documentaries: Arcand at the NFB Chapter 3: Dirty money: Arcand's crime films Chapter 4: Fall and rise: Arcand and the American empire Chapter 5: Of beauty and death in the digital epoch Chapter 6: Living in the shadows: Arcand and contemporary Quebec Filmography Works cited Index
£26.09
Rutgers University Press The Films of Denys Arcand Global Film Directors
Book SynopsisDenys Arcand has been making films in Quebec for nearly sixty years. The Films of Denys Arcand illuminates his films in the context of the massive changes in Quebec society during that period. It explores the work of a major director who has achieved international success and some key issues in film studies and Canadian studies. Trade Review"Jim Leach knows Quebec cinema incredibly well, and this book is a terrific introduction to that tradition through one of its most important filmmakers. The close analyses of Arcand's documentaries are especially welcome. Readers who know Arcand's feature films since The Decline of the American Empire will also learn a great deal about those films as well as Arcand's overall feature-film corpus, which goes back to the early 1970's." -- Jerry White * editor of The Cinema of Canada *"Jim Leach proves a sure-footed guide to an enigmatic filmmaker whose long career 'has spanned the entire history of modern Quebec cinema.' The detailed treatment of every entry in Arcand’s eclectic filmography contextualizes each work according to genre, production history, and moment in time. Leach’s book is especially strong in its consideration of Arcand’s films in relation to the culture and politics of Quebec, and in the ways the films cite, reflect, and comment on each other." -- David Pike * author of Canadian Cinema since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World *"This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the texts and contexts of one of Quebec and Canada's leading film directors, bringing out his significance via insightful readings of his works in terms of both their national and international dimensions." -- William Marshall * author of Quebec National Cinema *"Skilfully presented by Leach who then goes on to examine Arcand’s films chronologically from his time at the National Film Board, where his documentary work proved at times too challenging for his paymasters....Leach is a perceptive and sympathetic critic." * British Journal of Canadian Studies *"Leach knows how to work through the tangle of Quebec film criticism—a must with a much-debated director like Arcand— and he acts as a judicious mediator for the anglophone academic reader." * Canadian Journal of Film Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Introduction: Denys of Quebec Chapter 1: Alone or with others: Arcand and the Quiet Revolution Chapter 2: Subjective documentaries: Arcand at the NFB Chapter 3: Dirty money: Arcand's crime films Chapter 4: Fall and rise: Arcand and the American empire Chapter 5: Of beauty and death in the digital epoch Chapter 6: Living in the shadows: Arcand and contemporary Quebec Filmography Works cited Index
£105.40
Wayne State University Press Our Blessed Rebel Queen
Book SynopsisProvides the first full-length exploration of Carrie Fisher's career as actress, writer, and advocate. Fisher's entangled relationship with the iconic Princess Leia is a focal point of this volume. The collection engages with the multiple interfaces between Fisher's most famous character and her other life-giving work.
£69.00
Wayne State University Press Isabelle Huppert Modernist Performance
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£27.96
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£70.50
John Wiley & Sons The Last Bohemian Brian Desmond Hurst Irish Film
Book SynopsisOffers the first extended, critical evaluation of all of Brian Desmond Hurst's films, reappraising the reputation of a director who was born in 1895 in Belfast and died in Belgravia, London, in 1986. Pettitt weaves together film analyses, biography, and cultural history with the aim of bringing greater attention to Hurst's qualities as a director.
£30.56
John Wiley & Sons The Last Bohemian Brian Desmond Hurst Irish Film
Book SynopsisOffers the first extended, critical evaluation of all of Brian Desmond Hurst's films, reappraising the reputation of a director who was born in 1895 in Belfast and died in Belgravia, London, in 1986. Pettitt weaves together film analyses, biography, and cultural history with the aim of bringing greater attention to Hurst's qualities as a director.
£56.95
University of Hawai'i Press Fragrant Orchid The Story of My Early Life
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed actress and legendary singer, Yamaguchi Yoshiko (aka Li Xianglan, b. 1920), emerged from Japan-occupied Manchuria to become a transnational star during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Born to Japanese parents, raised in Manchuria, and educated in Beijing, the young Yamaguchi learned to speak impeccable Mandarin Chinese and received professional training in operatic singing. When recruited by the Manchurian Film Association in 1939 to act in âœnational policyâ films in the service of Japanese imperialism in China, she allowed herself to be presented as a Chinese, eff ectively masking her Japanese identity in both her professional and private lives. Yamaguchi soon became an unprecedented transnational phenomenon in Manchuria, Shanghai, and Japan itself as the glamorous female lead in such well-known films as Song of the White Orchid (1939), China Nights (1940), Pledge in the Desert (1940), and Glory to Eternity (1943). Her signature songs, includingâœWhen Will You Return?â an
£60.00
SPCK - Monarch Stand Up and Deliver A Nervous Rookie On The
Book SynopsisAndy's first hilarious and hectic year in the world of comedyTrade Review"A great read and highly recommended!" -- Inspire Magazine"Totally unputdownable and our book of the year." -- Sorted Magazine"Meticulously accurate, entertaining, surprisingly moving. Kind projects an accessible, warm, upbeat demeanour that makes for an easily enjoyable read." Chortle.co.uk (Chortle is the major comedy website in the UK) -- Chortle.co.uk
£8.54
Seagull Books London Ltd Beyond the Stars Part 1 The Boy from Riga
Book SynopsisFew figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898-1948). Not only did Eisenstein direct some of the most important and lasting works of the silent era, including Strike, October, and Battleship Potemkin, as well as, in the sound era, the historical epics Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible he also was a theorist whose insights into the workings of film were so powerful that they remain influential for both filmmakers and scholars today. Seagull Books is embarking on a series of translations of key works by Eisenstein into English. A fascinating memoir in two volumes, Beyond the Stars first published by Seagull in 1995 and now available again. Begun as Eisenstein approached fifty, it is full of the famous names of his era, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, John Dos Passos, Jean Cocteau, and many more; at the same time, it is a serious book of inquiry about film as a medium, offering countless reflections by Eisenstein on his own work and that of other movie pioneers.
£19.00
Seagull Books London Ltd Beyond the Stars Part 2 The True Paths of
Book SynopsisFew figures in cinema history are as towering as Russian filmmaker and theorist Sergei Mikhailovitch Eisenstein (1898-1948). Not only did Eisenstein direct some of the most important and lasting works of the silent era, including Strike, October, and Battleship Potemkin, as well as, in the sound era, the historical epics Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible he also was a theorist whose insights into the workings of film were so powerful that they remain influential for both filmmakers and scholars today. Seagull Books is embarking on a series of translations of key works by Eisenstein into English. A fascinating memoir in two volumes, Beyond the Stars first published by Seagull in 1995 and now available again. Begun as Eisenstein approached fifty, it is full of the famous names of his era, including Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, John Dos Passos, Jean Cocteau, and many more; at the same time, it is a serious book of inquiry about film as a medium, offering countless reflections by Eisenstein on his own work and that of other movie pioneers.
£19.00
Texas Christian University Press,U.S. Talking to the Stars
Book SynopsisRecalls Bobbie Wygant trailblazing career as an arts and entertainment reporter for Dallas-Fort Worth's Channel 5. Started in 1948 by Amon G. Carter, WBAP (now KXAS) was the first television station west of the Mississippi, and Wygant was there from the beginning. This engaging and informative volume includes more than three hundred photographs of celebrity encounters.
£32.36
Texas Christian University Press,U.S. What And Give Up Show Business
Book SynopsisThe hilarious autobiography of James Hampton, who for over fifty years has been one of the most familiar faces in American television and film. A wonderful slice of life in Hollywood told through the personal stories of one of its most prolific actors, this book will appeal to nostalgia buffs, classic film and television aficionados.
£30.56
University of Toronto Press Bennewitz Goethe Faust
Book SynopsisFritz Bennewitz (1926-1995) was the director-in-chief of East Germany''s Weimar National Theatre. Extraordinary in his capacity for cultural and linguistic adjustment, he directed productions in twelve countries, always adapting shows to make them meaningful to local audiences. Notably, Bennewitz conducted stagings of Goethe''s Faust in four different languages over a series of seven productions three in pre-unification Weimar, one in the reunited Germany, and one each in New York, Manila, and Mumbai.The first comprehensive account of Bennewitz''s remarkable career, Bennewitz, Goethe, Faust is also a pioneering study of intercultural interpretations of Faust. David G. John brings to light previously unknown archival materials including annotated playbooks, correspondence, translations, videos, and reception information as well as unpublished production photos from the stagings discussed in the book. Bennewitz, Goethe, Faust makes a cogentTrade Review'This unique introduction to the work of a pivotal GDR Faust interpreter fills a gap in scholarship and offers stimulus for future research. Highly recommended' -- E. Wickersham Choice Magazine, vol 50:02:2012Table of ContentsAbbreviations Foreword Documentation Part I Bennewitz 1. Persona and Theory * Slim Recognition* Biography* Split Personality* Politics* Dogma and Theory 2. Peers * Erika Stephan* Dieter G rne* Wolfgang Engel Part II The German Fausts: Chronicle of a Society 3. Hooray for Socialism! Weimar 1965/67 * Background* Audience Preparation* The Performance* Essential Features* Critical Reception* The Party Line* Conclusion 4. Hooray for Socialism? Weimar 1975 * Background* Audience Preparation* The Performance* Essential Features* Critical Reception* The Party Line* Conclusion 5. Socialism? Weimar 1981/82 * Background* Audience and Cast Preparation* The Performance* Essential Features* Critical Reception* The Party Line* Conclusion 6. Alles f r die Katz': Meiningen 1995 * Background* The Performance* Critical Reception* Conclusion Part III The Intercultural Fausts 7. The First Black Gretchen: New York 1978 * Background* The Performance* Performance Consciousness* Critical Reception* Conclusion 8. The Hindu Faust: Bombay 1994 * Background* The Performance* Critical Reception* Aftermath* Conclusion 9. The Christian Faust: Manila 1994 * Background* The Performance* Critical Reception* Aftermath* Conclusion 10. From Loyalist to Intercultural Pioneer Part IV Documentation Bibliography Appendices * Highlight Biography* Travels* Plays directed* Holdings of the Fritz Bennewitz Archive in Leipzig: A Treasure Trove for Researchers Index
£47.60
University of Texas Press Meyerhold at Work
Book Synopsis “Not a mirror but a magnifying glass”—such, in the poet Mayakovsky’s words, was the theater of Vsevolod Meyerhold. The first to insist on the primacy of the director’s role, indeed the first to conceive of it as a role, this passionately dedicated Russian director tore down the fourth wall and forced the actors and audience together into one inescapable community of experience. Yet Meyerhold recorded few of his theories in writing, and the intensity and brilliance of his work must be recaptured through the actors and artists who helped create the performances. Focusing on Meyerhold’s postrevolutionary career, Paul Schmidt has assembled in this book journals, letters, reminiscences, and, of special interest, actual rehearsal notes that build a fascinating, intimate picture of Meyerhold as a theorist and as a man. Included are Meyerhold’s frantic notes to his teacher, friend, and bête noire Stanislavsky; detailed descripTable of Contents Introduction A Brief Chronology of Meyerhold’s Life and Major Productions I. “… These Past Generations of Theater” II. Working with Actors III. Shaping the October Revolution in Theater IV. Meyerhold and Pushkin V. Meyerhold and Music VI. Zinaida Raikh and Camille VII. The Lost Theater VIII. Epilogue Glossary of Names
£18.99
University of Texas Press Red Hot Mama
Book SynopsisThis entertaining biography of the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas” reveals how Sophie Tucker became one of the most powerful women in show business, blazing a trail for performers such as Judy Garland, Carol Channing, and Bette Midler.Trade ReviewSklaroff assembled an engrossing portrait of this oft-overlooked legend of early Broadway. * Playbill *Sklaroff does Tucker proud; this volume is a winner on every level that should find a well-deserved place in popular culture collections from the Borscht Belt to Tinseltown. * Library Journal, Starred Review *An enjoyable portrait of a remarkable woman. * Theater Jones *Sophie Tucker didn’t influence Madonna or Lady Gaga— she anticipated them. . . . Sklaroff traces Tucker from her beginnings as a singing waitress at her parents’ kosher restaurant through stardom and her genial fade into nostalgia. * Milwaukee Shepherd Express *Sklaroff celebrates Tucker as a pioneer who helped make possible the success of subsequent female performers who did not conform to conventional expectations of what a star’s personality or physique should be. * The Jewish News of Northern California *This biography makes a significiant contribution to our understanding of American history...through the wealth of archival material on which it draws and its engagement with the cultural forces that shaped not only Tucker's life but also the lives of the female immigrants who shared her struggle to belong in a foreign environment. * Journal of American History *Tucker shines as the bold star of her own show in Red Hot Mama...What Tucker represents as a woman, a Jew, a businessperson, and an entertainer means that this biography is critical to appreciating many of these issues in our recent history. * American Jewish History *Sklaroff tells [Sophie Tucker's] story in a thoroughly engrossing way…Scholars and lay readers alike will enjoy learning about this remarkable woman and, at the same time, will broaden their understanding of key historical developments, such as urbanization, Jewish immigration, racism and race relations in the entertainment industry, labor organizing, and changing tastes and technologies in music and other forms of popular culture. * The Historian *Bold and sassy, the legendary Sophie Tucker influenced generations of women entertainers. . . Sklaroff sensitively traces the unlikely rise of the daughter of Jewish immigrants, a woman who never fit the svelte body image of popular female entertainers and whose ‘sexual movements and provocative delivery’ shocked some viewers. * Kirkus Reviews *Table of Contents Introduction 1. Breaking with Tradition 2. Finding a Place in the City 3. Acceptance as a Rising Star 4. The Hazards of Becoming a Jazz Queen 5. Everybody’s Mama 6. Grasping for Recognition 7. The Value of Devotion 8. Sophie Tucker for President Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Photo Credits Index
£20.89
University of Toronto Press Fritz Bennewitz in India
Book SynopsisThis volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of the work of East German theatre director Fritz Bennewitz in India between 1970 and 1994.Trade Review"…[offers] detailed instances of how a Western director might think about working in rehearsal across cultural difference." -- Ric Knowles, University of Guelph * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 *"This exhaustively researched book by Joerg Esleben and his group represents the culmination of efforts to document and evaluate Bennewitz’s multifaceted work in India." -- Vera Stegmann, Lehigh University * German Studies Review, vol 42 no 1, February 2019 *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Fritz Bennewitz on his Work in India Chapter 1: The 1970s - Brechtian Experiments Chapter 2: The Early 1980s - Firsts, Lows, and Highs Chapter 3: The Mid-1980s - Brecht and the Bard in Bhopal Chapter 4: The Late 1980s and Early 1990s - Gaining a Village, Losing a Country Part II: Perspectives on Fritz Bennewitz in India Chapter 5: Perspectives from Bennewitz's Partners in India Chapter 6: Essays on Bennewitz in India Chronology of Bennewitz's stays and projects in South Asia and his Indian projects in Germany Glossary of Theatre Terms, Institutions, and Cultural References Bibliography Index
£49.50
University of Toronto Press Insecurity
Book SynopsisInsecurity: Perils and Products of Theatres of the Real begins with the premise that although the inclusion of real objects and real words on the stage would ostensibly seem to increase the epistemological security and documentary truth-value of the presentation, in fact the opposite is the case.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Real People Part 1: Winning and/or losing the game of life in autobiographical performance—Winners and Losers 3. Real People Part 2: Insecurity and ethical failure in the encounter with stranger—100% Vancouver, RARE, and Polyglotte 4. Real Words: Reproducing life in remediated verbatim theatre—Seeds and 300 TAPES 5. Real Space: The insecure geographies of site-specific audio walks—Garden/ /Suburbia and Landline 6. Real Bodies Part 1: The traumatic real in immersive performances of political crisis and insecurity—Counting Sheep and Foreign Radical 7. Real Bodies Part 2: Narcissistic spectatorship in theatrical "haunted houses" of solo immersive performance—Everyman 8. Coda: Theatres of the real in the age of post-reality
£47.60
University of Toronto Press On the Queerness of Early English Drama
Book SynopsisThis book probes occluded depictions of queerness in early English drama, ranging from medieval morality plays to Reformation interludes and beyond.Trade Review"This book has secured a place among the monographs that have shaped the field of early modern queer historiography and drama." -- Goran Stanivukovic, Saint Mary’s University * Renaissance and Reformation *"Pugh’s well-researched and convincingly argued book demonstrates not only the value and relevance of the medieval theatrical tradition but also its long-suppressed queerness." -- Nils Clausson * The Gay & Lesbian Review *"Tison Pugh’s On the Queerness of Early English Drama: Sex in the Subjunctive is a welcome addition to queer studies scholarship in early English drama studies. It reminds us how very queer early English drama is and provides fresh avenues of exploration for those of us working in this field." -- Jeffery G. Stoyanoff, Pennsylvania State University Altoona * Early Theatre *"For its fine scholarship, Pugh’s book stands beside related studies such as Mario DiGangi’s The Homoerotics of Early Modern Drama and James Bromley’s Clothing and Queer Style in Early Modern English Drama. For its accessible language and skillful application of current critical queer theory, this title will appeal to students at all levels." -- G. Sikorski, Anne Arundel Community College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Quem Quaeritis? Queerness in Early English Drama Part One: Queer Theories and Themes of Early English Drama 1. A Subjunctive Theory of Dramatic Queerness 2. Themes of Friendship and Sodomy Part Two: Queer Readings of Early English Drama 3. Performative Typology, Jewish Genders, and Jesus’s Queer Romance in the York Corpus Christi Plays 4. Excremental Desire, Queer Allegory, and the Disidentified Audience of Mankind 5. Sodomy, Chastity, and Queer Historiography in John Bale’s Interludes 6. Camp and the Hermaphroditic Gaze in Sir David Lyndsay’s Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis Conclusion: Theatrical Medievalisms, Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi, and the Queer Legacy of Early English Drama Works Cited
£40.50
University of Toronto Press Drawing the Curtain
Book SynopsisMiguel de Cervantes’s experimentation with theatricality is frequently tied to the notion of revelation and disclosure of hidden truths. Drawing the Curtain showcases the elements of theatricality that characterize Cervantes’s prose and analyses the ways in which he uses theatricality in his own literary production. Bringing together the works of well-known scholars, who draw from a variety of disciplines and theoretical approaches, this collection demonstrates how Cervantes exploits revelation and disclosure to create dynamic dramatic moments that surprise and engage observers and readers. Hewing closely to Peter Brook’s notion of the bare or empty stage, Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín argue that Cervantes’s omnipresent concern with theatricality manifests not only in his drama but also in the myriad metatheatrical instances dispersed throughout his prose works. In doing so, Drawing the Curtain sheds light on the ways in which CervTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Poetics of the Imagined Stage Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín Part One: Alternate Theatricalities in Cervantes’s Drama 1. Cervantes and the Simple Stage Bruce R. Burningham 2. Queer Cambalaches in El rufián dichoso John Slater 3. Of Players and Wagers: The Theatricality of Gambling for Salvation in El rufián dichoso Sonia Velázquez 4. Writing to Rescue from Oblivion: The Phantasms of Captivity in El trato de Argel Julia Domínguez 5. Captivating Music, Memory, and Emotions in Los baños de Argel Sherry Velasco 6. In the Name of Love: Cervantes’s Play on Captivity in La gran sultana Ana Laguna 7. Revolving Sets: Spatial Revelations in the Entremeses Esther Fernández and Adrienne L. Martín Part Two: Acts of Disclosure in Cervantes’s Prose 8. Coups de théâtre in the Novelas ejemplares B.W. Ife 9. Captive Audiences: Performing Captivity in Cervantes’s Prose Narrative Catherine Infante 10. Painting into Theatre: “The Suicide of Lucretia” as a Tableau Vivant in El curioso impertinente Mercedes Alcalá-Galán 11. “Muchas y muy verdaderas señales”: The Theatrics of Truth and Sincerity of Fiction in La Galatea Paul Michael Johnson 12. Eavesdropping or Spying? Secret Places and Spaces in Don Quixote Eduardo Olid Guerrero 13. Don Quixote and the Performance of Aging Masculinities in Early Modern Spain José R. Cartagena Calderón
£47.60
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Eric Rohmer Interviews
Book SynopsisThe interviews in this book offer a range of insights into the theoretical, critical, and practical circumstances of Eric Rohmer's remarkably coherent body of films, but also allow Rohmer to act as his own critic, providing us with an array of readings concerning his interest in setting, season, colour, and narrative.
£22.46
University Press of Mississippi David Fincher Interviews
Book SynopsisDavid Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. This collection of interviews highlights Fincher's unwavering commitment to his craft as he evolved from an entrepreneurial music video director into an enterprising feature filmmaker.
£21.60
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Woody Allen Interviews
Book SynopsisAn expansive and insightful collection of interviews with one of cinema's highly regarded filmmakers.
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Harmony Korine Interviews
Book SynopsisTracks filmmaker Harmony Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice. Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique chronicle includes rare interviews unavailable in print for years and an extensive, new conversation recorded at the filmmaker's home in Nashville.
£22.50
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Martin Scorsese Interviews
Book SynopsisMartin Scorsese (b. 1942) has long been considered one of America's greatest cinematic storytellers. Over the last fifty years he has created some of the most iconic moments in American film, never afraid to confront controversial issues with passion. This collection was originally edited by the late Peter Brunette in 1999 and is now revised and extensively updated by Robert Ribera.
£19.96
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Peter Bogdanovich Interviews
Book SynopsisBefore he was the Academy Award-nominated director of The Last Picture Show, Peter Bogdanovich interviewed some of cinema's great masters. Since becoming an acclaimed filmmaker himself, he has given countless interviews to the press about his own career. This volume collects thirteen of his best, most comprehensive, and most insightful of these interviews.
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Alexander Payne Interviews
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MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Fred Schepisi
Book SynopsisIncludes twenty interviews with Fred Schepisi and two with longtime collaborators, cinematographer Ian Baker and composer Paul Grabowsky. The interviews trace the filmmaker's career from his beginnings in advertising, through his two early Australian features to his subsequent work in the United States and beyond.
£44.96
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi On Sunset Boulevard
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1998, On Sunset Boulevard describes the life of acclaimed filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002). This definitive biography takes the reader on a fast-paced journey from Billy Wilder's birth outside of Krakow to Vienna, where he grew up, to Berlin, where he moved as a young man, and triumphantly to Hollywood.
£26.06
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Baz Luhrmann
Book SynopsisThough he has made only five films in two decades, Australian writer-director Baz Luhrmann is an internationally known brand name. In this collection of interviews, Luhrmann discusses his methods and his motives, explaining what has been important to him and his collaborators from the start and how he has been able to maintain an independence from the studios that have backed his films.Trade ReviewThis work aims to capture- mostly in his own words- the director's distinctive vision and the origins and evolution of his highly romantic, camp style.""- The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi David O. Russell
Book SynopsisDavid O. Russell (b. 1958) boasts a diverse body of work as a writer and director, spanning multiple genres and featuring radically differing aesthetic styles. This career-spanning volume features conversations with scholars and journalists as well as filmmakers, revealing Russell's evolving writing and directing process, and opening his life to reveal how a remarkable body of work has come to be.
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi John Cassavetes
Book SynopsisAmerican filmmaker John Cassavetes (1929-1989) made only nine independent films during a quarter century, but those films affected the cinema culture of the 1960s to the 1980s in unprecedented ways. With a close nucleus of actors and crew members on his team, Cassavetes created films that explored the gritty side of human relationships.Trade ReviewOldham . . . identifies the essences of this pioneer: an actor's director 'who felt compelled to let his actors unleash their potentials, shape their own cinematic realities, and play them out naturally on the screen'; . . . a specialist 'in men-women relationships and their emotional dysfunctions'; . . . and always an artist 'with almost child-like admissions of a belief in humanity's better self ' and 'a surprising naiveté he transferred to his characters, both male and female.'"" - Kurt Brokaw, The Independent""A particularly important book for film courses, either as a primary text to provide a definition of how a consummate independent filmmaker feels and works or as a supporting text in a course on filmmaking and critical studies."" - Lowell Harris, adjunct professor of film studies, University of Tampa
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Paul Verhoeven Interviews
Book SynopsisAfter a robust career in the Netherlands as the country's most successful director, Paul Verhoeven built an impressive career in America with controversial blockbusters. Paul Verhoeven: Interviews covers every phase of the director's career, beginning with Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi J. J. Abrams Interviews
Book SynopsisThroughout his career, J.J. Abrams has dedicated his life to storytelling and worked tirelessly to become one of the best-known and most successful creators in Hollywood. The thirty interviews collected in this volume span Abrams's entire career, covering his many projects from television and film to video games and theatre.
£22.46
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Robert Taylor Male Beauty Masculinity and
Book SynopsisRobert Taylor was a central figure of Hollywood's classical era. In Robert Taylor: Male Beauty, Masculinity, and Stardom in Hollywood, Gillian Kelly investigates the initial construction and subsequent developments of Taylor's star persona across his thirty-five-year career.
£81.75
University Press of Mississippi Robert Taylor
Book SynopsisBecause of his lengthy screen resume that includes almost eighty appearances in such movies as Camille and Waterloo Bridge, as well as a marriage and divorce to actress Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor was a central figure of Hollywood's classical era. Despite this, he can be regarded as a 'lost' star, an interesting contradiction given the continued success he enjoyed during his lifetime.In Robert Taylor: Male Beauty, Masculinity, and Stardom in Hollywood, author Gillian Kelly investigates the initial construction and subsequent developments of Taylor's star persona across his thirty-five-year career. By examining concepts of male beauty, men as object of the erotic gaze, white American masculinity, and the unusual longevity of a career initially based on looks, Kelly highlights how gender, masculinity, and male stars and the ageing process affected Taylor's career. Placing Taylor within the histories of both Hollywood's classical era and mid-twentieth-century
£29.21
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Jafar Panahi Interviews
Book SynopsisIranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is as famous for his remarkable films as for his courageous defiance of Iran's state censorship. In sparkling, lively interviews, Panahi reveals his influences, politics, and filmmaking practices, and explains the challenges he faces while working within (and often around) Iran's heavily restricted film industry.
£23.96
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Barbara Kopple Interviews
Book SynopsisBarbara Kopple has established herself as one of the most prolific filmmakers of her generation. Her projects have ranged from documentaries to feature films to an educational series for kids. Through it all, Kopple has made herself available for many print and broadcast interviews. The most revealing of these are brought together in this volume.
£23.96
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Stan Brakhage Interviews
Book SynopsisCollects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in relation to his work; his concept of the muse; and the key influences on his art-making.
£22.50
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Tyler Perry Interviews
Book SynopsisA career-spanning volume, Tyler Perry: Interviews collects sixteen interviews, ranging from the early 2000s to 2018. Once a destitute and struggling playwright, Tyler Perry (b.1969) is now a multimedia phenomenon and one of the most lucrative auteurs in Hollywood.
£23.96
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Charles Burnett Interviews
Book SynopsisCharles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of America's finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown, and few filmgoers have seen his films or heard of Burnett. The interviews in this volume explore this paradox and collectively shed light on the work of a rare film master.
£24.71
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Blake Edwards Interviews
Book SynopsisHighlights how Blake Edwards created the hugely successful Pink Panther franchise; his long partnership with award-winning composer Henry Mancini; his principles of comedy as influenced by the comic greats of film history, especially silent comedies; his marriage and film collaborations with Julie Andrews; and his unique philosophy of life.
£23.96
University Press of Mississippi Wes Craven Interviews
Book SynopsisThese interviews trace Wes Craven's life and career, from his upbringing in a strict religious family and his life as an academic to his years toiling in exploitation cinema. The volume also chronicles Craven's ascendancy as an independent director, his work within the studio system, and his eventual triumph in mainstream cinema.
£24.71
