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Schiffer Publishing Ltd PeepMachine PinUps 1940s1950s Mutoscope Art
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Flash Dragons The Art of Spider Webb Schiffer Art
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£16.14
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Mexican Popular Art
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Spider Webbs Classic Tattoo Flash 1
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Spider Webbs Classic Tattoo Flash 2 Bk2
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The New American Pinup
Book SynopsisThis new book continues the tradition of the American pin-up girl, while taking it to new territory. It celebrates not only the stunning beauty of the models, but the artistry of tattoos and piercings that adorn their bodies. These new cultural icons are sassy, alluring, bold, outspoken, gorgeous, and proud to show off their assets. The 46 women who posed for the stunning photographs all wear creative body art by some of the most talented tattooers and body piercers in the world. They share their thoughts about tattoos and life in brief character sketches that accompany the pictures. Readers quickly learn that their body art is emblematic of the empowerment they share and the zeal with which they live their lives. This fascinating book will delight everyone who loves the feminine form and those who appreciate the tattooist's art.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Worlds Rarest Movie Posters
Book SynopsisA perfect book for lovers of movies and movie posters. Over 300 color images of vintage movie posters include the extremely rare drive-in theater posters along with more common one-sheet size. These posters, often very different from the standard posters, were printed in smaller numbers, adding to their interest and value. All of these posters have less than ten known copies in existence, and many have only one or two known examples. Posters of such favorite movies as the Attack of the 50-Foot Woman , Rebel without a Cause, and The Seven Year Itch are included, with iconic movie stars Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Director Alfred Hitchcock. Auction results from 1989-the present, and other pricing information make this a useful tool for collectors of posters who are trying to make informed purchasing decisions. Graphic designers will love it.
£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Put the Needle on the Record
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd St. Patricks Day Irish Collectibles
Book Synopsis900 images of vintage St. Patrick''s Day memorabilia and ephemera, from the Ice Age to present day, and the history of how St. Patrick''s Day became a holiday. March 17th is known around the world as St. Patrick''s Day, a day for people to wear green, drink green beer, and be just plain old jolly. But have you ever stopped to wonder why we do this and why on that particular day? Well, wonder no more! Accompanied by more than 860 images, a fun and informative text and detailed captions provide you with an illustrated history of the Irish, St. Patrick, and the celebration of St. Patrick's Day, as well as the wonderful collector items the culture has produced. From whimsical ceramics to vintage postcards and magazine covers, a wide range of memorabilia will have you wishing it was March 17th everyday so you could bring out all your greenery. Combining the authors' love of history and collecting, this book is perfect for historians, history buffs, collectors, and anyone who loves the Irish.
£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Graphic Horror Movie Monster Memories
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd A WeirdOh World
Book SynopsisEnjoy looking back over the career of this colorful artist in over 700 brilliant photos and witty prose!
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Arttitude 2
Book SynopsisDrawing is not a crime! The bold and brash ARTtitude is back with another look at some of the most iconic and unusual artists of the moment. Representing countries as far-reaching and distinct as Colombia, Germany, Canada, Italy, France, and the U.S. (to name a few), the 36 international artists featured in this collection reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary graphic arts. The artists again pay tribute to the muses of their creativity, with appreciative nods to their predecessors and track lists of the music that inspires their work. ARTtitude 2 highlights some of the unique and diverse artists working today: Amanda Mocci, Jim Phillips, Conrad Roset, Cricket Press, Robert Proch, Ron Guyatt, T-Bone & Ajax, The Arcade Company, and many more.
£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Pinball Wizards Blacklight Destroyers
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Life Skills How to chop wood avoid a lightning
Book SynopsisPreparing to be an adult? Preparing someone else to act like an adult? This fully illustrated guide covers everything from sewing to first-aid to car maintenance!
£13.16
Johns Hopkins University Press Primers for Prudery Sexual Advice to Victorian
Book SynopsisHe provides an updated bibliographical note.Trade ReviewWalters warns that by today's standards, the advice may appear naive, even ludicrous. Nevertheless, he urges us to put aside our smug presentism. The Victorians were not the wretched victims of sexual repression we may imagine. Rather they were women and men who found in restrictive sexual codes something of value appropriate to their lives. Why else would the repressive codes have endured so long? American QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface, 2000Introduction Chapter 1. Approaching This Delicate SubjectChapter 2. A Destructive ImpulseChapter 3. The Path DownwardChapter 4. Woman, Sensuous and OtherwiseChapter 5. MarriageChapter 6. and Other Forms of ExploitationChapter 7. Controls and CuresChapter 8. The Welcome ChildChapter 9. Perfecting the RaceAfterword: Some Nineteenth-Century LivesEpilogue: Cross CurrentsBibliographical NoteIndex
£29.32
Johns Hopkins University Press Comic Book Nation The Transformation of Youth
Book SynopsisComic Book Nation is at once a serious study of popular culture and an entertaining look at an enduring American art form.Trade ReviewA winner... a book that is trenchant, crisply written and absolutely jargon-free, with plenty of enthusiasm but no idolatry-and great fun to read... There should be a place for Comic Book Nation on the bookshelf of anyone who ever read comics for fun as a kid or has taken them seriously as an adult. -- Dennis Drabelle Washington Post Book World Comics fans ought to rejoice over this book. At a time of transition, with underground comics proliferating on the Web while major companies like Marvel try to pull themselves out of bankruptcy, Comic Book Nation offers a much-needed historical perspective. Tracing the industry's rise, Wright gives comics the scholarly attention they deserve, diligently filling in the back story of a medium that has both reflected and shaped American values for generations... Wright deserves credit for tackling the breadth of comics history, and he succeeds commendably in creating a testament to the genre's power. For anyone who has ever read comics or wanted to leap a building in a single bound, Comic Book Nation is worth a look. -- Damien Cave Salon Pow! Bam! Crash! Analysis! This insightful and highly entertaining political and cultural history [offers] an intelligent study not only of comics but of shifting attitudes toward popular culture, children, violence, patriotism, and America itself. Publishers Weekly (starred review) At last, a substantive book studying the effect of comic books on American culture and vice versa... [This] extremely well-organized book traces the genre's birth, expansions, and retractions from the 1930s to the present. The fascinating result highlights the increasingly intriguing interaction between pressing events in American society and what was written and published on colorfully paneled pages... A truly worthwhile study of comics as part of American culture. Library Journal (starred review) A fascinating history of comic books that is impressively researched, amply illustrated, smoothly written, carefully analyzed-and fun. It is a serious but not somber study, enlivened with droll humor and deft analogies. -- Neil A. Grauer Cleveland Plain Dealer Fluently animates the artistic, economic, and social history of comic books, from Superman as '30s hero of the downtrodden to debates over kids' consumption of violent imagery to fan culture. Paper Informative, humorous, and penetrating... [Wright's] theme is simple and persuasive: Comic books provide an acute lens through which to study shifts in popular culture, from World War II to Vietnam to the Reagan era. -- Jacob Heilbrunn Washington Monthly Solid... A well-documented comics-industry chronicle. Booklist An extremely well researched, engagingly written and long overdue attempt to evaluate the historical impact of comic books on American culture. -- Mike Tsichlis St. Louis Post-Dispatch This is a sweeping and ambitious history that is successful in explaining the business of comic book publishing and the ways in which the writers, artists, and publishers created an alternative world that appeals to many youthful readers... The book is well written and illustrated. -- Bernard Mergen Journal of American History I loved Wright's book...Wright succeeds in capturing my past-the smell of chestnuts, popcorn and bubble gum in Grampa's Mom and Pop store [where I bought comic books]-and making us value comics as important cultural artifacts, contributing to our concept of youth and nationhood. Since reading Comic Book Nation, I've rediscovered the joy of comics. -- Grant Tracey North American Review As interesting as it is well written, a serious comic fan might learn a few things NeedCoffee.com 2003 Wright's lively history of the form shows how comic books have molded as well as reflected young Americans as readers, consumers, citizens. -- Jennifer Howard Washington Post Book World 2003 Both educational and entertaining. Cercles 2005Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Superheroes for the Common Man: The Birth of the Comic Book Industry, 1933-1941 Chapter 2: Race, Politics, and Propaganda: Comic Books Go to War, 1939-1945 Chapter 3: Confronting Success: Comic Books and Postwar America, 1945-1956 Chapter 4: Youth Crisis: Comic Books and Controversy, 1947-1950 Chapter 5: Reds, Romance, and Renegades: Comic Books and the Culture of the Cold War, 1947-1954 Chapter 6: Turning Point: Comic Books in Crisis, 1954-1955 Chapter 7: Great Power and Great Responsibility: Superheroes in a Superpower, 1956-1967 Chapter 8: Questioning Authority: Comic Books and Cultural Change, 1968-1979 Chapter 9: Direct to the Fans: The Comic Book Industry since 1980 Epilogue: The Death of Superman or, Must There Be a Comic Book Industry? Spider-Man at Ground Zero: A 9-11 Postscript
£53.13
Johns Hopkins University Press The Unknown World of the Mobile Home
Book SynopsisWith a wealth of detail and illustrations, The Unknown World of the Mobile Home provides readers with an in-depth look into this variation on the American dream.Trade ReviewAn insightful meditation on American notions of mobility and class. Doubletake This clear, to-the-point study directs attention to the proliferation of this type of housing and the social stigma attached to it and its occupants... This is a thought-provoking, readable examination of modern US life, far broader in scope than one might first imagine. Choice 2003 Provides the reader with a complex, nuanced, and sympathetic look at the world of the mobile home dweller. There are no trailer trash in this book, just decent, hard-working middle- and working-class men and women looking for affordable housing options. -- Jan Davidson Enterprise and SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I: BackgroundPrologueChapter 1. Trailers Chapter 2. Trailer ParksChapter 3. The War YearsChapter 4. Mobile HomesChapter 5. The HUD CodeChapter 6. New ModelsChapter 7. Sitting Mobile HomesPart II: Single-SitedsChapter 8. Where Are They?Chapter 9. The Lexington Hexagon Chapter 10. Northern New MexicoChapter 11. Mercer County, North DakotaChapter 12. Upstate New YorkChapter 13. Adams County, WisconsinChapter 14. SpersopolisChapter 15. The Coal FieldPart III: Side by SideChapter 16. The Mountain West Chapter 17. Filling in the FlatheadChapter 18. A Snapshot of EvergreenChapter 19. Boom and Bust in Western MontanaChapter 20. The Changing "Small"-Town WestPart IV: ParksChapter 21. Mobile Home Parks, Utilitarian to UpscaleChapter 22. The Twin Cities Metropolitan AreaChapter 23. Southwestern KansasChapter 24. Long NeckChapter 25. FloridaChapter 26. Southern CaliforniaPart V: Conclusion & EpilogueConclusion EpilogueBibliographyIndex
£42.50
Johns Hopkins University Press The Republic of Mass Culture Journalism
Book SynopsisCarefully drawing on interdisciplinary communication research, The Republic of Mass Culture presents a lively analysis of the shifting objectives and challenges of the media industries.Trade ReviewWe need books like James L. Baughman's The Republic of Mass Culture. -- Mike Conway Journalism History A useful reference for media scholars at many levels... comprehensive in its coverage, giving especially good coverage to journalistic and other sources often overlooked by academics. -- Megan Mullen Technology and CultureTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Voluntary Propagandists2. Americans and Their Mass media in 19453. Test Patterns: Television Comes to America, 1945-19554. The War for Attention: Responding to Television, 1947-19585. Evenings of Avoidance: Television in the 1960s6. Competing for the Marginal: Television's Rivals, 1958-19707. Network Television Triumphant, 1970-19818. The Babel Builders: Televison's Rivals, 1970-19909. The Shrinking Mass: Television and Mass Culture in the 1980s10. No Coutervailing Motives, 1991-1996Bibliographical EssayIndex
£29.04
Johns Hopkins University Press Brutes in Suits Male Sensibility in America
Book SynopsisThis timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come.Trade ReviewCasts a challenge against conventionally accepted Darwinian notions of brutishness as an essential and natural male trait. He argues that male dominance and aggression are not predestined by instinct, but culturally and ideologically constructed, desigrred and performed through time... contributes to intellectual and cultural history on gender and manhood. Choice 2008 Pettegrew's book remains rigorous and passionate in its narration of the historic appeal as well as the immediate dangers of de-evolutionary masculinity. -- Jennifer Travis American Historical Review 2008 Ambitious study... valuable in exploring the vast cultural production of masculine instinct as a fact of life. -- Woody Register Labor History 2009 To Pettegrew's great credit, his study looks both forward and back: at the way masculinity was naturalized as aggressive in turn-of-the-century society; and, perhaps more importantly, at the extent to which modern-day historians, scientists, and ordinary citizens deploy discourses of evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, and psychology in a misplaced effort to read gender as the offspring of biology and society. -- Martin A. Berger Journal of American History 2008 Will be of interest to scholars of cultures of violence and middle-American masculinity. He offers a solid history of the naturalizing revelry of men in the violence they do. -- Neal King American Journal of Sociology 2009 It will spark debate within the field for its bold explanation of why modern men feel as though violence is both their burden and right. -- Ryan Anderson H-SHGAPE, H-Net Reviews 2008 An instructive and provocative view of men's dark side. -- Peter Filene Men and Masculinities 2008 This well-researched and engaging volume will certainly enrich the ever-growing field of men's studies. -- Christina Jarvis Gender and History 2008Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The De-Evolutionary Turn in U.S. MasculinityDarwin and Evolutionary Psychology, Then and NowJohn Dewey, Pierre Bourdieu, and Masculinity as a Habit of Mind"The Caveman within Us" and the Masculinist Culture of Mimicry1. Rugged IndividualismFrederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis: Origins, Composition, and MeaningsTurner's Influence on the Social Psychology of the CityRadical Individualism: Masculinist Art, Angst, and Alienation in the CityDudism, Cowgirl Feminism, and the Search for Authenticity in the "Old West"2. Brute FictionsThe American Literary Genre of Hunting and KillingReading for Plot: Call of the Wild, The Virginian, and the New Male ReadershipIrony, Atavism, and Other Variations on the De-Evolutionary Theme3. College FootballThorstein Veblen and the Rise of "Exotic Ferocity" in American College FootballVictor Turner, Stanford Football, and Hypermasculine Liminal SubjectsClifford Geertz at the Big Game: "Thick Description" of Football as the Cultural Equivalent of War4. War in the HeadCivil War Memory, Blood Sacrifice, and Modern American Fighting SpiritOf Rough Riders, Blood Brothers, and Roosevelt the BerserkerWar as Sport for Doughboys, Golden Boys, and SlackersPostscript: Marine Corps Spirit and the U.S. Warrior Class, 1941–20035. Laws of Sexual SelectionRace, Lynch Law, and the Manly ProvocationMarriage, Cultural Defense in The People v. Chen, and the Heat-of-Passion Defense in TexasCompulsory Heterosexuality, the Charles Atlas Muscle-Beach Fable, and Sexual Dimorphism UnboundEpilogue: Irony, Instinct, and WarIrony, Sam Fussell's Muscle, and Masculinity as a "Parodic Tableau Vivant"Instinct, Deep Masculinity, and the Decline of MalesThe Iraq War, Hypermasculinity, and the Metaphor of DiseaseNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£55.50
Beacon Press Here She Is
Book SynopsisA fresh exploration of American feminist history told through the lens of the beauty pageant world.Many predicted that pageants would disappear by the 21st century. Yet they are thriving. America’s most enduring contest, Miss America, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020. Why do they persist? In Here She Is, Hilary Levey Friedman reveals the surprising ways pageants have been an empowering feminist tradition. She traces the role of pageants in many of the feminist movement’s signature achievements, including bringing women into the public sphere, helping them become leaders in business and politics, providing increased educational opportunities, and giving them a voice in the age of #MeToo.Using her unique perspective as a NOW state president, daughter to Miss America 1970, sometimes pageant judge, and scholar, Friedman explores how pageants became so deeply embedded in American life from their origins as a P.T. Barnum spectacle at the birt
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Beacon Press Swole
Book SynopsisFrom a Washington Post critic and self-described meathead: a witty, incisive, poignant exploration of male body image, from the history of the gym to the politics of superheroes to the world of manfluencersMichael Brodeur is a Gen-X gay writer with a passion for bodybuilding and an insatiable curiosity about masculinity--a concept in which many men are currently struggling to find their place. In our current moment, where manfluencers on TikTok tease their audiences with their latest videos, where right-wing men espouse the importance of being alpha, as toxic masculinity and the patriarchy are being rightfully criticized, the nature of masculinity has become murkier than ever.In excavating this complex topic, Brodeur uses the male body as his guide: its role in cultures from the gymnasia of ancient Greece to Walt Whitman's essays on manly health, from the rise of Muscular Christianity in 19th-century America to the swollen superheroes and Arnold Schwarzene
£23.16
Beacon Press Celebrity Nation
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Louisiana State University Press City of the Undead
Book SynopsisFocusing on three manifestations of the supernatural in New Orleans - Voodoo, ghosts, and vampires - Robin Roberts argues that the paranormal gives voice to the voiceless, including victims of racism and oppression, thus encouraging the living not to repeat the injustices of the past.Trade ReviewThis book takes us from the city's origins all the way to Hollywood, and it is long overdue. We are fortunate that Robin Roberts decided to write it. As in all her books, her prose is accessible and her research exhaustive; and that she herself saw a ghost in the French Quarter—well, that's just lagniappe!" - Nancy Dixon, editor of N.O. Lit: 200 Years of New Orleans Literature"This fascinating new study explores New Orleans's rich tradition of voodoo, ghost, and vampire tales as they have been told in forms ranging from the oral folktale to the urban walking tour to Emmy-winning television shows. While these stories are often told for profit and with the intent of giving audiences a safely contained experience of the supernatural, both individually and taken together they point to an even more terrifying truth: the centuries-old history of racism and sexism that women have braved to claim space for themselves in American history and culture. Highly recommended!" - Lisa Yaszek, editor of The Future Is Female! series and coeditor of The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Entertaining History
Book SynopsisPopular media can spark the national consciousness in a way that captures people's attention, interests them in history, and inspires them to visit historic sites. This collection of essays and feature stories celebrates the popular media that have enticed Americans to learn more about the country’s most dramatic historical era.Trade Review“Brisk and lively, the essays in Entertaining History convey the immersive joy of reading, watching, and listening to popular Civil War history.”—Megan Kate Nelson, author of Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War “The contributors to this volume have written an engaging collection of short essays introducing readers to many of the key works of literature, film, and music that influence how we remember the Civil War.”—Christian McWhirter, author of Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War
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Random House USA Inc Superman The HighFlying History of Americas Most
Book SynopsisThe first full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and performers who made him the icon he is today, from the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy“A story as American as Superman himself.”—The Washington Post Legions of fans from Boston to Buenos Aires can recite the story of the child born Kal-El, scion of the doomed planet Krypton, who was rocketed to Earth as an infant, raised by humble Kansas farmers, and rechristened Clark Kent. Known to law-abiders and evildoers alike as Superman, he was destined to become the invincible champion of all that is good and just—and a star in every medium from comic books and comic strips to radio, TV, and film. But behind the high-flying legend lies a true-to-life saga every bit as compelling, one that begins not in the far reaches of outer space but in the mi
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University Press of Kentucky Football and Philosophy Going Deep The Philosophy
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The University Press of Kentucky Streaming
Book SynopsisA study of how digital technology has altered contemporary filmmaking, including audience habits. Chronicle of Higher Education
£18.00
The University Press of Kentucky Football and Philosophy Going Deep The Philosophy
Book SynopsisFrom a review of the flaws of the Bowl Championship Series, to a study of the violence inherent in the game, to an examination of Vince Lombardi's views on winning, the essays in this collection tackle the moral and philosophical principles behind gridiron competition.
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University of Minnesota Press Sport and Leisure Cultures
Book SynopsisA sweeping analysis of sport culture's global, national, and local impact.Table of ContentsContents AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Analyzing Sport and Leisure Cultures Part I: Global Themes1. Magnificent Trivia: Olympic Spectacle, Opening Ceremonies, and Some Paradoxes of Globalization2. Sport, Politics, and Identities: Comparative Sports Cultures3. FIFA and the Men's World Cup: The Expansion of the Global Football Family Part II: National Studies4. Sport, Cultural Diversity, and National Identity: The Swiss Case5. Stateside Football: The Men's World Cup USA '94 and Its Legacy6. Eastern Promise?: Football in the Societies and Cultures of the Middle and Far East Part III: Local Cultures7. Patterns of Consumption in Sport and Leisure Cultures: Urban Space and Suburban Fears8. The Politics of Men's Leisure: Northern English Working-Class Culture in the 1930s9. Continuities and Change in Male Working-Class Leisure: The Case of Knur-and-Spell Conclusion: Observations and Research DirectionsNotesBibliographyIndex
£18.89
University of Minnesota Press Simultaneous Worlds
Book SynopsisSimultaneous Worlds challenges the notion that science fiction cinema is largely a Western genre by focusing on cinemas and cultures from Cuba to North Korea that are not traditionally associated with science fiction. This is the first volume to bring a transnational, interdisciplinary lens to science fiction cinema.Trade Review"Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells have done a marvelous job of bringing together established scholars with emerging voices to create a unique critical collection on global science fiction cinema, which they show is neither an impossible dream nor an artificial unity, but rather a major way to think about science fiction cinema in the new millennium."—N. Katherine Hayles, Duke University"A detailed filmography and robust index make the book practical for the classroom"—CHOICETable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionJennifer Feeley and Sarah Ann WellsPart I. Intermediality and New Media Economies1. Scan Lines: How Cyborgs FeelThomas Lamarre2. What Is Estranged in Science Fiction Animation?Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.3. Famous for Fifteen Minutes: Permutations of Science Fiction Short FilmPaweł Frelik4. Forms of Journey and Archive: Remaking Science Fiction in Contemporary Artist-Filmmakers’ ProjectsJihoon KimPart II. Traveling Science Fiction: Translation, Adaptation, and Interpretation5. Media Heterotopias and Science Fiction: Transnational Workflows and Transgalactic Spaces in Digitally Composited EcosystemsHye Jean Chung6. F. P. 1 and the Language of a Global Science Fiction CinemaJ. P. Telotte7. Enthiran, the Robot: Sujatha, Science Fiction, and Tamil CinemaSwarnavel Eswaran PillaiPart III. Spatial and Temporal Alternative Modernities in the Global South8. Polytemporality in Argentine Science Fiction Film: A Critique of the Homogenous Time of Historicism and ModernityJoanna Page9. Virtual Immigrants: Transfigured Bodies and Transnational Spaces in Science Fiction CinemaEverett Hamner10. Walking Dead in Havana: Juan of the Dead and the Zombie Film GenreEmily A. MaguirePart IV. Techno-Capitalism and Techno-Desires: The Gendered Affect of Post-Cyborgs11. Who Does the Feeling When There’s No Body There?: Critical Feminism Meets Cyborg Affect in Oshii Mamoru’s InnocenceSharalyn Orbaugh12. The Invention of Romance: Park Chan-wook’s I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OkaySteve Choe13. A Disenchanted Fantastic: The Pathos of Objects in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air DollMichelle ChoPart V. National, International, Intergalactic: Socialist and Post-Socialist Science Fiction Cinema14. Alien Commodities in Soviet Science Fiction Cinema: Aelita, Solaris, and Kin-dza-dza!Jillian Porter15. Parodies of Realism at the Margins of Science Fiction: Jang Jun-hwan’s Save the Green Planet and Sin Sang-ok’s PulgasariTravis Workman16. Media and Messages: Blurred Visions of Nation and Science in Death Ray on a Coral IslandNathaniel IsaacsonSelect FilmographyContributorsIndex
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Vanderbilt University Press American Ballads
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Rizzoli International Publications Andy Warhol
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Bauhan (William L.),U.S. Dwelling in Possibility Searching for the Soul of
Book SynopsisA search for the ordinary qualities that make some houses a home, and some public places welcoming.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Antique Advertising Encyclopaedia Antique
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Advertising Clocks
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Persea Books Inc Dying in the Scarecrows Arms
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Rethinking Schools Rethinking Popular Culture and Media
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Random House USA Inc Ill Have What Shes Having My Adventures in
Book SynopsisA hilarious look at the eating habits of the fit and famous--from Gwyneth's goji berry and quail egg concoctions to Jackie Kennedy's baked potato and Beluga caviar regimen--Rebecca Harrington leaves no cabbage soup unstirred in her wickedly funny, wildly absurd quest to diet like the stars. Elizabeth Taylor mixed cottage cheese and sour cream; Madonna subsisted on sea vegetables; and Marilyn Monroe drank raw eggs whipped with warm milk. Where there is a Hollywood starlet offering nutritional advice, there is a diet Rebecca Harrington is willing to try. Facing a harrowing mix of fainting spells, pimples, and salmonella, Harrington tracks down illegal haggis to imitate Pippa Middleton, paces her apartment until the wee hours drinking ten Diet Cokes à la Karl Lagerfeld, and attempts something forbiddingly known as the Salt Water Flush to channel her inner Beyoncé. Rebecca Harrington risks kitchen fires and mysterious face rashes, all in the name of di
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Taylor & Francis Film Form and Culture Fourth Edition
Book SynopsisFilm, Form, and Culture (4th edition) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores film from part to whole; from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. It then examines those narratives (both fiction and non-fiction) as stories and genres that speak to the culture of their time and our perceptions of them today. Composition, editing, genres (such as the gangster film, the Western, science fiction, and melodrama) are analyzed alongside numerous images to illustrate the discussion. Chapters on the individuals who make films - the production designer, cinematographer, editor, composer, producer, director, and actor - illustrate the collaborative nature of filmmaking.This new edition includes: An expanded discussion of the digital 'revolution in filmmaking: exploring the movement from celluTrade Review"Kolker's lucid, accessible style gives this book a pace and energy that sets it apart. Among the many introductory film textbooks, Film, Form, and Culture captures the reader's attention at first glance, and holds it throughout. Robert Burgoyne, Professor of Film Studies, University of St Andrews "Film, Form and Culture is a thoughtful, ambitious, and thorough introductory textbook that is also an absolute pleasure to read. Put simply, this richly illustrated book makes it easy to understand how to take film seriously. It is scaled to a manageable size and scope for classroom use, providing a comprehensive set of tools and skills with which to approach the study of film. Kolker introduces his reader to film and art history, theories of representation, genres and international cinemas, and the vocabulary with which to discuss moving images. True to its title, the book provides a framework with which to understand and engage with the way that form and culture interact through the medium of film. Kolker pulls off a rare feat with Film Form and Culture: he has provided teachers at any level with a readable and immensely useful book that is also rigorously intellectual. I have used earlier editions of Film, Form and Culture in my introductory film classes and I’m delighted to now be able to use this updated edition. This is a fantastic introductory book by one of the field’s foremost thinkers that will be appreciated by anyone wishing to better understand what makes films tick." Marsha Gordon, Associate Professor, Film Studies, North Carolina State University "Robert Kolker is both a brilliant analyst of film and a great teacher. He manages to explain and use complex concepts in limpid prose, and his effortless blend of textual and contextual approaches to cinema is a model to us all." Toby Miller, Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University and Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Cultural Policy Studies, Murdoch University "Robert Kolker’s Film, Form, and Culture (4th edition) is a lucidly written textbook for undergraduate students who are beginning their film and media studies programs. Kolker takes the readers on a tantalizing journey in which they will encounter film language, grammar, history, theory and the broader issues of culture and ideology. The book does not get bogged down in jargon and theoretical trapeze walks. Its purpose is to teach students to unpack the artifice of cinema by learning the analytical tools to take the scenes apart and then figuring out how the audience puts them all together. The students will also learn the fact that film developed all over the world, almost at the same time, and form and style have been evolving ever since in different cultural contexts to render a rich body of work for all to see. " Manjunath Pendakur, Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Image and Reality 2. Formal Structures: How Films Tell Their Stories 3. The Building Blocks Of Film I: The Shot 4. The Building Blocks of Film II: The Cut 5. The Story Tellers of Film I 6. The Storytellers of Film II: Acting 7. The Storytellers of Film III: The Director 8. International Cinema 9. The Stories Told By Film I 10. The Stories Told by Film II 11. Film as Cultural Practice Glossary Index
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St Martin's Press Your Caption Has Been Selected
Book SynopsisA behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker cartoon caption contest, its history, how it''s judged, and the secrets to writing a winning captionEvery week, thousands of people enter The New Yorker cartoon caption contest in hopes of seeing their name and caption in print. But only one person has made it to the finalists' round an astounding fifteen times and won eight contests: Lawrence Wood, also known as the Ken Jennings of caption writing.What''s Wood''s secret? What makes a caption good or bad? How do you beat the crowd? And most important, what makes a caption funny?Packed with 175 of the magazine''s best cartoons and featuring a foreword by Bob Mankoff, former cartoon editor of The New Yorker and creator of the caption contest, Your Caption Has Been Selected takes you behind the scenes to learn about the contest's history, the way it's judged, and what it has to say about humor, creativity, and good writing. Lawr
£26.09
Henry Holt & Company Tinderbox
Book SynopsisTinderbox tells the exclusive, explosive, uninhibited true story of HBO and how it burst onto the American scene and screen to detonate a revolution and transform our relationship with television forever. The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Sex and the City, The Wire, Succession...HBO has long been the home of epic shows, as well as the source for brilliant new movies, news-making documentaries, and controversial sports journalism. By thinking big, trashing tired formulas, and killing off cliches long past their primes, HBO shook off the shackles of convention and led the way to a bolder world of content, opening the door to all that was new, original, and worthy of our attention. In Tinderbox, award-winning journalist James Andrew Miller uncovers a bottomless trove of secrets and surprises, revealing new conflicts, insights, and analysis. As he did to great acclaim with SNL in Live from New York
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St Martin's Press The 2000s Made Me Gay
Book SynopsisFrom The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip through beloved 2000s media, interweaving cultural criticism and personal narrative to examine how a very straight decade forged a very queer woman A Lambda Literary Award Finalist Honest, funny, smart, and illuminating. Anna Drezen, co-head writer of SNLIf you came of age at the intersection of Mean Girls and The L Word: Read this book. Sarah Pappalardo, editor in chief and co-founder of Reductress Today's gay youth have dozens of queer peer heroes, both fictional and real, but former gay teenager Grace Perry did not have that luxury. Instead, she had to search for queerness in the (largely straight) teen cultural phenomena the aughts had to offer: in Lindsay Lohan's fall from grace, Gossip Girl, Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl, country-era Taylor Swift, and Seth Cohen jumping on a coffee cart
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Henry Holt & Company Inc The Death of the Artist
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£15.19
St Martin's Press Shooting Midnight Cowboy
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Henry Holt & Company Inc Glitter Every Day
Book SynopsisThe Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom Andy Cohen, the New York Times bestselling author and host of Watch What Happens Live comes an inspiring collection of daily quotes from the larger-than-life women that defined his life, offering inspiration, affirmation, and (just enough) intoxication to make any day shine bright the perfect gift for the holidays! Andy Cohen has made a career, and a life, out of making the ordinary extraordinary. The inspiration for this fabulous view of the world has always come from the incredible women (from his mother to Madonna) he loves. In Glitter Every Day Andy shares his most needed words of wisdom from his favorite icons for every day, just in time to kick off the new year!Andy not only gathers 365 sayings and quotes from the icons, thought leaders, Real Housewives and legendary celebs that fuel his fun, he writes about the people and experiences that have made him live one of the most joyous l
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WW Norton & Co Mix It Up
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£45.00
Hyperion Art of Coloring Hocus Pocus
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Hyperion Art of Coloring The Golden Girls
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