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This ground-breaking volume is the first of its kind to examine the extraordinary prevalence and appeal of the Gothic in contemporary British theatre and performance. Chapters range from considerations of the Gothic in musical theatre and literary adaptation, to...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-07-07
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As one of the most beloved and beguiling genres of entertainment, the film musical wears its style ostentatiously. The genre allows for hyperbolic expression, extravagant sonic and visual decor, and extremely stylized forms of movement and performance. By staging a...
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Oxford University Press
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2018-07-06
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This book argues that 3D films are becoming more sophisticated in utilising stereoscopic effects for storytelling purposes. Since Avatar (2009), we have seen a 3D revival marked by its integration with new digital technologies. With this book, the author goes...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-07-05
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Der Band nimmt zum einen in einer Doppelperspektive die distinkten Genre-Rekurse der jeweiligen Einzelmedien in den Blick wie zum anderen auch die transmediale Zirkulation von Genre-Parametern. Dementsprechend beschäftigen sich die Beiträge sowohl mit den für...
Editeur :
Springer VS
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2018-06-28
Collection :
Neue Perspektiven der Medienästhetik
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This book provides an in-depth and intimate study of the cinema of Muhammad Malas. One of the well-known auteurs of Arab and Syrian cinema, Malas’s distinctive cinematic project has always confronted the social and political issues of his time. From feature films Dreams...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-06-28
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ADAPTED BACKWARDS VIA THE FUTURE FROM THE RADIO 4 SERIES BEFORE IT WAS MADE A richer, deeper, more comprehensive exploration of the Quanderhorn phenomenon. With added secrets.England, 1952.A time of peace, regeneration and hope. A Golden Age.Unfortunately, it's been...
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Gollancz
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2018-06-28
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Ideology and Utopia in China’s New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-27
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This book examines the most popular American television shows of the nineties—a decade at the last gasp of network television’s cultural dominance. At a time when American culture seemed increasingly fragmented, television still offered something close to a site of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-22
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This book investigates screen representations of 21st century nationalism—arguably the most urgent and apparent phenomenon in the Western world today. The chapters explore recurrent thematic and stylistic features of 21st century western European cinema, and analyse the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-21
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This book provides an interpretative analysis of the notion of spirituality through the lens of contemporary performance and posthuman theories. The book examines five performance/artworks: The Artist is Present (2010) by Marina Abramovic; The Deer Shelter...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-19
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This book investigates cinematic representations of the murder of European Jews and civilian opposition to Nazi occupation from the war up until the twenty-first century. The study exposes a chronology of the conflict’s memorialization whose geo-political alignments are...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-09
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This volume is a collection of scholarly articles and interviews with intermedial artists working with the concepts of public sphere at the intersection of aesthetics and politics. It explores the response of socially-engaged artistic practices to the current crisis in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-05
Collection :
Avant-Gardes in Performance
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Visible and Invisible Whiteness examines the complicity between Classical Hollywood narratives or genres and representations of white supremacy in the cinema. Close readings of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation by James Agee and James Baldwin explore these authors’...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-01
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How might spoken words be translated into choreography? This book addresses the field of verbatim dance-theatre, around which there is currently limited existing scholarly writing. Grounded in extensive research, the project combines dance studies and performance...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-05-31
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This book examines a spate of American films released around the turn of the millennium that differently address the actuality or possibility of domestic fascism within the USA. The films discussed span a diversity of forms, genres and production practices, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-31
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Ever wanted to pick the lock of a celebrity’s teenage diary?My Teenage Diary is a Radio 4 comedy show hosted by Rufus Hound featuring celebrities reading and discussing extracts from their teenage diaries. Collected together for the first time, these tear-stained,...
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Bbc Digital
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2018-05-31
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The ultimate celebration of the world’s favourite classical knees-up!With a foreword from Katie DerhamEver since Sir Henry Wood’s Proms were first broadcast in 1927, Last Night has become an annual appointment for classical music lovers and is enjoyed by millions around...
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Bbc Digital
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2018-05-31
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Dancer-choreographer-directors Fred Astaire, George Balanchine and Gene Kelly and their colleagues helped to develop a distinctively modern American film-dance style and recurring dance genres for the songs and stories of the American musical. Freely crossing stylistic...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-05-30
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Finalist for the 2019 Edinburgh Gadda PrizeThis book explores intersectional constructions of race and whiteness in modern and contemporary Italy. It contributes to transnational and interdisciplinary reflections on these issues through an analysis of political debates...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-29
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Historically, cinema in the Americas has been signed by a state of precariousness. Notwithstanding the growing accessibility to video and digital technologies, access to the material means of film production is still limited, affecting the spheres of production,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-29
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