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The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic filmThe biopic, often viewed as the most reviled of all film genres, traces its origins to the early silent era over a century ago. Receiving little critical attention, biopics...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-12-10
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This book presents a feminist mapping of the articulation and suppression of female desire in Hindi films, which comprise one of modern India’s most popular cultural narratives. It explores the lineament of evil and the corresponding closure of chastisement or...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-06
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This book examines Shakespearean adaptations through the critical lens of fan studies and asks what it means to be a fan of Shakespeare in the context of contemporary media fandom. Although Shakespeare studies and fan studies have remained largely separate from one...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-05
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With such plays as The Beauty Queen (1996), The cripple of Irishman (1997), The Lonesome West (1997), A skull in Connemara (1997), The Lieutenant of Irishmore (2001), and The Pillowman (2003) Martin McDonagh has made a huge reputation for himself internationally,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-12-05
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Screening Scarlett Johansson: Gender, Genre, Stardom provides an account of Johansson’s persona, work and stardom, extending from her breakout roles in independent cinema, to contemporary blockbusters, to her self-parodying work in science-fiction.Screening...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-03
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In celebration of the Brady Bunch's 50th anniversary, TV writer Kimberly Potts writes a Seinfeldia-like definitive history of the show that changed the family sitcom and made an indelible impact on pop culture.There isn't a person in this country who hasn't heard of The...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2019-12-03
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For seven seasons, viewers worldwide watched as ad man Don Draper moved from adultery to self-discovery, secretary Peggy Olson became a take-no-prisoners businesswoman, object-of-the-gaze Joan Holloway developed a feminist consciousness, executive Roger Sterling tripped...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-30
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This book investigates how Pragmatist philosophy as a philosophical method contributes to the understanding and practice of interdisciplinary dance research. It uses the author's own practice-based research project, Later Rain, to illustrate this. Later Rain is a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-29
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Translation quality assessment (TQA) is a growing topic in the field ofTranslation Studies. The present book focuses mainly on the translation quality assessment in Persian subtitles of English movies as an almost ignored topic inTranslation Studies. The aim is to...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-29
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Through metaphors and allusions to art, science, and religion, André Bazin's writings on the cinema explore a simple yet profound question: what is a human? For the famous French film critic, a human is simultaneously a rational animal and an irrational being. Bazin's...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-28
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This book offers a unique examination of the development of popular music function in film. It assesses the contribution of popular music to the interpretation of the most significant films, covering the period from rock ‘n’ roll’s initial introduction at the opening of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-27
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This book addresses Disney parks using performance theory. Few to no scholars have done this to date—an enormous oversight given the Disney parks’ similarities to immersive theatre, interpolation of guests, and dramaturgical construction of attractions. Most...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-27
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This book is a scholarly investigation of the historical development and contemporary transformation of film noir in today’s Hong Kong. Focusing on the evolvement of cinematic narratives, aesthetics, and techniques, the author balances a deep reading of the multiple...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-27
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This book explores “Making of” sites as a genre of cultural artefact. Moving beyond “making-of” documentaries, the book analyses novels, drama, film, museum exhibitions and popular studies that re-present the making of culturally loaded film adaptations. It argues that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-25
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This book reveals and explores the thriving animation culture in midtown Manhattan, the World’s Fair, art galleries and cinemas during a vibrant period of artistic, commercial and industrial activity in New York City. Alongside a detailed investigation of animated film...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-21
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This book is about the aesthetics and politics of contemporary artists’ moving image installations, and the ways that they use temporal and spatial relationships in the gallery to connect with geopolitical issues. Displaced from the cinema, moving images increasingly...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-20
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The first monograph on the work of British choreographer Jonathan Burrows, this book examines his artistic practice and poetics as articulated through his choreographic works, his writings and his contributions to current performance debates. It considers the contexts,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-18
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Zeitgenössisches Musiktheater für junges Publikum hat sich weit über den deutschsprachigen Raum hinaus zu einem wichtigen Genre im aktuellen Theaterbetrieb entwickelt. Dieses Handbuch gibt aus theaterpraktischer, künstlerischer und wissenschaftlicher Perspektive einen...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2019-11-18
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This handbook is an essential creative, critical and practical guide for students and educators of screen production internationally. It covers all aspects of screen production—from conceptualizing ideas and developing them, to realizing and then distributing...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-15
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Multilingualism is a phenomenon that has become increasingly visible in popular cinema and thus is currently a very novel object of academic inquiry. The present volume is a cutting-edge collection of cross- and transdisciplinary takes on this phenomenon and its...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-15
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