Media
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Making Dances That Matter: Resources for Community Creativity [Hardback]
Halprin (Author)
£62.95ISBN: 9780819578440
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Anna Halprin, vanguard postmodern dancer turned community artist and healer, has created ground-breaking dances with communities all over the world. Here, she presents her philosophy and experience, as well as step-by-step processes for bringing p... .... Learn More -
Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master [Hardback]
Gwenda Young (Author); Kevin Brownlow (Author)
£29.00ISBN: 9780813175959
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director. Actors, actresses, and even child stars were so at ease under his direction that they were able to deliver inspired and powerful performances. Academy--Award--nominated director Clarence Brown (... .... Learn More -
The Philosophy of War Films [Paperback]
David LaRocca (Editor); David LaRocca (Other); Fredric Jameson (Other); Garrett Stewart (Other); Stacey Peebles (Other)
£22.00ISBN: 9780813176222
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: The Philosophy of Popular Culture
Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have so... .... Learn More -
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story [Paperback]
Mollie Gregory (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9780813175836
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
They've traded punches in knockdown brawls, crashed biplanes through barns, and raced to the rescue in fast cars. They add suspense and drama to the story, portraying the swimmer stalked by the menacing shark, the heroine dangling twenty feet belo... .... Learn More -
Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on US Foreign Policy [Hardback]
Laurence R. Jurdem (Author)
£25.50ISBN: 9780813175843
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
From 1964 to 1980, the United States was buffeted by a variety of international crises, including the nation's defeat in Vietnam, the growing aggression of the Soviet Union, and Washington's inability to free the fifty two American hostages held b... .... Learn More -
Tunes for all?: Music on Danish radio [Paperback]
Morten Michelsen (Editor); Steen Kaargaard Nielsen (Editor); Mads Krogh (Editor); Iben Have (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9788771843798
Published by : Aarhus University Press
In ten original essays, Danish music and media scholars discuss aspects of music on the radio from the 1920s until today. Understanding music radio as a distributed phenomenon or as a multiplicity, the authors draw upon anthropology, cultural stud... .... Learn More -
Exploring Text, Media, and Memory [Paperback]
Lars Sætre (Author); Patrizia Lombardo (Author); Sara Tanderup Linkis (Author)
£44.95ISBN: 9788771843873
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Text, Action, Space
Volume: 3
Exploring Text, Media and Memory investigates the link between memory and media by asking a series of questions pertinent to our time: How do individual and collective memories blend? How do traumatic experiences from past events and catastrophic ... .... Learn More -
Native Americans on Film: Conversations, Teaching, and Theory [Paperback]
M. Elise Marubbio (Editor); Eric L. Buffalohead (Editor); Houston Woods (Other); Michelle Raheja (Other); Jennifer Gauthier (Other)
£22.00ISBN: 9780813175799
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
The film industry and mainstream popular culture are notorious for promoting stereotypical images of Native Americans: the noble and ignoble savage, the pronoun-challenged sidekick, the ruthless warrior, the female drudge, the princess, the sexual... .... Learn More -
Lars von Trier's Renewal of Film 1984-2014: Signal, Pixel, Diagram [Paperback]
Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9788771842302
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Danish director Lars von Trier has produced more than 20 films since his first appearance with The Elements of Crime in 1984. One of the most acknowledged – and most controversial – film directors of our time, Trier’s films often escape the repres... .... Learn More -
Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer [Paperback]
Cynthia Brideson (Author); Sara Brideson (Author)
£21.50ISBN: 9780813175027
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Screen Classics
The name Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867--1932) is synonymous with the decadent revues that the legendary impresario produced at the turn of the twentieth century. These extravagant performances were filled with catchy tunes, high-kicking chorus girls,... .... Learn More
