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Nigeria’s Nollywood has rapidly grown into one of the world’s largest film industries, radically altering media environments across Africa and in the diaspora; it has also become one of African cult……続きを見る

For ten years Jack Nicholson toiled in low-budget films and guest spots in such television shows as Dr. Kildare and The Andy Griffith Show before his breakout performance in Easy Rider. Despite “ret……続きを見る

At one time every station in Chicagoーa maximum of five, until 1964–produced or aired some programming for children. From the late 1940’s through the early 1970’s, local television stations created ……続きを見る

Although the motion picture industry initially disparaged and feared television, by the late 1950s, studios saw the medium as a convenient dumping ground for thousands of films that had long been ga……続きを見る

The Actor Takes A Meeting is the first book to address the actor’s self-presentation at an interview or meeting. It shows the actor how to be the host of a meeting and the initiator of an excit……続きを見る

The ability to improvise a skilled performance while speaking scripted and memorized lines is of paramount importance to actors working in today’s film and television productions, which often allow ……続きを見る

A useful guide for pastors, group leaders, coaches, & storytellers, Ruth Stotter’s little guide will boost your confidence if you are new to public speaking, and it will remind experienced speakers ……続きを見る

This book explores the representation of Hinduism through myth and discourse in urban Hindi theatre in the period 1880-1960. It discusses representative works of seven influential playwrights and lo……続きを見る

The five Cs of Arizonaーcopper, cattle, cotton, citrus, and climateーformed the basis of the state’s livelihood and a readymade roster of subjects for films. With an eye on the developing national a……続きを見る

There are hundreds of biographies of filmstars and dozens of scholarly works on acting in general. But what about the ephemeral yet indelible moments when, for a brief scene or even just a single sh……続きを見る

More than 120 full color postcard illustrations from the leading online animation network. Over the past 10 years, Channel Frederator's become the world's biggest animation network, built, film by f……続きを見る

This volume builds on previous notions of transmedia practices to develop the concept of transtexts, in order to account for both the industrial and user-generated contributions to the cross-media e……続きを見る

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, fil……続きを見る

Dance intersects with ethnicity in a powerful variety of ways and at a broad set of venues. Dance practices and attitudes about ethnicity have sometimes been the source of outright discord, as when ……続きを見る

In distracted times like the present, Shakespeare too has been driven to distraction. Shakespeare | Cut considers contemporary practices of cutting up Shakespeare in stage productions, videogames, b……続きを見る

When Jerry Grayson left the Royal Navy's Search and Rescue helicopter fleet aged 25, he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. In terms of excitement, however, civilian life couldn……続きを見る

Americans have always shown a fascination with the people, customs, and legends of the "East--witness the popularity of the stories of the Arabian Nights, the performances of Arab belly dancers and ……続きを見る

In the post-World War II era, authors of the beat generation produced some of the most enduring literature of the day. More than six decades since, work of the Beat Poets conjures images of unconven……続きを見る

This book explores the role and centrality of women in the development of collaborative theatre practice, alongside the significance of collective creation and devising in the development of the mod……続きを見る

In Technology and the Diva, Karen Henson brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore the neglected subject of opera and technology. Their essays focus on the operatic soprano a……続きを見る

Extrait : "Messieurs et mesdames… Non, pardon, je ne suis pas poli, on commence toujours par les dames !... Mesdames et messieurs… cependant ce que j'ai à dire intéresse plutôt les messieurs que les……続きを見る

Extrait : "Moi, le modèle des maris, (Quatre enfants depuis trois années !), Par qui ne sont point pardonnées, Les passions désordonnées, Je fus indigné quand j'appris, Qu'un de mes voisins ー homme……続きを見る

Extrait : "L'éloquence en amour est une belle chose. Parlez ! à tort comme à travers ! Ne restez jamais bouche close. Pas de timidité, c'est le pire travers. Jamais femme ne fut par un muet séduite.……続きを見る

Extrait : "Etre jeune, aimable et jolie, (Et c'est, je pense, un peu mon cas), Vous suscite bien des tracas. On est belle…. Est-ce qu'on l'oublie ?, Mille faiseurs de compliments, Jeunes et vieux, l……続きを見る

Extrait : "Moi dont les époux essuient la raillerie, A mon tour, dans un mois d'ici, je me marie. ー Vous allez voir comment je me trouve forcé, A l'âge où l'hymenée est un acte insensé, D'aller, mo……続きを見る

In our current era of helicopter parenting and stranger danger, an unaccompanied child wandering through the city might commonly be viewed as a victim of abuse and neglect. However, from the early t……続きを見る

People all over the world dance traditional and popular dances that have been staged for purposes of representing specific national and ethnic groups. Anthony Shay suggests these staged dance produc……続きを見る

Whether you’re a Disney World die-hard or new to how it all works, you probably know the basics: there are systems of tunnels underneath the Magic Kingdom called Utilidors, plenty of hidden Mickeys ……続きを見る

NOTE: This story / script contains swearing. A woman finds herself bound to a chair following an argument with her long-term boyfriend. Left to her own devices, the woman must make peace with her ow……続きを見る

Performance and performativity are important terms for a theorization of gender and race/ethnicity as constitutive of identity. This collection reflects the ubiquity, diversity, and (historical) loc……続きを見る