Performing Arts 100

An astronaut with a background in biology and virology attempts to negotiate his way to presidentship by unleashing deadly viruses on a space station full people whilst threatening to do the same to……続きを見る

Once labeled the “lot that laugher built,” the Hal Roach Studios launched the comedic careers of such screen icons as Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy. With this stable of stars, the Roa……続きを見る

In the process of providing the most extensive analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window to date, John Fawell also dismantles many myths and clichés about Hitchcock, particularly in regard to his a……続きを見る

Collecting advice, quotes, essays, and observations from hundreds of famous actors and highly regarded acting teachers, The Quotable Actor covers a wide range of topics on the art and history of act……続きを見る

This book discusses Irish Passion plays (plays that rewrite or parody the story of the Passion of Christ) in modern Irish drama from the Irish Literary Revival to the present day. It offers innovati……続きを見る

The Complete Guide to Writing A Successful Screenplay outlines timesaving tools to hone your writing, so you can at〓tract Hollywood agents and producers. You will discover how to create a timeline ……続きを見る

The New Television Handbook provides an exploration of the theory and practice of television at a time when the medium is undergoing radical changes. The book looks at television from the perspectiv……続きを見る

Film noir showcased hard-boiled men and dangerous femmes fatales, rain-slicked city streets, pools of inky darkness cut by shards of light, and, occasionally, jazz. Jazz served as a shorthand for th……続きを見る

Haunting Bollywood is a pioneering, interdisciplinary inquiry into the supernatural in Hindi cinema that draws from literary criticism, postcolonial studies, queer theory, history, and cultural stud……続きを見る

Critically acclaimed as one of the best television shows ever produced, the HBO series The Wire (2002–2008) is a landmark event in television history, offering a raw and dramatically compelling visi……続きを見る

When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Award……続きを見る

"Naturally, there are all the types of information you'd expect to find in a book like this... but there's a whole lot more than that on offer here." - Starburst Magazine 100 stunning, ingenious and……続きを見る

Music, Dance, Affect, and Emotions in Latin America is a collection of essays that analyze different manifestations of Argentine music and dance taking advantage of the exciting new theoretical deve……続きを見る

This book combines performance analysis with contemporary political philosophy to advance new ways of understanding both political performance and the performativity of the politics of the street. O……続きを見る

Split Screen Nation traces an oppositional dynamic between the screen West and the screen South that was unstable and dramatically shifting in the decades after WWII, and has marked popular ways of ……続きを見る

Nigerian Death Legends Come Alive in 'the Walking Dead' The world of the traditional Igbo society of Nigeria is one in which the dead visit and interact easily with the living. It is also a world in……続きを見る

Foreword by Burning Man founder Larry Harvey A stunning visual and narrative homage-featuring more than 100 black & white and color photographs, many never before seen-that captures the wonder and m……続きを見る

Dance and Organisation is the first comprehensive work to integrate dance theory and methods into the study of management, which have developed an interest in the arts and the humanities. Dance repr……続きを見る

This volume analyzes the Serial podcast, situating it in the trajectory of other popular crime narratives and contemporary cultural theory. Contributors focus on topics such as the ethics of the use……続きを見る

"One of theatre's subtlest, most sophisticated minds" (The Times) One spring morning a quiet, shy man in his sixties sets out from Land's End to walk the length of his native land. He has never walk……続きを見る

This book explores Bernard Shaw’s journalism from the mid-1880s through the Great Warーa period in which Shaw contributed some of the most powerful and socially relevant journalism the western world……続きを見る

A full and frank portrait of the complex man behind the icon of cool. This edition does not include illustrations. Steve McQueen, one of the first ‘cool’ film stars, remains a cultural icon the worl……続きを見る

By the end of 1914, Charlie Chaplin had become the most popular actor in films, and reporters were clamoring for interviews with the comedy sensation. But no reporter had more access than Fred Goodw……続きを見る

Intimate Violence explores the consistent cold war in Hitchcock's films between his heterosexual heroines and his queer characters, usually though not always male. Decentering the authority of the m……続きを見る

Cristi Puiu's black comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu announced the arrival of the New Romanian Cinema as a force on the film world stage. As critics and festival audiences embraced the new movement……続きを見る

Women in Asian Performance offers a vital re-assessment of women's contributions to Asian performance traditions, focusing for the first time on their specific historical, cultural and performative ……続きを見る

What if we could actually change the world by telling better stories? What if the world we have-with its racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, religious hatred, ecological disregard-is exactly the ……続きを見る

It seems that the time has finally come to retrieve the Heart of Aphrodite! The limit of this new truce between Duke and the Mistress is sure to be tested. Meanwhile, an old threat reemerges. 続きを見る

This book focuses on Romeo Castellucci’s theatrical project, exploring the ethical and aesthetic framework determined by his reflection on the nature of the image. But why does a director whose fund……続きを見る

Ο µαγικοζωολόγος Νιουτ Σκαµάντερ µόλις έχει φτάσει στην πόλη µε την πρόθεση να µείνει µόνο για λίγο. Όταν όµως η µαγική βαλίτσα του χάνεται και κάποια από τα φανταστικά ζώα του δραπετεύουν στην πόλη……続きを見る