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Film and the Natural History of Destruction explores the interface between film, memory and ecological thought. It addresses several areas of crucial importance for contemporary film and media studi……続きを見る

An Introduction to Film Analysis is designed to introduce students to filmmaking techniques while also providing an invaluable guide to film interpretation. It takes readers step by step through: -t……続きを見る

Why do early films present the Netherlands as a country full of canals and windmills, where people wear traditional costumes and wooden shoes, while industries and modern urban life are all but abse……続きを見る

What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevan……続きを見る

Tout Chabrol ? Plus qu’une promesse, un défi ! Il faut dire qu’en plus de 50 ans de carrière, l’homme n’a pas chômé : cinquante-sept films bien sûr, mais aussi vingt-quatre téléfilms, deux mises en ……続きを見る

As immediately believable as they were cartoonish, as much an inner city cipher as a suburban boys gang, the foursome that made up the Pharcyde were the most relatable MCs to ever pass the mic. On t……続きを見る

Gundam. Ou plutôt « l’univers Gundam », « la saga Gundam », « la franchise Gundam ». Quand on l’évoque, c’est toujours avec une notion de volume, de masse, de gigantisme. Celui des robots mis en scè……続きを見る

An acclaimed music critic delves into the personal and cultural histories behind thirty-three of the twentieth century's most iconic protest songs. Dorian Lynskey is one of the most prominent music ……続きを見る

This volume puts "Magical ME" Volumes 13, 14, 15, and 16 together. I suggest you just skip over those and just read the Elemental Chapters of Rhodium to keep up with the news feed. Volume 45 is a co……続きを見る

"A wonderfully coherent, comprehensive, groundbreaking, and thoroughly engaging study" of how the director of Psycho and The Birds used music in his films (Sidney Gottlieb, editor of Hitchcock on Hi……続きを見る

Looking for your next movie night pick, but overwhelmed by the sheer number of options out there? Look no further than "Your Next Favorite Movie", a handy guide to help you find the perfect film to ……続きを見る

In "Ueber Johann Sebastian Bachs Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke" widmet sich Johann Nikolaus Forkel der umfassenden Analyse des Lebens, der Schaffensweise und der herausragenden Werke des großen Kompon……続きを見る

Challenging established views and assumptions about traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, this three-volume set offers readers a researched critique on black film. Volume O……続きを見る

Richard Foreman has been at the leading edge of the theatrical avant-garde in the United States and throughout the world since 1968. His legendary productions, written and directed by him at his Ont……続きを見る

#2 UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a……続きを見る

The Bee Gees’ music and image have long been synonymous with the 1970s, and the career trajectory of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb in those ten years meanders between dizzying highs and de……続きを見る

In April 1967, the Bee Gees launched themselves onto the international music scene with the release of ‘New York Mining Disaster 1941’. Whilst that haunting classic would be the first of many hits, ……続きを見る

TV-Philosophy in Action is inspired by philosopher and series-devotee Sandra Laugier’s monthly columns published in the French journal Libération. It is her contribution to the collective reflection……続きを見る

How music embodies and contributes to historical and contemporary nationalism What does music in Portugal and Spain reveal about the relationship between national and regional identity building? How……続きを見る

Winner of the Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize Musical repertory of great importance and quality was performed on viols in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England. This is reported by Thomas Mace……続きを見る

Winner of the IASPM Canada Book Prize 2019 Honorable Mention for PROSE Award for Excellence in Music and the Performing Arts 2018 When Genres Collide is a provocative history that rethinks the relat……続きを見る

At the centre of China's Cultural Revolution in its first stages stands the ambiguous figure of Wu Han. Occupying until the mid-sixties a favoured position among the intellectual elite of the People……続きを見る

Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the status of live performance in a culture domi……続きを見る

When Dr. No premiered at the London Pavilion on October 5, 1962, no one predicted that it would launch the longest-running series in cinema history. It introduced the James Bond formula that has bee……続きを見る

In America Noir David Cochran details how ten writers and filmmakers challenged the social pieties prevalent during the Cold War, such as the superiority of the American democracy, the benevolence o……続きを見る

Focusing on some of the best-known and most visible stage plays and dance performances of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries, Penny Farfan's interdisciplinary study demonstrates that……続きを見る

Chart the history of Star Wars in this stunning guide, from the time before the High Republic to the First Order. An indispensable companion for all Star Wars fans, this premium quality book display……続きを見る

From my Foreword... First and foremost, as the title suggests, these are literally "wild tangents" my mind often takes, and I just ride along, spewing out whatsoever comes into this sick mind of min……続きを見る

What did modern theatre in Russia look like and how did it foreground tradition building and transmission processes? The book challenges conventional historiographical approaches by weaving contempo……続きを見る

The Operatic Archive: American Opera as History extends the growing interdisciplinary conversation in opera studies by drawing on new research in performance studies and the philosophy of history. M……続きを見る