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Clear, concise, practical, and up-to-date, Music Research: A Handbook, Fourth Edition, focuses on the three pillars of the graduate music bibliography course: research, writing, and citation. Drawin……続きを見る

Dealing with some of the major themes in film narratives, this book draws on the theories of French psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva. It looks at how narratives have changed over time, and considers the……続きを見る

This is the first full-length exploration of the work of Laura Wade, providing critical and performance perspectives on one of the UK's most frequently staged female playwrights. Laura Wade is one o……続きを見る

El "Diccionario de conceptos y términos audiovisuales", tal como reza el subtítulo, es una herramienta conceptual, docente y práctica, orientada a su uso como consulta y, en su caso, divulgación. Si……続きを見る

A lo largo de estas dos primeras décadas, el cine de lo real ha consolidado esa tendencia a la pluralidad alcanzando una madurez en sus propuestas y posicionándose como punta de lanza de la renovaci……続きを見る

This book presents a slice of the American songbook from 1920 to 2020, with the author recommending 365 of the best recordings of lesser-known standards and sambas of the period. From Whose Baby Are……続きを見る

For over three decades, Portuguese director Pedro Costa has been widely admired for his unusual and innovative body of work, which has earned accolades and wide acclaim. The Haunted Cinema of Pedro ……続きを見る

This book concerns the ways in which many different types of nationalism, chauvinism and racism penetrated into musical thought in the interwar period, and how the leading artistic personalities of ……続きを見る

It is the first monograph in which the concertos of all composers active in this field in the Republic of Venice in the years 1695–1740 are methodically discussed. The Venetian instrumental concerto……続きを見る

This book vividly evokes for the reader the sound world of a number of European cities in the last year of the Second World War. It allows the reader to «hear» elements of the soundscapes of Amsterd……続きを見る

The studies collected in this book fall into four chief thematic areas of research on Fryderyk Chopin’s life, stylistic changes, creative output, and musical reception. The first one is devoted to t……続きを見る

This book offers a fresh discussion of the methodology of music historiography. So far historiographical methodology has always depended on other fields within humanities (especially on history) to ……続きを見る

This book considers the presence of the supernatural and Gothic elements of the Western on screen. These dark and sinister undertones often exist in Western narratives to draw attention to the ever-……続きを見る

S’il est un pays qui concentre dans son cinéma tous les excès et les contradictions de la société, l’Italie peut sans doute être celui-ci. La richesse de sa culture et les méandres de son histoire o……続きを見る

Dramaturge, metteuse en scène et réalisatrice, la carioca Christiane Jatahy est devenue, avec sa compagnie Vértice de teatro, une figure singulière et très importante de la scène brésilienne, et mai……続きを見る

This book is an accessible overview of the Bible’s complex and evolving reception in popular culture. Drawing on biblical interpretations in TV, film, and music, it demonstrates the enduring diversi……続きを見る

Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and th……続きを見る

This book is interdisciplinary in nature and examines the debate over beauty in twentieth-century art. It synthesizes artistic phenomena and composers’ aesthetic attitudes considering the ideologica……続きを見る

In Search of Soul explores the meaning of “soul” in sacred and profane incarnations, from its biblical origins to its central place in the rich traditions of black and Latin history. Surveying the w……続きを見る

A comprehensive overview of how to study film, this updated third edition provides concise and provocative summaries for approaching the language of film analysis, ways of thinking about film histor……続きを見る

How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rapーso dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar ……続きを見る

Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace, one of the world’s greatest film epics, originated as a consequence of the Cold War. Conceived as a response to King Vidor’s War and Peace, Bondarchuk’s surpassed ……続きを見る

George Cole's history includes events not commonly described in routine history books: An important religious figure who drinks a cup of pus to "prove a philosophical point". A Chinese Emperor who s……続きを見る

A study of John Sangster's jazz suite The Lord of the Rings contextualized with biographical and cultural studies of the composer in the 1970s. In three volumes and more than six LP recordings, The ……続きを見る

For most of us, fond memories of the Christmas season are inseparable from TV’s holiday presentations. The world loves everything from iconic cartoons like How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Charl……続きを見る

Un libro que nos presenta 25 exponentes destacados de la música española en el siglo XXI, cuya obra recorre géneros y sonoridades, confeccionando en cierta medida un mapa de la diversidad sonora que……続きを見る

La historia del cine contada a través de la mirada especial de uno de los críticos cinematográficos más importantes del momento. La historia del cine nos ha regalado grandes obras, pero los años pas……続きを見る

A recurrent and popular setting in American cinema, the dressing room has captured the imaginations of filmmakers and audiences for over a century. In The Dressing Room: Backstage Lives and American……続きを見る

Dix ans après le triomphe de sa trilogie Le Seigneur des Anneaux, le réalisateur oscarisé Peter Jackson retourne en Terre du Milieu afin de porter à l’écran Le Hobbit. La mise en chantier de ces tro……続きを見る

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theater history to 1642. An internationally recognized b……続きを見る