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This is the story of how Cuban music captivated the world in the 1950s, told through the life of mambo's most famous musician, Pérez Prado. A riveting tour through rich moments in Cuban, Mexican, an……続きを見る

The films of Darren Aronofsky invite emotional engagement by means of affective resonance between the film and the spectator’s lived body. Aronofsky’s films, which include a rich range of production……続きを見る

From blazing fires to deadly hurricanes, and from years of abuse on dive bar stages to decades forgotten in dusty corners, these stunning guitars have survived storied lives to sing as sweetly as ev……続きを見る

A consummate compendium that highlights the work of an audacious, incomparable theatremaker. A vital presence in the avant-garde theatre movement since the 1970s, Robbie McCauley worked as a playwri……続きを見る

Groundbreaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally… (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today. Following the relationship betwe……続きを見る

Local Television: Histories, Communities, and Aesthetics offers critical analyses of an expansive range of practices, policies, and debates in local television histories from the United States. Tele……続きを見る

The author of Criterion Tuesdays is back with 100 new essays on Criterion Collection films. Spanning over 100 years of cinema across 38 countries, Criterion Tuesdays, Vol. 2 is an informative and en……続きを見る

A minute-by-minute analysis of one episode (Part 8) of David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). Much has been written about the work of David Lynch and existential fear in relation to Americana ……続きを見る

Alexander Bakshy (1885-1949) was the first movie critic for the Nation (1927-33) as well as one of America's first full-time professional film critics. He was known during his lifetime for his presc……続きを見る

A fascinating, influential musician of the late nineteenth century, Joachim Andersen was the founding principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, a renowned virtuoso and composer of flut……続きを見る

Vladimir Jankélévitch, dont l'oeuvre a toujours mêlé philosophie et musique, perce dans cet ouvrage le mystère de l'instant qui est l'essence de la musique de Debussy. Deux mouvements inverses sembl……続きを見る

The show broke our heartsーand helped us understand them. This book explains why. This Is Us wasn't just a television series. It was a cultural moment. A deeply human story that pulled us in, sat us……続きを見る

This book investigates how practitioners of Hip Hop negotiate identity and belonging in contemporary Israel. An interdisciplinary, ethnographic approach illustrates how practitioners embody the para……続きを見る

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collectionーthe first of its kindーinvites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing s……続きを見る

What do a plane crash, a lost child, a hospital shooting, and a missed goodbye have in common? They're not just plot points on Grey's Anatomy**ーthey're psychological case studies in trauma, grief, ……続きを見る

FILM CULTURE January, 1955 Volume 1 No. 1 "Film Culture" on Film Art: Interviews and Statements, 1955-1971 brings together nineteen directorsーAldrich, Antonioni, Brakhage, Breer, Buñuel, Cukor, Das……続きを見る

From 9/11 to COVID-19, the twenty-first century looks increasingly dystopianーand so do its television shows. Long-form science fiction narratives take one step further the fears of today: liberal d……続きを見る

Le 25 mai 1968, les directeurs de maisons de la culture et de théâtres populaires qui signent la « déclaration de Villeurbanne » déplorent l’éloignement du théâtre et des classes populaires et plaid……続きを見る

Revisits Australian rock band silverchair's globally successful debut album Frogstomp (1995) and asserts that the band is not an imitation of American grunge nor an emblem of Gen X angst. Frogstomp ……続きを見る

Family, Fear, and the Final Fade to Black: A Psychological Reading of "The Sopranos" is a powerful and unflinching psychological exploration of one of television's most iconic and emotionally resona……続きを見る

Plus qu'une biographie de Liszt, une promenade à travers son œuvre et surtout une réflexion sur la virtuosité. Vladimir Jankélévitch se demande si le culte de la virtuosité et la glorification du " ……続きを見る

This is the first textbook designed for students, practitioners and scholars of the performing arts who are curious about the power of the cognitive sciences to throw light on the processes of perfo……続きを見る

One of the most gifted directors of the post New Wave, Maurice Pialat is frequently compared to such legendary filmmakers as Jean Renoir and Robert Bresson. A quintessentially realist filmmaker, who……続きを見る

Sonic Overload offers a new, music-centered cultural history of the late Soviet Union. It focuses on polystylism in music as a response to the information overload swamping listeners in the Soviet U……続きを見る

Literature for the Masses is the first English-language book on popular stories known in Japan alternatively as period fiction or mass literature. It highlights the important cultural and ideologica……続きを見る

An in-depth look at the rise of enigmatic Australian rock band TISM, the unexpected success of their 1995 album, Machiavelli and the Four Seasons, and the continued trajectory of their storied caree……続きを見る

Music, as the form of art whose name derives from ancient myths, is often thought of as pure symbolic expression and associated with transcendence. Music is also a universal phenomenon and thus a pr……続きを見る

Why, in the dying days of the Napoleonic Empire, did half of Paris turn out for the funeral of a composer? The death of André Ernest Modeste Grétry in 1813 was one of the sensations of the age, sett……続きを見る

Electric Ladyland is one of the greatest guitar albums ever made. During the recording process, Jimi Hendrix at last had time and creative freedom to pursue the sounds he was looking for. In this re……続きを見る

Trip-hop described some of the 1990s' best music, and it was one of the decade's most revealing bad ideas. This book chronicles the music and its leading artists, packed with recommended listening, ……続きを見る