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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

These essays by critics, theorists and artists explore the allusive nexus of the dark in contemporary Mexican literature and visual culture. They chart the poetics of ‘negrura-oscuridad’ in creative……続きを見る

Questo libro nasce dal desiderio di ripercorrere un decennio di vita del cinema italiano, gli anni Cinquanta che, stretti tra il neorealismo e la modernità degli anni Sessanta, appaiono, a ogni rinn……続きを見る

Giallo - saggio (237 pagine) - Settant'anni di donne investigatrici in tv. Con un glossario dei termini televisivi. La fiction televisiva è stata a lungo sottovalutata. Un fenomeno circolare: la tv ……続きを見る

As the sound-producing mechanism for the bassoon, the reed is a vital component in the sound of the entire instrument. While pre-manufactured reeds are widely available for purchase at music stores,……続きを見る

Geopolitical Shakespeare: Western Entanglements from Internationalism to Cold War examines the entanglement of Shakespearean culture in the geopolitical dynamics of the post-war West. Taking its cue……続きを見る

Hace treinta años se estrenó Instinto básico de Paul Verhoeven, película que levantó una fuerte polémica entre la comunidad LGTBIQ+ por la vinculación entre psicopatía y sexualidades no normativas. ……続きを見る

The Brazilian berimbau, a musical bow, is most commonly associated with the energetic martial art/dance/game of capoeira. This study explores the berimbau's stature from the 1950s to the present in ……続きを見る

Bloody Women traces changing gender dynamics in the horror film industry to explore how women have played a crucial role in defining the genre of horror understood as a scholarly discipline, cultura……続きを見る

A memoir of the rise and fall of one female screenwriter’s career during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Freddie Maas’s revealing memoir offers a unique perspective on the film industry and Hollywood c……続きを見る

“A superb, thought-provoking analysis tracing the metamorphosis of the image of the Jew as portrayed through 80 years of American cinema.” ーLibrary Journal Like the haggadah, the traditional story ……続きを見る

Commemorating over 75 years of Broadway greatness with never-before told stories, rare photos from the American Theatre Wings' archives, and interviews with major honorees like Lin-Manuel Miranda, P……続きを見る

The Brazilian berimbau, a musical bow, is most commonly associated with the energetic martial art/dance/game of capoeira. This study explores the berimbau's stature from the 1950s to the present in ……続きを見る

Looks at how a group of aesthetically innovative independent films contested and imagined alternatives to urban planning in midcentury New York. Can the cinema imagine a different way of developing,……続きを見る

The repertoire of the early Viennese ballroom was highly influential in the broader histories of both social dance and music in nineteenth-century Europe. Yet music scholarship has traditionally pai……続きを見る

Nell'ultimo decennio, Roma è tornata protagonista del cinema italiano, sollecitandolo a riflettere per via immaginativa sui cambiamenti di una Capitale dai confini sempre più incerti e diramati, inc……続きを見る

This book analyses the romantic drama and the way that passionate love is presented as the central storyline in popular cinema, drawing upon genre studies and sociology. Exploring the passionate lov……続きを見る

Naomi Wallace, an American playwright based in Britain, is one of the more original and provocative voices in contemporary theatre. Her poetic, erotically-charged, and politically engaged plays have……続きを見る

Air Travel Fiction and Film: Cloud People explores how, over the past four decades, fiction and film have transformed our perceptions and representations of contemporary air travel. Adopting an inte……続きを見る

This text looks at the star system under the Third Reich. Following the experiments of Weimar, much of cinema after 1933 became part of a wider Nazi backlash against modernism in all its forms. This……続きを見る

Already acknowledged by Metacritic and the Guinness World Records as the highest-rated series in the history of television, Breaking Bad has elicited an unprecedented amount of criticism. Writers bo……続きを見る

The secrets of songwriting from the legends of music Song is an enthralling compilation of songwriting wisdom from 100 of the biggest names in music. From country to rock to folk to alternative, thi……続きを見る

Si sollevi quella patina di irrealtà che ha velato la sua autenticità e le sue vere intenzioni e Michael possa vivere per sempre nella verità perché questa è la sua volontà. Lettera ad un amico mai ……続きを見る

Follow a multi-faceted journey by an improviser and a musicosopher, Eric Antoni, from the cobbled streets of Paris to the Far East. Musical Mosaic lays coherent excursus of the author’s thought-prov……続きを見る