Film & movie: styles & genres books

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The Subversive Zombie: Social Protest and Gender in Undead Cinema and Television

The Subversive Zombie: Social Protest and Gender in...

Author: Elizabeth Aiossa
ISBN: 9781476666730
Format: Paperback
$48.40

""Historically, zombies have been portrayed in films and television series as mindless, shuffling monsters. In recent...  Read More >>

Pink-Slipped: What Happened to Women in the Silent Film Industries?

Pink-Slipped: What Happened to Women in the Silent Film...

Author: Jane M Gaines
ISBN: 9780252041815
Format: Hardback
$271.00

Women held more positions of power in the silent film era than at any other time in American motion picture history....  Read More >>

Danger: Diabolik

Danger: Diabolik

Author: Leon Hunt
ISBN: 9780231182812
Format: Paperback
$24.95

"Danger: Diabolik (1968) was adapted from a comic that has been a social phenomenon in Italy for over fifty years....  Read More >>

Japanese Horror and the Transnational Cinema of Sensations

Japanese Horror and the Transnational Cinema of Sensations...

Author: Steven T. Brown
ISBN: 9783319706283
Format: Hardback
$258.72

Japanese Horror and the Transnational Cinema of Sensations undertakes a critical reassessment of Japanese horror...  Read More >>

The Geek's Guide to SF Cinema: 30 Key Films that Revolutionised the Genre

The Geek's Guide to SF Cinema: 30 Key Films that Revolutionised...

Author: Ryan Lambie
ISBN: 9781472139856
Format: Paperback
$36.99

From one of the key contributors to popular website Den of Geek. Once a cult phenomenon, now a fixture of contemporary...  Read More >>

The Visual Music Film

The Visual Music Film

Author: Aimee Mollaghan
ISBN: 9781349578603
Format: Paperback
$181.95

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, The Visual Music Film explores the concept and expression of musicality...  Read More >>

Contemporary Cinema and 'Old Age': Gender and the Silvering of Stardom

Contemporary Cinema and 'Old Age': Gender and the Silvering...

Author: Josephine Dolan
ISBN: 9781137584014
Format: Hardback
$317.95

This book is the first to explore ‘old age’ in cinema at the intersection of gender, ageing, celebrity and genre...  Read More >>

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes: An Illustrated Filmography, Volume II (1996-2016)

Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series...

Author: Kim R. Holston ,  Tom Winchester
ISBN: 9780786496853
Format: Paperback
$236.50

Science fiction, fantasy and horror movies have spawned more sequels and remakes than any other film genre. Following...  Read More >>

Transnational Cinema: An Introduction

Transnational Cinema: An Introduction

Author: Steven Rawle
ISBN: 9781137530127
Format: Paperback
$62.95

This core teaching text provides a thorough overview of the recently emerged field of transnational film studies....  Read More >>

The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy

The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon...

Author: Tom Weaver ,  David Schecter
ISBN: 9781476673868
Format: Paperback
$57.00

"""He was the final addition to Universal's ""royal family"" of movie monsters: The Creature from the Black Lagoon....  Read More >>

Histories on Screen: The Past and Present in Anglo-American Cinema and Television

Histories on Screen: The Past and Present in Anglo-American...

Author: Dr Sam Edwards (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Dr Faye Sayer (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9781474217040
Format: Hardback
$200.00

How, as historians, should we ‘read’ a film? Histories on Screen answers this and other questions in a crucial volume...  Read More >>

Transnational Horror Across Visual Media: Fragmented Bodies

Transnational Horror Across Visual Media: Fragmented...

Author: Dana Och ,  Kirsten Strayer
ISBN: 9781138549005
Format: Paperback
$94.99

This volume investigates the horror genre across national boundaries (including locations such as Africa, Turkey,...  Read More >>

The Modern British Horror Film

The Modern British Horror Film

Author: Steven Gerrard
ISBN: 9780813579443
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Screening the Paris Suburbs: From the Silent Era to the 1990s

Screening the Paris Suburbs: From the Silent Era to...

Author: Philippe Met ,  Derek Schilling
ISBN: 9781526106858
Format: Hardback
$195.00

This expansive study brings to light a neglected history of suburban Paris as seen and reimagined by French filmmakers...  Read More >>

The Playboy and James Bond: 007, Ian Fleming and Playboy Magazine

The Playboy and James Bond: 007, Ian Fleming and Playboy...

Author: Claire Hines
ISBN: 9780719082269
Format: Hardback
$183.99

A study of the Bond phenomenon and its relation to the rise of playboy culture from the 1960s onwards.  Read More >>

The Shawshank Experience: Tracking the History of the World’s Favorite Movie

The Shawshank Experience: Tracking the History of the...

Author: Maura Grady ,  Tony Magistrale
ISBN: 9781349953509
Format: Paperback
$74.95

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Star Wars: Icons of the Galaxy

Star Wars: Icons of the Galaxy

Author: Titan Books
ISBN: 9781785851933
Format: Paperback
$45.00

The making of the Star Wars saga, as told by the cast and crew!  Read More >>

Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today: Conversations with 21st Century Filmmakers

Indie Science Fiction Cinema Today: Conversations with...

Author: Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay ,  Chris Vander Kaay
ISBN: 9781476669335
Format: Paperback
$105.47

"""Focusing on 21st century independent science fiction films, the author describes a shift in subject matter as...  Read More >>

Where Monsters Walked: California Locations of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1925-1965

Where Monsters Walked: California Locations of Science...

Author: Gail Orwig ,  Raymond Orwig
ISBN: 9781476668406
Format: Paperback
$131.87

This richly illustrated guide to dozens of California filming locations covers three decades of science fiction,...  Read More >>

Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia

Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia...

Author: Michael Berry ,  Chiho Sawada
ISBN: 9780824875107
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Explores how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema. By bringing...  Read More >>

Off to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Women's Writing and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain

Off to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Women's Writing and...

Author: Lisa Stead
ISBN: 9781474431910
Format: Paperback
$62.07

Using detailed case studies, this innovative book draws upon new archival research, industrial analysis and close...  Read More >>

The Cinematic Bodies of Eastern Europe and Russia: Between Pain and Pleasure

The Cinematic Bodies of Eastern Europe and Russia: Between...

Author: Ewa Mazierska ,  Matilda Mroz
ISBN: 9781474431941
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Bringing together a range of theoretical and critical approaches, this edited collection is the first book to examine...  Read More >>

The Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia

The Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East...

Author: Ian Aitken ,  Camille Deprez
ISBN: 9781474431965
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official...  Read More >>

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