Film & movie: styles & genres books

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Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big Screen to Small

Too Bold for the Box Office: The Mockumentary from Big...

Author: Cynthia J. Miller
ISBN: 9780810885189
Format: Hardback
$108.95

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Crime Culture: Figuring Criminality in Fiction and Film

Crime Culture: Figuring Criminality in Fiction and Film...

Author: Dr Bran Nicol ,  Dr Eugene McNulty
ISBN: 9781441150165
Format: Paperback
$137.15

A collection of original essays drawing on crime fiction and film to explore the implications of how we choose to...  Read More >>

Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and Latin America: Children and Adolescents in Film

Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and...

Author: Carolina Rocha ,  Georgia Seminet
ISBN: 9781349440610
Format: Paperback
$84.99

This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims...  Read More >>

Contemporary Erotic Cinema

Contemporary Erotic Cinema

Author: Douglas Keesey
ISBN: 9781842433638
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Movies have constantly pushed at the boundaries of sexual representation, outraging censors, transgressing taboos...  Read More >>

Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic Literature: Wuthering Heights and Company

Cultural Afterlives and Screen Adaptations of Classic...

Author: H. Shachar
ISBN: 9780230294042
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Film and television adaptations of classic literature have held a longstanding appeal for audiences, an appeal that...  Read More >>

The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History and Controversies

The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History...

Author: Leger Grindon (Middlebury College, USA)
ISBN: 9781444395969
Format: Digital
$232.19

The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first...  Read More >>

Imaginary Spaces of Power in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Films

Imaginary Spaces of Power in Sub-Saharan Literatures...

Author: Alix Mazuet
ISBN: 9781443838962
Format: Hardback
$90.54

This collection of essays is unlike others in the field of African studies, for it is based on three very precisely...  Read More >>

Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology

Speaking of Monsters: A Teratological Anthology

Author: Caroline Joan S. Picart ,  John Edgar Browning
ISBN: 9780230114500
Format: Hardback
$179.00

"Employing a range of approaches to examine how ""monster-talk"" pervades not only popular culture but also public...  Read More >>

Trash or Treasure: Censorship and the Changing Meanings of the Video Nasties

Trash or Treasure: Censorship and the Changing Meanings...

Author: Kate Egan ,  Mark Jancovich
ISBN: 9780719072338
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929

American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy...

Author: John T. Soister ,  Henry Nicolella
ISBN: 9780786435814
Format: Paperback
$330.00

During the silent era there were quite a few motion pictures that dared to tackle such topics as rejuvenation, revivication,...  Read More >>

Horror and the Horror Film

Horror and the Horror Film

Author: Bruce F. Kawin
ISBN: 9780857284501
Format: Paperback
$40.00

'Horror and the Horror Film' is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its...  Read More >>

Horror and the Horror Film

Horror and the Horror Film

Author: Bruce F. Kawin
ISBN: 9780857284495
Format: Hardback
$115.00

'Horror and the Horror Film' is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its...  Read More >>

Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960

Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films,...

Author: Laurence Raw
ISBN: 9780786444748
Format: Paperback
$60.50

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Film Noir

Film Noir

Author: William Luhr (Saint Peter's College, USA)
ISBN: 9781444355956
Format: Digital
$237.47

Film Noir offers new perspectives on this highly popular and influential film genre, providing a useful overview...  Read More >>

Film, Art, New Media: Museum Without Walls?: Museum Without Walls?

Film, Art, New Media: Museum Without Walls?: Museum...

Author: Angela Dalle Vacche
ISBN: 9781349323586
Format: Paperback
$169.00

An anthology of essays exploring the relationship between film and art, within and across the domains of theory...  Read More >>

Science Fiction

Science Fiction

Author: Dr Mark Bould (University of the West of England, UK)
ISBN: 9780415458115
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Science Fiction looks at the key themes and issues at work within films in this genre and then examines popular...  Read More >>

Film, Art, New Media: Museum Without Walls?: Museum Without Walls?

Film, Art, New Media: Museum Without Walls?: Museum...

Author: Angela Dalle Vacche
ISBN: 9780230272927
Format: Hardback
$169.00

An anthology of essays exploring the relationship between film and art, within and across the domains of theory...  Read More >>

Science Fiction

Science Fiction

Author: Dr Mark Bould (University of the West of England, UK)
ISBN: 9780415458108
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day, drawing on examples from over forty countries....  Read More >>

Graphic Horror: Movie Monster Memories

Graphic Horror: Movie Monster Memories

Author: John Edgar Browning
ISBN: 9780764340826
Format: Hardback
$85.00

Freddy, Jason, Frankenstein, and Dracula are just a few of the thrilling movie monsters in this illustrated, collectible...  Read More >>

Life Lessons from Slasher Films

Life Lessons from Slasher Films

Author: Jessica Robinson
ISBN: 9780810885028
Format: Hardback
$155.25

This book looks at representative slasher films that have been scaring audiences for decades, examining common themes...  Read More >>

The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely' Religious Film

The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely'...

Author: Dr Sheila J. Nayar (Greensboro College, North Carolina, USA)
ISBN: 9781441158710
Format: Hardback
$182.95

For close to half a century now, scholars have debated over what comprises a 'genuinely' religious film, that is,...  Read More >>

Hard to Swallow: Hard-Core Pornography on Screen

Hard to Swallow: Hard-Core Pornography on Screen

Author: Claire Hines ,  Darren Kerr
ISBN: 9780231162135
Format: Paperback
$52.95

A Wallflower book published by Columbia University Press --Title page verso.  Read More >>

Heritage Film: Nation, Genre, and Representation

Heritage Film: Nation, Genre, and Representation

Author: Belen Vidal
ISBN: 9780231162036
Format: Paperback
$34.95

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Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures

Smart Cinema, DVD Add-Ons and New Audience Pleasures...

Author: P. Brereton
ISBN: 9780230282773
Format: Hardback
$84.99

Examining post-1990s Indie cinema alongside more mainstream films, Brereton explores the emergence of smart independent...  Read More >>

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