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A Companion to the Biopic

The most comprehensive reference text of theoretical and historical discourse on the biopic film The biopic, often viewed as the most reviled of all film genres, traces its origins to the early silent era…

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Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, Candy Gaskill
Language and Life on Ocracoke

A most comprehensive and linguistic look at Ocracoke to date.

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The Many Worlds of Takahata Isao

Takahata Isao (1935--2018), often referred to as the "Second Pillar" of the renowned Studio Ghibli, is one of the most esteemed animation directors in the history of the form. He is also the fir…

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John Bassett
Rachel Crothers

This is the story behind one of the most important - yet largely forgotten - women in American theater during the early 20th century. Rachel Crothers was renowned for her ability to command all aspects of…

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Sue Consolo-Murphy
The Bears of Grand Teton

Sue Consolo-Murphy's autobiographical narrative traces the history of bear management in Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole area, considering in particular bears' interaction with livestock.

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Anja Zimmermann,
The Breast

While sometimes described as a secondary sex characteristic, the female breast is of primary interest. It nourishes but also seduces, it is considered sacred or depraved - depending on the era, culture, c…

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Persheng Vaziri
Documenting Iran

An ethnographic study of how Iranian documentary filmmakers navigate censorship and creativity to shape civic discourse.Iranian filmmakers have overcome significant obstacles to create a distinctive, glob…

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Zachary Griffith
The Reflective Age

The Reflective Age investigates the cultural and political context that led to the nostalgia boom in American media of the 2010s, showing how films, TV shows, music, and literature of the period herald a …

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Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh
The Colonial Screen

Author Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh presents an unknown history of early film in Hong Kong. Drawing on screen practice and entrepôt, among other concepts, she brings to light the historical significance of Hong Kon…

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Jinhee Choi
Forever Girls

Forever Girlsexplores girlhood and the image of death manifest in contemporary South Korean cinema, where girls' bodies have repeatedly embodied various conflicting socio-political forces that shaped the …

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Paul Flaig,
Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed

A comprehensive reassessment of Weimar culture and Hollywood slapstick, cartoon, and screwball cinemas, highlighting the influence of American film comedies and their stars during Germany's Weimar Republi…

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Caroline Damiens,
A Siberian History of Soviet Film

Winner of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Best First Monograph AwardIn A Siberian History of Soviet Film, Caroline Damiens explores how the depictions of the indigenous 'Peo…

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Zachary Griffith
The Reflective Age

The Reflective Age investigates the cultural and political context that led to the nostalgia boom in American media of the 2010s, showing how films, TV shows, music, and literature of the period herald a …

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Scott Meslow
A Place Both Wonderful and Strange

For the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks---from the landmark, original cult series that changed the course of television to its 25-years-in-the-making sequel---i…

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Björn Norðfjörð
Light in the Dark

Light in the Dark tells the dramatic history of Icelandic cinema from its modest origin in the early twentieth century to the heterogenous and complex national cinema of today. In tracing this wide-rangin…

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Mark Player,
Japanese Cinema and Punk

"In Japanese Cinema and Punk, Mark Player explores how the do-it-yourself ethos of punk empowered a new generation of Japanese filmmakers during a time of crisis and change for Japan's film industry.…

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Nat Segaloff
The Rambo Report

The ultimate guide to the Rambo phenomenon---from bestselling novel to Hollywood blockbuster to all-American hero, legend, and icon---written with the full cooperation of Rambo's creator, bestselling auth…

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Marilena Zaroulia,
Encountering Europe on British Stages

Forty years after Britain's entry to the European Economic Community, the country's political and cultural landscapes are still marked by scepticism or resistance to 'continental' Europe.Encountering Euro…

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War Faces on Screen

How have images of the face been used to document and distort the phenomenon of war? Such is the question that drives this book, with the face forming a recurring - almost ubiquitous - motif throughout vi…

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Todd James Pierce
Making Mary Poppins

When Bob and Dick Sherman-two relatively unknown songwriters-walked onto the Walt Disney Studios lot to pitch a song for Annette Funicello, they had no idea that they'd end up meeting Disney himself or th…

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