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  • War and Film

    af James Chapman ...
    Serier serie Locations
    From the onset of the film medium, directors have found war an endlessly compelling and fruitful subject for their art. In War and Film, Chapman explores their fascination as well as the audience's enduring need to examine and experience the vicissitudes of war.Chapman examines the issues of truthfulness and realism that arise in depictions of war, whether in the supposed truth telling of war ... Læs mere

    128,75 kr.

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  • British Comics

    A Cultural History

    af James Chapman ...
    Now in paperback, this book examines comic publishing and reading in Britain, from the late-Victorian era to the present. Cultural historian James Chapman explores the origins and evolution of these beloved publications, tracing the rise of characters such as lovable rogue Ally Sloper. From the heyday in the 1950s and ’60s with titles like Eagle to the controversial era of violent comics in the ... Læs mere

    160,93 kr.

  • A New History of Documentary Film

    Second Edition

    A New History of Documentary Film, Second Edition offers a much-needed resource, considering the very rapid changes taking place within documentary media. Building upon the best-selling 2005 edition, Betsy McLane keeps the same chronological examination, factual reliability, ease of use and accessible prose style as before, while also weaving three new threads - Experimental Documentary, Visual ... Læs mere

    234,77 kr.

  • We'll Always Have the Movies

    American Cinema During World War II

    An "essential" study of what Americans watched during wartime, and how films shaped their understanding of events ( Publishers Weekly).During the highly charged years of World War II, movies perhaps best communicated to Americans who they were and why they were fighting. These films were more than just an explanation of historical events: they asked audiences to consider the Nazi threat; they put ... Læs mere

    84,61 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939–1945

    "This passionate, carefully researched, richly detailed, well-written study" reveals the political motives behind WWII Hollywood's portrayal of Poles ( Choice).During World War II, Hollywood studios supported the war effort by making patriotic movies designed to raise the nation's morale. Often the characterizations were as black and white as the movies themselves: Americans and their allies were ... Læs mere

    84,61 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Imagining Reality

    In Imaging Reality: The Faber Book of Documentary, Oscar-winning documentary-maker Kevin Macdonald ( One Day in September, Touching the Void) and leading broadcaster/historian Mark Cousins ( The Story of Film) offer an expanded, revised edition of their 'definitive, inspirational' ( Independent) compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film.Imagining Reality takes the reader on a ... Læs mere

    143,75 kr.

  • Distance from the Belsen Heap

    Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp

    Winner of the 2016 Vine Award for NonfictionThe Allied soldiers who liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 were faced with scenes of horror and privation. With breathtaking thoroughness, Distance from the Belsen Heap documents what they saw and how they came to terms with those images over the course of the next seventy years. On the basis of research in more than ... Læs mere

    307,11 kr.

  • The Soldiers' Tale

    Bearing Witness to a Modern War

    af Samuel Hynes ...
    The Soldiers' Tale is the story of modern wars as told by the men who did the actual fighting. Hynes examines the journals, memoirs, and letters of men who fought in the two World Wars and in Vietnam, and also the wars fought against the weak and helpless in concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and bombed cities.Interweaving his own reflections on war with brilliantly chosen passages from ... Læs mere

    41,58 kr.

  • The 10 Cent War

    Comic Books, Propaganda, and World War II

    Redigeret af Trischa Goodnow, James J. Kimble ...
    Contributions by Derek T. Buescher, Travis L. Cox, Trischa Goodnow, Jon Judy, John R. Katsion, James J. Kimble, Christina M. Knopf, Steven E. Martin, Brad Palmer, Elliott Sawyer, Deborah Clark Vance, David E. Wilt, and Zou YizhengOne of the most overlooked aspects of the Allied war effort involved a surprising initiative--comic book propaganda. Even before Pearl Harbor, the comic book industry ... Læs mere

    200,49 kr.

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War

    Redigeret af Vincent Sherry ...
    Serier serie Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Great War of 1914–1918 marks a turning point in modern history and culture. This Companion offers critical overviews of the major literary genres and social contexts that define the study of the literatures produced by the First World War. The volume comprises original essays by distinguished scholars of international reputation, who examine the impact of the war on various national ... Læs mere

    275,11 kr.

  • European Identity in Cinema

    Redigeret af Wendy Everett ...
    The identity of European cinema, like the identity of Europe itself, is multiple, complex, and fascinating. Providing both a general survey of contemporary European cinema production, distribution and exhibition and detailed critical analysis of specific films, directors, and national cinemas, this volume offers a stimulating and thought-provoking contribution to current film debate.While the book ... Læs mere

    196,51 kr.

  • The Chaplin Machine

    Slapstick, Fordism and the Communist Avant-Garde

    Could Buster Keaton have starred in Battleship Potemkin?Did Trotsky plan to write the great Soviet comedy?And why did Lenin love circus clowns?The Chaplin Machine reveals the lighter side of the Communist avant-garde and its unlikely passion for American slapstick. Set against the backdrop of the great Russian revolutionary experiment, Owen Hatherley tells the tragic-comedic story of the cinema, ... Læs mere

    78,21 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus