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  • Maternal Horror Film

    Melodrama and Motherhood

    by S. Arnold ...
    Maternal Horror Film: Melodrama and Motherhood examines the function of the mother figure in horror film. Using psychoanalytic film theory as well as comparisons with the melodrama film, Arnold investigates the polarized images of monstrous and sacrificing mother. ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Dragonball: un romanzo cinese

    by Matteo Scrima ...
    Saggi - saggio (38 pagine) - Da Viaggio in occidente a Dragonball, dalla tradizione popolare cinese a uno dei manga più popolariLa leggenda più popolare dell’estremo Oriente incontra il manga e anime più famoso degli anni ‘90.La storia dà vita alla leggenda; la leggenda diventa romanzo; il romanzo si trasforma in opera animata.Dal Xīyóujì (西游记 Viaggio in Occidente) a Dragon Ball, cambiano i tempi. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Static

    Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back

    by Amy Goodman ...
    Torture. Kidnapping. Bogus wars. Illegal wiretapping. Propaganda. Spies in the newsrooms. Oil profiteers. Soldiers who won't fight. Mothers of fallen soldiers Who will.In Static, the bestselling brother-sister team of Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman takes on government liars, corporate profiteers, and the media that have acted as their cheerleaders. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Ruskin Park

    Sylvia, Me and the BBC

    After a childhood of silence and secrets, a compelling journey of discovery – from broadcaster, podcaster and rescue dog tweeter @Ruskin147.Rory Cellan-Jones knew he was the child of a love affair between two BBC employees. But until his mother, Sylvia, died and he found a file labelled 'For Rory' he had no idea of their beginnings or ending. Or why his peculiarly isolated childhood had so tested ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Was It Yesterday?

    Nostalgia in Contemporary Film and Television

    Edited by Matthew Leggatt ...
    Series series SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
    Bringing together prominent transatlantic film and media scholars, Was It Yesterday? explores the impact of nostalgia in twenty-first century American film and television. Cultural nostalgia, in both real and imagined forms, is dominant today, but what does the concentration on bringing back the past mean for an understanding of our cultural moment, and what are the consequences for viewers? This ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Tastemakers and Tastemaking

    Mexico and Curated Screen Violence

    Series series SUNY series in Latin American Cinema
    Tastemakers and Tastemaking develops a new approach to analyzing violence in Mexican films and television by examining the curation of violence in relation to three key moments: the decade-long centennial commemoration of the Mexican Revolution launched in 2010; the assaults and murders of women in Northern Mexico since the late 1990s; and the havoc wreaked by the illegal drug trade since the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • I'll Be There For You

    The One about Friends

    by Kelsey Miller ...
    “The definitive Friends history” that explores all aspects of the classic hit television show (Entertainment Weekly).Today, Friends is remembered as an icon of ’90s comedy and the Must See TV years. But when the series debuted in 1994, no one anticipated the sensation it would become. From the first wave of Friends mania to the backlash and renaissance that followed, the show maintained an uncanny ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Timeless Adventures

    The Unofficial Story of How Doctor Who Conquered Television

    by Brian J. Robb ...
    This critical history of Doctor Who covers the series 60 years, from the creation of the show to its triumph as Britain's number one TV drama.Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series within the BBC of the early 1960s, each decade of the show is tackled through a unique political and pop cultural historical viewpoint, exploring the links between contemporary Britain and the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus