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Hardback. This comprehensive biography of Dolores del Rio considers how her enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally, illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through the lenses of beauty and celebrity. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804784078
ISBN
9780804784078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.37

Paperback. Gives an account of the polarizing transformation of talk radio, from the author's early days at KGO commercial radio, through to his role at NPR, where he manages to keep the flow of talk in his San Francisco based show animated and politically balanced. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763370
ISBN
9780804763370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.37

paperback. This lucidly written book looks at the interpretative audacity of five major "overreaders"-Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, Slavoj Zizek and Stanley Cavell-and asks what is at stake and what is to be gained by their approaches to literature and film. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763073
ISBN
9780804763073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.83

Paperback. This study offers fresh readings of milestones in twentieth-century Chinese fiction, film, and drama and argues that they have questioned the faith in historical progress and in the viability of a sphere of free debate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AN; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758499
ISBN
9780804758499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.33

Paperback. This anthology of philosophical essays explores the interpersonal and political contexts in and against which the films of ten major postwar filmmakers were made. Editor(s): Phillips, James. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758017
ISBN
9780804758017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Hardback. Two systems of timekeeping were in concurrent use in Venice between 1582 and 1797. This work defines the many ways in which time was discussed, resolving a long-standing fuzziness imposed on studies of personnel, institutions, and cultural dynamics by dating conflicts. Series: The Calendar of Venetian Opera. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AVGC9; AVGM; PGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757652
ISBN
9780804757652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.51

Paperback. This book is about the heroic, ambivalent concept of the self within modernity as outlined in philosophy and exemplified in the filmic genres of the Western and crime and science fiction movies. Translator(s): Kirkby, Sarah L. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757362
ISBN
9780804757362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. How is one to think the significance of the art of film for philosophy? What would it mean to introduce film as a question into the heart of the philosophical enterprise? This book develops a matrix for thinking the relations between philosophy and film and, by extension, between philosophy and the arts. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756853
ISBN
9780804756853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Focusing on intermediality, The Material Image situates film within questions of representation familiar from painting and theatrical practices. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754316
ISBN
9780804754316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

Hardback. Disintegration in Frames explores the relationship between aesthetics and ideology in the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav cinema, with emphasis on issues of nationalism, internationalism, and interethnic relations. Num Pages: 216 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPR; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753685
ISBN
9780804753685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.51

Paperback. Incorporating the results of recent research, this is a new edition of a book that received the American Musicological Society's Otto Kinkeldey Award for the best musicological book in English published in 1982-83. Num Pages: 400 pages, 85 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRG; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4522 x 24. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745499
ISBN
9780804745499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.60

Paperback. A pioneering study of the Chinese cinemas in Shanghai and Hong Kong and the complex connections between them during the period of war, occupation, and civil war. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; GTB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804745185
ISBN
9780804745185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Bringing to light the tradition of physical comedy in the French cabaret, cafe-concert, and early French film comedy, this book answers the perplexing question, Why do the French love Jerry Lewis? Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738941
ISBN
9780804738941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

Paperback. This volume aims both to establish cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture and to direct attention to early Chinese cinema, a crucial chapter in Chinese cultural history long neglected by Western scholars. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; 3JJH; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804735728
ISBN
9780804735728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.78

Paperback. This collection of 8 essays introduces literary and cultural theorists into the domain of operatic textual analysis, long the exclusive preserve of musicologists. The contributors include some of the most distinguished critics of the past 30 years, most of them writing about opera for the first time. Editor(s): Levin, David J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 half-tones. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804722407
ISBN
9780804722407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.92

Paperback. The author stood in the light - in the center ring at powwows and other gatherings of Lakota people. This book describes the origins and varieties of Lakota song and dance. Severt Young Bear performed with the Porcupine Singers throughout North America, taught at Oglala Lakota College, and served on the Oglala Sioux tribal council. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 209 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; AVGH; BGH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780803299122
ISBN
9780803299122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.04

Paperback. Collects letters and essays that are published during the 1850s and 1860s. This title highlights the notorious 1850 article "Judaism in Music". It includes prose pieces such as "On the Performing of Tannhauser"; "On Musical Criticism"; and, "Music of the Future". It offers suggestions for the reform of opera houses in Vienna, Paris, and Zurich. Translator(s): Ellis, William Ashton. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297661
ISBN
9780803297661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. The first ethnography of the vibrant Aboriginal media community in Vancouver, Sovereign Screens uncovers the social forces shaping that community, including community media organisations and avant-garde art centres, as well as the national spaces of cultural policy and media institutions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 photographs, 1 map, 1 appendix, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803296961
ISBN
9780803296961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Bruno Walter, one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors, lived a fascinating life in difficult times. This book is a biography of Walter. It tells of Walter's close friendship with Gustav Mahler, his relations with Thomas Mann and his family, and his romantic involvement with the soprano Delia Reinhardt. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVGC4; BGF; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803290082
ISBN
9780803290082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803286788
ISBN
9780803286788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.18

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803285699
ISBN
9780803285699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

Hardback. Offers an innovative study of early radio technologies and the Mexican Revolution, examining the foundational relationship between electronic wireless technologies, single-party rule, and authoritarian practices in Mexican media. J. Justin Castro bridges the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, discussing technological continuities and change. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 images, 1 map, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; APW; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803268449
ISBN
9780803268449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 589 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGE; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
589
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803266315
ISBN
9780803266315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.98

Hardback. Examines changing perspectives toward everyday eco-disasters as reflected in the work of filmmakers from the silent era forward, with an emphasis on recent films such as Dead Ahead, an HBO dramatization of the Exxon Valdez disaster; and Total Recall, a science fiction action film highlighting oxygen as a commodity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803248748
ISBN
9780803248748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

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