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Hardcover. This book discusses British cinema's representation of the Great War during the 1920s. It argues that popular cinematic representations of the war offered surviving audiences a language through which to interpret their recent experience, and traces the ways in which those interpretations changed during the decade. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; 3JJG; APFN; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230371705
- ISBN
- 9780230371705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AP; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230364134
- ISBN
- 9780230364134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardback. Victorians on Screen investigates the representation of the Victorian age on British television from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Structured around key areas of enquiry specific to British television, it avoids a narrow focus on genre by instead taking a thematic approach and exploring notions of authenticity, realism and identity. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363342
- ISBN
- 9780230363342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment. Series: Palgrave Studies in Screenwriting. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFD; APFN; APTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343283
- ISBN
- 9780230343283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid commentaries on Jewish acculturation, Ofer Ashkenzi provides an alternative context for a re-evaluation of the infamous 'German-Jewish symbiosis' before the rise of Nazism, as well as a new framework for the understanding of the German 'national' film in the years leading to Hitler's regime. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230341364
- ISBN
- 9780230341364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. French comedy films occupy a specific cultural space and are influenced by national traditions and shared cultural references, but at the same time they have always been difficult to classify. This book investigates the different methods in which these comedies textually inscribed and exemplified a variety of cultural and historical landmarks. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338425
- ISBN
- 9780230338425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardback. Traces changing concepts of masculinity in contemporary Hollywood films against a backdrop of political events, social developments, and popular American myths. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338418
- ISBN
- 9780230338418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.34
€ 123.34
Hardback. Telling the stories behind television's approaches to race relations, multiculturalism and immigration in the 'Golden Age' of British television, the book focuses on the 1960s and 1970s and argues that the makers of television worked tirelessly to shape multiculturalism and undermine racist extremism. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APT; HBTB; JFD; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292970
- ISBN
- 9780230292970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Paperback. The screenplay is currently the focus of extensive critical re-evaluation, however, as yet there has been no comprehensive study of its historical development. International in scope and placing emphasis on the development and variety of screenplay texts themselves, this book will be an important and innovative addition to the current literature. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; APFD; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291812
- ISBN
- 9780230291812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
Hardback. The screenplay is currently the focus of extensive critical re-evaluation, however, as yet there has been no comprehensive study of its historical development. International in scope and placing emphasis on the development and variety of screenplay texts themselves, this book will be an important and innovative addition to the current literature. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; APFD; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291805
- ISBN
- 9780230291805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover. A lively discussion of costume dramas to women's films, Shelley Cobb investigates the practice of adaptation in contemporary films made by women. The figure of the woman author comes to the fore as a key site for the representation of women's agency and the authority of the woman filmmaker. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283848
- ISBN
- 9780230283848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.19
€ 63.19
Hardback. This collection brings together international experts on the cinema of migration and diaspora in postcolonial and postnational Europe. It offers a comprehensive theoretical and analytical discussion of a highly productive creative sector and documents the spectrum of this area of exploration in European, transnational and World Cinema studies. Editor(s): Berghahn, Daniela; Sternberg, Claudia. Series: Palgrave European Film and Media Studies. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; APFA; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278981
- ISBN
- 9780230278981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Hardcover. A socio-cultural analysis of the relationship between modernism and science fiction, from the 1870s to the 1970s, with examples drawn from literature and other media in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The book challenges how high and low culture has been mapped in the twentieth century. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273481
- ISBN
- 9780230273481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.69
€ 100.69
Hardback. This collection displays a range of approaches and contemporary developments in the expanding field of film-philosophy. The essays explore central issues surrounding the conjunction of film and philosophy, presenting a varied yet coherent reflection on the nature of this conjunction. Editor(s): Carel, Havi; Tuck, Greg. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250284
- ISBN
- 9780230250284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardback. What does it mean to say Indian movies are melodramatic? How do film audiences engage with socio-political issues? What role has cinema played in the emergence of new economic forms, consumer cultures and digital technologies in a globalizing India? Ravi Vasudevan addresses these questions in a wide-ranging analysis of Indian cinema. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247642
- ISBN
- 9780230247642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.34
€ 124.34
Hardcover. The Politics of Hollywood Cinema argues for a new understanding of the relationship between classical Hollywood films and theories of democracy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244580
- ISBN
- 9780230244580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Inspired by Baudelaire's art criticism and contemporary theories of emotions, and developing a new aesthetic approach based on the idea that memory and imagination are strongly connected, Lombardo analyzes films by Scorsese, Lynch, Jarmusch and Van Sant as imaginative uses of the history of cinema as well as of other media. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241718
- ISBN
- 9780230241718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Belinda Smaill proposes an original approach to documentary studies, examining how emotions such as pleasure, hope, pain, empathy, nostalgia or disgust are integral both to the representation of selfhood in documentary, and to the way documentaries circulate in the public sphere. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237513
- ISBN
- 9780230237513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. A collection of original essays from leading scholars in the field exploring the contemporary debates, concerns and controversies ongoing in Spanish film industry, culture and scholarship. The essays reveal the far-reaching shifts that have occurred in the Spanish film scene, making essential reading for all interested in European cinema. Editor(s): Davies, Ann. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APFA; JFC; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236202
- ISBN
- 9780230236202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Hardcover. This is the first monograph-length work intended to enable readers with a humanities background and the general public to understand what the processes and techniques of film restoration do and do not involve, attempting to integrate systematically a discussion about related technological and cultural issues. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230439
- ISBN
- 9780230230439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.56
€ 154.56
Hardback. After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognized as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223615
- ISBN
- 9780230223615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardback. This volume brings together scholars from across Europe to critically examine TV history programming in a period of political, economic and cultural change. They look at links between programming and national identity, consider the representation of minorities, and explore a range of televisual genres and techniques. Editor(s): Bell, Erin; Gray, Ann. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; APT; HBJD; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222083
- ISBN
- 9780230222083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardback. Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221437
- ISBN
- 9780230221437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Hardback. The first sustained examination of the depiction of American suburbia in gothic and horror films, television and literature from 1948 to the present day. Beginning with Shirley Jackson's The Road Through the Wall, Murphy discusses representative texts from each decade, including I Am Legend, Bewitched, Halloween and Desperate Housewives. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFN; APT; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218109
- ISBN
- 9780230218109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.30
€ 133.30