Film & movie: styles & genres books

Suburban Fantastic Cinema is a study of American movies in which preteen and teenage suburban boys are called upon...  Read More >>

This study provides the first major monograph examination of filmic representations of Gaelic games, charting these...  Read More >>

An authoritative guide to the action-packed film genre With 24 incisive, cutting-edge contributions from esteemed...  Read More >>

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This edited collection focuses on gender and contemporary horror in film, examining how and if representations of...  Read More >>

Biography of the sharp-edged baritone with matched dark chiseled features who was a natural for his film & TV roles...  Read More >>

During the heyday of Hollywood's slick hair, cigarette smoking, hard drinking and two-fisted actors, there was Ray...  Read More >>

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Steampunk Film: A Critical Introduction is a concise and accessible overview of steampunk’s indelible impact within...  Read More >>

This book investigates how persuasion relates to values in self-improvement literature, revealing the discursive...  Read More >>

The book includes discussion of a wide variety of texts, including opera, classic film, genre fiction, documentary,...  Read More >>

In Politics in Gotham, scholars from a variety of fields—political science, philosophy, law, and others—provide...  Read More >>

Drawing upon interviews, extensive reviews of campus newspapers and yearbooks, andarchival research across the Midwest,...  Read More >>

Discover the incredible story behind the creation and legacy of one of Star Wars' most beloved characters with Star...  Read More >>

""I survived. And that's what my book is about, a real-life story of overcoming obstacles, surviving, and thriving.""...  Read More >>

Fritz Lang's M (1931), is one of the earliest serial killer films and laid the foundation for future horror movies...  Read More >>

James Naremore introduces film noir, highlighting key themes, films, and styles, and exploring why the genre is...  Read More >>

""My freakish life parallels my father's in many ways: a Peoria whorehouse, abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, and...  Read More >>

Balancing historical nuance with passion for cinematic narratives, Writing History with Lightning confronts how...  Read More >>

This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national...  Read More >>

This edited collection looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations...  Read More >>

Blood in the Streets investigates the various ways in which 1970s Italian crime films were embedded in their immediate...  Read More >>

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Movement as Meaning in Experimental Cinema offers sweeping and cogent arguments as to why analytic philosophers...  Read More >>