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Radical Embodiment on Film: Time and the Cinematic Body

Radical Embodiment on Film: Time and the Cinematic Body...

Author: Louis Bayman (Southampton University, UK) ,  Davina Quinlivan (University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9781350370623
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This innovative volume demonstrates the embodiment of time to be a vital part of the aesthetic experience of cinema....  Read More >>

Clay Works: Earthen Sculpture in South Asia

Clay Works: Earthen Sculpture in South Asia

Author: Susan S. Bean (Peabody Essex Museum, USA)
ISBN: 9781350505049
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Explores the prominence of painted air-dried clay (polychrome terracruda) in sculptural practices in South Asia,...  Read More >>

Macbeth in Modern European Culture

Macbeth in Modern European Culture

Author: Juan F. Cerdá (University of Murcia, Spain) ,  Dr Paul Prescott (University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9781350427518
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This is the first book to offer a pan-European analysis of Macbeth adaptations across a range of media in the long...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and Ballet: Gender, Sexuality, Race and Politics on Stage

Shakespeare and Ballet: Gender, Sexuality, Race and...

Author: Professor David Fuller (University of Durham, UK) ,  Professor Mark Thornton Burnett (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
ISBN: 9781350302532
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This is the first comprehensive study of Shakespearean ballets and their unique interpretive possibilities.  Read More >>

The Valentine Gallery: The Forgotten Story of Valentine Dudensing, Matisse, Picasso, and the US Market for Modern Art (1926–1947)

The Valentine Gallery: The Forgotten Story of Valentine...

Author: Julia May Boddewyn (Independent, USA)
ISBN: 9781350382305
Format: Hardback
$190.00

The first book to examine the key role played by art dealer Valentine Dudensing in shaping the canon of modern art...  Read More >>

Producing Chinese Reality Television: Power, Precarity and Working Cultures

Producing Chinese Reality Television: Power, Precarity...

Author: Sophia Tianyu Zhang (Liverpool Media Academy, UK)
ISBN: 9781350452626
Format: Hardback
$170.00

An insider's perspective on the production practices of Chinese reality shows, offering an in-depth understanding...  Read More >>

Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century

Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century...

Author: Hillary Burlock (Newcastle University, UK) ,  Ian Newman (University of Notre Dame, USA)
ISBN: 9781350498921
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This collection explores the relationship between dance and sociability during the 18th century in Britain, Europe,...  Read More >>

Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy: Architecture, Innovation, Labour, Politics, 1930-60

Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy:...

Author: Sarah Street (University of Bristol) ,  Tim Bergfelder (University of Southampton, UK)
ISBN: 9781839025341
Format: Hardback
$170.00

A comparison of the material histories of film studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy during three transformative...  Read More >>

Joy Division + New Order: Decades

Joy Division + New Order: Decades

Author: John Aizlewood
ISBN: 9781786751164
Format: Hardback
$59.99

The definitive illustrated story of Joy Division and New Order.  Read More >>

The Pocket Cubism

The Pocket Cubism

Author: Gemini Books
ISBN: 9781802473278
Format: Hardback
$14.99

An introduction to Cubism, the most influential art movement of the 20th century.  Read More >>

The Pocket Charli XCX

The Pocket Charli XCX

Author: Gemini Books
ISBN: 9781802473452
Format: Hardback
$14.99

A deep dive into the career, creativity and influence of Charli XCX, exploring her groundbreaking music and cultural...  Read More >>

The Pocket Impressionism

The Pocket Impressionism

Author: Gemini Books
ISBN: 9781802473261
Format: Hardback
$14.99

An introduction to Impressionism, the rebellious 19th century art movement.  Read More >>

Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology: Sonic Ghosts

Cage, Nono and 1960s Hauntology: Sonic Ghosts

Author: Clare Lesser
ISBN: 9781009487979
Format: Hardback
$142.31

This Element explores Jacques Derrida's concept of 'hauntology' and its connection to experimental music. Focusing...  Read More >>

Evelyn Waugh's Exterior Modernism: Cinema, Satire, Comedy

Evelyn Waugh's Exterior Modernism: Cinema, Satire, Comedy...

Author: Yuexi Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China)
ISBN: 9781350551985
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The first to systematically examine Waugh’s relationship with cinema in the context of modernism, this book examines...  Read More >>

Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes

Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes

Author: Dr Eleanor Houghton (Historical costume consultant, writer and illustrator)
ISBN: 9781350514089
Format: Hardback
$50.00

A renowned Brontë scholar and dress historian’s innovative, richly illustrated biography explores Charlotte Brontë's...  Read More >>

Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World's Unlikeliest Popstar

Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World's Unlikeliest...

Author: Gina Waggott
ISBN: 9798881807078
Format: Hardback
$50.00

The inspiring story of a middle-aged, stuttering pianist who, against all odds, became a global pop phenomenon by...  Read More >>

Restoration Acting and Other Business: The Lives of Henry Harris

Restoration Acting and Other Business: The Lives of...

Author: David Roberts (Birmingham City University)
ISBN: 9781009542180
Format: Hardback
$142.31

This Element focuses on the career of Henry Harris, a leading member of the Duke's Company between 1661 and 1682,...  Read More >>

Upcycling Research: Global Perspectives on Product, Fashion and Theory

Upcycling Research: Global Perspectives on Product,...

Author: Dr Kyungeun Sung (De Montfort University, UK) ,  Professor Richie Moalosi (University of Botswana, Botswana)
ISBN: 9781350496316
Format: Hardback
$170.00

New theories, perspectives, approaches, and research findings at the cutting edge of global upcycling research....  Read More >>

The Art of Star Wars: The Acolyte

The Art of Star Wars: The Acolyte

Author: Kristin Baver ,  Lucasfilm Lucasfilm Ltd
ISBN: 9781419777349
Format: Hardback
$76.99

The official behind-the-scenes companion to the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte The Art of Star Wars: The...  Read More >>

Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London

Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s...

Author: Jacqueline Riding
ISBN: 9781800818644
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Welcome to the hard streets: working-class London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the...  Read More >>

Be More Dua Lipa: New Rules to Help You Dance the Night Away and Fill You with Radical Optimism

Be More Dua Lipa: New Rules to Help You Dance the Night...

Author: Arielle Steele
ISBN: 9780241785447
Format: Hardback
$16.99

A gorgeously illustrated celebration of one of the biggest popstars in the world. Dance-floor-filling bangers,...  Read More >>

Exhibition Matters: Contemporary Displays and Exhibition-Making Practices

Exhibition Matters: Contemporary Displays and Exhibition-Making...

Author: Prof Pamela Bianchi (École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Belleville (ENSAPB), France) ,  Dr Wesley Meuris (Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Belgium)
ISBN: 9781350575547
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Bridges theory and practice to explore the impact of exhibition design on constructing the narrative of the exhibition....  Read More >>

History's Most Spectacular Heists: High-Stakes Thefts, Incredible Treasures, and Daring Rescues

History's Most Spectacular Heists: High-Stakes Thefts,...

Author: Emma Carlson Berne
ISBN: 9798886742541
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Dive into the world’s most unbelievable, high-stakes, fascinating heists, from art thefts to bank robberies to jewel...  Read More >>

Textile Practices: Forty Female Artists and Designers from Europe

Textile Practices: Forty Female Artists and Designers...

Author: Stephanie Kahnau
ISBN: 9783897907423
Format: Hardback
$99.99

In this illustrated publication, Stephanie Kahnau presents 40 female textile designers of the 20th and 21st centuries...  Read More >>

A Stage Set for Villains

A Stage Set for Villains

Author: Shannon J. Spann
ISBN: 9781911753124
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Caraval meets The Serpent and the Wings of Night in this YA romantasy, where 18-year-old Riven Hesper infiltrates...  Read More >>

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