The Arts books

A gripping memoir charting the journey of an English teacher turned filmmaker and Hollywood actor. With practical...  Read More >>

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Ostia, the Roman settlement founded at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the port of the imperial capital and one...  Read More >>

A full, comprehensive history of all things King Kong.  Read More >>

What can one city tell us about the global textile waste problem? This Open Access study is the first detailed ethnography...  Read More >>

This is the untold history of Oceania's 1960s lost psychedelic album, The Happy Prince. Recorded in Sydney by the...  Read More >>

Combining photomontage with portraiture and scenes of Hmong American communities, Her mixes the real with the artificial...  Read More >>

Re-issued with a new preface, afterword and reading list, Don We Now Our Gay Apparel analyzes the trends in dress...  Read More >>

National Geographic explorer Mac Stone reveals the breathtaking wetlands and swamps of the American Southeast, showcasing...  Read More >>

More than just Wolverine's origin story, with Weapon X legendary creator Barry Windsor-Smith challenged readers’...  Read More >>

Explores the relationship between craft and war, examining craft fabrication, practices, objects, makers and users...  Read More >>

The go-to resource for understanding desire, same-sex and trans eroticism in Shakespeare's texts, this second edition...  Read More >>

A BFI Film Classic exploring Todd Haynes’s kaleidoscopic glam-rock epic, Velvet Goldmine (1998) - an alternative...  Read More >>

A study of Claire Denis' s exhilarating drama Beau travail (1998) in the BFI Film Classics series  Read More >>

In this sharp and humorous look at the outright risqué, as well as the grotesquely exaggerated or repulsive, Ribeiro...  Read More >>

While tracing the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity, Elizabeth Wilson...  Read More >>

Fashioning London charts the history of clothing in England’s capital through its manufacture, promotion, cultural...  Read More >>

A study of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 neo-noir crime drama Le Samouraï in the BFI Film Classics series.  Read More >>

Queercore revolutionized the possibilities of sonic kinship among self-identified queer in the 1980s and '90s, through...  Read More >>

This book offers valuable insights for those interested in understanding the diverse experiences of PhD students...  Read More >>

The story of Australia’s most popular modern jazz group of 1960, and their best-selling debut album Move.  Read More >>

A fun and easy introduction to rodeo competitions and cowboy culture If you’ve ever wanted to know more about...  Read More >>

A practical guide to all aspects of creating and staging your own piece of queer theatre, packed with ideas and...  Read More >>

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Join the leading photographer of Cuba on an insider's tour of the country, with stops along the way to meet the...  Read More >>