Art Cinema and India's Forgotten Futures. Film and History in the Postcolony, Paperback - Rochona Majumdar

Rochona Majumdar examines key works of Indian art cinema to demonstrate how film emerged as a mode of doing history and that, in so doing, it antic...

Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of postcolonial studies writing today. In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understa...

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Examines the theoretical framing of "nature" in South Africa and beyond. Analyzes myths and fantasies that have brought the world to a point of cli...

This study examines Soviet science fiction cinema from 1957 to 1990 and its relation to the space age. The author examines dozens of films and exam...

DescriptionHandmade films stretch back to cinema's beginnings, yet until now their rich history has been neglected. Process Cinema is the first boo...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Geoff (Professor of Film Studies, Brunel University London, UK) KingIllustration(s): 30 bw illusNumb...

DescriptionDrawing on a wide range of archival sources, Andrew Shail traces the emergence of film stardom in Europe and North America in the early ...

This is the first English translation of Alain Bergala's seminal text on the potentials, possibilities, and problems of bringing film to schools an...

DescriptionThe Cinema of Ken Loach examines the connection between art and politics that distinguishes the work of this leading British film direct...

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DescriptionCinema is quite simply a unique book from one of the most influential film-makers in the history of cinema. Here, Jean-Luc Godard looks ...

During the 1968 Prague Spring and the Soviet-led invasion and occupation that followed, Czechoslovakia's Army Film studio was responsible for some ...

A tender yet passionate commentary on loss and grief.Publisher: Cinnamon PressAuthor(s): Bonnie ThurstonNumber of pages: 36Publication date: 2022Di...

Reducere. Does a beloved institution need its own myths to survive? Can conservationists avoid turning their heroes into legends? Should they try? Yellowston...

Description With internationalist aspirations and wide-ranging historical perspectives, East German films about artists and their work became hotly...

Reducere. A pioneer in the field, Christian Metz applies insights of structural linguistics to the language of film. "The semiology of film . . . can be held...

With in-depth analyses of the major trends and films, this book represents a comprehensive assessment of the historical film in postwall Germany. C...

DescriptionCivil society, NGOs, governments, and multilateral institutions all repeatedly call for improved or 'good' governance - yet they seem to...

Partisan Aesthetics explores art's entanglements with conjunctural and climactic histories of late-colonial and postcolonial India, to foreground p...

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Last season, Seagull Books published the first three volumes in a new series collecting essays and interviews by the late French thinker Roland Bar...

In this first ever book-length treatment, 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies, film studies, and medievalism discuss how ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Uplift Cinema, Allyson Nadia Field recovers the significant yet forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s. Like th...

Radical universalism vs postcolonial theory

This book examines recent innovations in Polish film. The authors analyzes the ways in which Polish directors challenge revered images of national ...

Gender in Georgia brings together an international group of feminist scholars to explore the socio-political conditions that have shaped gender dyn...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Fourth Gospel is deeply shaped by its remarkably high Christology. It depicts the earthly Jesus, the incarnate one, as fully divine....

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Cecilia (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) MelloIllustration(s): 35 bw illusNumber of pages: 320Publi...

DescriptionHeavenly Mathematics traces the rich history of spherical trigonometry, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, ...

Reducere. Cinematografia, prin definiție o arta pentru mase, a ocupat un rol important in mașinaria propagandistica a regimului comunist din Romania. Sesizin...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 328Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s)...

An inside look at parole board decision making and its consequences.

Reducere. The quirky world of nudist films is revealed. Cinema au Naturel brings to life many long-forgotten films such as Elysia: Valley of the Nude, The Mo...

Reducere. A quick succession of changes - some entirely expected, some less so - has drastically reshaped the domain of preserving and exhibiting film herita...

A historical-conceptual perspective on the concept of "the political"

This book offers the first detailed study of the music and composers of French New Wave cinema, offering a new look at this popular film movement. ...

Since cinema has entered the digital era, its very nature has come under renewed scrutiny. Countering the "death of cinema" debate, Film History as...

Reducere. An NPR Book of the YearA Seattle Times Book of the YearWilliam E. Colby Award Winner"A beautifully written, deeply intelligent book abouta] crucial...

Reducere. DescriptionTens of thousands of artists have contributed to Hindi cinema since 1931. Barring a few famous ones, other are long forgotten and are de...

Published between 1987 and 1990, 'Sheer Filth' offered a heady mix of shocking film and book reviews, wild music coverage, weird cartoons, incisive...

This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader...

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Reducere. Celebru regizor de film documentar, distins cu numeroase premii, Alexandru Solomon isi concentreaza experienta profesionala intr-un volum in care a...