(Paperback)

The WPA Theatre Project-conceived as a relief measure, a work program, and an artistic experiment-enjoyed a brief but lively existence. With skill and sensitivity Mrs. Mathews explores its turbulent history from its ambiguous origins in 1935 to its tragic demise in 1939. The book recreate: the atmosphere of the era, and conveys a vivid sense of the

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

A scholarly study of cinematic emotions, highlighting the relationship between spectator and film, and thematically divided into chapters including Love, Hate, Shame and Fear.

(Hardback)

A study of cinematic emotions, highlighting the relationship between spectator and film. Divided into chapters including Love, Hate, Shame and Fear, it proposes a methodology for interpreting affective encounters with films, not as objectively readable texts, but as emotionally salient events.

(Hardback)

"Reappraises the life, musical dynamics, and philosophy of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and positions his music within the context of Africa's search for freedom"--

(Paperback)

"Reappraises the life, musical dynamics, and philosophy of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and positions his music within the context of Africa's search for freedom"--

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

"One of the greatest Italian filmmakers, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) created such masterpieces as La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, and Amarcord. His prodigious body o"

(Hardback)

This book offers 25 profiles of some of the most popular female action heroes throughout the history of film, television, comic books, and video games.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

This book investigates the role of women in nine Nollywood melodramas with attention to the changing landscape of filmmaking and film viewing. This book addresses how Nollywood is a product and contributor to evolving processes of globalization.

(Paperback)

This book uses a feminist approach to analyzing gender relations in the production and distribution of folk art in four different cultures. It examines examples of womens creativity within male-dominated societies and offers an analysis of different art forms, including clay figures, baskets, lacquer work, and dolls.

(Hardback)

This book uses a feminist approach to analyzing gender relations in the production and distribution of folk art in four different cultures. It examines examples of womens creativity within male-dominated societies and offers an analysis of different art forms, including clay figures, baskets, lacquer work, and dolls.

(Hardback)

Addresses feminism and gender issues in mainstream mediated popular music culture, such as feminist pop artists, music industry #MeToo petitions and gender equality efforts.

(Hardback)

While recognizing that the differences among women are as distinct as those between genders, this work examines gender's influence on music. It shows that there is a fluid relationship between the music and the analyst, and between the text and the context.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

An overview of feminist film theory and how it explicates Pretty Woman.

(Paperback)

An overview of feminist film theory and how it explicates Pretty Woman.

(Hardback)

"Places posthumanism and feminist theory into direct conversation with contemporary science fiction film and media from the 1980s to present"--

(Paperback)

"Places posthumanism and feminist theory into direct conversation with contemporary science fiction film and media from the 1980s to present"--

(Hardback)

From the poems of Anne Bradstreet, Americas first published poet, The FemPoetiks of American Poetry and Americana Music presents a powerful discourse that developed in the poetry of writers like Phillis Wheatley, Emily Dickinson and in Americana song lyrics of writers like Brandi Carlile, Rhiannon Giddens, and Lucinda Williams.

(Hardback)

One of the greatest of the pianists after the time of Liszt, Ferruccio Busoni was a turn-of-the-century composer whose music has recently begun to be taken very seriously in academic circles and among contemporary performers.