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A chronological and detailed survey of American science fiction series from the 1950s to the present day, this reference traces the development of the genre as a distinct cultural phenomenon within the context of broader developments in American culture as a whole.

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Stargate-1s original run overlapped the peak and aftermath of the Science Wars, which allowed for the show to engage questions about the nature of science and technology. This book focuses on how the series depicted science (as an enterprise) and scientists at a time when the Science Wars were raging and the nature of both was sharply contested.

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Peter Brunette and David Wills extend the work of Jacques Derrida into a new realm--with rewarding consequences. Although Derrida has never addressed film theory directly in his writings, Brunette and Wills argue that the ideas he has developed in his critique of the logocentric foundations of Western thought, especially his notion of "Writing," ca

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Looking at orientations in casting, make-up, sets, props, lighting, camera movements, music, and language, this book follows the genres, from animated cartoons to romantic movies. It tracks the stories to their origins and dissects their hidden messages.

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This book analyzes how twenty-first century film adaptations of Shakespeare's comedies interpret gender-related concepts of their source texts. Examining the negotiations between early modern and contemporary gender politics, Cielak identifies the main strategies of accommodating early modern gender constructs for todays audiences.

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Screening Minors in Latin American Cinema is the first book to examine how Latin American filmmakers represent the subjectivity of children and adolescents in an adult medium. The chapters analyze childrens developing agency in diverse social contexts across Latin America.

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Screening Minors in Latin American Cinema is the first book to examine how Latin American filmmakers represent the subjectivity of children and adolescents in an adult medium. The chapters analyze childrens developing agency in diverse social contexts across Latin America.

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"Through a focus on recent film, this study examines the representation of neoliberal subjects from contemporary European, Russian and American cinema"--

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"The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues thr"

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"Explores the ways in which contemporary US cinema engages with the multiple political, social and cultural manifestations of the Great Recession and raises awareness both of the challenges we face and the possibilities that open up for us"--

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"Explores the ways in which contemporary US cinema engages with the multiple political, social and cultural manifestations of the Great Recession and raises awareness both of the challenges we face and the possibilities that open up for us"--

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Historians and filmmakers explore how and why history is portrayed on film.

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Screenplay and Narrative Theory investigates the cognitive processes of narrative composition and the fundamental underlying mechanics and dynamics of narrative by introducing characteristics of complex narrative systems. Complex narrative systems are constituted of a network ...

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This book examines the cognitive processes of narrative composition by introducing characteristics of complex narrative systems, which are made of a network of components arranged hierarchically over three structural levels, interacting nonlinearly with each other while regulated by the plot-algorithm, a heuristic mechanism in problem-solving.

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Looks at films such as "Soul Food", "Antwone Fisher", "Training Day", and the two Barbershop films - all of which were directed by black artists, and most of which starred and were written by blacks as well. This book examines the issues of representation and opportunity in contemporary cinema.

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Scripting Dance in Contemporary India is an edited volume that engages with multiple dance forms of India and their representations. The contributions are eclectic, including writings by both scholars and performers who share their experiential knowledge.

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"The first collection to show the full range of ways in which the Bible was mediated through both popular and elite music in nineteenth-century Britain"--