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In The British Invasion, Simon Philo illustrates how this remarkable event in cultural history disrupted and even reversed pop cultures default flow of influence, goods, and ideasorchestrating a dramatic turn-around in the commercial fortunes of British pop in North America that turned the 1960s into The Sixties.

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In The British Invasion, Simon Philo illustrates how this remarkable event in cultural history disrupted and even reversed pop cultures default flow of influence, goods, and ideasorchestrating a dramatic turn-around in the commercial fortunes of British pop in North America that turned the 1960s into The Sixties.

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From "Doctor Who to Red Dwarf", "Thunderbirds" to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", British science fiction shows have delighted audiences worldwide. This book provides a detailed national survey of the British TV genre, and offers in-depth analyses of these shows. It is useful for those interested in science fiction, and television history.

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This work looks both at stars who attained worldwide fame through the Hollywood cinema, and those whose contribution is primarily to the national cinema. The essays and introductory discussion range over the whole history of British stardom from circa 1910 onwards.

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Cinema was the most popular form of entertainment during the World War II. Films were also an important propaganda medium. This work is an account and index of feature films produced during the war.

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The cinema during the Second World War became an important medium for influencing mass opinion. This book focuses on how the army, navy and air force worked with the film industry, and other government departments, to try to shape what people thought about the struggle.

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From burlesque to ragtime, from Hell's Kitchen to Fifth Avenue, this book presents a collection of witty stories, adapted for the stage.

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Focusing on special moments that resonated powerfully, the singer explores the early part of his life from childhood to adolescence.

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This newly designed as well as completely reset and updated edition of Donald Bogle's classic study and celebration of America's "dark divas" now takes readers up to the present.

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Essential texts on the work of Bruce Nauman, spanning the five decades of the artist's career.

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This is a selection of jazz guitarist, banjoist, singer and composer, Danny Barker's writings (beginning with a long portrait of Buddy Bolden, the "first man of jazz") drawn from conversations and interviews with the generation of jazzmen that invented the music.

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This book advances a novel approach to a familiar eighteenth-century building type: the brick terraced house. Focusing on issues of design and architectural taste, it rehabilitates the reputation of the artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers responsible for its design and construction.

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This book advances a novel approach to a familiar eighteenth-century building type: the brick terraced house. Focusing on issues of design and architectural taste, it rehabilitates the reputation of the artisan communities of bricklayers, carpenters and plasterers responsible for its design and construction.

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A lively history of the gangster in American film-- soon to be a major television documentary on the Starz/Encore network

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The bestselling book that set the record straight about the most famous woman singer in rock history is back. This updated edition puts Joplin's life and music into perspective for a new generation of fans. "One of the best books about a rock figure. . . ".--Rolling Stone. 16-page photo insert.

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A look at the iconic 1970s fashion chain and the influence the designs of the 70s have on today's fashion.

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The world-weary cynicism, the acceptance of chaos, and the inevitability of the fading of romance that seem to characterize a post-holocaust generation make Keaton a favorite with today's audiences;

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This book brings together seven new essays on Jarman's work, one of the director's last interviews, and supporting filmography and bibliography.

This book brings together seven new essays on Jarman's work, one of the director's last interviews, and supporting filmography and bibliography.

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"The terror film, with puzzling, disturbing, multivalent images, often leads us into regions that are strange, disorienting, yet somehow familiar; and for all the crude and melodramatic and morally qu"

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Reissued to coincide with the paperback publication of the definitive Bing biography by Gary Giddins, here is "a collection of anecdotes and reminiscences that is as warm and witty as any Crosby performance. [Bing] could have surely become a full-time writer had his schedule not been taken up with being one of the great entertainers of the century." -Will Friedwald

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Examines the significance of religion to popular music. This gives an overview of research in the area, and argues that popular songs frequently draw from and "interpret" themes, found in the conceptual and linguistic worlds of the major religions and reveal underlying attitudes in those who compose and consume them.