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This book synthesises a variety of approaches to the visual, drawn from politics, theory, feminism and activism, in order to provide the blueprint for an ecocritical art history. -- .

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This book synthesises a variety of approaches to the visual, drawn from politics, theory, feminism and activism, in order to provide the blueprint for an ecocritical art history. -- .

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A unique guide revealing the secrets behind succeeding at the Edinburgh Fringe. Performers, venue managers, directors, producers, critics, press officers, and award judges offer their tried and tested advice to help to secure success for your show at the world's largest arts festival.

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The Ella Fitzgerald Companion is a celebration of the woman who is arguably musical history's greatest singer of popular.

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This volume highlights North American animated television series broadcast between 1948 and 2016, providing credits for their original broadcast period and significant members of the cast and crew, as well as short descriptive and critical analyses.

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Independent filmmaking, though often regarded as a relatively contemporary phenomenon, has actually existed as long as movies themselves. In this single-volume reference work, author Vincent LoBrutto covers the subject from the inception of cinema through the 21st century.

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The fifth edition of this highly successful reference guide features more than 6,500 articles on the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema.

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This volume highlighting the movies that were produced after the Francos death in 1976a new era in which creative expression emerged from the censorship imposed by an autocratic dictator. The titles included herein represent a national cinema to reflect a public sentiment about a society in the wake of systematic artistic suppression.

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In addition to the handful of composers known to the general public, this book brings recognition to the many men and women who have written music for the movies over the past 100 years-those who have not been given their due in previous books and other sources. This volume fe...

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The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film features the most significant productions from around the world. The entries in this volume encompass a range of subjects that including straightforward biographies, rockumentaries, and even the occasional mockumentary. The scope...

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Boy choristers have sung the daily liturgy in English cathedrals and collegiate churches for fourteen hundred years. This title tells their history, in cathedrals and monasteries, in royal and collegiate chapels, from the middle ages, through the upheavals of the Reformation, and to their CD-celebrated triumphs and also the introduction of girls.

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A novel that takes place as the Second World War is ending, and explores the lives of four very different people who find themselves sheltering together in a ruined villa north of Florence as the war retreats around them. From the author of SKIN OF A LION.

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With chapters authored by leading scholars in the fields of costume history, social history and cultural studies this is the first book to examine the ways in which fashion and dress might be considered in the context of national identities as they apply in England.

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With chapters authored by leading scholars in the fields of costume history, social history and cultural studies this is the first book to examine the ways in which fashion and dress might be considered in the context of national identities as they apply in England.

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The Essential Jack Nicholson looks at the key films in the career of one of Hollywood's biggest stars. After a brief profile of the actor, author James L. Neibaur highlights each of Nicholson's most important works, explaining why his performances are essential viewing. Neibau...

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Forget Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Van Damme. There's only one Jackie Chan - and only one complete guide to the ultimate action film phenomenon, THE ESSENTIAL JACKIE CHAN.

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From silent films in the 1920s to featured films through 2015, Mickey Rooney had one of the longest careers in Hollywood. This book looks at the most significant films in Rooney's career, from his years as a juvenile lead in such classics as Babes in Arms, Boys Town, and The Human Comedy to his Oscar nominated supporting roles in The Bold and the Brave and The Black Stallion.

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Scott Kettner brings you the complete pandeiro guide! Designed for educators and students of all levels, The Essential Pandeiro Method makes learning how to play the pandeiro simple. Receive FREE Access to Scott's online companion course when you purchase a hard copy of the book!

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The Family of Love is a rumbustious citizen comedy. Delivering farcical twists on familiar dramatic situations, it offers a glimpse of spiritual freedom in paraperopandemical times.

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The Family of Love is a rumbustious citizen comedy. Delivering farcical twists on familiar dramatic situations, it offers a glimpse of spiritual freedom in paraperopandemical times.

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This work is an in-depth investigation into one of the 20th century's most divisive figures: Barbie. Feminists have argued that the Barbie doll perpetuates unrealistic standards of feminine beauty. Yet, for every mother who disapproves of Barbie, there is a young daughter who adores her. Author teaches at RMIT University Melbourne.