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Reconsidering Roots - Race, Politics, and Memory (Hardcover): Erica L Ball, Kellie Carter Jackson Reconsidering Roots - Race, Politics, and Memory (Hardcover)
Erica L Ball, Kellie Carter Jackson; Contributions by Erica L Ball, Norvella Carter, Warren Chalklen, …
R2,481 Discovery Miles 24 810 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection-the first of its kind-invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley's 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize. The 1977 television adaptation was more than a blockbuster miniseries-it was a galvanizing national event, drawing a record-shattering viewership, earning thirty-eight Emmy nominations, and changing overnight the discourse on race, civil rights, and slavery. These essays-from emerging and established scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies-interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power in the United States and abroad. Taken together, the essays ask us to reconsider the limitations and possibilities of this work, which, although dogged by controversy, must be understood as one of the most extraordinary media events of the late twentieth century, a cultural touchstone of enduring significance.

Great Made For TV Films (Hardcover): Scott V Palmer Great Made For TV Films (Hardcover)
Scott V Palmer
R1,507 Discovery Miles 15 070 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Great U.K. Drama Films (Hardcover): Scott V Palmer Great U.K. Drama Films (Hardcover)
Scott V Palmer
R1,706 Discovery Miles 17 060 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Great U.S. Drama Films (Hardcover): Scott V Palmer Great U.S. Drama Films (Hardcover)
Scott V Palmer
R1,571 Discovery Miles 15 710 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Variety (March 1913); 30 (Hardcover): "Variety" Variety (March 1913); 30 (Hardcover)
"Variety"
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Variety (May 1911); 22 (Hardcover): "Variety" Variety (May 1911); 22 (Hardcover)
"Variety"
R798 Discovery Miles 7 980 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Art of Caregiving in Fiction, Film, and Memoir (Hardcover): Jeffrey Berman The Art of Caregiving in Fiction, Film, and Memoir (Hardcover)
Jeffrey Berman
R3,349 Discovery Miles 33 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bringing together the human story of care with its representation in film, fiction and memoir, this book combines an analysis of care narratives to inform and inspire ideas about this major role in life. Alongside analysis of narratives drawn from literature and film, the author sensitively interweaves the story of his wife's illness and care to illuminate perspectives on dealing with human decline. Examining texts from a diverse range of authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton and Alice Munro, and filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman and Michael Haneke, it addresses questions such as why caregiving is a dangerous activity, the ethical problems of writing about caregiving, the challenges of reading about caregiving, and why caregiving is so important. It serves as a fire starter on the subject of how we can gain insight into the challenges and opportunities of caregiving through the creative arts.

Ida Lupino - Beyond the Camera: 100th Birthday Special Edition (Hardback) (Hardcover): Mary Ann Anderson, Ida Lupino Ida Lupino - Beyond the Camera: 100th Birthday Special Edition (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Mary Ann Anderson, Ida Lupino
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The American Southern Gothic on Screen (Hardcover): Karen Horsley The American Southern Gothic on Screen (Hardcover)
Karen Horsley
R3,342 Discovery Miles 33 420 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

The Southern Gothic on Screen explores a body of screen texts that conform to certain generic conventions and aesthetics that, since the early twentieth century, have led to the construction of the American South as a space of ruin, decay, melancholy, loss, and haunting. The book considers the cultural significance of the Southern Gothic on screen by examining southern otherness as the primary mechanism through which the South is rendered a space of darkness and danger. This opens up a critical space for the Southern Gothic to be discussed as a screen genre with its own complex visual, thematic and narrative codes. The book establishes a perspective that synthesizes a broad understanding of Southern Gothic genericity with pre-existing cultural and political discourses on the South, resulting in an analysis that is specific to film and television while remaining heedful of the intersecting discourses that inform both the Gothic and the South as historic and mediated constructs.

Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films - From the FIles of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): John... Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films - From the FIles of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
John Lemay; Edited by Ted Johnson; Contributions by Allen Debus
R579 R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Great Conversations (Hardback) (Hardcover): Peter Holder Great Conversations (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Peter Holder
R781 Discovery Miles 7 810 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Icon - THE LIFE, TIMES, AND FILMS OF MARILYN MONROE VOLUME 1 - 1926 TO 1956 (hardback) (Hardcover): Gary Vitacco-Robles Icon - THE LIFE, TIMES, AND FILMS OF MARILYN MONROE VOLUME 1 - 1926 TO 1956 (hardback) (Hardcover)
Gary Vitacco-Robles
R1,094 Discovery Miles 10 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Animated Peter Lorre (hardback) (Hardcover): Matthew Hahn The Animated Peter Lorre (hardback) (Hardcover)
Matthew Hahn
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deadlier Than the Male - Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema (hardback) (Hardcover): Douglas Brode Deadlier Than the Male - Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema (hardback) (Hardcover)
Douglas Brode
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Black Hollywood - From Butlers to Superheroes, the Changing Role of African American Men in the Movies (Hardcover): Kimberly... Black Hollywood - From Butlers to Superheroes, the Changing Role of African American Men in the Movies (Hardcover)
Kimberly Fain
R1,826 Discovery Miles 18 260 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This thought-provoking work examines the dehumanizing depictions of black males in the movies since 1910, analyzing images that were once imposed on black men and are now appropriated and manipulated by them. Moving through cinematic history decade by decade since 1910, this important volume explores the appropriation, exploitation, and agency of black performers in Hollywood by looking at the black actors, directors, and producers who have shaped the image of African American males in film. To determine how these archetypes differentiate African American males in the public's subconscious, the book asks probing questions-for example, whether these images are a reflection of society's fears or realistic depictions of a pluralistic America. Even as the work acknowledges the controversial history of black representation in film, it also celebrates the success stories of blacks in the industry. It shows how blacks in Hollywood manipulate degrading stereotypes, gain control, advance their careers, and earn money while making social statements or bringing about changes in culture. It discusses how social activist performers-such as Paul Robeson, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Spike Lee-reflect political and social movements in their movies, and it reviews the interactions between black actors and their white counterparts to analyze how black males express their heritage, individual identity, and social issues through film. Discusses the social, historical, and literary evolution of African American male roles in the cinema Analyzes the various black images presented each decade from blackface, Sambo, and Mandingo stereotypes to archetypal figures such as God, superheroes, and the president Shows how African American actors, directors, and producers manipulate negative and positive images to advance their careers, profit financially, and make social statements to create change Demonstrates the correlation between political and social movements and their impact on the cultural transformation of African American male images on screen over the past 100 years Includes figures that demonstrate the correlation between political and social movements and their impact on cultural transformation and African American male images on screen

Clipper (March 1907) (Hardcover): New York Clipper Clipper (March 1907) (Hardcover)
New York Clipper
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Variety (October 1915); 40 (Hardcover): "Variety" Variety (October 1915); 40 (Hardcover)
"Variety"
R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Dallas Celebrity in the Glamorous 1980s Era of Ronald and Nancy Reagan - When Dallas Leaders Hosted Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth... Dallas Celebrity in the Glamorous 1980s Era of Ronald and Nancy Reagan - When Dallas Leaders Hosted Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth Taylor, and Hundreds of Superstars and Royalty (Hardcover)
Nancy Smith
R1,818 Discovery Miles 18 180 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
How to Be a Superhero (Hardback) (Hardcover): Mark Edlitz How to Be a Superhero (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Mark Edlitz; Foreword by David Mamet
R940 Discovery Miles 9 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain (Hardcover): Matthew Tinkcom Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain (Hardcover)
Matthew Tinkcom
R2,519 Discovery Miles 25 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Queer Theory and Brokeback Mountain examines queer theory as it has emerged in the past three decades and discusses how Brokeback Mountain can be understood through the terms of this field of scholarship and activism. Organized into two parts, in the first half the author discusses key canonical texts within queer theory, including the work of writers as Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. He provides an historical account of the questions these scholars have posed to our understanding of sexualities-both normative and non-normative-in the historical past and in contemporary life, as well as a discussion of the theories of sexuality and gender offered by these scholars as these phenomena shape the experiences of men and women in the genital, bodily, erotic, discursive, and cultural dimensions. The second part examines Ang Lee's 2005 feature film, Brokeback Mountain, in order to understand the claims and insights of queer theory. Tracing the film's adaptation by screenwriter Larry McMurtry of Annie Proulx's 1997 short story of the same title, this portion of the book examines the film's narrative about two working-class men in the rural mid-20th-century U.S. and the meanings of the sexual and emotional bond between the pair that develops over the course of two decades.

Surveillance and Film (Hardcover): J. Macgregor Wise Surveillance and Film (Hardcover)
J. Macgregor Wise
R3,177 Discovery Miles 31 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Winner of the Surveillance Studies Network Book Award: 2017 Surveillance is a common feature of everyday life. But how are we to make sense of or understand what surveillance is, how we should feel about it, and what, if anything, can we do? Surveillance and Film is an engaging and accessible book that maps out important themes in how popular culture imagines surveillance by examining key feature films that prominently address the subject. Drawing on dozens of examples from around the world, J. Macgregor Wise analyzes films that focus on those who watch (like Rear Window, Peeping Tom, Disturbia, Gigante, and The Lives of Others), films that focus on those who are watched (like The Conversation, Cache, and Ed TV), films that feature surveillance societies (like 1984, THX 1138, V for Vendetta, The Handmaid's Tale, The Truman Show, and Minority Report), surveillance procedural films (from The Naked City, to Hong Kong's Eye in the Sky, The Infernal Affairs Trilogy, and the Overheard Trilogy of films), and films that interrogate the aesthetics of the surveillance image itself (like Sliver, Dhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries), Der Riese, and Look). Wise uses these films to describe key models of understanding surveillance (like Big Brother, Panopticism, or the Control Society) as well as to raise issues of voyeurism, trust, ethics, technology, visibility, identity, privacy, and control that are essential elements of today's culture of surveillance. The text features questions for further discussion as well as lists of additional films that engage these topics.

Variety (October 1914); 36 (Hardcover): "Variety" Variety (October 1914); 36 (Hardcover)
"Variety"
R837 Discovery Miles 8 370 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Fame - Lady Gaga Comic Book Omnibus (Hardcover): Michael Troy Fame - Lady Gaga Comic Book Omnibus (Hardcover)
Michael Troy; Edited by Darren G Davis; Contributions by Dan Glasl
R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Billboard (August 1911); 23 (Hardcover): The Billboard Publishing Co Billboard (August 1911); 23 (Hardcover)
The Billboard Publishing Co
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
100 Iconic Gangster Movies (Hardcover): Pierre Toromanoff 100 Iconic Gangster Movies (Hardcover)
Pierre Toromanoff
R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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