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This edited collection is the first book to offer a wide-ranging
examination of the interface between American independent film and
a converged television landscape that consists of terrestrial
broadcasters, cable networks and streaming providers, in which
independent film and television intersect in complex, multifaceted
and creative ways. The book covers the long history of continuities
and connections between the two sectors, as seen in the activities
of PBS, HBO or Sundance. It considers the movement of filmmakers
between indie film and TV such as Steven Soderberg, Rian Johnson,
the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg, Lynn Shelton and Gregg Araki;
details the confluence of aesthetic and thematic elements seen in
shows such as Girls, Breaking Bad, Master of None, or Glow; points
to a shared interest in regional sensibilities evident in shows
like One Mississippi or Fargo; and makes the case for documentaries
and web series as significant entities in this domain.
Collectively, the book builds a compelling picture of indie TV as a
significant feature of US screen entertainment in the twenty-first
century. This interdisciplinary landmark volume will be a go-to
reference for students and scholars of Television Studies, Film
Studies and Media Studies.
This edited collection is the first book to offer a wide-ranging
examination of the interface between American independent film and
a converged television landscape that consists of terrestrial
broadcasters, cable networks and streaming providers, in which
independent film and television intersect in complex, multifaceted
and creative ways. The book covers the long history of continuities
and connections between the two sectors, as seen in the activities
of PBS, HBO or Sundance. It considers the movement of filmmakers
between indie film and TV such as Steven Soderberg, Rian Johnson,
the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg, Lynn Shelton and Gregg Araki;
details the confluence of aesthetic and thematic elements seen in
shows such as Girls, Breaking Bad, Master of None, or Glow; points
to a shared interest in regional sensibilities evident in shows
like One Mississippi or Fargo; and makes the case for documentaries
and web series as significant entities in this domain.
Collectively, the book builds a compelling picture of indie TV as a
significant feature of US screen entertainment in the twenty-first
century. This interdisciplinary landmark volume will be a go-to
reference for students and scholars of Television Studies, Film
Studies and Media Studies.
Documentary, Performance and Risk explores how some of the most
significant recent American feature documentaries use performance
to dramatically animate major categories of risk. The fact that
these documentaries do rely on such performance is revealing both
in terms of trends in American feature documentary, and in relation
to the currency of ideas about risk in contemporary Western
societies. The book takes a detailed look at the performance of
risk and demonstrates the rewards of close critical attention to
formal composition and performance. Covering An Inconvenient Truth,
Super Size Me, Capitalism: A Love Story and Jackass: The Movie, it
explores how these high-profile films offer up compelling
narratives and images of individuals 'acting on risk'. The films
seek to both confront and control the contours of their
environments in ways that reveal much about how a particular set of
beliefs about risk and the individual have come to inform our
lives. This wide-ranging analysis of feature documentary is ideal
for scholars and postgraduate students studying documentary film,
film and media studies.
Documentary, Performance and Risk explores how some of the most
significant recent American feature documentaries use performance
to dramatically animate major categories of risk. The fact that
these documentaries do rely on such performance is revealing both
in terms of trends in American feature documentary, and in relation
to the currency of ideas about risk in contemporary Western
societies. The book takes a detailed look at the performance of
risk and demonstrates the rewards of close critical attention to
formal composition and performance. Covering An Inconvenient Truth,
Super Size Me, Capitalism: A Love Story and Jackass: The Movie, it
explores how these high-profile films offer up compelling
narratives and images of individuals 'acting on risk'. The films
seek to both confront and control the contours of their
environments in ways that reveal much about how a particular set of
beliefs about risk and the individual have come to inform our
lives. This wide-ranging analysis of feature documentary is ideal
for scholars and postgraduate students studying documentary film,
film and media studies.
Why are some contemporary television shows so compelling? "The
Sopranos, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friends, "and "ER "are examples
among many of a new era of the "must-see" program. These shows and
others, like "The X-Files "and "Ally McBeal, "have a
compulsiveness, a depth of characterization and backstory that puts
most of cinema to shame.
"Quality Popular Television "looks at this new category of "cult"
television (mostly U.S.-produced) and the reasons for its
emergence. Considering shows as diverse as "Ally McBeal, Martial
Law, Buffy, Lois and Clark, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "and
"Ellen, "the book examines the particular qualities necessary for
success and how they relate to issues such as the economics of
network scheduling, the growth of the Internet, and contemporary
debates about television audiences. This important new book
provides an invaluable window on transformations in contemporary
television culture.
This collection of true life hunting and wilderness stories gives a
telling insight into a period of the American West that had a
philosophy and humor all its own. A time that has faded and will
soon be lost forever.
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The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International
Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and
international titles in a single resource. Its International Law
component features works of some of the great legal theorists,
including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf,
Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among
others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three
world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the
George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law
Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Yale Law
LibraryLP2Y002020018410101The Making of Modern Law: Primary
Sources, Part IIRichmond: Smith and Palmer, 1841viii, 959 p.; 24
cmUnited States
Title: Three months in the southern states, April-June,
1863.Author: Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon, SirPublisher: Gale,
Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed
bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926
contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works
about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early
1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery
and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil
War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01236800CollectionID:
CTRG94-B318PublicationDate: 18630101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: vii, 316 p., 6] leaves of plates: ports
"I sense it even now. People thirst for it; the entire country is
mad with desire for it..." A dying man's cryptic letter catapults
California college student Steven Roberts on a mystery-shrouded
quest into the labyrinth of the war-torn Balkans. Singled out for
the task by an enigmatic professor, Steven overcomes his doubts and
plunges into the maelstrom to uncover long-lost clues to an ancient
Emperor's deeply buried secret, a long-forgotten evil that
slumbered for centuries only to reawaken ... and a love that defies
death itself. Meticulously researched and set against the
background of collapsing Yugoslavia, "Kiss of the Butterfly" weaves
together intricate threads from age-old Balkan folklore and modern
events, to create a tapestry of passion and betrayal, obsession and
desire, the thirst for life and the hunger for death. "Kiss of the
Butterfly" is a literary thriller rooted in actual events. In the
year of his death, 1476, the Prince of Wallachia Vlad Dracula
committed a bloody massacre under the cloak of medieval Bosnia's
forested mountains in the town of Srebrenica. History repeated
itself 500 years later in July 1995 in Europe's worst massacre
since World War Two. For most people, the two events seemed
unconnected... Until now. "A fast-paced adventure into a modern
heart of Balkan darkness... A truly original take on the
blood-sucking undead." -Publishers Weekly "No capes, no glitter: a
vampire novel for readers who value sturdy mythology and a
sophisticated understanding of history, along with warmblooded,
human connections... skillful... authentic... fascinating...
inspired... Lyon executes it perfectly... vivid... engaging..."
-Kirkus Reviews
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of
this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the
intention of making all public domain books available in printed
format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book
never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature
projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work,
tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As
a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to
save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion.
Title: Three months in the Southern States, April-June
1863.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Fremantle, Arthur
James Lyon; 1863. vii. 316 p.; 8 . 10411.bb.24.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm21131875First published: Edinburgh; London: W. Blackwood
and Sons, 1863.New York: J. Bradburn, 1864. 309 p.: port.; 19 cm.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The Age of
Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical
understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking.
Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel
Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade.
The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and
Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a
debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++<sourceLibrary>Library of
Congress<ESTCID>W022066<Notes>Advertised as "ready for
delivery" in the Essex journal, May 11, 1791. Number II published
at Boston in 1793 (Evans 25737); no more
published.<imprintFull>Newburyport Mass.]: Printed by John
Mycall, for the author, who has secured copy-right, 1791].
<collation> 132]p.; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection
reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a
vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal
field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William
Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as
almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the
day-to-day workings of society.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>Bodleian
Library (Oxford)<ESTCID>T210737<Notes>Dated at head of
the drop-head title: January 29. 1767.<imprintFull>
Edinburgh, 1767]. <collation>12p.; 4
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