Films, cinema

Entre los temas referidos al mar, los más atractivos, sin duda, resultan ser aquellos sobre navegaciones y aventuras en la Antártica.

This two-volume encyclopedia explores representations of people of color in American television.

Authoritative, comprehensive reference incorporating the latest research on tales, literary and oral sources, and the broad-reaching cultural legacy of Norse mythology.

A unique reference work exploring the interaction of ever more pervasive media and the U.

Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology presents over 1,400 comprehensive A-Z entries of the myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome.

Intended as a guide to the filmmakers and films of the African cinema, this reference book also provides the framework for understanding the history and development of African film with respect to its situation in world cinema.

Film, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique explores cinema in relation to the critical tradition in modern philosophy and its heritage in Romantic aesthetics.

Das Buch untersucht, wie die Fernsehschaffenden in Deutschland sogenannten Qualitätsfernsehserien von 2015 bis heute entwickeln.

Uno de los profesores de cine con más prestigio en Estados Unidos ofrece el curso definitivo de la A a la Z sobre las complejidades del cine.

For the last 150 years, advertising has created a consumer culture in the United States, shaping every facet of American life-from what we eat and drink to the clothes we wear and the cars we drive.

This timely guide examines the influence of social media in private, public, and professional settings, particularly the ethical implications of the cultural changes and trends created by their use.

By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts the Internet has created in contemporary society.

This encyclopedia collects and organizes theoretical and historical content on the topic of video games, covering the people, systems, technologies, and theoretical concepts as well as the games themselves.

This book traces the developments in African films that were made from the 1990s to the present within the evolving frame of what came to be called 'World Cinema' and, eventually, 'Global Cinema.

Las reflexiones de este libro nacen de la preocupación sobre las dificultades y limitaciones en la producción y en las posibilidades e intenciones de desarrollo que se presentan en Colombia en el campo de la animación durante los últimos años, evidenciadas y experimentadas de manera directa a través del ejercicio inmersivo que el autor ha tenido como animador y docente del área; asímismo, de la certeza acerca de la animación como insumo de un proceso de diseño capaz de conformar y consolidar conocimiento.

This book traces the developments in African films that were made from the 1990s to the present within the evolving frame of what came to be called 'World Cinema' and, eventually, 'Global Cinema.

This timely guide examines the influence of social media in private, public, and professional settings, particularly the ethical implications of the cultural changes and trends created by their use.

This timely collection provides a historical overview of violence in American popular culture from the Puritan era to the present and across a range of media.

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were true visionaries of British cinema, creating glorious Technicolor masterpieces including A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948).

This work is a detailed portrait of one of the most important, bustling and absurd industries that cinema has ever known: colorful essays and nine career-spanning interviews with Italian genre directors of the 1970s, such as Luigi Cozzi, Francesco Barilli, Lamberto Bava and more.

From British soldier Flora Sandes to the famed World War II Night Witches of the Soviet Air Force, women across the globe have stepped up to defend their countries during every major and minor conflict of the twentieth century, and filmmakers have long attempted to capture their stories.

Although a major star in the 1910s, Theda Bara--known as "e;The Vamp"e;--was largely neglected until the 1990s, when her fame began to resurface.

This book deals with film depictions of Imperial Japan from the time it was a totalitarian power to the productions of recent years.

Cinema has become a battleground upon which history is made-a major mass medium of the twentieth century dealing with history.

This book is a collection of personal essays that address critical elements involved in the production of nonfiction films.

Bringing together the expertise of world-leading screenwriters and scholars, this book offers a comprehensive overview of how screen narratives work.

Cinema has become a battleground upon which history is made-a major mass medium of the twentieth century dealing with history.

This book is a collection of personal essays that address critical elements involved in the production of nonfiction films.

The present book aims to explore how the perpetrator of crimes against humanity is represented in recent documentary films in different sociocultural contexts around the world.

This book examines how the vampire has always been connected to ideas of infection, pollution and disease-even more so in the 21st century where it expresses the horrors of unseen and unstoppable disease and the foreboding and anxiety that accompany viral outbreaks and wider epidemics.

Bringing together the expertise of world-leading screenwriters and scholars, this book offers a comprehensive overview of how screen narratives work.

This book is the first collection of essays to offer detailed examinations of the role that close attention to individual films plays in the philosopher Gilles Deleuze's work on cinema.

We love to see superheroes fight, whether to protect innocent people from supervillains or to save the world.

Ya que el cine de ficción nos posibilita rastrear discursos y construcciones simbólicas, nos permite reconocer narrativas e imágenes asociadas a la figuración de unos rasgos comunes, constantes o diversos de un posible "nosotros".

"Con el objetivo de abarcar la actividad creativa plural y disgregante de RaúlRuiz, este libro reúne múltiples perspectivas y metodologías de análisis,ensanchando así las vías de acceso a su catálogo y propiciando laindagación crítica de sus zonas más recónditas.

Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature a political process.

Covering significant historical and cultural moments, public figures and celebrities, art and entertainment, and technology that influenced life during the decade, this book documents the 1950s through the lens of popular culture.

A groundbreaking examination of Michel Foucault's history of truth.

An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants*; Explores in depth the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season*; Looks at the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus, as well as female gift bringers, holiday Spirits, and Yuletide animals*; Shares crafts such as how to make a Yule Log, practices such as Winter Solstice divinations, and recipes for traditional foods and drinksFor millennia cultures have taken time out to honor the darkest days of the year with lights, foods, and festivities.

The signs are everywhere: Economic crisis, dramatic hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and increased rates of species extinction.

This guide features more than twenty adorable and easy-to-make toy knitting projects-from bunnies and bears to Russian dolls and robots.

Part rant, part reportage.

Volume 1 of A History of Early Film begins with the period of technical invention.

Volume 2 of A History of Early Film examines filmmaking and presentation during the latter part of the early cinema period.

This bio-bibliography is the first book to examine the life and career of one of Hollywood's most durable leading men, Richard Widmark.