This anthology critically evaluates archives and archival processes that collect, order, and preserve elements of television as historically, culturally, socially, politically, and economically significant material.
Experience the Terrifying Journey of Horror Movies Through the AgesStep into the haunting world of Dark Cinema: The Evolution of Scare Tactics in Hollywood, a chilling exploration and thought-provoking analysis of the horror genre in film.
Filmed images dominate our time, from the movies and TV that entertain us to the news and documentary that inform us and shape our cultural vocabulary.
Filmed images dominate our time, from the movies and TV that entertain us to the news and documentary that inform us and shape our cultural vocabulary.
In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring their tremendous discursive and ideological power in order to understand the cultural politics of these extremely popular texts.
In this book, Lea Gerhards traces connections between three recent vampire romance series; the Twilight film series (2008-2012), The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) and True Blood (2008-2014), exploring their tremendous discursive and ideological power in order to understand the cultural politics of these extremely popular texts.
Haunted Histories and Troubled Pasts speaks to how a transnational array of recent screen entertainments participate, through horror, in public discourses of history, the social and creative work of reshaping popular understanding of our world through the lens of the past.
It was 1989 when Robert Llewellyn first had his head encased in the one-piece latex foam-rubber balaclava that is the head of Kryten in Red Dwarf series three, and it gave him a distinctly funny turn.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOK OF THE YEAR, TRUE CRIME AWARDSA collection of real-life UK cases based on interviews with actual female police officers, anonymized for their protection, showing their bravery and dedication.
Since Chevy Chase first uttered the phrase 'Live from New York, it's Saturday night,' Saturday Night Live has grown from the vision of Canadian comedian Lorne Michaels to be a cultural institution.
Robots in Popular Culture: Androids and Cyborgs in the American Imagination seeks to provide one go-to reference for the study of the most popular and iconic robots in American popular culture.
Providing a detailed historical overview of animated film and television in the United States over more than a century, this book examines animation within the U.
Documenting the evolution of teens and media from the 1950s through 2010, this book examines the films, books, television shows, and musical artists that impacted American culture and shaped the "e;coming of age"e; experience for each generation.
This volume explores our cultural celebration of food, blending lobster festivals, politicians' roadside eats, reality show "e;chef showdowns,"e; and gravity-defying cakes into a deeper exploration of why people find so much joy in eating.
In this volume, Lucyna Harmon compares the episodes that constitute the British TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet with their precursor texts, with the aim of establishing most salient changes between both.
AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom The Sopranos to streaming: the scandalous behind-the-screens story of the TV revolution by the author of the cult film classic Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.
In diesem Buch erzählt ein Blaulichtreporter aus dem schönen Land Brandenburg die Geschichten von Helden und Opfern, denen er auf seinen Einsätzen begegnet ist.
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey: it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to interest everybody' TelegraphThe first memoir from the national treasure, critically acclaimed actress and much-loved Gavin and Stacey star.
In this new edition of The Television Genre Book, leading international scholars have come together to offer an accessible and comprehensive update to the debates, issues and concerns of the field.
In this new edition of The Television Genre Book, leading international scholars have come together to offer an accessible and comprehensive update to the debates, issues and concerns of the field.