Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms (Wilderson Frank B.)(Paperback)

Red, White & Black: Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms (Wilderson Frank B.)(Paperback)

Red, White & Black is a provocative critique of socially engaged films and related critical discourse. Offering an unflinching account of race and representation, Frank B. Wilderson III asks whether such films accurately represent the structure of U.S. racial antagonisms. That structure, he argues,

Afropessimism (Wilderson Frank B.)(Paperback)

Praised as 'a trenchant, funny, and unsparing work of memoir and philosophy' (Aaron Robertson, ?Literary Hub), Frank B. Wilderson's Afropessimism arrived at a moment when protests against police brutality once again swept the nation. Presenting an argument we can no longer ignore, Wilderson

Women's Cinema, World Cinema: Projecting Contemporary Feminisms (White Patricia)(Paperback)

In Women's Cinema, World Cinema, Patricia White explores the dynamic intersection of feminism and film in the twenty-first century by highlighting the work of a new generation of women directors from around the world: Samira and Hana Makhmalbaf, Nadine Labaki, Zero Chou, Jasmila Zbanic, and Claudia

Black Masculinity and the Cinema of Policing (Sexton Jared)(Paperback)

This book offers a critical survey of film and media representations of black masculinity in the early twenty-first-century United States, between President George W. Bush's 2001 announcement of the War on Terror and President Barack Obama's 2009 acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. It argues that

Afropessimism (Wilderson Frank B.)(Pevná vazba)

Why does race seem to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery--in all its political, intellectual, and cultural forms--continue to define the Black experience? And why is anti-Black violence such a predominant feature not only in the

The Cinema of Nanni Moretti: Dreams and Diaries (Mazierska Ewa)(Paperback)

'The Cinema of Nanni Moretti' provides an analysis and interpretation of the work of the most important Italian film-maker of the past thirty years and an outstanding figure in contemporary European cinema. Interdisciplinary and wide-ranging, the book uses Moretti's films as a lens to view and

Harley Quinn Black + White + Red (Various)(Paperback)

Harvey Award nominated and one of the crown jewels of the DC library is the inimitable BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE - innovative short tales of the Caped Crusader, told purely in primal black and white ink. Unfortunately, now Harley Quinn wants in on the action...and she's got her red pen, and some NOTES

Economic Structure of Corporate Law (Revised) (Easterbrook Frank H.)(Paperback)

The authors argue that the rules and practices of corporate law mimic contractual provisions that parties would reach if they bargained about every contingency at zero cost and flawlessly enforced their agreements. But bargaining and enforcement are costly, and corporate law provides the rules and

The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (Turner Victor)(Paperback)

In The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner examines rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his now-famous concept of Communitas. He characterizes it as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure.The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small

The Japanese Cinema Book (Fujiki Hideaki)(Paperback)

The Japanese Cinema Book provides a new and comprehensive survey of one of the world's most fascinating and widely admired filmmaking regions. In terms of its historical coverage, broad thematic approach and the significant international range of its authors, it is the largest and most wide-ranging

The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano: Flowering Blood (Redmond Sean)(Paperback)

The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano: Flowering Blood is a detailed aesthetic, Deleuzian, and phenomenological exploration of Japan's finest currently-working film director, performer, and celebrity. The volume uniquely explores Kitano's oeuvre through the tropes of stillness and movement, becoming animal,

The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy (Eliade Mircea)(Paperback)

The Origins of the Choson Dynasty (Duncan John B.)(Paperback)

The Origins of the Choson Dynasty provides an exhaustive analysis of the structure and composition of Korea's central officialdom during the transition from the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) to the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) and offers a new interpretation of the history of traditional

The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki (Robinson Jeremy Mark)(Paperback)

THE CINEMA OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI REVISED AND UPDATED, WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS Born on January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, Hayao Miyazaki is known as the 'Japanese Disney', a filmmaker as revered - and as popular - as Walt Disney or Steven Spielberg. Miyazaki, in short, is a true phenomenon in contemporary

The Cinema of Sofia Coppola: Fashion, Culture, Celebrity (Ferriss Suzanne)(Paperback)

Sofia Coppola and Cinema provides the first comprehensive analysis of Coppola's oeuvre that situates her work broadly in relation to contemporary artistic, social and cultural currents. Suzanne Ferriss considers the central role of fashion - in its various manifestations - to Coppola's films,

The Cinema of Oliver Stone: Art, Authorship and Activism (Scott Ian)(Paperback)

The French Economy (Lynch Frances M. B.)(Paperback)

The first general economic history of France since 2004 and the first to include the impact of the global financial

France: A Short History - Jeremy Black

A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today. Artists, martyrs, kings, revolutionaries: France’s sense of national identity is inextricably linked to its dramatic history,

War and Cinema - The Logistics of Perception (Virilio Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Reveals the convergence of perception and destruction in the parallel technologies of warfare and

French Queer Cinema (Rees-Roberts Nick)(Paperback)

French Queer Cinema examines the representation of queer identities and sexualities in contemporary French filmmaking. This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive study of the cultural formation and critical reception of contemporary queer film and video in France. French Queer Cinema

Elementary Electronic Structure (Revised Edition) (Harrison Walter A.)(Paperback)

This is a revised edition of the 1999 text on the electronic structure and properties of solids, similar in spirit to the well-known 1980 text Electronic Structure and the Properties of Solids. The revisions include an added chapter on glasses, and rewritten sections on spin-orbit coupling,

The Cinema Hypothesis: Teaching Cinema in the Classroom and Beyond (Bergala Alain)(Paperback)

This is the first English translation of Alain Bergala's seminal text on the potentials, possibilities, and problems of bringing film to schools and other educational contexts. Based on the author's own experiences of writing about and teaching film as well as serving as an adviser to then-Minister

Memoirs of a Red Cross Doctor: Better to Light a Candle (Ryding Frank)(Paperback)

Synonymous with conflict and humanitarian aid, the mandate of the International Red Cross (ICRC) is to protect the wounded victims of war, civilians, prisoners and refugees alike. In Memoirs of a Red Cross Doctor, Frank Ryding recounts the missions he undertook with the Red Cross during a career

Contemporary Spanish Cinema (Jordan Barry)(Paperback)

'Contemporary Spanish Cinema' offers an essential analysis of the main trends and issues in Spanish film since the death of Franco in 1975. While taking account of cinema during the Franco dictatorship, the book focuses principally on developments in the last two decades. Acknowledging the sheer