Film and TV Studies
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Emerging Dynamics in Audiences’ Consumption of Trans-media Products
The Cases of Mad Men and Game of Thrones as a Comparative Study between Italy and New Zealand
Carmen Spano
The book investigates the new forms of agency possessed by national audiences with reference to two television texts: Mad Men (AMC, 2007–2015) and Game of Thrones (HBO, 2011–2019). Structured as a comparative study between two countries, Italy and New Zealand, the research aims to provide insights into the culturally specific similarities and differences that distinct audiences disclose in consuming the same texts.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785275142
November 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00The book investigates the new forms of agency possessed by national audiences with reference to two television texts: Mad Men (AMC, 2007–2015) and Game of Thrones (HBO, 2011–2019). Structured as a comparative study between two countries, Italy and New Zealand, the research aims to provide insights into the culturally specific similarities and differences that distinct audiences disclose in consuming the same texts.
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Kinematic Rhetoric
Non-Discursive, Time-Affect Images in Motion
Joddy Murray
“Kinematic Rhetoric” seeks to formulate a theory of rhetoric in the age of dynamic texts—texts that employ movement, sound and duration as part of their expression. As a fully interactive ePub, Murray articulates these ideas using embedded video, animation and sound to demonstrate his theory.
Anthem Press
E-Book (PDF)
9781785273339
April 2020
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£ / $“Kinematic Rhetoric” seeks to formulate a theory of rhetoric in the age of dynamic texts—texts that employ movement, sound and duration as part of their expression. As a fully interactive ePub, Murray articulates these ideas using embedded video, animation and sound to demonstrate his theory.
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“Quinqui” Film in Spain
Peripheries of Society and Myths on the Margins
Edited and translated by Jorge González del Pozo
This book analyzes the mythical aura of Spanish low-budget films of the late 1970s and 1980s, and how marginalization was exploited and romanticized.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785272295
January 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00This book analyzes the mythical aura of Spanish low-budget films of the late 1970s and 1980s, and how marginalization was exploited and romanticized.
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‘Grease Is the Word’
Exploring a Cultural Phenomenon
Edited by Oliver Gruner, Peter Krämer
Bringing together a group of international scholars, ‘Grease Is the Word’ offers fresh insight into the impact and legacy of the cultural phenomenon that is Grease.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785271106
November 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00Bringing together a group of international scholars, ‘Grease Is the Word’ offers fresh insight into the impact and legacy of the cultural phenomenon that is Grease.
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Theatricality in the Horror Film
A Brief Study on the Dark Pleasures of Screen Artifice
André Loiselle
As is well known, the horror film generally presents a situation where normality is threatened by a monster. From this premise, ‘Theatricality in the Horror Film’ argues that scary movies often create their terrifying effects stylistically and structurally through a radical break with the realism of normality in the form of monstrous theatricality.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785271281
October 2019
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£79.95 / $79.95As is well known, the horror film generally presents a situation where normality is threatened by a monster. From this premise, ‘Theatricality in the Horror Film’ argues that scary movies often create their terrifying effects stylistically and structurally through a radical break with the realism of normality in the form of monstrous theatricality.
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Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative
An Introduction
Michael Peter Bolus
‘Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative’ examines the manner in which disparate Aesthetic traditions inform the conception, creation and reception of cinematic narrative while placing film, as an art form, in a wider historical and aesthetic context.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089819
August 2019
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£150.00 / $150.00‘Aesthetics and the Cinematic Narrative’ examines the manner in which disparate Aesthetic traditions inform the conception, creation and reception of cinematic narrative while placing film, as an art form, in a wider historical and aesthetic context.
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The Films of John Schlesinger
Julia Prewitt Brown
‘The Films of John Schlesinger’ is the first comprehensive interpretation of the films of the distinguished eponymous director. It is the first book to do full justice to the director's literary roots, film artistry and capacious understanding of modern life.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783089789
August 2019
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£125.00 / $125.00‘The Films of John Schlesinger’ is the first comprehensive interpretation of the films of the distinguished eponymous director. It is the first book to do full justice to the director’s literary roots, film artistry and capacious understanding of modern life.
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The Anthem Handbook of Screen Theory
Edited by Hunter Vaughan, Tom Conley
‘The Anthem Handbook of Screen Theory’ offers readers a unique survey of the new horizons of film and media theory, focusing on the applicability of screen theories and updating the field for new social, cultural and geopolitical contexts.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783088232
July 2018
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£195.00 / $195.00‘The Anthem Handbook of Screen Theory’ offers readers a unique survey of the new horizons of film and media theory, focusing on the applicability of screen theories and updating the field for new social, cultural and geopolitical contexts.
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The Films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan
A Cinema of Emancipation
Suranjan Ganguly
The first comprehensive study of the feature films of India’s most distinguished contemporary filmmaker. This work offers a compelling analysis of the director’s treatment of guilt, redemption and hope within their socio-historical contexts.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084098
May 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00The first comprehensive study of the feature films of India’s most distinguished contemporary filmmaker. This work offers a compelling analysis of the director’s treatment of guilt, redemption and hope within their socio-historical contexts.
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Performing Noncitizenship
Asylum Seekers in Australian Theatre, Film and Activism
Emma Cox
This exacting study examines the role that theatre, film and activism responsive to asylum seekers has played in the emergence of ‘irregular’ noncitizenship as a cornerstone idea in contemporary Australian political and social life.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783084005
May 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00This exacting study examines the role that theatre, film and activism responsive to asylum seekers has played in the emergence of ‘irregular’ noncitizenship as a cornerstone idea in contemporary Australian political and social life.
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Globalization, History, Historiography
The Making of a Modern Indian Theatre
Rakesh H. Solomon
'Globalization, History, Historiography: The Making of a Modern Indian Theatre' examines how global economic, cultural, and political forces created a new 'Modern Indian theatre' during the two sequences of globalization that occured between the mid-eighteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries.
Anthem Press
E-Book (Missing)
9780857289209
January 2015
Forthcoming
£99.00 / $99.00‘Globalization, History, Historiography: The Making of a Modern Indian Theatre’ examines how global economic, cultural, and political forces created a new ‘Modern Indian theatre’ during the two sequences of globalization that occured between the mid-eighteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries.
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Unhomely Cinema
Home and Place in Global Cinema
Dwayne Avery
Representations of troubled and inhospitable domestic places are a common feature of many cinematic narratives. “Unhomely Cinema” explores how the unhomely nature of contemporary film narrative provides an insight into what it means to dwell in today’s global societies.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783083022
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00Representations of troubled and inhospitable domestic places are a common feature of many cinematic narratives. “Unhomely Cinema” explores how the unhomely nature of contemporary film narrative provides an insight into what it means to dwell in today’s global societies.
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Sites of Performance
Of Time and Memory
Clark Lunberry
‘Sites of Performance: Of Time and Memory’ focuses on the impact of time and memory as they intersect and constitute the varied spaces of theatre, performance and installation art.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082872
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Sites of Performance: Of Time and Memory’ focuses on the impact of time and memory as they intersect and constitute the varied spaces of theatre, performance and installation art.
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Globalization, Nationalism and the Text of ‘Kichaka-Vadha’
The First English Translation of the Marathi Anticolonial Classic, with a Historical Analysis of Theatre in British India
Edited and translated by Rakesh H. Solomon
This volume offers the first English translation of one of India’s most celebrated works of anticolonial resistance. It is also the first edition of the play to provide an extensive historical-critical commentary and to draw on a comprehensive range of colonial archival documents.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082650
July 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume offers the first English translation of one of India’s most celebrated works of anticolonial resistance. It is also the first edition of the play to provide an extensive historical-critical commentary and to draw on a comprehensive range of colonial archival documents.
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On Beckett
Essays and Criticism
Edited by S. E. Gontarski
“On Beckett: Essays and Criticism” is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize–winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett.
Anthem Press
E-Book (EPUB)
9781783081585
January 2014
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£32.00 / $32.00“On Beckett: Essays and Criticism” is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize–winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett.
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Cinema at the Margins
Wheeler Dixon
“Cinema at the Margins” is a collection that aims to highlight some of the lesser-known films and filmmakers of the past that are being marginalized and forgotten in today’s reductive popular memory of movie history.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857281869
December 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00“Cinema at the Margins” is a collection that aims to highlight some of the lesser-known films and filmmakers of the past that are being marginalized and forgotten in today’s reductive popular memory of movie history.
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Cinema at the Margins
Wheeler Dixon
“Cinema at the Margins” is a collection that aims to highlight some of the lesser-known films and filmmakers of the past that are being marginalized and forgotten in today’s reductive popular memory of movie history.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781783080168
December 2013
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£40.00 / $40.00“Cinema at the Margins” is a collection that aims to highlight some of the lesser-known films and filmmakers of the past that are being marginalized and forgotten in today’s reductive popular memory of movie history.
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Performing the Iranian State
Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity
Edited by Staci Gem Scheiwiller
This book discusses what it means to “perform the State,” what this action means in relation to the country of Iran and how these various performances are represented.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857282934
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book discusses what it means to “perform the State,” what this action means in relation to the country of Iran and how these various performances are represented.
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The “Slumdog” Phenomenon
A Critical Anthology
Edited by Ajay Gehlawat
Featuring a dynamic combination of landmark essays by leading critics and theorists, “The ‘Slumdog’ Phenomenon: A Critical Anthology” addresses multiple issues relating to “Slumdog Millionaire,” providing new ways of looking at this controversial film.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857280015
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00Featuring a dynamic combination of landmark essays by leading critics and theorists, “The ‘Slumdog’ Phenomenon: A Critical Anthology” addresses multiple issues relating to “Slumdog Millionaire,” providing new ways of looking at this controversial film.
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Selected Film Essays and Interviews
Bruce F. Kawin
foreword by Howie MovshovitzA collection of Bruce F. Kawin’s most engaging and important essays on film, accompanied by his interviews with Lillian Gish and Howard Hawks.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857283047
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00A collection of Bruce F. Kawin’s most engaging and important essays on film, accompanied by his interviews with Lillian Gish and Howard Hawks.
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The Post-traumatic Theatre of Grotowski and Kantor
History and Holocaust in ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’
Magda Romanska
foreword by Kathleen CioffiA historical and critical analysis of the post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor, examining the ways they represent Auschwitz in their respective pivotal works ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857285164
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00A historical and critical analysis of the post-traumatic theatre of Grotowski and Kantor, examining the ways they represent Auschwitz in their respective pivotal works ‘Akropolis’ and ‘Dead Class’.
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On Beckett
Essays and Criticism
Edited by S. E. Gontarski
introduction by S. E. Gontarski“On Beckett: Essays and Criticism” is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize–winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857286635
December 2012
Active
£115.00 / $115.00“On Beckett: Essays and Criticism” is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize–winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett.
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From Happy Homemaker to Desperate Housewives
Motherhood and Popular Television
Rebecca Feasey
‘Motherhood and Popular Television’ is designed to introduce readers to key debates concerning the representations of motherhood and the maternal role in contemporary television programming.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9780857285614
November 2012
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£39.00 / $39.00‘Motherhood and Popular Television’ is designed to introduce readers to key debates concerning the representations of motherhood and the maternal role in contemporary television programming.
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Horror and the Horror Film
Bruce F. Kawin
‘Horror and the Horror Film’ is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its subgenres from 1896 to the present, concentrating on the nature of horror in reality and on film.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9780857284495
June 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Horror and the Horror Film’ is a vivid, compelling, insightful and well-written study of the horror film and its subgenres from 1896 to the present, concentrating on the nature of horror in reality and on film.