The Modern Superhero in Film and Television, Brown, Jeffrey A.
Автор: Reena Dube Название: Satyajit Ray`s The Chess Players and Postcolonial Film Theory ISBN: 1403946299 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403946294 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4268.00 р. 6097.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Indispensable for students of film studies, in this book Reena Dube explores Satyajit Ray's films, and The Chess Players in particular, in the context of discourses of labour in colonial and postcolonial conditions. Starting from Daniel Defoe and moving through history, short story and film to the present, Dube widens her analysis with comparisons in which Indian films are situated alongside Hollywood and other films, and interweaves historical and cultural debates within film theory. Her book treats film as part of the larger cultural production of India and provides a historical sense of the cross genre borrowings, traditions and debates that have deeply influenced Indian cinema and its viewers.
Since the 1970s, the name Stephen King has been synonymous with horror. His vast number of books has spawned a similar number of feature films and TV shows, and together they offer a rich opportunity to consider how one writer’s work has been adapted over a long period within a single genre and across a variety of media—and what that can tell us about King, about adaptation, and about film and TV horror. Starting from the premise that King has transcended ideas of authorship to become his own literary, cinematic, and televisual brand, Screening Stephen King explores the impact and legacy of over forty years of King film and television adaptations.
Simon Brown first examines the reasons for King’s literary success and then, starting with Brian De Palma’s Carrie, explores how King’s themes and style have been adapted for the big and small screens. He looks at mainstream multiplex horror adaptations from Cujo to Cell, low-budget DVD horror films such as The Mangler and Children of the Corn franchises, non-horror films, including Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, and TV works from Salem’s Lot to Under the Dome. Through this discussion, Brown identifies what a Stephen King film or series is or has been, how these works have influenced film and TV horror, and what these influences reveal about the shifting preoccupations and industrial contexts of the post-1960s horror genre in film and TV.
Автор: Brown Название: The Modern Superhero in Film and Television ISBN: 1138897787 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138897786 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 26030.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hollywood`s live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than they have ever before. This book argues that this immense popularity reveals deep cultural concerns about politics, gender, ethnicity, patriotism and consumerism after the events of 9/11.
Описание: Jessica Jones barged onto our TV and computer screens in November 2015, courtesy of Marvel and Netflix, presenting a hard-drinking female protagonist who wrestles with her own inner (and outer) demons. This collection of new essays offers insight into Jessica Jones`s complex themes and story lines.
Описание: This collection of new essays focuses on The CW network`s hit television series Arrow - based on DC Comic`s Green Arrow - and its spin-offs. The contributors explore the reasons behind Arrow`s success, the series` representation of bodies, its portrayal of women, its shifting political ideologies, and audience reception and influence on storylines.
Автор: Bahlmann Andrew R. Название: The Mythology of the Superhero ISBN: 1476662487 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476662480 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4990.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades. Over time, superheroes have developed their own mythology. The structure of this mythology has gone largely unexplored until now. The lexicon at the heart of this book offers a structure that can be used to identify the mythology as it applies to characters, stories, and other forms of narrative.
Автор: Barnaby Edwards, David Bushman Название: A World of Demons: The Villains of Doctor Who ISBN: 1949024377 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781949024371 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel"-Jean-Antoninette ("Reinette") Poisson, aka Madame de Pompadour, "The Girl in the Fireplace" What a world of demons Doctor Who has presented us with over the past seven decades: from Daleks and Cybermen to Weeping Angels and the Silence, the greatest villains of the Who-niverse have achieved an iconic status all their own, cementing themselves in the minds of millions of viewers (why else would Parker Brothers have devised a version of Monopoly after them?). If, as the Seventh Doctor once said, "You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies," the Doctor is great indeed, rescuing the universe time and again from some of the most formidable and terrifying villains in science fiction history. Now, for the first time, an entire anthology of essays is dedicated to deconstructing this gallery of blackguards.
Who are the greatest Who villains of all time? Why are they so frightening? And-apologies to Shakespeare-what do they tell us about the villainy of our own fears?
Автор: Burke Liam, Gordon Ian, Ndalianis Angela Название: The Superhero Symbol: Media, Culture, and Politics ISBN: 0813597161 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813597164 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5010.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: “As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting”. In the 2005 reboot of the Batman film franchise, Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne articulates how the figure of the superhero can serve as a transcendent icon. It is hard to imagine a time when superheroes have been more pervasive in our culture. Today, superheroes are intellectual property jealously guarded by media conglomerates, icons co-opted by grassroots groups as a four-color rebuttal to social inequities, masks people wear to more confidently walk convention floors and city streets, and bulletproof banners that embody regional and national identities. From activism to cosplay, this collection unmasks the symbolic function of superheroes. Bringing together superhero scholars from a range of disciplines, alongside key industry figures such as Harley Quinn co-creator Paul Dini, The Superhero Symbol provides fresh perspectives on how characters like Captain America, Iron Man, and Wonder Woman have engaged with media, culture, and politics, to become the “everlasting” symbols to which a young Bruce Wayne once aspired.
Автор: Jones Norma, Bajac-Carter Maja, Batchelor Bob Название: Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture ISBN: 1442275642 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442275645 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 7601.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Despite the increasing variety of heroic women portrayed in film, television, and other popular culture channels, much of the understanding of heroines has been limited to females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of overly weak/strong (and even violent) women. ...
Описание: In Smart Chicks on Screen: Representing Women`s Intellect in Film and Television, Laura Mattoon D`Amore brings together a collection of essays that examine the disparate portrayals of beauty and brains in film and television. This text will be of interest to scholars of film and television, communications, and women`s studies, to name a few.
Автор: Franklin Daniel P. Название: Politics and Film: The Political Culture of Television and Movies ISBN: 144226232X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442262324 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8235.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Politics and Film examines popular movies and television shows as indicators of social and political trends to explore the political culture of the United States.
Автор: Brian Baker Название: Contemporary Masculinities in Fiction, Film and Television ISBN: 1501320092 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501320095 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 7321.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While masculinity has been an increasingly visible field of study within several disciplines (sociology, literary studies, cultural studies, film and tv) over the last two decades, it is surprising that analysis of contemporary representations of the first part of the century has yet to emerge. Professor Brian Baker, evolving from his previous work Masculinities in Fiction and Film: Representing Men in Popular Genres 1945-2000, intervenes to rectify the scholarship in the field to produce a wide-ranging, readable text that deals with films and other texts produced since the year 2000. Focusing on representations of masculinity in cinema, popular fiction and television from the period 2000-2010, he argues that dominant forms of masculinity in Britain and the United States have become increasingly informed by anxiety, trauma and loss, and this has resulted in both narratives that reflect that trauma and others which attempt to return to a more complete and heroic form of masculinity. While focusing on a range of popular genres, such as Bond films, war movies, science fiction and the Gothic, the work places close analyses of individual films and texts in their cultural and historical contexts, arguing for the importance of these popular fictions in diagnosing how contemporary Britain and the United States understand themselves and their changing role in the world through the representation of men, fully recognising the issues of race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, and age. Baker draws upon current work in mobility studies and in the study of masculinities to produce the first book-length comparative study of masculinity in popular culture of the first decade of the twenty-first century.
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