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The Film Photonovel
A Cultural History of Forgotten Adaptations
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781477318225
Pub Date: April 15th, 2019
Format: Hardcover
198 Pages
The first book devoted to the hybrid genre of the film photonovel, applying a comparative textual media framework to a previously overlooked aspect of the history of film and literary adaptation.
Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477315965
Pub Date: July 2nd, 2018
Format: Paperback
280 Pages
Bringing to light the origins of an important national cinema, this book examines Palestinian filmmaking during the long 1970s, and how it sustained a revolution and continues to inspire in a new century.
Haunting Bollywood
Gender, Genre, and the Supernatural in Hindi Commercial Cinema
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477311585
Pub Date: March 1st, 2017
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
The first wide-ranging look at horror and the supernatural in Bollywood films made since 1949, this interdisciplinary study examines how gender and genre intersect in cinematic tales of unproductive love, abominable creatures, and unspeakable appetites.
Directed by God
Jewishness in Contemporary Israeli Film and Television
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477309513
Pub Date: September 13th, 2016
Format: Paperback
200 Pages
The first study of its kind, Directed by God analyzes several representations of Jewish religiosity in Israeli film and television that challenge secular Zionism in contemporary Israeli society.
Islands of Empire
Pop Culture and U.S. Power
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477307557
Pub Date: March 1st, 2014
Format: Paperback
252 Pages
Examining a broad range of pop culture media—film, television, journalism, advertisements, travel writing, and literature—Fojas explores the United States as an empire and how it has narrated its relationship to its island territories.
John Wayne’s World
Transnational Masculinity in the Fifties
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781477302187
Pub Date: September 1st, 2013
Format: Paperback
224 Pages
Connecting John Wayne’s films to the transnational historical context of the 1950s, John Wayne’s World argues that Wayne’s depictions of heroic masculinity dovetailed with the rise of Hollywood’s cultural dominance and the development of global capitalism after World War II.
Censorship and Sexuality in Bombay Cinema
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9780292747593
Pub Date: December 1st, 2011
Format: Paperback
318 Pages
An examination of the censorship of gender and heterosexuality—particularly female heterosexuality—in Bombay cinema.
Israeli Cinema
Identities in Motion
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9780292743991
Pub Date: June 1st, 2011
Format: Paperback
391 Pages
In the first anthology of its kind in English, leading Israeli film scholars explore how one of the world’s most exciting emerging cinemas has become a vibrant site for the representation of Israeli realities.
Since When Is Fran Drescher Jewish?
Dubbing Stereotypes in The Nanny, The Simpsons, and The Sopranos
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780292737556
Pub Date: January 15th, 2011
Format: Paperback
175 Pages
This colorful examination of “translated” television characters in Italy looks at the implications for transnational intersections of commerce and culture.
Film in the Middle East and North Africa
Creative Dissidence
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9780292737563
Pub Date: January 15th, 2011
Format: Paperback
383 Pages
A timely window on the world of Middle Eastern cinema, this remarkable overview includes many essays that provide the first scholarly analysis of significant works by key filmmakers in the region.
The Film Photonovel
A Cultural History of Forgotten Adaptations
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781477318225
Pub Date: April 15th, 2019
Format: Hardcover
198 Pages
Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477315965
Pub Date: July 2nd, 2018
Format: Paperback
280 Pages
Haunting Bollywood
Gender, Genre, and the Supernatural in Hindi Commercial Cinema
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477311585
Pub Date: March 1st, 2017
Format: Paperback
264 Pages
Directed by God
Jewishness in Contemporary Israeli Film and Television
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781477309513
Pub Date: September 13th, 2016
Format: Paperback
200 Pages
Islands of Empire
Pop Culture and U.S. Power
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781477307557
Pub Date: March 1st, 2014
Format: Paperback
252 Pages
John Wayne’s World
Transnational Masculinity in the Fifties
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 9781477302187
Pub Date: September 1st, 2013
Format: Paperback
224 Pages
Censorship and Sexuality in Bombay Cinema
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9780292747593
Pub Date: December 1st, 2011
Format: Paperback
318 Pages
Israeli Cinema
Identities in Motion
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9780292743991
Pub Date: June 1st, 2011
Format: Paperback
391 Pages
Since When Is Fran Drescher Jewish?
Dubbing Stereotypes in The Nanny, The Simpsons, and The Sopranos
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780292737556
Pub Date: January 15th, 2011
Format: Paperback
175 Pages
Film in the Middle East and North Africa
Creative Dissidence
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9780292737563
Pub Date: January 15th, 2011
Format: Paperback
383 Pages