Catálogo de libros: Television

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  • The Soap Quiz Book
    Mark Bennison
    Can you remember Hilda Ogden, Annie Sugden and Dirty Den or are you more familiar with the current soap stars who keep us hooked with the ever changing dramatic events that shape their onscreen lives? All your favourite characters from yesteryear can be found in this quiz book alongside those more contemporary villains television audiences just love to hate. The 1,000 testing q...
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    12,13 €

  • Television, Religion, and Supernatural
    Erika Engstrom / Joseph M. III Valenzano / Joseph M. Valenzano / Joseph MIII Valenzano / Joseph MValenzano
    This book uses a theory-based inquiry of the nuanced religious messages in the TV series Supernatural, whichpresents religious themes through horror and fantasy to show a Christianity without Christ. It uncovers how entertainment television provides a conduit for religious messages that speak to the role of contemporary American faith. ...
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    64,26 €

  • Remake Television
    Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle examines multiple definitions of television remakes, from reboots to adaptations and sequels. It addresses cross-cultural issues while also interrogating the changing contexts and challenges posed by generational and media format shifts. ...
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    66,56 €

  • The Today Show
    Cathleen M. Londino / Cathleen MLondino
    This is a history of the first 25 years of the groundbreaking program, The Today Show, from 1952–1977. The author looks at the aspects that contributed to Today’ssuccess—from the producers to the on air talent—and ultimately earnedita significant place in broadcast history. The book chronicles The Today Show’s original concept and the ways in which the producers transformed the...
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    55,97 €

  • The Are You Afraid of the Dark Campfire Companion (hardback)
    Jose Prendes
    So you want to join the Midnight Society, huh?Remember Zeebo the clown?How about the Ghastly Grinner?Ever listen to the Dark Music?Did you want to eat wild boar with Dr. Vink and buy fake vomit from Sardo?If the answer is yes to any of these, then you, my friend, are ready to join!Strike up your own campfire, and grab this campfire companion as we relive the children’s TV serie...
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    32,12 €

  • Stage Managing Chaos
    Jackie Harvey / Tim Kelleher
    In the early 1970s London’s National Theatre, led by Sir Laurence Olivier, launched an infamous avant garde production of The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria. Concerned that his classical approach would clash with the 'enfant terrible' director, Victor Garcia, Olivier enlisted stage manager Jackie Harvey to keep a diary of the often ludicrous, occasionally creative, alw...
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    28,40 €

  • Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who 2014-2015
    Steven Cooper
    After three successful seasons at the helm of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat was faced with the need to establish a whole new direction for the show with the introduction of his second Doctor. When it was announced in August 2013 that Peter Capaldi would be taking over the role for the following year’s series, Doctor Who’s public profile was bigger than ever before, and the reveal o...
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    13,70 €

  • Women on Southern Stages, 1800-1865
    Robin O. Warren
    Women played an integral role in the theater of the Antebellum and Civil War South. Yet their contributions have largely been overlooked by history. Southern actresses were important public figures who helped mold gender identity through their theatrical performances. Although cast in parts written by men, they subverted the norms of femininity in their public personas and i...
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    57,24 €

  • Adventures in a TV Nation
    Kathleen Glynn / Michael Moore
    ’TV Nation’ enjoyed a brief but memorable tenure on NBC, and now, with the publication of 'Adventures In TV Nation,' those who bemoan Michael Moore’s absence from the airwaves can revisit the show 'TV Guide' called 'as compelling and provocative as it is entertaining and hilarious.' All your ...
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    16,52 €

  • Jan-Michael Vincent
    David Grove
    With his chiseled features, effortless screen presence, otherworldly vitality, striking blue eyes, Jan-Michael Vincent seemed destined for superstardom.  However, the real Jan-Michael Vincent was a reluctant sex symbol plagued by doubt and low self-confidence, a perpetual misfit doomed to alcoholism.Jan-Michael Vincent: Edge of Greatness covers Vincent’s entire life, beginning ...
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    27,61 €

  • The Gospel According to Star Trek
    Kevin C. Neece / Kevin CNeece
    What’s Christian about Star Trek? Nothing. That’s the way most people see it and that certainly seems to be the way the franchise is intended. There’s no question that the Trek universe is based on a doggedly humanistic world view and is set in a future time when religion has essentially vanished from Earth. If that’s the case, how can there even be a 'gospel according to Star ...
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    23,15 €

  • The Gospel According to Star Trek
    Kevin C. Neece / Kevin CNeece
    What’s Christian about Star Trek? Nothing. That’s the way most people see it and that certainly seems to be the way the franchise is intended. There’s no question that the Trek universe is based on a doggedly humanistic world view and is set in a future time when religion has essentially vanished from Earth. If that’s the case, how can there even be a 'gospel according to Star ...
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    37,86 €

  • The Old-Time Television Trivia Book II
    Mel Simons
    It seems there is no end to the enormous amount of material in Mel Simons’ nostalgia collection. He has written 14 books on old-time radio, old-time television, music and humor and now, his latest, The Old-Time Television Trivia Book II. Each of Mel’s books elicits the rich history of a golden era in 20th century American entertainment complete with never-before-seen photograph...
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    16,64 €

  • 'Susie...Ain't She A Doozie? My 'Hazel' Days and Beyond' (hardback)
    Julia Benjamin
    “Julia’s book will make you both laugh and cry.  It’s filled with wonderful insights about what Hollywood was like for a child actor who started working professionally when she was 6 and continued right on into adulthood.  Julia was talented enough to be hand-picked by Shirley Booth to play Susie Baxter in the fifth and final season of Hazel.  Her successful career continued in...
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    36,78 €

  • Comedian of the Frontier
    Charles E. Lauterbach / Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach
    In his day, theater actor and manager Jack Langrishe (1825-1895) was about as well known in the West as General Grant was in the East. Langrishe provided entertainment to prospectors, miners and their families in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and Idaho. He followed the expanding frontier from the old Northwest Territory to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and enjoyed his share of luc...
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    42,70 €

  • 'Susie...Ain't She A Doozie? My 'Hazel' Days and Beyond'
    Julia Benjamin
    “Julia’s book will make you both laugh and cry.  It’s filled with wonderful insights about what Hollywood was like for a child actor who started working professionally when she was 6 and continued right on into adulthood.  Julia was talented enough to be hand-picked by Shirley Booth to play Susie Baxter in the fifth and final season of Hazel.  Her successful career continued in...
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    20,27 €

  • Telemodernities
    Tania Lewis
    Yoga gurus on lifestyle cable channels targeting time-pressured Indian urbanites; Chinese dating shows promoting competitive individualism; Taiwanese domestic makeover formats combining feng shui with life planning advice: Asian TV screens are increasingly home to a wild proliferation of popular factual programs providing lifestyle guidance to viewers. In Telemodernities Tania ...
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    36,36 €

  • Television Series of the 1960s
    Terrace / Vincent Terrace
    This book profiles characters who were featured in some of the most popular television shows of the 1960s. Each entry includes personal details that were revealed during each show’s run: names, addresses, maiden names, nicknames, date of births, phone numbers, relatives, and other fascinating details. ...
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    59,94 €

  • Mad Men
    This collection of essays explores the philosophical and political dimensions of America as revealed by AMC’s Mad Men, investigating topics including freedom, equality, consumerism and justice. ...
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    114,06 €

  • The Gospel According to Sesame Street
    Gary C. Dreibelbis
    “Even more than the animated features of Walt Disney and certainly more than The Simpsons, Sesame Street has had a deep and enduring role in shaping young minds about faith and morality--well beyond Patti Labelle’s stirring gospel version of the alphabet. Gary Dreibelbis’ thoughful analysis of the Sesame Street Gospel is long overdue.” - Mark I. Pinsky, The Gospel According to ...
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    16,31 €

  • After ’89
    Bryce Lease
    This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history. ...
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    157,44 €

  • Heroines of Film and Television
    Jones
    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. This book analyzes the new vision of female heroes in popular culture. It features award-winning author...
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    47,38 €

  • German Television
    Long overlooked by scholars and critics, the history and aesthetics of German television have only recently begun to attract serious, sustained attention, and then largely within Germany. This ambitious volume, the first in English on the subject, provides a much-needed corrective in the form of penetrating essays on the distinctive theories, practices, and social-historical co...
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    184,30 €

  • Post-Object Fandom
    Rebecca Williams
    Fandom is generally viewed as an integral part of everyday life which impacts upon how we form emotional bonds with ourselves and others in a modern, mediated world. Whilst it is inevitable for television series to draw to a close, the reactions of fans have rarely been considered. Williams explores this everyday occurence through close analysis of television fans to examine ho...
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    64,16 €

  • Contemporary Masculinities in Fiction, Film and Television
    Brian Baker
    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 ...
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    64,05 €

  • Living With BDD
    Janet Lee / Lea Walker
    Lea Walker first caught the public eye when she appeared on Channel 4’s Big Brother programme in 2006. Her outgoing personality, surgery enhanced figure and outspoken manner kept audiences glued to their screens but behind the smiles she was hiding a long history of eating disorders, abusive relationships and unhappiness. As well as trying to come to terms with a history of vio...
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    11,27 €

  • Smart Chicks on Screen
    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. ...
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    45,87 €

  • Columbo Under Glass - A critical analysis of the cases, clues and character of the Good Lieutenant (hardback)
    Sheldon Catz
    This is the HARDBACK version. Columbo Under Glass examines the Good Lieutenant from every angle. It notes the 'First Clues' Columbo finds that set him on the trail of the murderer and the 'Final Clue' with which he arrests the villain. The book points out those occasions when Columbo has a 'Sympathetic Relationship' with the murderer, and lists those rare instances when 'C...
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    44,29 €

  • Columbo Under Glass - A critical analysis of the cases, clues and character of the Good Lieutenant
    Sheldon Catz
    Columbo Under Glass examines the Good Lieutenant from every angle. It notes the 'First Clues' Columbo finds that set him on the trail of the murderer and the 'Final Clue' with which he arrests the villain. The book points out those occasions when Columbo has a 'Sympathetic Relationship' with the murderer, and lists those rare instances when 'Columbo Gets Angry.' Read about Pe...
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    32,61 €

  • The Walking Dead Live!
    Simpson
    Centering on media studies, this collection of essays examines both the show The Walking Dead and its source material, the graphic novels by Robert Kirkman. These essays look at the show from a variety of perspectives—from art and theology to gender, violence, and politics—through the prism of media studies. ...
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    122,27 €