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  • Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse
    This collection of essays contextualizes Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse as a postmodern investigation into what makes us human and as an examination of how technology invariably transforms our identity and perhaps even our humanity. Together, these essays provide a provocative meditation on how one example of science fiction comments on the state of personal identity in a 21st-centur...
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    135,99 €

  • The Crystal Bucket
    Clive James
    Critic of the Year, British Press Awards 1981 ...
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    13,80 €

  • Doctor Who and the Art of Adaptation
    Marcus K. Harmes / Marcus KHarmes
    Doctor Who is one of the most enduring British programs over the last 50 years and its success has translated to the U.S., where it has been shown for decades, first on PBS stations and currently on BBC America. This book looks at how the writers and producers of Doctor Who have adapted—and will no doubt continue to do so—various texts to create many episodes throughout the sho...
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    136,03 €

  • A STRANGE IDEA OF ENTERTAINMENT
    Joseph Maddrey / Tom McLoughlin
    Tom McLoughlin’s reel life began in 1957 at the age of seven, making 8mm movies in the back lots of MGM studios. He was a magician during the 1950s, a Rock musician in the 1960s (opening for groups such as The Doors), a mime in the 1970s (studying in Paris with Marcel Marceau), and an Emmy Award-nominated writer for his work with Dick Van Dyke & Company. In the 1980s, Tom fulfi...
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    29,42 €

  • The Twilight Zone
    Kenneth Reynolds
    From 1959 to 1964, a chilling new anthology series held audiences captive with tales of horror, delight, and mystery. Rod Serling changed the face of television with The Twilight Zone, a groundbreaking series that enticed viewers to tap into the wonders of a 'dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind.' When they accepted that cryptic invitation, viewers foun...
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    54,29 €

  • The Twilight Zone
    Kenneth Reynolds
    From 1959 to 1964, a chilling new anthology series held audiences captive with tales of horror, delight, and mystery. Rod Serling changed the face of television with The Twilight Zone, a groundbreaking series that enticed viewers to tap into the wonders of a 'dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind.' When they accepted that cryptic invitation, viewers foun...
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    42,57 €

  • Women in Game of Thrones
    Valerie Estelle Frankel
    Game of Thrones, one of the hottest series on television, leaves hundreds of critics divided on how 'feminist' the show really is. Certainly the female characters, strong and weak, embody a variety of archetypes--widow queens, warrior women, damsels in distress, career women, priestesses, crones, mothers and maidens. However, the problem is that most of them play a single ro...
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    28,36 €

  • Fashion on Television
    Helen Warner
    Fashion on Television provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. The book brings together theoretical approaches to the symbolic force of television and fashion-forward programming on a global scale.Examining case studies such as Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Mad Men, the book examines how...
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    47,37 €

  • And Now, Back to Mannix (Hardback)
    JoAnn M. Paul / JoAnn MPaul
    This is the HARDBACK version. Fistfights. Cars careening off cliffs and exploding. Running on a bridge. Dodging a helicopter. The dune buggy roll. Iconic convertibles. Signature sports jackets. 17 Paseo Verde. L.A. at its coolest-and then there was Peggy. For generations, throughout the world these have brought a smile to the face and a single word to mind-Mannix.With ...
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    41,22 €

  • Heroines of Film and Television
    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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    135,94 €

  • And Now, Back to Mannix
    JoAnn M. Paul / JoAnn MPaul
    Fistfights. Cars careening off cliffs and exploding. Running on abridge. Dodging a helicopter. The dune buggy roll. Iconicconvertibles. Signature sports jackets. 17 Paseo Verde. L.A. at itscoolest-and then there was Peggy. For generations, throughout theworld these have brought a smile to the face and a single word to mind-- Mannix. With such style up-front, the substance behin...
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    31,03 €

  • This Day in Game Show History- 365 Commemorations and Celebrations, Vol. 1
    Adam Nedeff
    Game shows have more stories to tell than they have washers and dryers to give away. This Day in Game Show History is a remarkable four-volume set chronicling the best stories-on camera and off-and the most noteworthy milestones for every day in the year.In this volume, you’ll find out which long-running cable game show had to make new props after visible bloodstains became a p...
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    35,33 €

  • This Day in Game Show History- 365 Commemorations and Celebrations, Vol. 2
    Adam Nedeff
    Game shows have more stories to tell than they have washers and dryers to give away. This Day in Game Show History is a remarkable four-volume set chronicling the best stories-on camera and off-and the most noteworthy milestones for every day in the year.In this volume, you’ll find out which game show had to build a new set as part of a lawsuit settlement...What exactly a Sony ...
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    35,44 €

  • This Day in Game Show History- 365 Commemorations and Celebrations, Vol. 3
    Adam Nedeff
    Game shows have more stories to tell than they have washers and dryers to give away. This Day in Game Show History is a remarkable four-volume set chronicling the best stories-on camera and off-and the most noteworthy milestones for every day in the year.In this volume, you’ll find out which game show had a set so elaborate that it used four miles of electric wires...the game s...
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    35,38 €

  • This Day in Game Show History- 365 Commemorations and Celebrations, Vol. 4
    Adam Nedeff
    Game shows have more stories to tell than they have washers and dryers to give away. This Day in Game Show History is a remarkable four-volume set chronicling the best stories-on camera and off-and the most noteworthy milestones for every day in the year.In this volume, you’ll find out which game show used 50 gallons of whipped cream and 144 balloons per taping...the film star ...
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    35,13 €

  • Reality Gendervision
    This essay collection focuses on the gendered dimensions of reality television in both the United States and Great Britain. Through close readings of a wide range of reality programming, from Finding Sarah and Sister Wives to Ghost Adventures and Deadliest Warrior, the contributors think through questions of femininity and masculinity, as they relate to the intersections of gen...
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    38,63 €

  • Women and Comedy
    Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice brings together leading researchers from Canada, the United States, and Europe in an interdisciplinary collection of essays to chart the future of critical inquiry in gender and comedy studies. ...
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    124,76 €

  • Carlo Gozzi
    John Louis DiGaetani
    Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806) is best known for his plays that have famously been adapted into opera librettos. Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, was based on a play by Gozzi. Prokofiev’s The Love of Three Oranges is also based on a Gozzi play. Richard Wagner’s first opera, Die Feen, is based on Gozzi’s La Donna Serpente. Mozart’s The Magic Flute contains many el...
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    42,88 €

  • The Millennials on Film and Television
    The millennials, who constitute the largest generation in America’s history, may resist a simple definition; nevertheless, they do share a number of common traits and also an ever increasing presence on film and television. This collection of new essays first situates the millennials within their historical context and then proceeds to an examination of specific characterist...
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    42,90 €

  • Superhero Synergies
    This collection of essays explores the developing relationship between superheroes and various forms of media, examining how the superhero genre, which was once limited primarily to a single medium (comic books/graphic novels) has been developed into video games, digital comics, films, Internet criticism, novelizations, television programs, the fanboy phenomenon, and many other...
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    142,85 €

  • Reality Television
    With its dedication to odd and unique reality television, the media has created intrigue and provided entertainment that reflects a diverse American culture. This book examines such reality television shows, as well as audience response and fan interaction. ...
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    156,60 €

  • Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers
    Media Depictions of Brides, Wives, and Mothers, edited by Alena Amato Ruggerio, explores how television, film, the internet, and other media variously perpetuate gender stereotypes. The contributors to this volume bring a variety of feminist rhetorical and media criticism approaches from across the communication discipline to their analyses of how media shape our expectations o...
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    66,76 €

  • Filmmaking for Teens
    Clay Nichols / Troy Lanier
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    30,78 €

  • Remake Television
    Remake Television: Reboot, Re-use, Recycle, edited by Carlen Lavigne,examines multiple definitions of television remakes, from reboots (like Charlie’s Angels) to adaptations (The Walking Dead) and sequels (Doctor Who). It addresses cross-cultural issues while also interrogating the changing contexts and challenges posed by generational and media format shifts. ...
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    163,60 €

  • An A to Z of on the Buses
    Craig Walker
    The hit television sitcom On The Buses was a massive hit across the world and ran for seven seasons from 1969 to 1973. The success was in no small part due to the immense talents involved both on the screen and off. With its exceptional writers and a cast of household name actors, the series sprang from the screen to captivate audiences from that start and retains its magic to ...
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    47,51 €

  • 'We’re All Infected'
    Dawn Keetley
    This edited collection brings together an introduction and 13 original scholarly essays on AMC’s The Walking Dead. The essays in the first section address the pervasive bloodletting of the series: What are the consequences of the series’ unremitting violence? Essays explore violence committed in self-defense, racist violence, mass lawlessness, the violence of law enforcement...
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    42,73 €

  • Circle Stock Theater
    Landis K. Magnuson
    Circle stock theater was based on the repertory companies that began to tour America after the Civil War; unlike their repertory brethren, circle stock troupes toured a regular circuit, usually consisting of six small towns situated roughly in a circle around a base community where the performers lived. Through interviews, written reminiscences of veteran circle stock perfor...
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    42,68 €

  • The Gilmore Girls Companion (Hardback)
    A. S. Berman / ASBerman
    This is the HARDBACK version. From 2000 to its final episode in 2007, Gilmore Girls raised the bar for television writing, redefined the dramatic comedy, and cultivated a dedicated fan base not seen since the heights of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. However, unlike Buffy, little has been published about what went on behind-the-scenes of Gilmore Girl. Until now. The Gilmore Girls Co...
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    61,79 €

  • Teaching the Video Production Class
    Amy Hunter / David Howard
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    70,77 €

  • Native Americans on Network TV
    Michael Ray FitzGerald
    This book argues that the US is a great colonial power and that this is clearly evident in network television’s treatment of minorities and colonized peoples. This book argues that televised representations of Native Americans fit neatly into what would be called ‘colonial discourse.’ ...
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    135,90 €