1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457192903321

Autore

Goldsmith Ben <1967->

Titolo

Local Hollywood [[electronic resource] /] / Ben Goldsmith, Susan Ward, Tom O'Regan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7022-3801-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WardSusan

O'ReganTom

Disciplina

791.430232

Soggetti

Motion picture industry

Motion picture industry - Australia - Queensland

Motion picture studios

Motion picture studios - Australia - Queensland

Motion picture locations

Motion picture locations - Australia - Queensland

Motion pictures - Production and direction

Motion pictures - Production and direction - Australia - Queensland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Global film production and the Gold Coast"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1 Global and Local Hollywood; Chapter 2 Inventing a Local Hollywood; Chapter 3 The Greenfields Location; Chapter 4 The Junior Partner; Chapter 5 Film Friendliness; Chapter 6 Local Hollywood's Location Space; Chapter 7 Learning from a Local Hollywood; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of productions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The pioneering story of Australia's own Hollywood. Hollywood films and television programs are watched by a global audience. While many of these productions are still made in southern California, the last twenty years have seen new production centers emerge in the US, Canada and other locations worldwide. Global Hollywood has been made possible by this growing number of Local Hollywoods: locations equipped with the requisite facilities, resources and labor, as well as the political will



and tax incentives, to attract and retain high-budget, Hollywood-standard projects. This new book

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780652303321

Autore

Davis Philip

Titolo

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

9786612007415

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Manifestos ; ; v.25

Disciplina

820.9/008

820.9008

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

English fiction

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters; Contents; Introduction: The Victorian Bump and Where to Find It; 1 Victorian Hard Wiring; 2 Isaiah and Ezekiel - But What About Charley?; 3 Not So Straightforward: Realist Prose and What It Hides Within Itself; 4 A Literature In Time; 5 Individual Agents; 6 A Few of My Favorite Things: A Glove, a Sandal, and Plaited Hair; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorian literature's enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking. Explores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author's unique insight into why it is still important todayProvides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close readings of important textsArgues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars a



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810828403321

Autore

Woo Benjamin

Titolo

Getting a life : the social worlds of geek culture / / Benjamin Woo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, [Quebec, Canada] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

0-7735-5296-0

0-7735-5295-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

301.22

Soggetti

Subculture - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction: "What is a nerd?" -- ; 1 Talk nerdy to me: the meaning of geek culture -- ; 2 Taking geek culture seriously: a practice-theoretic account -- ; 3 Values and virtues: what is best in life? -- ; 4 Careers: boldly going on -- ; 5 Making communities from mass culture -- ; 6 Institutions: building worlds between production and consumption -- ; 7 The limits of participation -- ; 8 The geek, the bad, and the ugly -- ; Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today's pop-culture landscape, and the people we used to deride as "nerds" or "geeks" have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. It seems it's finally hip to be square. Yet these conventionalized representations of geek culture typically ignore the real people who have invested time and resources to make it what it is.Getting a Life recentres our understanding of geek culture on the everyday lives of its participants, drawing on fieldwork in comic book shops, game stores, and conventions, including in-depth interviews with ordinary members of the overlapping communities of fans and enthusiasts. Benjamin Woo shows how geek culture is a set of interconnected social practices that are associated with popular media. He argues that typical depictions of mass-mediated entertainment as something that isolates and pacifies its audiences are flawed because they do not account for the



conversations, relationships, communities, and identities that are created by engaging with the products of mass culture.Getting a Life combines engaging interview material with lucid interpretation and a clear, interdisciplinary framework. The volume is both an accessible introduction to this contemporary subculture and an exploration of the ethical possibilities of a life lived with media.