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Transmediating the Whedonverse(s) : Essays on Texts, Paratexts, and Metatexts / / edited by Juliette C. Kitchens, Julie L. Hawk
| Transmediating the Whedonverse(s) : Essays on Texts, Paratexts, and Metatexts / / edited by Juliette C. Kitchens, Julie L. Hawk |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Disciplina |
791.430233092
791.450233092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular Culture
Film genres Communication United States—Study and teaching Genre Media and Communication American Culture |
| ISBN | 3-030-24616-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Exploring a Whedonverse, the Whedonverses, and the Whedonverse(s): The Shape of Transmedia Storytelling in Joss Whedon’s World(s) -- Chapter 2: Un-Warren-ted: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Transgressive Fandom -- Chapter 3: History Has Its Eyes on the Greatest Hellmouth in the World: Transmedia, Hint Fiction, and Mashup Memes -- Chapter 4: Transmediating the Whedon Classroom -- Chapter 5: “This is the next me”: The Evolution of AI in the Whedonverse -- Chapter 6: “You’re not the source of me”: Navigating and Mastering the Transmedial at the End of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Fourth Season -- Chapter 7: “To Speak Against an Opponent Eloquently Makes You an Unusual Personage”: Joss Whedon as Deleuzian ‘Minor Writer’ -- Chapter 8: The Transtextual Road Trip: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, and Televisual Forebears -- Chapter 9: A Brief Note on Looking Forward -- Index. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910481964103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
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Transnational Horror Cinema : Bodies of Excess and the Global Grotesque / / edited by Sophia Siddique, Raphael Raphael
| Transnational Horror Cinema : Bodies of Excess and the Global Grotesque / / edited by Sophia Siddique, Raphael Raphael |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 791.436164 |
| Soggetto topico |
Film genres
Human body—Social aspects Culture Gender Culture—Study and teaching Motion pictures Genre Sociology of the Body Culture and Gender Cultural Theory Global Cinema and TV |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 1-137-58417-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: ; 1. Introduction / Raphael Raphael -- ; pt. I Questions of Genre -- ; 2. Butchered in Translation: A Transnational "Grotesuqe" / Mike Dillon -- ; 3. An Introduction to the Continental Horror Film / Kevin Wynter -- ; 4. Dracula, Vampires, and Kung Fu Fighters: The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires and Transnational Horror Co-production in 1970s Hong Kong / Sangjoon Lee -- ; pt. II The Horrific Body (Disability and Horror) -- ; 5. Dead Meat: Horror, Disability, and Eating Rituals / Julia Gruson-Wood -- ; 6. Music, Sound, and Noise as Bodily Disorders: Disabling the Filmic Diegesis in Hideo Nakata's Ringu and Gore Verbinski's The Ring / Stefan Sunandan Honisch -- ; 7. An Eyepatch of Courage: Battle-Scarred Amazon Warriors in the Movies of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino / Moritz Fink -- ; 8. Scary Truths: Morality and the Differently Abled Mind in Lars von Trier's The Kingdom / Paul Rae Marchbanks -- ; pt. III Responses to Trauma -- ; 9. Towards a Southeast Asian Model of Horror: Thai Horror Cinema in Malaysia, Urbanization, and Cultural Proximity / Mary J. Ainslie -- ; 10. Planet Kong: Transnational Flows of King Kong (1933) in Japan and East Asia / Raphael Raphael -- ; 11. Embodying Spectral Vision in The Eye / Sophia Siddique. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255246303321 |
| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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True Event Adaptation : Scripting Real Lives / / edited by Davinia Thornley
| True Event Adaptation : Scripting Real Lives / / edited by Davinia Thornley |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Disciplina | 791.436 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures
Film genres Historiography Adaptation Studies Genre Memory Studies |
| ISBN | 3-319-97322-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I -- 1. Introduction—Scripting Real Lives, Davinia Thornley -- 2. The Study of Historical Films as Adaptation: Some Critical Reflections, Patrick Cattrysse -- 3. Waiting for the Great Swell of ‘74: John Milius and Autobiographical Self-projection in Big Wednesday, Alfio Leotta -- 4. Making Robert Sarkies’ Film Out of the Blue: Adaptation & Indigenization in Aotearoa New Zealand, Davinia Thornley -- Part II -- 5. When the Truth becomes Too Hard to Tell: Jocylene Saab & Dunia (2005), Margaret McVeigh -- 6. Making It “Real”/“Reel”: Truth, Trauma, and American Exceptionalism in Zero Dark Thirty, Jennifer L. Gauthier -- 7. (The Facts before) The Fiction before the Facts: Suburra from Novel (to Trial) to Feature to TV Serial, Paolo Russo -- 8. Reaching Young Audiences through Research: Using the NABC Method to Create the Norwegian Web Teenage Drama SKAM/Shame, Eva N. Redvall -- Part III -- 9. An Adaptation of Life: Ethnographically-grounded Fiction as a Method of Inquiry into Personal Accounts of Traumatic Events, Ester T. Roura -- 10. Writing the Screenplay for the History Film: A Case Study Featuring the Historical Figure, C.Y. O’Connor, Nadia Meneghello. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300037903321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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Understanding Genres in Comics / / by Nicolas Labarre
| Understanding Genres in Comics / / by Nicolas Labarre |
| Autore | Labarre Nicolas |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
741.59
301 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels |
| Soggetto topico |
Comic books, strips, etc
Film genres Communication Literature, Modern—20th century Literature, Modern—21st century Comics Studies Genre Media and Communication Contemporary Literature |
| ISBN | 3030435547 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Genres as formula, genres beyond formula -- 2. Are genres media-specific? -- 3. Where are genres in comics? -- 4. How genres emerge: horror comics -- 5. How genres are maintained: the case of genre curation in crossovers -- 6. The uses of genre: productivity, cultural distinction and shared culture -- 7. The uses of genre: generic discourses among producing fans -- 8. The uses of genres: asserting authority -- 10. Invisible genres and other architexts -- 11. Conclusion: Beyond genre?. |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020 | ||
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Victorian Detectives in Contemporary Culture : Beyond Sherlock Holmes / / edited by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko
| Victorian Detectives in Contemporary Culture : Beyond Sherlock Holmes / / edited by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 116 p.) |
| Disciplina | 823.087209 |
| Collana | Palgrave Pivot |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular Culture
Motion pictures Film genres Literature, Modern—19th century Adaptation Studies Genre Nineteenth-Century Literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 3-319-69311-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255093303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Virtual Weaponry : The Militarized Internet in Hollywood War Films / / by Aaron Tucker
| Virtual Weaponry : The Militarized Internet in Hollywood War Films / / by Aaron Tucker |
| Autore | Tucker Aaron |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 250 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 791.430973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures—United States
Culture Technology Film genres Popular Culture Communication American Cinema and TV Culture and Technology Genre Media and Communication |
| ISBN | 3-319-60198-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction: Virtual Weaponry -- Chapter 2: The Hard Technological Body in the Exoskeletal Soldier -- Chapter 3: The Soldier Interfaces on the Digitally Augmented Battlefield -- Chapter 4: War Films, Combat Simulators and The Absent Virtual Soldier -- Chapter 5: Ender’s War Games: Drones, Data and the Simulation of War as Weapon and Tactic -- Chapter 6: The Civilian Soldiers of Cyberwarfare. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255075103321 |
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Tucker Aaron
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Western and Political Thought : A Fistful of Politics / / edited by Damien K. Picariello
| The Western and Political Thought : A Fistful of Politics / / edited by Damien K. Picariello |
| Autore | Picariello Damien K |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Disciplina |
320.01
813.087409 |
| Soggetto topico |
Political science
Film genres Popular Culture Motion pictures, American Fiction Political Theory Genre Studies American Film and TV Fiction Literature |
| ISBN | 3-031-27284-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction:Thus in the beginning all the World was America -- Part I: Foundings, Law, Lawlessness, and John Ford -- Chapter 1. Virtue, Tyranny, and Political Rule in David Milch's Deadwood -- Chapter 2. Print the Legend: Violence, Virtue, and the Social Contract in Hang 'Em High and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- Chapter 3. John Ford's Legendary Western Ambiguity and White Settler Colonialism -- Chapter 4. This is Our Town': Political Community in High Noon and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- Part II: The Western as Mirror and Teacher -- Chapter 5. Simmering Madness: Mob Justice and The Ox-Bow Incident -- Chapter 6. The Loner on the 'Frontier of Unfilled Hopes and Unfilled Threats': Serling's Old West in Kennedy's New Frontier -- Chapter 7. No Man's Land: Film Cycles, Femininity, and Female Empowerment in the Modern Western -- Chapter 8. Horse Operas Talk Back: History, Memory, and the Black Cowboy Performing -- Chapter 9. Aristophanes in Spurs: Blazing Saddles, Attic Comedy, HBO, and the Politics of Democratic Laughter -- Part III: The Adaptable, International West -- Chapter 10. Towards Assimilationist Politics on the Filmic Frontier: Mid-Twentieth Century Westerns in Australia -- Chapter 11.Ideological Uses of the Western in Film Depictions of Post-War Polish Borderlands -- Chapter 12.Magnificent Strangers: Violence and Difference. |
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Picariello Damien K
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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World cinema through global genres / / William V. Costanzo
| World cinema through global genres / / William V. Costanzo |
| Autore | Costanzo William V |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (451 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43071 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - Study and teaching
Film genres |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-71310-9
1-118-71291-9 1-118-71308-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
World Cinema through Global Genres; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Introduction; Unit I The Warrior Hero; Chapter 1 The Warrior Hero; The Western Hero and the Samurai; Men with Guns: The Western Hero; Men with Swords: The Samurai Tradition; Enchanted Swords and Flying Fists: Wuxia and Kung Fu; Evolution of the Wuxia Hero; Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and Chinese Aesthetics; The Kung Fu Craze Begins; Hong Kong's Movie Industry Comes of Age; Kung Fu, Wuxia, and the Aesthetics of Action; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Chinese Cinemas
The Three Chinas Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Making of a Transnational Chinese-Language Film; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Magnificent Seven; Questions; Notes; Further Reading and Other Media; Close-up Seven Samurai; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Sholay; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Way of the Dragon; Questions; Notes; Unit II The Weeding Film; Chapter 2 The Wedding Film; Questions of Genre and Myth; Every Girl's Dream, Every Father's Nightmare; Wedding Movies as Romantic Comedy; Best Friends, Buddies, and Other Wedding Saboteurs Black Comedy and Dysfunctional Families: Wedding Films as Social Satire Arab Brides on the Border; Rites of Passage, Icons of Success: The Mythology of Wedding Films; Comparative Weddings 101; Towards a Definition of the Genre; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Indian Cinemas; Classical Indian Cinema; History, Politics, and the Indian Film; Native Aesthetics; Song, Saris, Dance, and Stars; Questions of Influence; Bollywood in the 1990's: Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!and Family Wedding Films; Bride and Prejudice: The Indian Diaspora and Beyond; Global Bollywood and the Wedding Myth; Notes Further Reading Close-up My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up Monsoon Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up The Wedding Banquet; Questions; Notes; Close-up Wedding in Galilee; Questions; Notes; Unit III The Horror Film; Chapter 3 The Horror Film; Why We Watch Horror Films: The Thrill of Fear; Vampires: The Evolution of a Monster; Gothic Ghosts and Grand Guignol Gore; Soundless Screams on Silent Screens; The 1930's: Universal's Classic Monsters; The 1940's: World War II and Horror Noir; The 1950's: Creature Features and the Cold War The 1960's: Psychos and Zombies, Civil Rights and Vietnam The 1970's: Stalking the American Family; The 1980's: Hauntings and Howlings in the Age of Reagan; The 1990's: Postmodern Horror and Supernatural Realismat the End of the Millennium; The New Millennium: Horror to the Extreme; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Japanese Cinemas; Early History and Culture; Genres and Aesthetics; Anime; J-Horror; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Halloween; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Suspiria; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Devil's Backbone; Questions; Notes Further Reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453671303321 |
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Costanzo William V
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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World cinema through global genres / / William V. Costanzo
| World cinema through global genres / / William V. Costanzo |
| Autore | Costanzo William V |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (451 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43071 |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - Study and teaching
Film genres |
| ISBN |
1-118-71310-9
1-118-71291-9 1-118-71308-7 |
| Classificazione | PER004030 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
World Cinema through Global Genres; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Introduction; Unit I The Warrior Hero; Chapter 1 The Warrior Hero; The Western Hero and the Samurai; Men with Guns: The Western Hero; Men with Swords: The Samurai Tradition; Enchanted Swords and Flying Fists: Wuxia and Kung Fu; Evolution of the Wuxia Hero; Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and Chinese Aesthetics; The Kung Fu Craze Begins; Hong Kong's Movie Industry Comes of Age; Kung Fu, Wuxia, and the Aesthetics of Action; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Chinese Cinemas
The Three Chinas Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Making of a Transnational Chinese-Language Film; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Magnificent Seven; Questions; Notes; Further Reading and Other Media; Close-up Seven Samurai; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Sholay; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Way of the Dragon; Questions; Notes; Unit II The Weeding Film; Chapter 2 The Wedding Film; Questions of Genre and Myth; Every Girl's Dream, Every Father's Nightmare; Wedding Movies as Romantic Comedy; Best Friends, Buddies, and Other Wedding Saboteurs Black Comedy and Dysfunctional Families: Wedding Films as Social Satire Arab Brides on the Border; Rites of Passage, Icons of Success: The Mythology of Wedding Films; Comparative Weddings 101; Towards a Definition of the Genre; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Indian Cinemas; Classical Indian Cinema; History, Politics, and the Indian Film; Native Aesthetics; Song, Saris, Dance, and Stars; Questions of Influence; Bollywood in the 1990's: Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!and Family Wedding Films; Bride and Prejudice: The Indian Diaspora and Beyond; Global Bollywood and the Wedding Myth; Notes Further Reading Close-up My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up Monsoon Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up The Wedding Banquet; Questions; Notes; Close-up Wedding in Galilee; Questions; Notes; Unit III The Horror Film; Chapter 3 The Horror Film; Why We Watch Horror Films: The Thrill of Fear; Vampires: The Evolution of a Monster; Gothic Ghosts and Grand Guignol Gore; Soundless Screams on Silent Screens; The 1930's: Universal's Classic Monsters; The 1940's: World War II and Horror Noir; The 1950's: Creature Features and the Cold War The 1960's: Psychos and Zombies, Civil Rights and Vietnam The 1970's: Stalking the American Family; The 1980's: Hauntings and Howlings in the Age of Reagan; The 1990's: Postmodern Horror and Supernatural Realismat the End of the Millennium; The New Millennium: Horror to the Extreme; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Japanese Cinemas; Early History and Culture; Genres and Aesthetics; Anime; J-Horror; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Halloween; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Suspiria; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Devil's Backbone; Questions; Notes Further Reading |
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Costanzo William V
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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World cinema through global genres / / William V. Costanzo
| World cinema through global genres / / William V. Costanzo |
| Autore | Costanzo William V |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (451 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43071 |
| Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures - Study and teaching
Film genres |
| ISBN |
1-118-71310-9
1-118-71291-9 1-118-71308-7 |
| Classificazione | PER004030 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
World Cinema through Global Genres; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Introduction; Unit I The Warrior Hero; Chapter 1 The Warrior Hero; The Western Hero and the Samurai; Men with Guns: The Western Hero; Men with Swords: The Samurai Tradition; Enchanted Swords and Flying Fists: Wuxia and Kung Fu; Evolution of the Wuxia Hero; Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and Chinese Aesthetics; The Kung Fu Craze Begins; Hong Kong's Movie Industry Comes of Age; Kung Fu, Wuxia, and the Aesthetics of Action; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Chinese Cinemas
The Three Chinas Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Making of a Transnational Chinese-Language Film; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Magnificent Seven; Questions; Notes; Further Reading and Other Media; Close-up Seven Samurai; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Sholay; Questions; Note; Further Reading; Close-up Way of the Dragon; Questions; Notes; Unit II The Weeding Film; Chapter 2 The Wedding Film; Questions of Genre and Myth; Every Girl's Dream, Every Father's Nightmare; Wedding Movies as Romantic Comedy; Best Friends, Buddies, and Other Wedding Saboteurs Black Comedy and Dysfunctional Families: Wedding Films as Social Satire Arab Brides on the Border; Rites of Passage, Icons of Success: The Mythology of Wedding Films; Comparative Weddings 101; Towards a Definition of the Genre; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Indian Cinemas; Classical Indian Cinema; History, Politics, and the Indian Film; Native Aesthetics; Song, Saris, Dance, and Stars; Questions of Influence; Bollywood in the 1990's: Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!and Family Wedding Films; Bride and Prejudice: The Indian Diaspora and Beyond; Global Bollywood and the Wedding Myth; Notes Further Reading Close-up My Big Fat Greek Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up Monsoon Wedding; Questions; Notes; Close-up The Wedding Banquet; Questions; Notes; Close-up Wedding in Galilee; Questions; Notes; Unit III The Horror Film; Chapter 3 The Horror Film; Why We Watch Horror Films: The Thrill of Fear; Vampires: The Evolution of a Monster; Gothic Ghosts and Grand Guignol Gore; Soundless Screams on Silent Screens; The 1930's: Universal's Classic Monsters; The 1940's: World War II and Horror Noir; The 1950's: Creature Features and the Cold War The 1960's: Psychos and Zombies, Civil Rights and Vietnam The 1970's: Stalking the American Family; The 1980's: Hauntings and Howlings in the Age of Reagan; The 1990's: Postmodern Horror and Supernatural Realismat the End of the Millennium; The New Millennium: Horror to the Extreme; Filmography; Notes; Further Reading; Deep Focus on Japanese Cinemas; Early History and Culture; Genres and Aesthetics; Anime; J-Horror; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Halloween; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up Suspiria; Questions; Notes; Further Reading; Close-up The Devil's Backbone; Questions; Notes Further Reading |
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Costanzo William V
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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