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Movie-Made Los Angeles
The proto-cinematic visual culture of Los Angeles that set the scene for modern Hollywood.
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Streisand
The Mirror of Difference
A blend of film reading with vocal analysis in appreciation of Barbra Streisand’s unmatched contribution to lyric drama on screen.
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ISBN: 9780814349090
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ISBN: 9780814349083
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ISBN: 9780814349106
Fearless Vulgarity
Jacqueline Susann's Queer Comedy and Camp Authorship
The enduring queer feminist engagement with Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann’s camp comedy legacy.
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ISBN: 9780814346037
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ISBN: 9780814346044
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ISBN: 9780814346051
Gene Tierney
Star of Hollywood's Home Front
Hollywood’s Gene Tierney, the lasting impact of her wartime and postwar films, and her continuing legacy.
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ISBN: 9780814348208
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ISBN: 9780814348215
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ISBN: 9780814348222
Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema
Unveils the metaphoric and theoretical possibilities of fabric in the films of Luchino Visconti.
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ISBN: 9780814348260
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ISBN: 9780814343081
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ISBN: 9780814343098
Archaic Modernism
Queer Poetics in the Cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini
Detailed textual readings evoking the archaic sensibility and modernist style of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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ISBN: 9780814346068
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ISBN: 9780814343104
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ISBN: 9780814343111
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Stars and Silhouettes
The History of the Cameo Role in Hollywood
Extensive account of the cameo’s production history and how audiences affirm their mastery of celebrity culture.
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ISBN: 9780814346907
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ISBN: 9780814346914
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ISBN: 9780814346921
The Cinema of Ettore Scola
Brings to light Scola’s cinematic style and contextualizes his commentary on Italian society and politics.
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ISBN: 9780814347478
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ISBN: 9780814343791
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ISBN: 9780814343807
Cinematic Cryptonymies
The Absent Body in Postwar Film
How postwar film represents absent bodies via the cinematic practices of audiovisual erasure by key filmmakers.
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ISBN: 9780814345610
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ISBN: 9780814345627
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ISBN: 9780814345634
Robin Wood on the Horror Film
Collected Essays and Reviews
Robin Wood’s writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume.
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ISBN: 9780814345252
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ISBN: 9780814345238
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ISBN: 9780814345245
1968 and Global Cinema
Examines the political cinema of 1968 in relation to global events.
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ISBN: 9780814345429
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ISBN: 9780814342930
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ISBN: 9780814342947
Beyond Method
Stella Adler and the Male Actor
Explores the methodologies and influence of acting teacher Stella Adler on her male students.
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ISBN: 9780814344897
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ISBN: 9780814342916
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ISBN: 9780814342923
Comic Venus
Women and Comedy in American Silent Film
Examines the social and historical significance of women’s contributions to American silent film comedy.
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ISBN: 9780814345290
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ISBN: 9780814341025
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ISBN: 9780814341032
Raul Ruiz's Cinema of Inquiry
Investigates the work of global filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.
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ISBN: 9780814341063
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ISBN: 9780814341070
Warriors, Witches, Whores
Women in Israeli Cinema
Feminist reading of women’s representation and activism in Israeli cinema.
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ISBN: 9780814339671
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ISBN: 9780814339688
Queer Mexico
Cinema and Television since 2000
Explores the rich and varied LGBT cinema and television of Mexico since the new millennium.
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ISBN: 9780814342749
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ISBN: 9780814342756
Projecting the World
Representing the "Foreign" in Classical Hollywood
Discussion of international culture and politics in Hollywood films from the mid-1930s to 1960s.
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ISBN: 9780814343067
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ISBN: 9780814343074
From Tinseltown to Bordertown
Los Angeles on Film
Close readings that look for "the real Los Angeles" in a selection of contemporary movies.
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ISBN: 9780814339855
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ISBN: 9780814339862
The Boys in the Band
Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics
William Friedkin’s 1970 motion picture The Boys in the Band is perfectly poised for the wide-ranging reassessment and innovative readings that this edited volume accomplishes.
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ISBN: 9780814341537
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ISBN: 9780814341544
Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering
Examines how psychological and physical suffering, as portrayed on screen and experienced in personal lives, has affected the images, performances, and fortunes of stars from the 1940s to the present.
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ISBN: 9780814339398
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ISBN: 9780814339404