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Birth of the Binge
Serial TV and the End of Leisure
A deep-dive into the practice and execution of contemporary television viewing.
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In the News, 3rd edition
The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
Third edition of the "go-to" textbook on media relations, demonstrating a proactive and planned approach.
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Transforming Harry
The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age
Focuses on the critical and theoretical implications of adapting the Harry Potter novels to films and media.
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ISBN: 9780814344910
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ISBN: 9780814342862
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ISBN: 9780814342879
Parables of the Posthuman
Digital Realities, Gaming, and the Player Experience
A philosophical reading of video gaming that focuses on what it means to be a player.
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ISBN: 9780814334881
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ISBN: 9780814341445
Knots Landing
Examines Knots Landing in its industrial and political contexts and from fresh aesthetic and theoretical perspectives.
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ISBN: 9780814340332
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ISBN: 9780814340349
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Channeling Wonder
Fairy Tales on Television
Investigates a wide range of fairy tales on television, stretching into the twenty-first century and across the world.
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ISBN: 9780814339220
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ISBN: 9780814339237
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Grimms' Tales around the Globe
The Dynamics of Their International Reception
A systematic study of various factors in the international reception of Grimms’ fairy tales.
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ISBN: 9780814339206
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ISBN: 9780814339213
Documenting the Documentary
Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video, New and Expanded Edition
Essays on important documentary films from a wide range of critical and theoretical perspectives.
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ISBN: 9780814339718
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ISBN: 9780814339725
Cinema and Community
Progressivism, Exhibition, and Film Culture in Chicago, 1907-1917
Investigates how progressivism structured many aspects of understudied era of cinema.
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ISBN: 9780814337257
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ISBN: 9780814337264
Fairy Tales Transformed?
Twenty-First-Century Adaptations and the Politics of Wonder
Investigates early twenty-first-century fairy-tale transformations to explore the politics and poetics of adaptation.
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ISBN: 9780814334874
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ISBN: 9780814339282
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Revisioning Red Riding Hood around the World
An Anthology of International Retellings
Collects more than fifty versions of the Little Red Riding Hood story from a wide range of countries and cultures.
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ISBN: 9780814334799
The Last Laugh
Strange Humors of Cinema
Fascinating explorations of dark, strange, unpredictable, and non-comedic laughter.
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ISBN: 9780814335130
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ISBN: 9780814338551
The Time of Our Lives
Dirty Dancing and Popular Culture
An in-depth, multidisciplinary examination of the cultural phenomenon of Dirty Dancing.
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ISBN: 9780814336243
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ISBN: 9780814336250
The Wire
Analyzes how The Wire repurposed television drama for political critique.
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ISBN: 9780814335901
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ISBN: 9780814335932
The Sopranos
Surveys the commercial importance, originality, and cultural relevance of the groundbreaking HBO series The Sopranos.
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ISBN: 9780814334065
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ISBN: 9780814338520
The Donna Reed Show
Analyzes The Donna Reed Show, which aired from 1958 to 1966, as a key moment of cultural transition.
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ISBN: 9780814335086
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ISBN: 9780814338087
Before the Crash
Early Video Game History
Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash of 1983 that ended the medium’s golden age.
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ISBN: 9780814334508
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ISBN: 9780814337226
Gilligan's Island
An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s.
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ISBN: 9780814333723
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ISBN: 9780814336472
I Love Lucy
An analysis of I Love Lucy, one of the best loved sitcoms in the history of American television.
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ISBN: 9780814332610
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ISBN: 9780814335734
Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters
A Hollywood History
Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today.
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ISBN: 9780814330081
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ISBN: 9780814336977