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Gene Tierney

Star of Hollywood's Home Front

Will Scheibel

Hollywood’s Gene Tierney, the lasting impact of her wartime and postwar films, and her continuing legacy.

Paperback
Published: September 2022
ISBN: 9780814348215
$29.99
Hardcover
Published: September 2022
ISBN: 9780814348208
$84.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2022
ISBN: 9780814348222

American Television during a Television Presidency

Edited by Karen McNally

Explores the ways television documents, satirizes, and critiques the political era of the Trump presidency.

Paperback
Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349359
$36.99
Hardcover
Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349366
$94.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349373
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Our Blessed Rebel Queen

Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia

Edited by Linda Mizejewski and Tanya D. Zuk

Exploration of Carrie Fisher as star, author, comedian, and iconic personification of Princess Leia.

Paperback
Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346860
$36.99
Hardcover
Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346853
$92.99
eBOOK
Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346877

Resetting the Scene

Classical Hollywood Revisited

Edited by Philippa Gates and Katherine Spring

Showcases cutting-edge work by renowned researchers of classical Hollywood filmmaking.

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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347799
$36.99
Hardcover
Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347805
$94.99
eBOOK
Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347812

Starring Tom Cruise

Edited by Sean Redmond

Interdisciplinary star study of one of the most iconic Hollywood celebrities of the last thirty-five years.

Paperback
Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814347188
$34.99
Hardcover
Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814347171
$92.99
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Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814347195
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Stars and Silhouettes

The History of the Cameo Role in Hollywood

Joceline Andersen

Extensive account of the cameo’s production history and how audiences affirm their mastery of celebrity culture.

Paperback
Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346914
$34.99
Hardcover
Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346907
$84.99
eBOOK
Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346921

Beyond Method

Stella Adler and the Male Actor

Scott Balcerzak

Explores the methodologies and influence of acting teacher Stella Adler on her male students.

Paperback
Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342916
$27.99
Hardcover
Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814344897
$84.99
eBOOK
Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342923

Hugo Von Hofmannsthal

Three Plays

Hugo Von Hofmannsthalintroduction and translated by Alfred Schwarz

The translations collected here-Death and the Fool, Electra, and The Tower represent different periods and interests in his career as a dramatist.

Paperback
Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814312865
$24.99

Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering

Edited by Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Colleen Glenn

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.

Paperback
Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814339398
$34.99
eBOOK
Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814339404

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Ken Feil

Examines the reception, formal strategies, production history, and ideological underpinnings of the groundbreaking comedy-variety show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.

Paperback
Published: November 2014
ISBN: 9780814338223
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2014
ISBN: 9780814338230

Montgomery Clift, Queer Star

Elisabetta Girelli

Considers Montgomery Clift's star persona, film roles, and performances through the lens of queer theory.

Paperback
Published: December 2013
ISBN: 9780814335147
$32.99
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Published: December 2013
ISBN: 9780814339244
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Embodying Hebrew Culture

Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine

Nina S. Spiegel

Details the creation of a Hebrew cultural aesthetic that was intentionally and distinctly physical.

Paperback
Published: June 2013
ISBN: 9780814348031
$29.99
Hardcover
Published: June 2013
ISBN: 9780814336366
$42.99
eBOOK
Published: June 2013
ISBN: 9780814336373

Hollywood's Chosen People

The Jewish Experience in American Cinema

Edited by Daniel Bernardi, Murray Pomerance, and Hava Tirosh-Samuelson

Investigates the relationship between Jewish identity and American film from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Paperback
Published: September 2012
ISBN: 9780814334829
$32.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2012
ISBN: 9780814338070

Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage

Essays in Drama, Performance, and Show Business

Edited by Joel Berkowitz and Barbara Henry

Collects leading scholars’ insight on the plays, production, music, audiences, and political and aesthetic concerns of modern Yiddish theater.

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Published: May 2012
ISBN: 9780814335048
$39.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2012
ISBN: 9780814337196

Gilligan's Island

Walter Metz

An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s.

Paperback
Published: February 2012
ISBN: 9780814333723
$19.99
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Published: February 2012
ISBN: 9780814336472
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Seeing Israeli and Jewish Dance

Edited by Judith Brin Ingber

A comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary Jewish dance.

Hardcover
Published: June 2011
ISBN: 9780814333303
$34.95

From Bourgeois to Boojie

Black Middle-Class Performances

Edited by Vershawn Ashanti Young with Bridget Harris Tsemo

Examines how generations of African Americans perceive, proclaim, and name the combined performance of race and class across genres.

Paperback
Published: April 2011
ISBN: 9780814334683
$27.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2011
ISBN: 9780814336427

Hollywood Goes Oriental

CaucAsian Performance in American Film

Karla Rae Fuller
With a Foreword by Tom Gunning

An in-depth look at the portrayal of Asian characters by non-Asian actors in classical Hollywood film.

Paperback
Published: August 2010
ISBN: 9780814334676
$32.99
eBOOK
Published: August 2010
ISBN: 9780814335383

I Love Lucy

Lori Landay

An analysis of I Love Lucy, one of the best loved sitcoms in the history of American television.

Paperback
Published: April 2010
ISBN: 9780814332610
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2010
ISBN: 9780814335734

The Flip Wilson Show

Meghan Sutherland

Analyzes the social, political, and institutional context of The Flip Wilson Show, which ran on NBC between 1970 and 1974.

Paperback
Published: January 2008
ISBN: 9780814332528
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: January 2008
ISBN: 9780814335758

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