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  • Monument Valley or Once Upon a Time at the Movies

    by Douglas Brode ...
    The Last Picture ShowDuring the late 1960s, three men met in Monument Valley, the heart, soul, and brain of our vast southwest. One was John Ford, an aging director who over the past half-century had created the greatest body of cinematic work dealing with the frontier experience; i.e., 'westing.' His hope was to create one final epic that would serve as an epilogue to all he'd done before, ... Read more

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  • They Went That-A-Way - 101 Forgotten Westerns to Remember

    by Douglas Brode ...
    LOST RIDERS OF THE HOLLYWOOD SAGE . . .Fans of Western movies have heard of (and likely seen) the key genre classics: Shane, High Noon, The Searchers, Stagecoach, Red River, Tombstone, and Unforgiven, to name a few. But how many armchair cowboys and cowgirls are aware that thirty years previous to Clint Eastwood's film, a similarly named movie, The Unforgiven, featured two top 1950s Western stars, ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and Lost Continents

    The 100 Greatest Science-Fiction Films

    by Douglas Brode ...
    Whether you judge by box office receipts, industry awards, or critical accolades, science fiction films are the most popular movies now being produced and distributed around the world. Nor is this phenomenon new. Sci-fi filmmakers and audiences have been exploring fantastic planets, forbidden zones, and lost continents ever since George Méliès' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. In this highly ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Something Wicked

    Witchcraft in Movies, Television, and Popular Culture

    An anthology of essays that deal with Witchcraft and the figure of the Witch, as they have been presented in motion pictures, television, and popular culture, in order to understand how, why, and when the common anti-Witchcraft/ anti-Witch attitude evolved.Mainstream tales of Witchcraft, including modern movies, novels, TV series, and other examples of our popular culture, more often than not ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The DC Comics Universe

    Critical Essays

    Edited by Douglas Brode ...
    As properties of DC comics continue to sprout over the years, narratives that were once kept sacrosanct now spill over into one another, synergizing into one bona fide creative Universe. Intended for both professional pop culture researchers and general interest readers, this collection of essays covers DC Universe multimedia, including graphic novels, video games, movies and TV shows. Each essay ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Shooting Stars of the Small Screen

    Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present

    by Douglas Brode ...
    Series series Ellen and Edward Randall Series
    Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Disney's Davy Crockett. Though the cultural revolution of the later 1960s contributed to the demise of traditional Western programs, the Western ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone

    The 50th Anniversary Tribute

    Edited by Douglas Brode, Carol Serling ...
    2009 marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Twilight Zone, arguably one of the most popular television shows ever. Drawing on photographs and personal remembrances, Rod Serling's widow, Carol, gives commentary on some of the series' most memorable episodes. Veteran film historian Douglas Brode gives in-depth descriptions of these episodes and why they were so resonant with viewers. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Multiculturalism and the Mouse

    Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment

    by Douglas Brode ...
    In his latest iconoclastic work, Douglas Brode—the only academic author/scholar who dares to defend Disney entertainment—argues that "Uncle Walt's" output of films, television shows, theme parks, and spin-off items promoted diversity decades before such a concept gained popular currency in the 1990s. Fully understood, It's a Small World—one of the most popular attractions at the Disney theme parks ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Twenty-First-Century Western

    New Riders of the Cinematic Stage

    Focusing on twenty-first century Western films, including all major releases since the turn of the century, the essays in this volume cover a broad range of aesthetic and thematic aspects explored in these films, including gender and race. As diverse contributors focus on the individual subgenres of the traditional Western (the gunfighter, the Cavalry vs. Native American conflict, the role of ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • The Star Trek Universe

    Franchising the Final Frontier

    Edited by Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode ...
    As one of the most influential shows of all time, Star Trek continues to engage fans around the world. But its cultural impact has grown far beyond the scope of the original seventy-nine episodes. The show spawned an unprecedented progeny, beginning with Star Trek: The Next Generation, followed by three additional series of space exploration. Film versions featuring Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • From Walt to Woodstock

    How Disney Created the Counterculture

    by Douglas Brode ...
    With his thumbprint on the most ubiquitous films of childhood, Walt Disney is widely considered to be the most conventional of all major American moviemakers. The adjective "Disneyfied" has become shorthand for a creative work that has abandoned any controversial or substantial content to find commercial success.But does Disney deserve that reputation? Douglas Brode overturns the idea of Disney as ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Dream West

    Politics and Religion in Cowboy Movies

    by Douglas Brode ...
    Series series Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
    While political liberals celebrated the end of “cowboy politics” with the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, political conservatives in the Tea Party and other like-minded groups still vociferously support “cowboy” values such as small government, low taxes, free-market capitalism, and the right to bear arms. Yet, as Douglas Brode argues in this paradigm-shifting book, these supposedly ... Read more

    $20.19 USD