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  • Perverse Spectators

    The Practices of Film Reception

    by Janet Staiger ...
    Film and television have never been more prevalent or watched than they are now, yet we still have little understanding of how people process and make use of what they see. And though we acknowledge the enormous role the media plays in our culture, we have only a vague sense of how it actually influences our attitudes and desires.In Perverse Spectators, Janet Staiger argues that studying the ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Interpreting Films

    Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema

    by Janet Staiger ...
    Employing a wide range of examples from Uncle Tom's Cabin and Birth of a Nation to Zelig and Personal Best, Janet Staiger argues that a historical examination of spectators' responses to films can make a valuable contribution to the history, criticism, and philosophy of cultural products. She maintains that as artifacts, films do not contain immanent meanings, that differences among ... Read more

    $41.79 USD

  • Media Reception Studies

    by Janet Staiger ...
    A broad survey on how audiences make meaning out of mass mediaMedia Reception Studies broadly surveys the past century of scholarship on the ways in which audiences make meaning out of mass media. It synthesizes in plain language social scientific, linguistic, and cultural studies approaches to film and television as communication media.Janet Staiger traverses a broad terrain, covering the Chicago ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Blockbuster TV

    Must-See Sitcoms in the Network Era

    by Janet Staiger ...
    Archie Bunker. Jed. Laverne and Shirley. Cliff Huxtable. Throughout the entire history of American prime-time television only four sitcoms have been true blockbusters, with Nielsen ratings far above the second- and third-rated programs. Weekly, millions of Americans of every age were making a special effort to turn on the set to see what Archie, Jed, Laverne, and Cliff were doing that week. The ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Classical Hollywood Cinema

    Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960

    by David Bordwell, Janet Staiger, Kristin Thompson ...
    'A dense, challenging and important book.' Philip French Observer'At the very least, this blockbuster is probably the best single volume history of Hollywood we're likely to get for a very long time.' Paul Kerr City Limits'Persuasively argued, the book is also packed with facts, figures and photographs.' Nigel Andrews Financial TimesAcclaimed for their breakthrough approach, Bordwell, Stai... ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Voicing the Cinema

    Film Music and the Integrated Soundtrack

    by James Buhler, Hannah Lewis, Julie Brown, Marcia J. Citron, Eric Dienstfrey, Erik Heine, Julie Hubbert, Brooke McCorkle, Cari McDonnell0, David Neumeyer1, Nathan Platte2, Katie Quanz3, Jeff Smith4, Janet Staiger5, Robynn Stilwell6 ...
    Theorists of the soundtrack have helped us understand how the voice and music in the cinema impact a spectator's experience. James Buhler and Hannah Lewis edit in-depth essays from many of film music's most influential scholars in order to explore fascinating issues around vococentrism, the voice in cinema, and music’s role in the integrated soundtrack.The collection is divided into four sections. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Authorship and Film

    Edited by David A. Gerstner, Janet Staiger ...
    Series series AFI Film Readers
    Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the question of authorship by connecting it to larger issues of identity--in film, in the marketplace, in society, in culture. Essays range from the auteur theory and Casablanca to Oscar Micheaux, from the American avant-garde to community video, all illuminating how "authorship" is a ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Convergence Media History

    Edited by Janet Staiger, Sabine Hake ...
    Convergence Media History explores the ways that digital convergence has radically changed the field of media history. Writing media history is no longer a matter of charting the historical development of an individual medium such as film or television. Instead, now that various media from blockbuster films to everyday computer use intersect regularly via convergence, scholars must find new ways ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Political Emotions

    Edited by Janet Staiger, Ann Cvetkovich, Ann Reynolds ...
    Series series New Agendas in Communication Series
    Political Emotions explores the contributions that the study of discourses, rhetoric, and framing of emotion make to understanding the public sphere, civil society and the political realm. Tackling critiques on the opposition of the public and private spheres, chapters in this volume examine why some sentiments are valued in public communication while others are judged irrelevant, and consider how ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    by Bill Nichols ...
    The third edition of Bill Nichols's best-selling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. A new chapter, "I Want to Make a Documentary: Where Do I Start?" guides readers through the steps of planning and preproduction and includes an example of a project proposal for a film that went on to win awards at major festivals. Designed ... Read more

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  • Comics Versus Art

    by Bart Beaty ...
    On the surface, the relationship between comics and the ‘high’ arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces.Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Of Comics and Men

    A Cultural History of American Comic Books

    by Jean-Paul Gabilliet ...
    Translated by Bart Beaty, Nick Nguyen ...
    Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical biographies with the concerns of production, distribution, and audience reception, making it ... Read more

    $25.19 USD