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  • Movies, Music and Memory

    Tools for Wellbeing in Later Life

    Edited by Julia Hallam, Lisa Shaw ...
    Series series Emerald Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life
    Presenting research findings from recent studies which use innovative, creative approaches, including pilot projects led by the authors in the UK and Brazil, this book provides an accessible, timely, practical and jargon-free overview of how music and films are currently used in nursing homes, dementia wards and day-care centres for the older population.Drawing on the expertise of researchers, ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Baby Names Your Child Can Live With

    Thousands Of Names To Help You Make The Perfect Choice

    by Lisa Shaw, Andrea Norville ...
    Eamon or Andy? Kai or Katherine? Choosing the right name for your baby isn't easy. Cool, contemporary names may seem great to you initially, but what if they sound strange or obscure when your child gets older? There are thousands of names to consider, but only one that's just right for your baby. With this unique and practical book, you can cut through the myriad possibilities in no time. Divided ... Read more

    $6.95 USD

  • Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema

    Edited by Tim Bergfelder, Lisa Shaw, João Luiz Vieira ...
    Despite the recent explosion of scholarly interest in “star studies,” Brazilian film has received comparatively little attention. As this volume demonstrates, however, the richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda. Among the studies assembled here are fascinating explorations of figures such as Eliane Lage (the star attraction of São Paulo’s Vera Cruz studios) ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Stars and Stardom in Brazilian Cinema

    Edited by Lisa Shaw, João Luiz Vieira, Tim Bergfelder ...
    Despite the recent explosion of scholarly interest in “star studies,” Brazilian film has received comparatively little attention. As this volume demonstrates, however, the richness of Brazilian stardom extends well beyond the ubiquitous Carmen Miranda. Among the studies assembled here are fascinating explorations of figures such as Eliane Lage (the star attraction of São Paulo’s Vera Cruz studios) ... Read more

    Was $31.99 USD Now $23.99 USD

  • Carmen Miranda

    by Lisa Shaw ...
    Series series Film Stars
    This is the first book-length study of Carmen Miranda in English. It traces her origins as a radio singer, recording artist and film star in Brazil in the 1930s, before exploring in depth her Hollywood screen roles and the construction of her long-lasting star persona in the USA. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Social History of the Brazilian Samba

    by Lisa Shaw ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, this volume examines the impact of political, social and cultural developments on the nation’s most popular musical form, samba, in the context of the period 1930-45, one of huge social change in Brazil, with the introduction of industrialization under the authoritarian regime of Getúlio Vargas. She looks at the context in which the songs were written, the life styles and ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Brazilian National Cinema

    by Lisa Shaw, Stephanie Dennison ...
    Series series National Cinemas
    Brazilian cinema is one of the most influential national cinemas in Latin America and this wide-ranging study traces the evolution of Brazilian film from the silent era to the present day, including detailed studies of more recent international box-office hits, such as Central Station (1998) and City of God (2002).Brazilian National Cinema gives due importance to traditionally overlooked aspects ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Tropical Travels

    Brazilian Popular Performance, Transnational Encounters, and the Construction of Race

    by Lisa Shaw ...
    Brazilian popular culture, including music, dance, theater, and film, played a key role in transnational performance circuits—inter-American and transatlantic—from the latter nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. Brazilian performers both drew inspiration from and provided models for cultural production in France, Portugal, Argentina, the United States, and elsewhere. These ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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    The Simple Guide to Spanish Accent Mastery

    A Handbook for Authenic Pronunciation and Cultural Integration

    by Lisa Shaw ...
    Narrated by Claudia Zuniga ...

    Unabridged

    59 min

    This course helps you refine your Spanish pronunciation and develop an authentic accent. Unlike basic language programs that focus on vocabulary and grammar, this one dives deep into phonetics and the cultural nuances that shape Spanish speech.You’ll start with Spanish phonetics, mastering vowel consistency, consonant articulation, and stress patterns. You'll learn the precise tongue placement, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup (UNABRIDGED)

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    by John Kendrick BANGS ...
    Narrated by Lisa Shaw, Marguerite Castillo, Steven Brickley, Norbert Hansel ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 36 min

    Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I set forth from my office in London upon my pilgrimage to the shrines of the world's illustrious. Readers everywhere are interested in the home life of men who have made themselves factors in art, science, letters, and history, and to these people I was commissioned ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Cinema of Latin America

    Edited by Alberto Elena, Marina Díaz López ...
    Series series 24 Frames
    The Cinema of Latin America is the first volume in the new 24 Frames series of studies of national and regional cinema. In taking an explicitly text-centered approach, the books in this series offer a unique way of considering the particular concerns, styles and modes of representation of numerous national cinemas around the world. This volume focuses on the vibrant practices that make up Latin ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Portrait of a Young Painter

    Pepe Zuniga and Mexico City's Rebel Generation

    by Mary Kay Vaughan ...
    In Portrait of a Young Painter, the distinguished historian Mary Kay Vaughan adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s. Her chronicle of the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga counters a literature that portrays post-1940 Mexican history as a series of uprisings against state repression, injustice, and social neglect that ... Read more

    $25.19 USD