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  • Japanese Horror Culture

    Critical Essays on Film, Literature, Anime, Video Games

    Series series Research in Horror Studies
    Contemporary Japanese horror is deeply rooted in the folklore of its culture, with fairy tales-like ghost stories embedded deeply into the social, cultural, and religious fabric. Ever since the emergence of the J-horror phenomenon in the late 1990s with the opening and critical success of films such as Hideo Nakata’s The Ring (Ringu, 1998) or Takashi Miike’s Audition (Ôdishon, 1999), Japanese ... Read more

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  • The Renaissance of American Indian Higher Education

    Capturing the Dream

    Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    The Native American Higher Education Initiative (NAHEI), a W.W. Kellogg Foundation project, has supported the development and growth of centers of excellence at Tribal Colleges and Universities across the United States. These are centers of new thinking about learning and teaching, modeling alternative forms of educational leadership, and constructing new systems of post-secondary learning at ... Read more

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  • Ozu International

    Essays on the Global Influences of a Japanese Auteur

    In Japan and much of Europe, Ozu is widely considered to be one of the finest film directors who ever lived. While Ozu has a strong reputation in the West, his films are not as well-known or widely appreciated in the U.S. as they are elsewhere. A notable exception to this trend is film critic Roger Ebert, who recently wrote that Ozu is one of his “three or four” favorite directors. Also, moving ... Read more

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  • Comparative and International Education

    An Introduction to Theory, Method, and Practice

    This revised and updated second edition of Comparative and International Education: An Introduction to Theory, Method and Practice provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to the key themes, definitions and approaches in this important field. It covers the history, theory, and methods of comparative and international education, as well as the relationship with education and national ... Read more

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  • Martin Scorsese Unauthorized Biography: A great film director for every generation!

    Best known for films like Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Aviator and The Departed, Martin Scorsese has established himself as one of the greatest directors ever lived. He had done a number of collaborations with two of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood - Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, with most of their films marking history in American cinema. Let us take a ... Read more

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