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Prime-Time Familiesby Ella Taylor
University of California Press 1989; US$ 12.95Prime-Time Families provides a wide-ranging new look at television entertainment in the past four decades. Working within the interdisciplinary framework of cultural studies, Ella Taylor analyzes television as a constellation of social practices. Part popular culture analysis, part sociology, and part American history, Prime-Time Families is a rich and insightful work the sheds light on the way television shapes our lives. more...
Dramaturgyby Mary Luckhurst; David Bradby
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 35.00Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre is the first substantial history of the origins of dramaturgs and literary managers. Mary Luckhurst examines the major theorists and practitioners, arguing that Brecht, Granville Barker and Tynan have central places in this history, and questions whether dramaturgs are mentors or censors. more...
Physical Theatresby Simon Murray; John Keefe
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 36.95This essential new textbook on physical theatre synthesises history, theory and practice of this field in a useful way for students new to the subject, providing a necessary and fascinating introduction to this broad field of theatre. more...
For Your Eyes Onlyby David Giammaarco; E. Howard Hunt
ECW Press 2002; US$ 10.95A rare behind-the-scenes tour of the highly successful film series, this book explores the exciting world of James Bond through unprecedented access to the 007 sets and exclusive interviews with Bond's leading playersfrom Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Sean Connery to the key directors and legendary producers. Retracing the cultural and political impact of the Bond series, this book also features interviews with such noted figures as Hugh Hefner and CIA agent E. Howard Hunt. From literary beginnings and the international film sensation to its faltering success in the mid-1980s and the spectacular resurgence of the character's popularity with Pierce Brosnan's portrayal, this book leaves no stone unturned from Dr. No... more...
Metaphorby Zoltan Kovecses
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 24.95Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters--on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' --along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures. more...
Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciencesby Frank Bechhofer; Lindsay Paterson
Routledge 2000; US$ 54.95A stimulating book for social scientists considering the issues involved when deciding upon their research design. more...
Sourcebook on African-American Performanceby Annemarie Bean
Routledge 1999; US$ 45.95The first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s. more...
Certain Fragmentsby Tim Etchells; Peggy Phelan
Routledge 1999; US$ 44.95An exploration of what lies at the heart of contemporary theatre. Written by the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, it investigates the process of devising performance, theatre's interdisciplinary role, and the city's influence. more...
Two Playsby Nicole J. Burton
Boson Books 1997; US$ 12.95DEP-LOVE : If an abandoned 8-year old girl can't find true love with an Egyptian fortune-telling hairdresser, where can she find it? Every month, when Hazel's foster home sends her to Alma's hair salon, Hazel gets more than a shampoo; she gets love. But war breaks out in Egypt, and Alma's family must quickly return home. In their last minutes together, can Alma convince Hazel she is not abandoning her? The ten-minute play, DEP-LOVE , was second-place winner in the Source Theater Summer Festival. FREUDIAN SLIP : This playful one act drama turns on a play on a play on words. Set in a modern office and featuring actors of differing background cultures, FREUDIAN SLIP literalizes and pokes fun at the Freudian concept. For an author... more...
Three Playsby Harold Lieberman
Boson Books 1995; US$ 15.95Kafka in Love deals with the last year of Franz Kafka's life. It won the Forest A. Roberts/Playwrighting Contest award and was produced at the Forest Roberts Theatre in Marquett, Michigan. With Ron Moody directing, Alexander Racolin produced the play in London. From the critics on Kafka in Love :Lieberman's script follows the anarchic logic of psychoanalysis, rushing backwards and forwards across Kafka's famous frontier between ordinary life and the terror that seems more real. The material is authentic, the atmosphere that of a Yiddish burlesque house. Striking from an unexpected angle the insight is genuine. The Leavings is a winner of the National Playwrights Showcase prize. When it was produced at the Gallery Theatre in Los... more...