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  • Their Own Best Creations

    Women Writers in Postwar Television

    by Annie Berke ...
    Series Book 1 - Feminist Media Histories
    A rich account that combines media-industry history and cultural studies, Their Own Best Creations looks at women writers' contributions to some of the most popular genres of postwar TV: comedy-variety, family sitcom, daytime soap, and suspense anthology. During the 1950s, when the commercial medium of television was still being defined, women writers navigated pressures at work, constructed ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • American Comics

    A History

    by Jeremy Dauber ...
    The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination.Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize–winning titles, ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

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  • Projections

    Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling

    by Jared Gardner ...
    Series series Post*45
    When Art Spiegelman's Maus won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, it marked a new era for comics. Comics are now taken seriously by the same academic and cultural institutions that long dismissed the form. And the visibility of comics continues to increase, with alternative cartoonists now published by major presses and more comics-based films arriving on the screen each year.Projections argues that the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • 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

    $40.49 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

  • Tinker Belles and Evil Queens

    The Walt Disney Company from the Inside Out

    by Sean P. Griffin ...
    The first book to address the interaction between the Walt Disney Company and the gay communityFrom its Magic Kingdom theme parks to its udderless cows, the Walt Disney Company has successfully maintained itself as the brand name of conservative American family values. But the Walt Disney Company has also had a long and complex relationship to the gay and lesbian community that is only now ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Complete History of American Film Criticism

    by Jerry Roberts ...
    The Complete History of American Film Criticism is a chronicle of the lives and work of the most influential film critics of the past 100 years. From the first movie review in the New York Times in 1896 through the Silent Era, the pre- and postwar years, the Film Generation of the 1960s, the Golden Age of the 1970s, and into the 21st century, critics have educated generations of discriminating ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Animated Personalities

    Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts

    by David McGowan ...
    This pioneering book makes the case that iconic cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse, are legitimate cinematic stars, just as popular human actors are.Mickey Mouse, Betty Boop, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Felix the Cat, and other beloved cartoon characters have entertained media audiences for almost a century, outliving the human stars who were once their contemporaries in studio-era Hollywood. ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Women of Blaxploitation

    How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture

    by Yvonne D. Sims ...
    With the Civil Rights movement of the sixties fresh in their perspective, movie producers of the early 1970s began to make films aimed toward the underserved African American audience. Over the next five years or so, a number of cheaply made, so-called blaxploitation movies featured African American actresses in roles which broke traditional molds. Typically long on flash and violence but lacking ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood

    Edited by Lincoln Geraghty ...
    With its sprawling celebrity homes, the Walk of Fame and the iconic sign on the hill, Hollywood is truly the land of stars. Glamorous and larger-than-life, many of the most memorable motion pictures of all time have emanated from its multimillion-dollar film industry, which exports more films per capita than that of any other nation. Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood lays out the ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • American Films of the 70s

    Conflicting Visions

    by Peter Lev ...
    A history of '70s film classics reveals the essential debates of mid-twentieth-century American society—the perfect gift for film buffs and scholars.While the anti-establishment rebels of 1969's Easy Rider were morphing into the nostalgic yuppies of 1983's The Big Chill, '70s movies brought us everything from killer sharks, blaxploitation, and disco musicals to a loving look at General George S. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hysterical!

    Women in American Comedy

    by Linda Mizejewski ...
    Susan Koppelman Award Winner: "A juicy read for those who love the many ways female comics use their art to question the patriarchy." — BustAmy Schumer, Samantha Bee, Mindy Kaling, Melissa McCarthy, Tig Notaro, Leslie Jones, and a host of hilarious peers are killing it nightly on American stages and screens, smashing the tired stereotype that women aren't funny. But today's funny women didn't come ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus