Contemporary Spanish cinema and genre

Contemporary Spanish cinema and genreThis book analyses the significant changes in the aesthetics, production and reception of Spanish cinema and genre from 1990 to the present while providing multiple perspectives on the concepts of national cinemas and genre theory.

the role of gender in Twilight's global acceptance

the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

rites of passage

blending aspects of his own life story with his critique of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines

It contributes to an in-depth comprehension of how it becomes an arena of political struggle and the object of public policy at various societal and political levels

this volume represents an ambitious attempt to analyze and place in appropriate sociopolitical context the aesthetic highlights of South African cinema from 1896 to the present

the book argues that the story of Australian identity is characterised by recurring cycles of anxiety and reassurance

range from demolition (forgetting) to memorialisation (remembering) and are shown through case studies using film locations in Berlin

from the Latin American Newsreel to avant-garde experimental work

Shanghai Street Style gets at the roots of Shanghai trendsetters' distinct personal styles

A central theme is how knowledge causes new problems and explains growing inequality

The book stands alone in placing equal emphasis on theoretical and practical aspects of its subject matter and avoids jargon so as to be easily understood by the general reader as well as the specialist