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  • The Intellect Handbook of Nordic Cinema

    Edited by Gunnar Iversen, Mariah Larsson ...
    The Intellect Handbook of Nordic Cinema is a comprehensive reference work providing an overview of cinema in the Nordic countries - Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Comparing the cinematic cultures of the five Nordic nations as well as Sápmi, it gives the readers a more comparative and general perspective of Nordic Cinema. Even though the Nordic countries are very different, and have ... Read more

    $165.99 CAD

  • Unwatchable

    by Erika Balsom, Kenneth Berger, Susie Bright, Alex Bush, Alec Butler, Noel Carroll, Mel Chen, Jonathan Crary, Abigail De Kosnik, Samuel England, Mattias Frey, Peter Geimer, Michael Boyce Gillespie, Asbjørn Grønstad, Boris Groys, Frances Guerin, Jack Halberstam, Barbara Hammer, Julian Hanich, Stefano Harney, J. Hoberman, Lynne Joyrich, Alexandra Juhasz, E. Ann Kaplan, Katariina Kyrölä, Nathan Lee, Akira Lippit, Jennifer Malkowski, W.J.T. Mitchell, Brandy Monk-Payton, Fred Moten, Bill Nichols, Jan Olsson, Danielle Peers, Raul Perez, Mauro Resmini, B. Ruby Rich, Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Rebecca Schneider, Jeffrey Sconce, Jared Sexton, Philipp Stiasny, Meghan Sutherland, Bennet Togler, Leshu Torchin, Alok Vaid-Menon, Christophe Wall-Romana, Meir Wigoder, Emily Wills, Federico Windhausen, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Genevieve Yue, Alenka Zupancic, Poulomi Saha, Vivian Sobchack ...
    We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as unsuitable for viewing. Yet what does it mean to proclaim something “unwatchable”: disturbing, ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema

    by Isak Thorsen, Lars Gustaf Andersson, Olof Hedling, Gunnar Iversen, Birgir Thor Møller, John Sundholm ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
    Although relatively small, the northern countries of Scandinavia have made a disproportionately large contribution to world cinema. Indeed, some of their films are among the best known of all times, including The Seventh Seal, Dancer in the Dark, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. And Scandinavian directors are also among the best known, just to mention Ingmar Bergman and Lars von Trier. But ... Read more

    $210.99 CAD

  • Mapping the Rockumentary

    Images of Sound and Fury

    Edited by Gunnar Iversen ...
    Series series Traditions in World Cinema

    $118.99 CAD

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    How to Inform Without Informing

    by Alfredo Cramerotti ...
    As the art world eagerly embraces a journalistic approach, Aesthetic Journalism explores why contemporary art exhibitions often consist of interviews, documentaries and reportage. This new mode of journalism is grasping more and more space in modern culture and Cramerotti probes the current merge of art with the sphere of investigative journalism. The attempt to map this field, here defined as ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader

    by Lars Gustaf Andersson, Roy Andersson, Bengt Bengtsson, Daniel Brodén, Bo Florin, Bengt Forslund, Kjell Furberg, Leif Furhammar, Tommy Gustafsson, Erik Hedling, Olof Hedling0, Jan Holmberg1, Chris Holmlund2, Åsa Jernudd3, Mats Jönsson4, Mia Krokstäde5, Mariah Larsson6, Madeliene Lilja8, Anders Marklund0, Johan Nilsson1, Per Olov Qvist2, Astrid Söderbergh Widding3, Bjørn Sørenssen4, Tomás Fernández Valentí5, Ann-Kristin Wallengren6, Anna Westerståhl Stenport7, Anders Wilhelm Åberg8, Rochelle Wright9 ...
    Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader gives a wide and yet concise presentation of the history of Swedish film through a number of articles by Swedish and international film scholars. The book draws upon a rich tradition of research on Swedish cinema, and it offers a varied and inspiring introduction to the history – from the very first film screenings to contemporary works.Combining in-depth ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Danish Directors

    Dialogues on a Contemporary National Cinema

    Edited by Ib Bondebjerg, Mette Hjort ...
    Profiling the canonized figures alongside recently-established filmmakers, this collection features interviews with Lars von Trier, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Thomas Vinterberg and Henning Carlsen among many others. It poses questions that engage with ongoing and controversial issues within film studies, which will stimulate debate in academic and filmgoing circles alike.Each interview is preceded by a ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Hype

    Bestsellers and Literary Culture

    Edited by Jon Helgason, Sara Kärrholm, Ann Steiner ...
    In the world of books and literature, “hype” is associated with bestsellerism - the books that sell the most, are read by vast numbers, and constantly talked about in media and staff rooms. Often, it is the success in itself that generates an interest because popularity begets popularity. Quite often though, a hyped bestseller is met with a skeptic criticism of poor language, a badly constructed ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advertising and the Transformation of Screen Cultures

    by Bo Florin, Patrick Vonderau, Yvonne Zimmermann ...
    Series series Film Culture in Transition
    Advertising has played a central role in shaping the history of modern media. While often identified with American consumerism and the rise of the 'Information Society', motion picture advertising has been part of European visual culture since the late nineteenth century. With the global spread of ad agencies, moving image advertisements became a privileged cultural form to make people experience ... Read more

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  • The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki

    Contrarian Stories

    by Andrew Nestingen ...
    Series series Directors' Cuts
    Aki Kaurismäki is an enigma, an eminent auteur who claims his films are a joke. Since 1983, Kaurismäki has produced classically-styled films filled with cinephilic references to film history. He has earned an international art-house audience and many prizes, influencing such directors as Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. Yet Kaurismäki is often depicted as the loneliest, most ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Children's Film

    Genre, Nation, and Narrative

    by Noel Brown ...
    Series series Short Cuts
    Films for children and young people are a constant in the history of cinema, from its beginnings to the present day. This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the children's film, examining its recurrent themes and ideologies, and common narrative and stylistic principles. Opening with a thorough consideration of how the genre may be defined, this volume goes on to explore how children's ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space

    Edited by Jennifer M. Bean, Anupama Kapse, Laura Horak ...
    Series series New Directions in National Cinemas
    In this cross-cultural history of narrative cinema and media from the 1910s to the 1930s, leading and emergent scholars explore the transnational crossings and exchanges that occurred in early cinema between the two world wars. Drawing on film archives from around the world, this volume advances the premise that silent cinema freely crossed national borders and linguistic thresholds in ways that ... Read more

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