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  • Deserted Villages Revisited

    Edited by Christopher Dyer, Richard Jones ...
    Series Book 3 - Explorations in Local and Regional History
    Assembling leading experts on the subject, this account explores the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of thousands of villages and smaller settlements in England and Wales between 1340 and 1750. By revisiting the deserted villages, this breakthrough study addresses questions that have plagued archaeologists, geographers, and historians since the 1940s—including why they were deserted, ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • White

    Twentieth Anniversary Edition

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Now twenty years since its initial release, Richard Dyer’s classic text White remains a groundbreaking and insightful study of the representation of whiteness in Western visual culture.White explores how, while racial representation is central to the organisation of the contemporary world, white people have remained a largely unexamined category in sharp contrast to the many studies of images of ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Seven

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Lust, Pride, Envy, Wrath. A serial killer on a warped mission who turns his victims' 'sins' into the means of their murder. Seven (David Fincher, 1995) is one of the most acclaimed American films of the 1990s. Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, and Kevin Spacey, Seven is the darkest of films. In it performance, cinematography, sound, and plot combine to create a harrowing ... Read more

    $15.09 CAD

  • The Matter of Images

    Essays on Representations

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Now published in a revised second edition, The Matter of Images searches through the resonances of the term ‘representation’, analysing images in terms of why they matter, what they are made of, and the material realities they refer to. Richard Dyer’s analyses consider representations of ‘out’ groups and traditionally dominant groups alike, and encompass the eclectic texts of contemporary culture, ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Pastiche

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Writing with his customary wit and style, Richard Dyer argues that while pastiche can be used to describe works which contain montage or collage, it can also be used to describe works which are a kind of imitation of previous works.Investigating a wide range of cultural texts drawn from films, videos, novels, poetry, rap tracks, music and painting, Richard Dyer explores issues of text, genre, and ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Brief Encounter

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Brief Encounter (1945), adapted from Noel Coward's play Still Life, is a classic of British cinema – a tale of impossible love between a married woman and a man she meets while waiting for a train. Though it's a film made by men, it is the woman's voice we hear recounting the story of a small-town love affair and her renunciation of it.In his lucid analysis of the film, Richard Dyer explores how ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • La dolce vita

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Fellini's La dolce vita has been a phenomenon since before it was made, a scandal in the making and on release in 1960 and a reference point ever since. Much of what made it notorious was its incorporation of real people, events and lifestyles, making it a documentation of its time. It uses performance, camera movement, editing and music to produce a striking aesthetic mix of energy and ... Read more

    $19.09 CAD

  • In The Space Of A Song

    The Uses of Song in Film

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Songs take up space and time in films. Richard Dyer's In the Space of a Song takes off from this perception, arguing that the way songs take up space indicates a great deal about the songs themselves, the nature of the feelings they present, and who is allowed to present feelings how, when and where. In the Space of a Song explores this perception through a range of examples, from classic MGM ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Lethal Repetition

    Serial Killing in European Cinema

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Serial killing is an extremely rare phenomenon in reality that is none-theless remarkably widespread in the cultural imagination. Moreover, despite its rarity, it is also taken to be an expression of characteristic aspects of humanity, masculinity, or our times.Richard Dyer investigates this paradox, focusing on the notion at its heart: seriality. He considers the aesthetics of the repetition of ... Read more

    $37.79 CAD

  • Seven

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    David Fincher's Seven (1995) follows two detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), as they investigate a series of gruesome murders. One of the most acclaimed films of the 1990s, it explores themes of moral decay, human darkness, and the blurred lines between good and evil.Richard Dyer's study of the film, unpacks how its cinematography, sound, and plot combine to ... Read more

    $19.09 CAD

  • The Amazons and Other Stories

    by Richard Dyer ...
    From a fantasy adventure about three unique women in New York City who take on the roles of moral avengers as The Amazons in Central Park, to personal reminiscence of other women who have influenced and inspired his real life, Richard Dyer takes readers on a journey of personal discovery and insight into who we are and who we hope to be. ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • Now You See It

    by Richard Dyer ...
    Revised for this second edition, Now You See It, Richard Dyer’s groundbreaking study of films by and about lesbians and gay men, now includes an outline of developments in queer cinema since 1990.Placing the book within lesbian and gay film history, Dyer examines familiar titles such as Girls in Uniform, Un Chant D’Amour and Word is Out in their lesbian/gay context, as well as bringing to light ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD