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Harvard, Hollywood, Hitmen, and Holy Men: A MemoirAuthor: Paul W. WilliamsPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 02/14/2023Pages: 312Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780813196671Review Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 107
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Mae West: The Shocking Truth!Mary Jane "Mae" West, born on August 17th, 1893, Kings County, Brooklyn, New York, US, was an actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose career in entertainment spanned 7 decades. Mae was known for her lighthearted, bawdy double entendres and breezy sexual...
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Norman Wisdom: The Shocking Truth!Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom OBE, born on 4th February 1915, Marylebone, London, England, UK, was an English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter best known for a series of comedy movies produced from 1953 - 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character, often named Norman Pitkin. Wisdom...
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Mexico Unmanned: The Cultural Politics of Masculinity in Mexican CinemaIconic images of machismo in Mexico's classic cinema affirm the national film industry's historical alignment with the patriarchal ideology intrinsic to the post-revolutionary state's political culture. Filmmakers gradually turned away from the cultural nationalism of mexicanidad, but has the underlying gender paradigm been similarly...
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Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social ChangeDrawing upon a combination of ethnographic research and media and communication theory, Building Communities of Trust: Creative Work for Social Change offers pathways to building trust in a range of situations and communities. Ann Feldman presents rich examples from her own life and social-impact...
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Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia: Multidisciplinary CorporealitiesA collection presenting cutting edge research from music, dance, performance art, fashion and visual arts, written by scholar-practitioners working in Southeast Asia. This eclectic monograph explores multi-disciplinarily performativity through the body. Exploring the notion of the body as central to creative practice it draws...
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Revived with Care: John Fletcher's Plays on the British Stage, 1885-2020This book presents a ground-breaking, comprehensive study of the modern performance history of plays in the John Fletcher canon, excluding his collaborations with Shakespeare. It examines how seventeen of Fletcher's plays have been interpreted in British productions. In addition, the book offers a consideration...
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SuperheroFrom the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Emmy Award-winning composer of Next to Normal (Tom Kitt) and the Tony Award-winning writer of Red (John Logan), Superhero is a deeply human new musical about a fractured family, the mysterious stranger in apartment 4-B, and the unexpected...
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For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too HeavyI found a king in me and now I love youI found a king in you and now I love me Father figures and fashion tips. Lost loves and jollof rice. African empires and illicit sex. Good days and bad days. Six young Black...
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It's OK to Do Something NewWhen Teensey's friends ask her to audition with them for the school musical, Teensey is terrified! But with some encouragement from loved ones, Teensey discovers that it really is OK to do something new! Crickett Allen's charming children's tale is enhanced with links to...
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Popeye the Sailor: The 1960s TV CartoonsFollowing the surprising popularity of the theatrical Popeye cartoons on television in the mid-1950s, King Features Syndicate quickly went into production on new made-for-TV cartoons to capitalize on that success. Under the supervision of Producer Al Brodax, 220 new cartoons were created by six...
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Cinematic Realism: Lukás, Kracauer and Theories of the Filmic RealThe issue of cinematic realism is important because the issue of realism, of the relationship between representation and reality, is important. If some forms of representation are closer to reality - however defined - than others, then this may also be the case with...
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Greek Cinema and Migration, 1991-2016Greek Cinema and Migration provides a response to urgent calls to comprehend the cultural impact of immigration in Greece, and to determine the capacity of contemporary Greek cinema to challenge the logic of Fortress Europe. Placing contemporary Greek cinema within the context of European...
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Deep FocusSatyajit Ray is acknowledged to be one of the world's finest film-makers. This book brings together some of his most cerebral writings on film.With the economy and precision that marked his films, Ray writes on the art and craft of cinema, pens an ode...
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Andi's Valentine Tree: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story for Young MoversAndi loves ballet and friends at the studio, but school is a different story. A squirrel named Lou and a remarkable tree provide much-needed comfort. Then something magical makes life even better. A touching story celebrating the beauty of nature, embracing one's own passions,...
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David Lynch and the American West: Essays on Regionalism and Indigeneity in Twin Peaks and the FilmsThis collection convenes diverse analyses of David Lynch's newly conceived, dreamlike neo-noir representations of the American West, a first in studies of regionalism and indigeneity in his films. Twelve essays and three interviews address Lynch's image of the American West and its impact on...
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Never A Viable AlternativeDeeply moving, heart wrenching, and inspiring, Raymond J. Barry offers readers insights into what it takes to survive a violent upbringing, to excel in sports, to be swept away by theater, and to barely earn a living while trying to make it as an...
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Shakespeare's the Comedy of Errors: A Psycho-Semiotic AnalysisArthur Asa Berger's Shakespeare's Comedy of Errorsuses semiotics along with a psychoanalytic approach to offer a granular analysis of one of Shakespeare's funniest and most interesting comedies. It is distinctive in that it offers a discussion of the basic techniques found in comic literature...
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Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New CenturyThe author of the acclaimed Contra Dance Calling turns his attention to squares! Internationally known square and contra leader Tony Parkes "pays it forward" and reveals the secrets learned over half a century of teaching and calling.This is the first book-length treatment of traditional...
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I Wish You Could Hear the Song I'm Listening to as I Write This...I Wish You Could Hear the Song I'm Listening to As I Write This... explores the classic tale of adolescent rebellion but it is more complex. How do young people deal with the apparent universal desire for attention and fame? Social media today has...
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