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Jul.10.2012
Billy Wilder's work remains a masterful combination of incisive social commentary, skilled writing and directing, and unashamed entertainment value. One of Hollywood's foremost emigre filmmakers, Wilder holds a key position in film history via films that represent a complex reflection of his...
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Nov.18.2010
What does it all mean, this thing called ?rock and roll?? This is different from asking what happened, and who did what. A lot books have dealt with these questions. The meaning of rock music in American Culture is another matter entirely. From its roots in the black and white ?under-classes,?...
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Mar.26.2010
“For the first time, a stadium book that provides the details ofbackroom politics that surrounds the building of, or the elementsthat defeat and spur stadium proposals. Capital Sporting Grounds isan excellent chronology of the efforts, defeats and successes of buildinga stadium in the nation’s...
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Mar.25.2010
Between 1917 and 1941, Hollywood film studios, gossipcolumnists, and novelists featured an unprecedented numberof homosexuals, cross-dressers, and adulterers in their depictionsof the glamorous Hollywood lifestyle. During this era,actress Greta Garbo defined herself as the ultimate...
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Oct.28.2009
Ally McBeal, the popular Fox television series (1997-2002), was both groundbreaking and controversial. With its challenging presentation of gender roles and gender politics, the show provided fuel for an ever-expanding international debate over feminism and the roles of women in modern society. In...
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Oct.14.2009
With essays ranging in topic from the films of Neil La Bute to the sexual politics of Major League Baseball, this diverse collection of essays examines the multi-faceted media images of contemporary masculinity from a variety of perspectives and academic disciplines. The book's first half focuses...
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Aug.07.2009
This is the first book-length study of the career and life of Ann Savage, whose performance in Detour earned her a place in "Time Magazine"'s list of the top 10 greatest movie villains. The biography covers her abused childhood and her career as a studio contract player, pin-up queen, B...
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Aug.07.2009
This unique anthology gathers together some of the most intriguing and useful works on the history of Halloween. Ranging from pre–Christian Celtic myths to early 20th century articles, the book’s 27 entries include poems, short stories, sections from 19th and 20th century folklore books, a one-act...
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