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book		The avengers : Toby Miller Bath: Bath Press, 1997. Call No: 79AVE MIL Author: Miller, Toby 1958 Place: Bath Publisher: Bath Press PubDate: 1997 PhysDes: vii, 192 p. : ill. ; 24cm Subject: POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; SEX AND TV; AVENGERS, THE [TV] (UK, 1961-69) ISBN: 0851705588 (pbk.) LON: abn98003809; 13617304 More info
book		Film policy : international, national, and regional perspectives / edited by Albert Moran New York: Routledge, 1996. Call No: 205 FIL Author: Moran, Albert Place: New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: xvi, 285 p Subject: GOVERNMENT CONTROL; STATE AND THE CINEMA; INDUSTRY, VIDEO. USA; DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRY, FILM; COPRODUCTION. FRANCE; COPRODUCTION. UK; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. CANADA; INDUSTRY, FILM. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDONESIA; INDUSTRY, FILM. SINGAPORE; ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN CINEMA; MAORI CINEMA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CINEMA. CANADA Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0415097916 (pbk.); 0415097908 (hardcover) LON: 12158074 More info
book		Hollywood in the information age : beyond the silver screen / Janet Wasko Cambridge, U.K.: Polity Press, 1994. Call No: 201(73) WAS Author: Wasko, Janet Place: Cambridge, U.K. Publisher: Polity Press PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: x, 308 p. ill. ; 23cm Subject: USA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA; DISTRIBUTION. USA; PRODUCTION. USA; STUDIOS, FILM. USA; PAY TV. USA; INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION. USA; CABLE TV. USA; INDUSTRY, VIDEO. USA; EXHIBITION. USA; COMPUTERS AND THE CINEMA. USA; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS. USA; PRODUCT PLACEMENT; MURDOCH, RUPERT; NEWS CORPORATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX; ORION PICTURES; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS; UNIVERSAL PICTURES; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; TIME WARNER Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [255]-301 ISBN: 0745603181; 074560319X (pbk.) LON: 11620231 More info
book		Media cultures : reappraising transnational media / edited by Michael Skovmand and Kim Christian Schrªder London New York: Routledge, 1992. Call No: 408.3 MED Author: Skovmand, Michael; Schrªder, Kim Place: London New York Publisher: Routledge PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: viii, 222 p. ; 22 cm Subject: MEDIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND TV. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; NEWS PROGRAMMES; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; AUDIENCES; CULT FILMS; INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV; SYDICATION; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; PUBLIC BROADCASTING; GULF WAR ON TV; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; CABLE NEWS NETWORK; NORSK RIKSKRINGKASTING; BOGART, HUMPHREY; POTTER, DENNIS; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE (UK, Jim Sharman, 1975); WHEEL OF FORTUNE [TV] (US, 1975-); A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959); BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959); BREATHLESS (US, Jim McBride, 1983); PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0415063841; 041506385X (pbk.) LON: 8457888 More info
book		Postmodernism London, [England]: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1986. Call No: 64POS ICA CorpAuthor: Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, England) Place: London, [England] Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Arts PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: 72 p. : ill Series: ICA documents ; no. 4 [&] 5 Subject: POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; STRUCTURALISM ISBN: 0905263952 LON: bnb90526395; 5248280 More info
book		Postmodernism in the cinema / edited by Cristina Degli-Esposti New York: Berghahn Books, 1998. Call No: 61 POS DEG Author: Degli-Esposti, Christina Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Berghahn Books PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO. USA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. JAPAN; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA. POLAND; POLAND; TRAVEL IN FILMS; FRANCE; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA. AFRICAN COUNTRIES; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA. FRANCE; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; ANIMATION; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR; ADAPTATIONS. FORSTER, E. M.; ADAPTATIONS. GENET, JEAN; AUTEUR THEORY; DEGLI-ESPOSTI, CHRISTINA; BARON, CYNTHIA; KRAIDY, MARWAN; WEINSTEIN, DAVID; SHARY, TIMOTHY; BRUNS, JOHN; MAULE, ROSANNA; FALKOWSKA, JANINA; STRAIN, ELLEN; BOLUS-REICHERT, CHRISTINE; LAGA, BARRY; DEUTELBAUM, MARSHALL; HOLDEN-MOSES, PHILIP; WILES, MARY; ALTMAN, ROBERT; JAMESON, FREDRIC; ITAMI, JUZO; FORSTER, E. M.; COEN, JOEL & ETHAN; KUROSAWA AKIRA; GREENAWAY, PETER; FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER; PLAYER, THE (US, Robert Altman, 1992); ALADDIN (US, John Musker & Ron Clements, 1992); SIMPSONS, THE [TV] (US, 1989-); BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (US, Stephen Herek, 1989); WAYNE'S WORLD (US, Penelope Spheeris, 1992); SINGLES (US, Cameron Crowe, 1992); REALITY BITES (US, Ben Stiller, 1994); TAMPOPO (JA, Juzo Itami, 1986); A NOS AMOURS (FR, Maurice Pialat, 1983); MESSA E FINITA, LA (IT, Nanni Moretti, 1985); QUE HE HECHO PARA MERECER ESTO!! (SP, Pedro Almodovar, 1984); PSY (PL, Wladyslaw Pasikowski, 1993); CZLOWIEK Z ... (PL, Konrad Szolajski, 1993); WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD (UK, Charles Sturridge, 1991); ROOM WITH A VIEW, A (UK, James Ivory, 1986); PASSAGE TO INDIA, A (US/UK, David Lean, 1984); CHOCOLATE [CHOCOLAT] (FR, Claire Denis, 1988); BARTON FINK (US, Joel Cohen, 1991); DREAMS (US, Akira Kurosawa, 1990); DROWNING BY NUMBERS (UK, Peter Greenaway, 1988); QUERELLE (GW/FR, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982) Summary: By offering sophisticated and multi-faceted, yet highly accessible discussions on a number of key issues, Postmodernism in the Cinema presents new strategies for reading and understanding postmodernism and opens up the horizons of investigation to address the dynamic relationship between the art of moving images and complex concepts of postmodern theory. Organized according to specific themes such as auteurism, metacinema, national cinema, and the parodic, this anthology includes thirteen essays and examines films including The Player, Aladdin, Singles, Reality Bites, Wayne’s World, Tampopo, A Room with a View, Barton Fink, Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams, Drowning by Numbers, Coup de torchon, Querelle, and more. [Taken from back cover] Notes: Papers from a conference held in 1994 at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.; Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 1571811060 Contents: Introduction: Postmodernism(s) Cristina Degli-Esposti -- Chapter 1: The Player's parody of Hollywood: A different kind of suture - Cynthia Baron -- Chapter 2: Intertextual maneuvers around the subaltern: Aladdin as postmodern text - Marwan Kraidy -- Chapter 3: Of Mice and Bart: The Simpsons and the postmodern - David Weinstein -- Chapter 4: Reification and loss in postmodern puberty: The cultural logic of Fredric Jameson and American youth movies - Timothy Shary -- Chapter 5: Refiguring pleasure: Itami and the postmodern Japanese film - John Bruns -- Chapter 6: De-authorizing the auteur: postmodern politics of interpellation in contemporary European cinema - - Rosanna Maule -- Chapter 7: Postmodernist condition in post-socialist eastern European films: the case of a political pastiche and the socialist-hollywood thriller in recent films of Polish filmmakers - Janina Falkowska -- Chapter 8: E.M. Forster's anti-touristic tourism and the sightseeing gaze of cinema - Ellen Strain -- Chapter 9: Imaginary geographies: the colonial subjects in contemporary French cinema - Christine Bolus-Reichert -- Chapter 10: Decapitated spectators: Barton Fink, (Post)history, and cinematic pleasure - Barry Laga -- Chapter 11: Something like an autobiography in Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - Marshall Deutelbaum -- Chapter 12: Not waving but drowning by numbers: Peter Greenaway's cautionary tale - Philip Holden-Moses -- Chapter 13: A double voice: the dual paternity of Querelle - Mary Wiles ID2: 291 More info
book		Private screenings : television and the female consumer / Lynn Spigel and Denise Mann, editors Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992. Call No: 722-02 PRI Author: Spigel, Lynn; Mann, Denise Place: Minneapolis Publisher: University of Minnesota Press PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: xiii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Camera obscura book Subject: WOMEN AND TV; WOMEN, PROGRAMMES FOR; CONSUMERS AND TV; SITUATION COMEDY; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; MELODRAMA; SOAP OPERAS; ETHNIC GROUPS ON TV; FAMILY ON TV; MARRIAGE ON TV; STARS; ETHNIC GROUPS ON TV; CLASS AND TV; FEMINISM AND TV; TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY ON TV; GENDER AND TV; GLESS, SHARON; FOSTER, MEG; DALY, TYNE; CARROLL, DIAHANN; KANTNER, HAL; RAYE, MARTHA; MARTHA RAYE SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 195?-55); JULIA [TV] (US, 1968-71); CAGNEY AND LACY [TV] (US, 1982-88); KATE AND ALLIE [TV] (US, 1984-88); GENERAL HOSPITAL [TV] (US, 1963-); GOLDBERGS, THE [TV] (1949-55?); LEAVE IT TO BEAVER [TV] (US, 1957-63); FATHER KNOWS BEST [TV] (US, 1954-60); ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET, THE [TV] (US, 1952-66) Notes: An expanded version of issue no. 16, winter 1988, of Camera obscura; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0816620520 (hc : acid-free paper); 0816620539 (pb : acid-free paper) LON: 91040919; 8544849 More info
book		Re-viewing reception : television, gender, and postmodern culture / Lynne Joyrich Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1996. Call No: 64POS JOY Author: Joyrich, Lynne, 1959 Place: Bloomington, Ind. Publisher: Indiana University Press PubDate: 1996 PhysDes: 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Theories of contemporary culture ; v. 18 Subject: POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO; GENDER AND TV; MELODRAMA; FAMILY ON TV; FEMINISM AND TV; AUDIENCE RESEARCH; SPECTATORSHIP; CONSUMERISM ON TV; ROBOTS ON TV; CYBERNETICS AND TV; MIAMI VICE [TV] (US, 1984-90); MOONLIGHTING [TV] (US, 1985-89); COSBY SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1984-92); PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE [TV] (US, 1986-91); MAX HEADROOM [TV] (US, 1987-89) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-218) and index ISBN: 025321078X (pbk. : alk. paper); 0253330769 (alk. paper) LON: 96006931; 12195271 More info
book		Rocking around the clock : music television, postmodernism, and consumer culture / E. Ann Kaplan New York: Methuen, 1987. Call No: 751.83 KAP Author: Kaplan, E. Ann Place: New York Publisher: Methuen PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: ix, 196 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: MUSIC TELEVISION; PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO Notes: Includes index; Videography: p.171-180; Bibliography: p.181-185 ISBN: 0416333702; 0416333907 (pbk.) LON: 5018111 5018111 More info
book		Seeing through the eighties : television and Reaganism / Jane Feuer Durham: Duke University Press, 1995. Call No: 408.1(73) FEU Author: Feuer, Jane Place: Durham Publisher: Duke University Press PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: x, 168 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Console-ing passions Subject: POLITICS AND TV. USA; POPULAR CULTURE AND TV. USA; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO. USA; MUSIC TELEVISION; POPULISM AND TV. USA; SOAP OPERAS. USA; DYNASTY [TV] (US, 1981-89); DALLAS [TV] (US, 1978-91); L.A. LAW [TV] (US, 1986-94); THIRTYSOMETHING [TV] (US, 1987-91) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-162) and index ISBN: 0822316870 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0822316757 (alk. paper) LON: 95006221; 11533368 More info

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