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1	Film Studies: Critical Approaches more books like this by John Hill (Editor), Pamela Church Gibson (Editor), Richard Dyer (Editor) add to wishlist 'The contributors supply skillful overviews of the major critical approaches' - "Sight and Sound", May 1998. This title covers all the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject. The chapter authors are international experts. Emphasis throughout is on critical concepts, methods and debates. It includes material from important new ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $37.05!
2	White more books like this by Richard Dyer, Dyer Richard add to wishlist A study of the metaphorical meanings of the color white, written by a film professor from the University of Warwick. In six essays, Dyer examines the significance of white images in "Moby-Dick", "Tarzan", "The Jewel in the Crown", and other works. He relies heavily on post-structuralist and postmodern theories of culture and aesthetics in his ... see all copies from $15.98! new only from $31.52! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Stars: New Edition more books like this by Richard Dyer, Paul McDonald add to wishlist On its original publication in 1980 this text was one of the first attempts to bring together all the various critical and theoretical approaches that have been made to the phenomenon of stardom, both inside and outside the cinema. Richard Dyer's commentary on these approaches and his own detailed work on stars such as Bette Davis and Jane Fonda ... see all copies from $13.59! new only from $37.70!
4	Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society more books like this by Richard Dyer add to wishlist Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated for a second edition, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer's illuminating study is based around case studies of three major stars: Marilyn ... see all copies from $2.66! new only from $33.48! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Only Entertainment more books like this by Richard Dyer add to wishlist The idea of entertainment is a guiding principle for both makers and audiences of films, television programmes, and other media. Yet, while entertainment is often derided or praised, the concept itself is often taken for granted. Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of ... see all copies from $9.02! new only from $28.99! \| first editions
6	The People's Films: A Political History of U.S. Government Motion Pictures more books like this by Richard Dyer Maccann add to wishlist see all copies from $3.65! first editions
7	The Culture of Queers more books like this by Richard Dyer, Dyer Richard add to wishlist For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word for gay men was 'queers'. From screaming queens to sensative vampires and sad young men, and from pulp novels to pornography to the films of Fassbinder, The Culture of Queers explores the histosy of queer arts and media. the early gay liberation movement to today's 'post-queer' ... see all copies from $23.95! new only from $32.75!
8	Popular European Cinema more books like this by Richard Dyer (Editor), Ginette Vincendeau (Editor) add to wishlist While popular European cinema is strongly linked with the dominant American version of popular film, it cannot be read simply as Hollywood in foreign dress. The styles, stars and genres of popular European cinema - Swedish melodramas, Italian horror movies, French musicals - all have their own conventions, superfically similar to Hollywood and yet ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $40.90! \| SVS
9	The Matter of Images: Essays on Representation more books like this by Richard Dyer, Dyer Richard add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $27.31! new only from $27.31!
10	Inquisitorial Inquiries: Brief Lives of Secret Jews and Other Heretics more books like this by Professor Richard L Kagan (Editor), Abigail Dyer (Editor) add to wishlist On the first day of Francisco de San Antonio's trial before the Spanish Inquisition in Toledo in 1625, his interrogators asked him about his parentage. His real name, he stated, was Abram Ruben, and he had been born in Fez of Jewish parents. How then, Inquisitors wanted to know, had he become a Christian convert? Why had a Hebrew alphabet been ... see all copies from $7.47! new only from $12.54! \| first editions
11	World Cinema: Critical Approaches more books like this by John Hill (Editor), Pamela Church Gibson (Editor), Richard Dyer (Editor) add to wishlist 'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound May 1998 international coverage ranges from pre-1930s Europe to contemporary 'Bollywood' musicals; first class range of contributors from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia; many chapters specially commissioned; emphasis throughout on critical ... see all copies from $20.32! new only from $37.05! \| SVS
12 view cover	American Cinema and Hollywood: Critical Approaches more books like this by John Hill (Editor), Richard Dyer (Editor), Pamela Church Gibson (Editor) add to wishlist 'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches.' - "Sight and Sound" May 1998. Top international contributors have contributed to this book. It lays an emphasis throughout on critical concepts, methods and debates. Learning aids include chapter summaries, critiques of individual films and further reading. This text is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.94!
13 view cover	Now You See It: Studies in Lesbian and Gay Film more books like this by Richard Dyer, Dyer Richard add to wishlist Now You See It , Richard Dyer's groundbreaking study of films by and about lesbians and gay men, has been revised for a second edition, and features an introduction by Juliane Pidduck outlining developments in lesbian and gay cinema since 1990. Now You See It examines familiar titles such as Girls in Uniform , Un Chant D'Amour and Word Is Out , ... see all copies from $7.13! new only from $27.58!
14 view cover	Usted Si Puede Ser Feliz Pase Lo Que Pase: Cinco Principios Para Mantener En Perspectiva Su Vida more books like this by Richard Carlson, Dr. Wayne W Dyer (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this practical, easy-to-follow guide, Carlson tells readers how to be happy "now" before they solve all of their problems. He discusses the five fundamental principles: thought, mood, separate realities, feelings, and the present moment. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $5.08! \| SVS
15 view cover	Now You See It: Studies on Lesbian and Gay Film more books like this by Richard Dyer add to wishlist There have been hundreds of films with homosexual characters, many revealing hemophobic prejudices. Yet while hundreds of lesbians and gay men have worked before and behind the camera, relatively few films have been made by lesbians and gay men that actually explore the problems, pressures, and pleasures of lesbian and gay life. Now You See It is ... see all copies from $2.16! new only from $20.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	Seven more books like this by Richard Dyer add to wishlist Gluttony, greed, sloth, lust, pride, envy, wrath. A serial killer on a warped moral mission who turns his victims' "sins" into the means of their murder. The movie "Seven" is analysed here covering topics such as sin, story, structure, seriality, sound, sight and salvation. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $11.30! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Electronic Shadows: The Art of Tina Keane more books like this by Jean Fisher, Richard Dyer, Peter Wollen add to wishlist Tina Keane first came to prominence in the late 1970s with her performance work and involvement in setting up London feminist film collective Circles. Since then she has become an internationally acclaimed artist working in a wide variety of media, including video, neon sculpture and installation. "Electronic Shadows is the first study of her work ... see all copies from $7.87! new only from $14.02! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Stars Appear more books like this by Richard Dyer MacCann add to wishlist Here are brief biographies of 176 people who won leading roles plus more dramatic reports on 33 of them - how they reached fame and fortune, some sad and happy endings, analyses of the images of America they presented. see all copies from $5.48! new only from $41.55!
19	The Richard Dyer-Bennet Folk Song Book by Richard Dyer-Bennet add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The First Tycoons more books like this by Richard Dyer MacCann add to wishlist The story of the conflicts and achievements of the founders of the great movie studios. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.77! \| SVS
21 view cover	Hollywood in Transition more books like this by Richard Dyer Maccann add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! new only from $101.07! \| first editions \| SVS
22	The New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English, 1930-1970, more books like this by Richard Dyer Maccann, Ted Perry add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23	Cinema Examined more books like this by Richard Dyer Maccann add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24 view cover	Matter of Images : Essays on Representations more books like this by Richard Dyer add to wishlist How we are seen determines in part how we are treated; how we treat others is based on how we see them; such seeing comes from representation.' 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. While retaining a sharp ... see all copies from $5.84! new only from $25.94! \| first editions
25 view cover	Pastiche: Knowing Imitation more books like this by Richard Dyer add to wishlist Writing with his customary wit and style, 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, the ... see all copies from $28.99! new only from $28.99!

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