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Subjects of Desire: Hegelian Reflections in Twentieth-Century France
Judith Butler
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• Author(s): Judith Butler • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Movements - DeconstructionThis classic work by one of the most important philosophers and critics of our time charts the gen...
View full detailsThe Birth of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter's Disciples and the Creation of an American Religious Movement
Michael Cohen
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• Author(s): Michael Cohen • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Judaism - ConservativeSolomon Schechter (1847–1915), the charismatic leader of New York's Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS),...
View full detailsA Hunger for Aesthetics: Enacting the Demands of Art
Michael Kelly
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• Author(s): Michael Kelly • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: AestheticsFor decades, aesthetics has been subjected to a variety of critiques, often concerning its treatment of beauty or ...
View full detailsBurma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar
Ian Holliday
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• Author(s): Ian Holliday • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaContemporary Myanmar faces a number of political challenges, and it is unclear how other nations should ...
View full detailsBurma Redux: Global Justice and the Quest for Political Reform in Myanmar
Ian Holliday
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• Author(s): Ian Holliday • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaContemporary Myanmar faces a number of political challenges, and it is unclear how other nations should ...
View full detailsWhat Matters?: Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age
Courtney Bender
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• Author(s): Courtney Bender • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Comparative ReligionOver the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual distinctions have broken down, forcing scholar...
View full detailsAmerican Showman: Samuel Roxy Rothafel and the Birth of the Entertainment Industry, 1908-1935
Ross Melnick
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• Author(s): Ross Melnick • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (1882-1936) built an influential and p...
View full detailsFilm Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema
Peter Tscherkassky
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• Author(s): Peter Tscherkassky • Publisher: Austrian Film Museum • Publisher Imprint: Austrian Film Museum • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThe unique contribution of Austrian avant-garde film to world cinema is widely acknowledged. This i...
View full detailsThe Splendid Vision: Reading a Buddhist Sutra
Richard Cohen
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• Author(s): Richard Cohen • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Buddhism - Sacred WritingsFeaturing the first-ever English translation of the "Splendid Vision Sutra," a sixth-century India...
View full detailsMillennial Cinema: Memory in Global Film
Amresh Sinha
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• Author(s): Amresh Sinha • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismIn spite of the overwhelming interest in the study of memory and trauma, no single volume has yet explored the ce...
View full detailsOur Savage Art: Poetry and the Civil Tongue
William Logan
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• Author(s): William Logan • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: PoetryFrom the Back CoverPraise for The Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin"Our wittiest critic of contemporary v...
View full detailsMillennial Cinema: Memory in Global Film
Amresh Sinha
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• Author(s): Amresh Sinha • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismIn spite of the overwhelming interest in the study of memory and trauma, no single volume has yet explored the ce...
View full detailsScreen Dynamics: Mapping the Borders of Cinema
Gertrud Koch
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• Author(s): Gertrud Koch • Publisher: Austrian Film Museum • Publisher Imprint: Austrian Film Museum • BISAC: Film - Direction & ProductionFrom moving images on the Internet to giant IMAX displays: The number of screens in the public and pri...
View full detailsSex and World Peace
Valerie Hudson
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• Author(s): Valerie Hudson • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asia - ChinaSex and World Peace unsettles a variety of assumptions in political and security discourse, demonstrating that ...
View full detailsRisky Region: Memoirs of a Hungarian Righteous Gentile
Eugene De Thassy
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• Author(s): Eugene De Thassy • Publisher: East European Monographs • Publisher Imprint: East European Monographs • BISAC: GeneralEugene de Thassy describes life in Hungary between 1920 and 1945. He details his wartime experiences as a young army...
View full detailsWords and the World (Twenty-Volume Set)
Gilbert C. F. Fong
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• Author(s): Gilbert C. F. Fong • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralEdited by Gilbert Fong, Shelby Chan, Lucas Klein, and Bei Dao, The World of Words set is...
View full detailsThe Metaphor of the Sea
Shuntaro Tanikawa
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• Author(s): Shuntaro Tanikawa • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The Metaphor of the Sea is a chapb...
View full detailsCritical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice
Clive Myer
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• Author(s): Clive Myer • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismCritical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice purges the obstructive line between the making of and the theorising...
View full detailsFloating Clouds
Fumiko Hayashi
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• Author(s): Fumiko Hayashi • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: ClassicsIn this groundbreaking novel, Fumiko Hayashi tells the powerful story of tormented love and one woman's struggle to...
View full detailsA Song of the Corner
Xi Chuan
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• Author(s): Xi Chuan • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, A Song of the Corner is a chapbook of poetr...
View full detailsWords and the World: International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong
Gilbert C. F. Fong
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• Author(s): Gilbert C. F. Fong • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralFollowing the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Word...
View full detailsCritical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice
Clive Myer
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• Author(s): Clive Myer • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismCritical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice purges the obstructive line between the making of and the theorising...
View full detailsLoneliness - Autopsy
Ko Hua Chen
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• Author(s): Ko Hua Chen • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Loneliness * Autopsy is a chapbook of po...
View full detailsFlame
C. D. Wright
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• Author(s): C. D. Wright • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: American - GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Flame is a chapbook of poetr...
View full detailsBookstore in a Dream
Chih Cheng Lo
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• Author(s): Chih Cheng Lo • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Bookstore in a Dream is a chapbook of ...
View full detailsNathan Road
Fai Yip
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• Author(s): Fai Yip • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Nathan Road is a chapbook of poetry by Yip F...
View full detailsThe Tattoo Artist
Silke Scheuermann
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• Author(s): Silke Scheuermann • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The Tattoo Artist is a chapbook of...
View full detailsThe Naming of a Crow
Jian Yu
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• Author(s): Jian Yu • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The Naming of a Crow is a chapbook of poetry...
View full detailsIn Brief
Feng Yao
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• Author(s): Feng Yao • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, In Brief is a chapbook of poetry by Yao Fen...
View full detailsLow Key
Xiang Yu
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• Author(s): Xiang Yu • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Low Key is a chapbook of poetry by ...
View full detailsMyself, My Train, and You
Yu Ling
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• Author(s): Yu Ling • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Myself, My Train and You is a chapbook of po...
View full detailsStairway
Tian Yuan
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• Author(s): Tian Yuan • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralDrawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Stairway is a chapbook of poetry by Tian Y...
View full detailsThe Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Philip B. Yampolsky
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• Author(s): Philip B. Yampolsky • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Buddhism - Sacred WritingsDating back to the eighth century C.E., the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a found...
View full detailsMaccormick's Scotland
Neil Walker
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• Author(s): Neil Walker • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press • BISAC: JurisprudenceFrom the Back Cover*AUTHOR APPROVED A gedenkshrift to one of Scotland's most prominent jurists. This book analy...
View full detailsJapan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts
Haruo Shirane
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• Author(s): Haruo Shirane • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralElegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media―fro...
View full detailsImmanence - Deleuze and Philosophy
Miguel De Beistegui
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• Author(s): Miguel De Beistegui • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press • BISAC: Criticism & TheoryFrom the Back CoverAs a kind of sequel to his monumental Truth and Genesis, Miguel de Beistegu...
View full detailsLiterature and Film in Cold War South Korea: Freedom's Frontier
Theodore Hughes
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• Author(s): Theodore Hughes • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralKorean writers and filmmakers crossed literary and visual cultures in multilayered ways under Japanese colo...
View full detailsThe Essential Huainanzi
An Li King Of Hua
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• Author(s): An Li King Of Hua • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: PoliticalCompiled in the second century B.C.E, the Huainanzi clarifies a crucial period in the development of Chinese co...
View full detailsPlaying to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema
Thomas Cohen
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• Author(s): Thomas Cohen • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralPlaying to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from rock ...
View full detailsPlaying to the Camera: Musicians and Musical Performance in Documentary Cinema
Thomas Cohen
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• Author(s): Thomas Cohen • Publisher: Wallflower Press • Publisher Imprint: Wallflower Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralPlaying to the Camera is the first full-length study devoted to the musical performance documentary. Its scope ranges from rock ...
View full detailsCamera Historica: The Century in Cinema
Antoine De Baecque
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• Author(s): Antoine De Baecque • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismAntoine de Baecque proposes a new historiography of cinema, exploring film as a visual ar...
View full detailsMultiple Modernities: A Tale of Scandinavian Experiences
Gunnar Skirbekk
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• Author(s): Gunnar Skirbekk • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press • BISAC: GeneralMultiple Modernities approaches the concept of modernity through two historical phases of N...
View full detailsTransgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue
Nicholas Teich
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• Author(s): Nicholas Teich • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: LGBTQ+Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource com...
View full detailsBritish Government and Politics: A Comparative Guide
Duncan Watts
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• Author(s): Duncan Watts • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - GeneralFrom the Back CoverYour handy guide to the British political system This introduction tells...
View full detailsCamera Historica: The Century in Cinema
Antoine De Baecque
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• Author(s): Antoine De Baecque • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismAntoine de Baecque proposes a new historiography of cinema, exploring film as a visual ar...
View full detailsBorder Politics: The Limits of Sovereign Power
Nick Vaughan-Williams
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• Author(s): Nick Vaughan-Williams • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralFrom the Back Cover[FRONT COVER, place in the white band along the bottom of the front cover] Gold ...
View full detailsHow to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook
Jie Cui
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• Author(s): Jie Cui • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Asian - GeneralDesigned to work with the acclaimed course text How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology, the How to Read Chi...
View full detailsMahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action
Dennis Dalton
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• Author(s): Dennis Dalton • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Political Process - GeneralDennis Dalton's classic account of Gandhi's political and intellectual development focuses on the...
View full detailsDemocracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey
Ahmet Kuru
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• Author(s): Ahmet Kuru • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Middle East - GeneralWhile Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several c...
View full detailsPsychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters
Joshua Miller
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• Author(s): Joshua Miller • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefDisaster responders treat more than just the immediate emotional and psychological trauma of ...
View full detailsStudying the Bourne Ultimatum
Neil Archer
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• Author(s): Neil Archer • Publisher: Liverpool University Press • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismAt the time of its release in 2007, The Bourne Ultimatum was described by one writer as the bl...
View full detailsThe Columbia Guide to Religion in American History
Paul Harvey
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• Author(s): Paul Harvey • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: HistoryThe first guide to American religious history from colonial times to the present, this anthology features twenty-two le...
View full detailsReadings of the Platform Sutra
Morten Schlütter
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• Author(s): Morten Schlütter • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Buddhism - General (see also Philosophy - Buddhist)The Platform Sutra comprises a wide range of important Chan/Zen Buddhi...
View full detailsThe Immigration Crucible: Transforming Race, Nation, and the Limits of the Law
Philip Kretsedemas
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• Author(s): Philip Kretsedemas • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationExplores recent trends in U.S. immigration policy, the rise in extralegal state power over ...
View full detailsThe Immigration Crucible: Transforming Race, Nation, and the Limits of the Law
Philip Kretsedenas
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• Author(s): Philip Kretsedenas • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationIn the debate over U. S. immigration, all sides now support policy and practice that expand...
View full detailsThe Second Vienna Award and the Hungarian-Romanian Relations, 1940-1944
Béni L. Balogh
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• Author(s): Béni L. Balogh • Publisher: East European Monographs • Publisher Imprint: East European Monographs • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralThis study examines the direct political and diplomatic antecedents, circumstances and conse...
View full detailsJapanese Cinema Goes Global: Filmworkers' Journeys
Yoshiharu Tezuka
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• Author(s): Yoshiharu Tezuka • Publisher: Hong Kong University Press • Publisher Imprint: Hong Kong University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismFrom the Back CoverAsian Film / Japanese Culture
Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing
Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
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• Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong'O • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryA masterful writer working in many genres, Ngugi wa Thiong'o entered the East African literary sce...
View full detailsHitchcock Annual: Volume 17
Richard Allen
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• Author(s): Richard Allen • Publisher: Hitchcock Annual • Publisher Imprint: Hitchcock Annual • BISAC: Asian - GeneralHitchcock Annual: Volume 17 contains essays on two of Hitchcock's most well-known films, Notorious and The Birds, and two of hi...
View full detailsHideous Progeny: Disability, Eugenics, and Classic Horror Cinema
Angela Smith
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• Author(s): Angela Smith • Publisher: Columbia University Press • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismTwisted bodies, deformed faces, aberrant behavior, and abnormal desires characterized the hideo...
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