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  • My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting In Extinction

    Saami-American Non-Fiction, Fiction, and Poetry

    by Ron Riekki ...
    In My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I am Melting in Extinction, Ron Riekki presents a collection of non-fiction, short stories, and poetry about the Karelian- and Saami-American experience. In true nomadic fashion, his writing takes the reader to Kuusamo, Utah, Berkeley, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Lake Mohave, Yosemite, Karelia, and a hazmat facility where all the animals on site have ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Many Lives of The Twilight Zone

    Essays on the Television and Film Franchise

    Edited by Ron Riekki, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. ...
    More than sixty years after the The Twilight Zone debuted on television, the show remains a cultural phenomenon, including a feature film, three television reboots, a comic book series, a magazine and a theatrical production. This collection of new essays offers a roadmap through a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. Scholars, writers, artists and contributors to the 1980s series ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Many Lives of Scary Clowns

    Essays on Pennywise, Twisty, the Joker, Krusty and More

    Edited by Ron Riekki ...
    The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film. Across the centuries, from Shakespeare's Porter in Macbeth to Edgar Allan Poe's "Hop-Frog," or Stephen King's Pennywise, horror and comedy have blended to create the perfect recipe for entertainment.This volume gives an in-depth analysis of the clown horror genre, including ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Many Lives of It

    Essays on the Stephen King Horror Franchise

    Edited by Ron Riekki ...
    After its publication in 1986, Stephen King's novel It sparked sequels, remakes, parodies and solidified an entire genre: clown horror. Decades later, director Andy Muschietti revitalized King's popular novel, smashing all box office expectations with the release of his 2017 film It. At the time of its release, the movie set the record for the world's highest-grossing horror film. Examining the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Many Lives of The Evil Dead

    Essays on the Cult Film Franchise

    Edited by Ron Riekki, Jeffrey A. Sartain ...
    One of the top-grossing independent films of all time, The Evil Dead (1981) sparked a worldwide cult following, resulting in sequels, remakes, musicals, comic books, conventions, video games and a television series.Examining the legacy of one of the all-time great horror films, this collection of new essays covers the franchise from a range of perspectives. Topics include The Evil Dead as punk ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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    The Genre at the Turn of the Millennium

    Edited by Steffen Hantke ...
    Creatively spent and politically irrelevant, the American horror film is a mere ghost of its former self-or so goes the old saw from fans and scholars alike. Taking on this undeserved reputation, the contributors to this collection provide a comprehensive look at a decade of cinematic production, covering a wide variety of material from the last ten years with a clear critical eye.Individual ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood

    Edited by Lincoln Geraghty ...
    With its sprawling celebrity homes, the Walk of Fame and the iconic sign on the hill, Hollywood is truly the land of stars. Glamorous and larger-than-life, many of the most memorable motion pictures of all time have emanated from its multimillion-dollar film industry, which exports more films per capita than that of any other nation. Directory of World Cinema: American Hollywood lays out the ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh

    by R. Barton Palmer, Steven M. Sanders ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    "Provocative, insightful, and instructive analysis of the cinematic and philosophical significance of Steven Soderbergh's work." —Jason Holt, editor of The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake NewsWidely regarded as a turning point in American independent cinema, Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape launched the career of its twenty-six-year-old director, whose ... Read more

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  • Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, and Reboots

    Multiplicities in Film and Television

    Edited by Amanda Ann Klein, R. Barton Palmer ...
    With sequels, prequels, remakes, spin-offs, or copies of successful films or franchises dominating film and television production, it sometimes seems as if Hollywood is incapable of making an original film or TV show. These textual pluralities or multiplicities—while loved by fans who flock to them in droves—tend to be dismissed by critics and scholars as markers of the death of high culture. ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Spark of Fear

    Technology, Society and the Horror Film

    by Brian N. Duchaney ...
    The horror genre is continually being reinvented as societal fears evolve. As technology has developed and become ubiquitous in modern life, horror films have effectively played upon our increasing reliance on technology as a source of anxiety. Focusing on advancements from the advent of electricity to the Internet, this book explores how technology--ostensibly humanity's means of conquering fear ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Uncovering Stranger Things

    Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series

    Edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, , Jr. ...
    The Duffer Brothers' award-winning Stranger Things exploded onto the pop culture scene in 2016. The Netflix original series revels in a nostalgic view of 1980s America while darkly portraying the cynical aspects of the period.This collection of 23 new essays explores how the show reduces, reuses and recycles '80s pop culture--from the films of Spielberg, Carpenter and Hughes to punk and synthwave ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Start Here: Read Your Way into 25 Amazing Authors

    by Jeff O'Neal, Rebecca Joines Schinsky ...
    There are so many fantastic authors and great books out there that sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Start Here solves that problem; it tells you how to read your way into 25 amazing authors from a wide range of genres--from classics to contemporary fiction to comics. Each chapter presents an author, explains why you might want to try them, and lays out a 3- or 4-book reading sequence ... Read more

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