"First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company."
Falling Down (Controversies) by JudeDavies Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2013 by Red Globe Press ISBN-13: 978-0-230-32134-2, ISBN: 0-230-32134-8
"'Falling Down' (1993) caused controversy because of its depiction of violence and vigilantism, and was accused of racism in its portrayal of a Korean shopkeeper. Jude Davies explores the film's production and reception context, arguing that it was marketed as a deliberate provocation to a growing 'uncivility' in American society. "
" Theodore Dreiser staked his reputation on fearless expression in his fiction, but he never was more outspoken than when writing about American politics, which he did prolifically. Although he is remembered primarily as a novelist, the majority of his twenty-seven books were nonfiction treatises. To Dreiser, everything was political. His sense for the hype and hypocrisies of politics took shape in reasoned but emphatic ruminations in ..."
"Throughout the book, the cinema's artistic encounter with the city always intersects with a social and political engagement in which urgent issues of class, race, sexuality, the environment, liberty, capital, and totalitarianism are everywhere at stake.The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocati ..."
Diana, A Cultural History Gender, Race, Nation and the People's Princess by JudeDavies Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2001 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-333-73688-3, ISBN: 0-333-73688-5
"This book intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess of Wales by offering a critical account of her media iconicity from 1981 to the present. It outlines the historical development of representations of Diana, analysing the ways in which the Princess has been understood via discourses of gender, sexuality, race, economic class, the royal, national identity, and the human. The book then goes on to assess the issues at ..."
"Over the past ten years Hollywood has devoted big budgets and established stars to films about controversial issues, while identities previously considered marginal have come into prominence on the big screen. The authors examine the issues raised by these developments, bringing together debates in identity politics with film studies and launching an innovative theorisation of cinematic representation of identity. Movies from Forrest ..."
"Americanisation--the cultural, political and economic influence of the USA--has played an important role in the shaping of modern Europe. This has been the case from the 19th century, when new and old worlds were negotiating fundamental issues such as race and empire, to the 20th century, when mass media communications intensified and reconfigured the transatlantic relationship. Developments since the Cold War, including the September 1 ..."
"Hollywood has devoted big budgets and established stars to films about controversial issues in the last ten years. Identities considered marginal have come into prominence on the big screen. The authors of Gender, Ethnicity and Sexuality in Contemporary American Film look at the issues raised by these developments, bring together debates in identity politics with film studies, and launch an innovative theorization of the cinematic repre ..."
"Before going on to discuss independent and arguably avant-gardist films by
Marlon Riggs and Tom Kalin, we will concentrate on explicit attempts to represent
national narratives of gay identity in Finch's Stonewall and in Looking for
Langston (Isaac Julien, UK, 1988). That both of these directors are originally
British, and that ... in the USA, Stonewall was funded by the BBC. Stonewall's
romances of resistance Stonewall contextuali ..."
Falling Down by JudeDavies 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-36308-4, ISBN: 1-137-36308-8
"The Principals: Ebbe Roe Smith, Michael Douglas, and Joel Schumacher Like
any other movie, Falling Down was a collaborative production, subject to
institutional constraints, and shaped by the general social, economic, and cultural
context of its moment. It is worth noting the influence of cinematographer Andrzej
Bartkowiak and production designer Barbara Ling on the look and feel of the film,
as well as James Newton Howard's music, ..."
"Jude Davies, Carol R. Smith. Stanley 135–6. For Lee. rage', Paul 99. For a typical
example of Lee's longrunning disagreements with Crouch, see Spike Lee, 'Doing
the job' (interview with James Verniere), Sight and Sound 3/2 (February 1993),
pp. 10–11; p. 11. 69. Joe Wood (ed.), Malcolm X: In ... 1–17; many contributors to
Wood's volume preface their remarks by registering the proliferationand
commodification ofX's image and signific ..."
Diana, A Cultural History Gender, Race, Nation and the People's Princess by Dr JudeDavies Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2001 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-333-73689-0, ISBN: 0-333-73689-3
"This book intervenes in debates over the significance of Diana, Princess of Wales by offering a critical account of her media iconicity from 1981 to the present. It outlines the historical development of representations of Diana, analysing the ways in which the Princess has been understood via discourses of gender, sexuality, race, economic class, the royal, national identity, and the human. The book then goes on to assess the issues at ..."
"The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocative collection of essays, films as diverse as The Man with the Movie Camera, Annie Hall, Street of Crocodiles, Boyz N the Hood, Three Colors Red, and Crash are examined in terms of the relationship between cinema and the changing urban experience in Eur ..."
"Americanization - the cultural, political and economic influence of the USA - has played an important role in the shaping of modern Europe. This textbook offers students an interdisciplinary and theoretically informed understanding of the cultural processes of Americanization. Included are chapters on music, art, film and literature. Designed with classroom use in mind, it provides a number of different routes into the debates and probl ..."
Falling Down by JudeDavies 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Macmillan International Higher Education ISBN-13: 978-1-137-17804-6, ISBN: 1-137-17804-3
"Jude Davies. magazine reported the incident on the fifteenth anniversary of the
riots: In many ways, the shooting death of 15yearold Latasha Harlins on March
16, 1991 by convenience store clerk Soon Ja Du, a Korean immigrant, laid the
foundation of anger and resentment that would eventually ... One of the few
contributors to the popular controversy to broach the issue of audiences' split
identifications, she contests the notion tha ..."
Benefits CHAR's Guide to Income Support and Housing Benefit for Single People Without a Permanent Home: The New Scheme: Currency April 1988-April 1989 by JudeDavies Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1988 by Homeless Link ISBN-13: 978-0-906951-39-2, ISBN: 0-906951-39-9
"The film's depiction of the relationships between Ethan ( Brendan Corbalis ) and
Matty , and most strikingly Vinnie ( Bruce MacVittie ) , the closeted owner of the
bar , and drag queen Bustonia ( Duane Boutte ) , shows up the romance allowed
..."
"What is it you like to read? We have collected a delightful selection of stories by a variety of authors to include in our anthology of Heartland Treasures. Whether you're looking for Historic Romance, a bit of the Old West, a Time Traveler, a Flight of Fancy in a hot air balloon? Or maybe you'd prefer to stroll down memory road? Perhaps, you'd rather meet the regulars at the local diner, or have a pastry at the Bookstore? In all the am ..."