Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a... Læs mere
From the first fully fledged review of his screen debut in November 1928 to the present day, Mickey Mouse has won millions of fans and charmed even the harshest of critics. Ranging... Læs mere
Hers is the show business saga you think you already know - but you ain't seen nothin' yet. Rose Thompson Hovick, mother of June... Læs mere
Goes beyond the traditional adaptation approach of comparing and contrasting the similarities of film and book versions of a text. By tracing a pattern across films... Læs mere
Brings together historians and literary scholars to explore the many facets of William Faulkner's relationship to history: the historical contexts of his novels and stories; his... Læs mere
Repeatedly and powerfully throughout Cuban history, the mulata, a woman of mixed racial identity, features prominently in Cuban visual and performative... Læs mere
Probes the complex issues of identity confronting free blacks who attempted to meaningfully engage in colonization efforts. From a... Læs mere
Lying in a hospital bed, José P. Ramirez, Jr. (b. 1948) almost lost everything because of a misunderstood disease. Titled for the sliver of a window through which persons... Læs mere
Provides a survey of food's function in children's texts, showing how the sociocultural contexts of food reveal children's agency. Kara Keeling and Scott... Læs mere
Featuring both reprinted and original essays, this collection reveals why we are so fascinated with the villain. This innovative collection brings together essays, book excerpts,... Læs mere
In the first volume to collect the paintings and drawings of Clarence Major, readers are offered six decades of unique, colourful, and compelling canvases... Læs mere
In this engaging, cradle-to-grave biography, Todd James Pierce explores the life of Ward Kimball, a lead Disney animator who worked on... Læs mere