Hector J. Perez 
Opera and Video [PDF ebook] 
Technology and Spectatorship

"The Moneychangers" by Upton Sinclair is a searing critique of the American financial system, focusing on the pervasive financial corruption and greed within the banking and stock market …

Poppy’s Presents by Mrs. O. F. Walton is a children’s novel that intertwines themes of generosity, family dynamics, and personal growth through the experiences of its young protagonist, Poppy. The …

The fourth volume of ”The Griffith Project” looks at the films produced by D.W.Griffith at the Biograph Company in 1910. There were 86 films in all and they represent a period of creativity for the …

Claiming the Real II describes the origins,  development and current state of documentary cinema, and the social, political, industrial and ethical factors that determine its production. This new …

John Buchan”s name is known across the world for The Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past one hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for …

Television directors remain an enigma to most students of the mass media; traditionally, their function has been little understood by scholars and the viewing public. In this book, John Ravage …

It would be easy to dismiss the films of Douglas Sirk (1897-1987) as brilliant examples of mid-century melodrama with little to say to the contemporary world. Yet Robert Pippin argues that, far from …

A comprehensive overview of how to study film, this updated third edition provides concise and provocative summaries for approaching the language of film analysis, ways of thinking about film history …