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Dangerous dreams : essays on American film and television / by Whitt, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The influence of literature on film and television. Shutter Island: Martin Scorsese's allegory of despair -- When fiction becomes reality: Authorial voice in the door in the floor, secret window, and swimming pool -- The "very simplicity of the thing": Edgar Allan Poe, Jessica B. …”
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Women in Chinese martial arts films of the new millennium narrative analyses and gender politics / by Chen, Ya-chen

Table of Contents: “…The fox, dragon, and lotus in Crouching tiger, hidden dragon -- To (en)gender the gendered history in hero -- There is a beauty in the door(way) of flying daggers -- Women who do not practice martial arts in Seven swords -- Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping beauty in The promise -- The Chinese Hamlet's two women and Shakespeare's Chinese sisters: Qing N�u and Waner in The banque -- Traffic of madwomen in the Chinese royal attic: gender concerns in Curse of the golden flower -- Integrated analyses about the limitation of feminist emancipation in groups of films. …”
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Echoes from Dharamsala music in the life of a Tibetan refugee community / by Diehl, Keila

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Theory at home and in the field -- Dharamsala : a resting place to pass through -- "There is a tension in our hearts" : constructing the rich cultural heritage of Tibet -- Taking refuge in (and from) India : film songs, angry mobs, and other exilic pleasures and fears -- The West as surrogate Shangri-La : rock and roll and rangzen as style and ideology -- The nail that sticks up gets hammered down : making modern Tibetan music -- Little jolmo bird in the willow grove : crafting Tibetan song lyrics -- A peek through ragged tent flaps and Heaven's door : concerts that rupture and bond -- Conclusion : Cycles, echoes, and their implications.…”
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