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Remaking Chinese cinema through the prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Hollywood / by Wang, Yiman, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The goddess : tracking the "unknown woman" from Hollywood through Shanghai to Hong Kong -- Family resemblance, class conflicts : re-version of the sisterhood singsong drama -- The love parade goes on : western-costume Cantonese opera film and the foreignizing remake -- Mr. Phantom goes to the East : history and its afterlife from Hollywood to Shanghai and Hong Kong -- Conclusion : Mr. …”
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Planet Beethoven : classical music at the turn of the millennium / by Yang, Mina

Table of Contents: “…The little orange dress -- Moulin Rouge! and the undoing of opera -- Interlude 4. The digital concert hall -- El sistema L.A.…”
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Anton Rubinstein a life in music / by Taylor, Philip, 1949 May 30-2007

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : the historical context -- Return to Russia and first opera, 1848-53 -- Foreign tour, 1854-59 -- The founding of the Russian Music Society and Russia's first conservatory, 1859-67 -- Europe and America concert tour, 1867-73 -- A villa at Peterhof and operatic successes, 1873-85 -- The historical concerts and second term as director of the St. …”
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Philosophy of exaggeration by García Düttmann, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…: exaggeration and politics -- Being guilty : exaggeration and factuality -- Flight simulator : exaggeration and trauma -- The obvious : exaggeration and self-evidence -- Blow job : exaggeration and institution -- Old opera : exaggeration and art -- Life lines : exaggeration and event -- Lexical note.…”
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Sitting pretty the life and times of Clifton Webb / by Webb, Clifton, 1893-1966

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The noses have it -- First vision of a name in lights -- Art and opera -- Making progress and moving up -- Dancing into Xanadu -- To Europe in search of adventure -- In love with Jeanne Eagels -- Great plays, then the great war -- The war starts, Blithe spirit leads to Laura -- More movies, more parties, and Garbo -- A top box-office draw -- Stars and stripes forever -- Clifton and Mabelle, together forever.…”
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Philosophy of exaggeration by García Düttmann, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…: exaggeration and politics -- Being guilty : exaggeration and factuality -- Flight simulator : exaggeration and trauma -- The obvious : exaggeration and self-evidence -- Blow job : exaggeration and institution -- Old opera : exaggeration and art -- Life lines : exaggeration and event -- Lexical note.…”
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Sitting pretty the life and times of Clifton Webb / by Webb, Clifton, 1893-1966

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The noses have it -- First vision of a name in lights -- Art and opera -- Making progress and moving up -- Dancing into Xanadu -- To Europe in search of adventure -- In love with Jeanne Eagels -- Great plays, then the great war -- The war starts, Blithe spirit leads to Laura -- More movies, more parties, and Garbo -- A top box-office draw -- Stars and stripes forever -- Clifton and Mabelle, together forever.…”
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Anton Rubinstein a life in music / by Taylor, Philip, 1949 May 30-2007

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : the historical context -- Return to Russia and first opera, 1848-53 -- Foreign tour, 1854-59 -- The founding of the Russian Music Society and Russia's first conservatory, 1859-67 -- Europe and America concert tour, 1867-73 -- A villa at Peterhof and operatic successes, 1873-85 -- The historical concerts and second term as director of the St. …”
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Theological treatises on the Trinity by Victorinus, Marius

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Theological treatises on the Trinity by Victorinus, Marius

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From happy homemaker to desperate housewives motherhood and popular television / by Feasey, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: theorising motherhood on the small screen -- Soap opera: challenging the "good" mother stereotype -- Situation comedy: the (un)funny mummy wars -- Teen drama: absent, inept and intoxicated mothers -- Dramedy: struggling, sexual and sisterly single mothers -- Reality parenting programming: fragile, failing and ineffectual mothers -- Celebrity reality television: maintaining the "yummy mummy" -- Profile -- Factual television: pregnancy, delivery and the new mother -- Conclusion.…”
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From happy homemaker to desperate housewives motherhood and popular television / by Feasey, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: theorising motherhood on the small screen -- Soap opera: challenging the "good" mother stereotype -- Situation comedy: the (un)funny mummy wars -- Teen drama: absent, inept and intoxicated mothers -- Dramedy: struggling, sexual and sisterly single mothers -- Reality parenting programming: fragile, failing and ineffectual mothers -- Celebrity reality television: maintaining the "yummy mummy" -- Profile -- Factual television: pregnancy, delivery and the new mother -- Conclusion.…”
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Grotesque Figures : Baudelaire, Rousseau, and the Aesthetics of Modernity / by Swain, Virginia E., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Socio-Political Implications of the Grotesque: "Opera" and "Les Yeux des Pauvres" -- 7. Rousseau, Trauma and Fetishism: "Le Vieux Saltimbanque."…”
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Grotesque Figures : Baudelaire, Rousseau, and the Aesthetics of Modernity / by Swain, Virginia E., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Socio-Political Implications of the Grotesque: "Opera" and "Les Yeux des Pauvres" -- 7. Rousseau, Trauma and Fetishism: "Le Vieux Saltimbanque."…”
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The megamusical by Sternfeld, Jessica, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…: Jesus Christ Superstar -- "Humming the scenery" : the megamusical ascending -- "Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was" : Cats -- "To love another person is to see the face of God" : Les misérables -- "The angel of music sings songs in my head" : The phantom of the Opera -- "A model of decorum and tranquility" : other megamusicals in the 1980s -- "New music" : the megamusical in the 1990s -- "Everything is show biz" : the megamusical and Broadway in the twenty-first century.…”
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The megamusical by Sternfeld, Jessica, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…: Jesus Christ Superstar -- "Humming the scenery" : the megamusical ascending -- "Well, the theatre is certainly not what it was" : Cats -- "To love another person is to see the face of God" : Les misérables -- "The angel of music sings songs in my head" : The phantom of the Opera -- "A model of decorum and tranquility" : other megamusicals in the 1980s -- "New music" : the megamusical in the 1990s -- "Everything is show biz" : the megamusical and Broadway in the twenty-first century.…”
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The man that got away / by Rimler, Walter

Table of Contents: “…Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting.…”
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The man that got away / by Rimler, Walter

Table of Contents: “…Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting.…”
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Joseph Holbrooke : composer, critic, and musical patriot /

Table of Contents: “…Ellis / Anne-Marie Forbes -- Holbrooke's chamber music and the specter of mass culture / Paul Hopwood -- Holbrooke and chamber opera : Pierrot and Pierrette and The enchanted garden / Paul Rodmell -- Holbrooke and Poe revisited : refiguring The raven as the musical uncanny / Michael Allis -- A "nationalist in art" : Holbrooke's Contemporary British composers / Paul Watt.…”
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Joseph Holbrooke : composer, critic, and musical patriot /

Table of Contents: “…Ellis / Anne-Marie Forbes -- Holbrooke's chamber music and the specter of mass culture / Paul Hopwood -- Holbrooke and chamber opera : Pierrot and Pierrette and The enchanted garden / Paul Rodmell -- Holbrooke and Poe revisited : refiguring The raven as the musical uncanny / Michael Allis -- A "nationalist in art" : Holbrooke's Contemporary British composers / Paul Watt.…”
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