[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Around the World

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
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Library has an international flavor: Palestinian, Indian, and English=
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The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main=
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Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
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Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to reser=
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any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, call 2=
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623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94

Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema.
Edited by Hamid Dabashi. Preface by Eward Said.
Verso Books, 2006.
(PN1993.5.P35 D74 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1844670880
(Link includes cover art and a summary)
A lively celebration of the genius and power of Palestinian cinema.=
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Over the last quarter-century, Palestinian cinema has emerged as a=
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major artistic force on the global scene. Deeply rooted in the histor=
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struggles for national self-determination, this cinema is the single=
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most important artistic expression of a much-maligned people. Despite=
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the extraordinary social and artistic significance of Palestinian fil=
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there is no single volume in which its political and aesthetic aspect=
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are carefully examined. "Dreams of a Nation," a collection of essays=
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and interviews in which filmmakers, critics and scholars reflect on i=
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production and impact, is the most comprehensive book on Palestinian=
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cinema in any language.=20

Shanti Kumar.
Gandhi Meets Primetime: Globalization and Nationalism in Indian=20
Television.
University of Illinois Press, 2006.
(PN1992.3.I4 K86 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D025203001x
Kumar gives a unique perspective into the development of Indian=20
television and shows how that country=92s multilingual makeup had an=
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effect on its varied nature.


Shepperton Studios: A Visual Celebration.
Foreword by Sir John Mills. Introduction by Sir Ridley Scott.
Southbank Publishing, 2006.
(PN1999.S46 B75 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1904915035
=93Shepperton has been the home for maverick and independent film=
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production  for nearly seventy-five years. Owned by a succession of=
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famous brothers, the Kordas, the Boultings, the Lees, and the Scotts,=
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some of the most successful films ever produced have been made at the=
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studios...With over 300 stunning images...this fully authorised book=
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represents the first comprehensive illustrated account of Shepperton=
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Studios.=94 =96 from the back cover (DVD of trailers included)


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET=
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library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
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Cleveland, Hudson, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the link=
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provided and choose your library as the pickup location.

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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org