[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Around the World

[Donald Boozer]

This week=27s posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Public =

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Cartographic Cinema=2E
Tom Conley=2E
University of Minnesota Press=2C 2007=2E
(PN1995=2E9=2EM28 C66 2007)
http=3A//www=2Ecpl=2Eorg/cgi-bin/lookup=2Epl=3Fisbn=3D0816643571
(Link includes cover art=2C summary=2C and table of contents)
=93Cartography and cinema are what might be called locational machinery=2E=
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Maps and movies tell their viewers where they are situated=2C what they =

are doing=2C and=2C to a strong degree=2C who they are=2E In this =

groundbreaking work=2C eminent scholar Tom Conley establishes the =

ideological power of maps in classic=2C contemporary=2C and avant-garde =

cinema to shape the imaginary and mediated relations we hold with the =

world=2E Cartographic Cinema examines the affinities of maps and movies =

through comparative theory and close analysis of films from the Silent =

era to the French New Wave to Hollywood blockbusters=2E=94 -- from book =

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Asian Cinema=3A A Reader =26 Guide=2E
Dimitris Eleftheriotis and Gary Needham=2E
University of Hawai=92i Press=2C 2006=2E
(PN1993=2E5=2EA75 A85 2006)
http=3A//www=2Ecpl=2Eorg/cgi-bin/lookup=2Epl=3Fisbn=3D0824830857
(Link includes summary and table of contents)
=93Asian cinema is an area of increasing interest in Anglo-US film =

studies while Asian films are now widely distributed and popular with =

western audiences=2E The fascination with Asian cinema must be examined =

in the context of a complex and often problematic relationship between =

western scholars=2C students=2C viewers and Asian films=2E This book=2C =

therefore=2C examines a number of detailed case studies (such as the =

films of Ozu=2C Bruce Lee=2C Hong Kong and Turkish cinema=2C Hindi =

melodramas=2C Godzilla films=2C Taiwanese directors and Fifth Generation =

Chinese cinema) and uses them in order to investigate the limitations =

of Anglo-US theoretical models and critical paradigms=2E By engaging the =

readers with familiar areas of critical discourse (such as postcolonial =

criticism=2C =27national cinema=27=2C =27genre=27=2C =27authorship=27 and=
 =27stardom=27) the =

book aims to introduce within such contexts the =27unfamiliar=27 case =

studies which will be explored in depth and detail=2E=94 -- from the book=
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London=92s Theatres=2E
Mike Kilburn=2E
Photography by Alberto Arzoz=2E
New Holland Publishers=2C 2002=2E
(PN2596=2EL6 K55 2002)
 http=3A//www=2Ecpl=2Eorg/cgi-bin/lookup=2Epl=3Fisbn=3D1843300699
(Link includes table of contents)
=93This lavishly illustrated book covers more than 50 of central London=92=
s =

most famous and historically significant theatres=2C the fascinating and =

lively text=2C combined with stunning images of the theatres=2C both insi=
de =

and out=2C celebrates London=92s glorious cultural heritage and offers a =

remarkable source of reference for years to come=2E=94 -- from book jacke=
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(Note=3A Photographs are all in color=2E)

Remember=2C books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =

library with the touch of a button=2E Whether you=27re from Cleveland=2C =

Shaker Heights=2C Peninsula=2C or Twinsburg=2C just place a hold through =
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link provided and choose your library as the pickup location=2E
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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue=2C Cleveland=2C OH 44114
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