Cinema of Swords: A Popular Guide to Movies about Knights, Pirates, Barbarians, and Vikings (and Samurai and Musketeers and Gladiators and Outlaw Heroes) 1493065629, 9781493065622

Swords and Cinema 9781473875968, 9781473875975, 9781473875951

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Migrating to the Movies: Cinema and Black Urban Modernity 9780520936409

The rise of cinema as the predominant American entertainment around the turn of the last century coincided with the migr

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Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders 9780300182231

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi from the middle ages to the present day

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The Mysteries of Cinema: Movies and Imagination 9780500776377, 9780500776384

Ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this exhilarating survey by cultural critic Peter Conrad ex

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Cinema of Choice: Optional Thinking and Narrative Movies 9780857455925

Standard Hollywood narrative movies prescribe linear narratives that cue the viewer to expect predictable outcomes and a

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Greeks And Barbarians 9781474468916

How did the Greeks view foreign peoples? This book considers what the Greeks thought of foreigners and their religions,

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Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation: The History, Metallurgy and Iconography of the Samurai Sword 4805310359, 9784805310359

Author Colin M. Roach collaborated with top-level artisans, historians, and martial arts experts to create a unique, in-

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Greeks and Barbarians 9780415939591

Greeks and Barbarians examines ancient Greek conceptions of the "other." The attitudes of Greeks to foreigners

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Barbarians at the Gates of Hollywood: Sword and Sorcery Movies of the 1980s

Journey into the realm of VHS tapes and midnight showings where brawny barbarians rescue nubile virgins from evil wizard

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Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1929. — 303 p.This volume describes and illustrates the group of court swords and

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