Gabler explores the transformation of modern life into an entertainment medium, explaining how everything from religion to politics has become a form of show business.
Gabler explores the transformation of modern life into an entertainment medium, explaining how everything from religion to politics has become a form of show business.
Theatre at War, 1914-18, is the only comprehensive study of theatre entertainment and the Great War. This is a fascinating social history of the theatre in Britain, her armed forces and of her allies, both at home and in the trenches.
In this companion volume to 'Reading the popular', Fiske presents a radical theory of what it means for culture to be popular.
Video games are part of the growing digital entertainment industry for which game localization has become pivotal in serving international markets. As well as addressing the practical needs of the industry to facilitate translator and localizer training, this book seeks to conce…
The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunk…
The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle's award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire. Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunk…
A guide for planning and approaching old age and the problems that can occur as each person gets older.
A guide for planning and approaching old age and the problems that can occur as each person gets older.