Hollywood cognitarians by Toby Miller

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Hollywood synergy by Nathan M. Vaughan

“…This thesis is a theoretically informed and empirical analysis of synergistic processes within Hollywood production and circulation. …”
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Were the Hollywood film studios' research libraries significant in Hollywood film production, 1914–1950? by Corinne Lambert

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The green effect of Hollywood’s diversity problem by Richard Maxwell, Toby Miller

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How does Hollywood represent identities from the West Asian countries in conflict with the U.S. government since 1979? by Mohammed Reza John Vedadipour

“…How does Hollywood represent identities from the West Asian countries in conflict with the U.S. government since 1979?…”
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Continuity and change in Hollywood representations of the Middle East after September 11th by Sulaiman Arti

“…Although the events of 9/11 seemed to justify the traditional negative stereotype of Arabs, the image has been partially and rationally re-interpreted. …”
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The new international division of cultural labor revisited by Toby Miller

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Fast boats from Hollywood to China-and vice versa-or ships passing in the night? The PRC meets the NICL by Toby Miller

“…The PRC meets the NICL…”
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Framing city networks through temporary projects: (trans)national film production beyond ‘Global Hollywood’ by Michael Hoyler, Allan Watson

“…Stripping away the ‘top layer’ of Hollywood’s commercially successful feature films, we undertake a social network analysis of film productions in four markets across three continents – China, Germany, France and Brazil – to provide a unique comparative analysis of networked urban geographies. …”
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Was it a good war? Film, memoir, and the memory of the American strategic bombing campaign by Sam Edwards

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Re-presenting the Paralympics: (contested) philosophies, production practices and the hypervisibility of disability by Emma Pullen, Daniel Jackson, Michael Silk, Richard Scullion

“…In so doing, we reveal myriad tensions that coalesce around representing the Paralympics, with respect to the efforts made to balance the competing goals of key stakeholders and a stated desire to make the Paralympics both a commercial and socially progressive success.…”
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Staging an emergency by Chris Zebrowski

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Animated personalities - reading stardom in American theatrical short cartoons by David McGowan

“…Animated stars are compared to live-action stars working within both the Hollywood studio system and in the post-studio era. …”
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Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History (PDF) by Deborah Willis, Ellyn Toscano, Kalia Brooks Nelson

“…The essays in this book chart how women’s profound and turbulent experiences of migration have been articulated in writing, photography, art and film. As a whole, the volume gives an impression of a wide range of migratory events from women’s perspectives, covering the Caribbean Diaspora, refugees and slavery through the various lenses of politics and war, love and family. …”
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Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History (XML) by Deborah Willis, Ellyn Toscano, Kalia Brooks Nelson

“…The essays in this book chart how women’s profound and turbulent experiences of migration have been articulated in writing, photography, art and film. As a whole, the volume gives an impression of a wide range of migratory events from women’s perspectives, covering the Caribbean Diaspora, refugees and slavery through the various lenses of politics and war, love and family. …”
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Bollywood and slum tours: poverty tourism and the Indian cultural industry by Clelia Clini, Deimantas Valančiūnas

“…An article published on India Outlook in July 2019 stated that Dharavi, Mumbai’s biggest slum, has now beaten the Taj Mahal as the most popular tourist destination in India, having “received a push by Hollywood and Indian films alike” (2019). …”
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A comparative analysis between The Mahdi from Dune (2021) and Imam Mahdī in the Twelver Shi'a tradition by Reza John Vedadi

“…The 2021 Hollywood film Dune captured audiences’ attention worldwide with its beautiful cinematography and compelling storytelling. …”
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Cultural studies by Brian Jarvis

“…Although this might not seem especially contentious nowadays, just a few decades ago the idea that students might study graphic novels (that’s the posh term for comics) or Hollywood adaptations of Shakespearean drama would have made most academics apoplectic (that’s the posh term for very angry). …”
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Shucks, we've got glamour girls too! Gertrude Stein, Bennett Cerf and the culture of celebrity by Lise Jaillant

“…© The Trustees of Indiana University. September 1933 was a turning point in Gertrude Stein's career. That month, Alfred Harcourt published The Autobiography of Alice B. …”
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A Time Travel Dialogue (PDF) by John W. Carroll

“…Rufus, a physics graduate student and a computer scientist this book probes an experimentally supported hypothesis of backwards time travel – and in so doing addresses key metaphysical issues, such as causation, identity over time and free will. …”
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Future technology in the ‘Star Trek’ reboots. Part I: tethered and performative technology by Carl Wilson, Garrath Wilson

“…So, the inherent deeper appeal of the “new” within the Star Trek reboots is not, we would suggest, necessarily derived from a single-minded surface focus on sexy new alien races or new technology purely for the sake of spectacle (although we’re quite fond of these things too), but to borrow once more from Kirk’s classic monologue, if space is the “final frontier”, then the technology that facilitates this investigative endeavour is also by extension one of the central mechanisms by which we can learn new things about ourselves and our modern society.…”
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