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Animation: The Global History
ANIMATION: THE GLOBAL HISTORY

Furniss, Maureen

£29.75
Essential
DreamWorks Animation: Intertextuality and Aesthetics in Shrek and Beyond
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION: INTERTEXTUALITY AND AESTHETICS IN SHREK AND BEYOND

Summers, Sam

£76.49
£79.50
Essential

DreamWorks Animation: Intertextuality and Aesthetics in Shrek and Beyond
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION: INTERTEXTUALITY AND AESTHETICS IN SHREK AND BEYOND

Summers, Sam

£76.49
£79.50
Essential

Experimental Animation: From Analogue to Digital
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION: FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL

Harris, Miriam (Auckland University of Technology, New...

£31.44
Essential
Experimental Animation: From Analogue to Digital
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION: FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL

Harris, Miriam (Auckland University of Technology, New...

£31.44
Essential
Experimental Animation: From Analogue to Digital
EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION: FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL

Harris, Miriam (Auckland University of Technology, New...

£31.44
Essential
Aardman Animations: Beyond Stop-Motion (PDF eBook)
AARDMAN ANIMATIONS: BEYOND STOP-MOTION (PDF EBOOK)

Honess Roe, Annabelle

£28.79
Highly Recommended
Animated Documentary
ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY

Honess Roe, Annabelle

£67.99
£64.99
Highly Recommended

Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (PDF eBook)
ANIMATED LANDSCAPES: HISTORY, FORM AND FUNCTION (PDF EBOOK)

Pallant, Chris

£34.19
Highly Recommended
Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (PDF eBook)
ANIMATED LANDSCAPES: HISTORY, FORM AND FUNCTION (PDF EBOOK)

Pallant, Chris

£34.19
Highly Recommended
Animating Difference: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary Films for Children
ANIMATING DIFFERENCE: RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY FILMS FOR CHILDREN

King, C. Richard, Washington State University; ...

£25.50
Highly Recommended
Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality, and Animation
ANIMATING THE UNCONSCIOUS: DESIRE, SEXUALITY, AND ANIMATION

Pilling, Jayne

£21.25
Highly Recommended
Animating the Unconscious: Desire, Sexuality, and Animation
ANIMATING THE UNCONSCIOUS: DESIRE, SEXUALITY, AND ANIMATION

Pilling, Jayne

£21.25
Highly Recommended
Animation and Advertising (ePub eBook)
ANIMATION AND ADVERTISING (EPUB EBOOK)

Cook, Malcolm/Thompson, Kirsten Moana;

£109.50
Highly Recommended
Animation Studies Reader, The
ANIMATION STUDIES READER, THE

Dobson, Nichola (Edinburgh College of Art, UK);...

£24.64
£26.09
Highly Recommended

Animation Studies Reader, The
ANIMATION STUDIES READER, THE

Dobson, Nichola (Edinburgh College of Art, UK);...

£24.64
£26.09
Highly Recommended

Animation: A World History: The Complete Set
ANIMATION: A WORLD HISTORY: THE COMPLETE SET

Bendazzi, Giannalberto (Visting professor, Nanyang Technological University...

£212.50
Highly Recommended
Animation: A World History: The Complete Set
ANIMATION: A WORLD HISTORY: THE COMPLETE SET

Bendazzi, Giannalberto (Visting professor, Nanyang Technological University...

£212.50
Highly Recommended
Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age (PDF eBook)
ANIMATION: A WORLD HISTORY: VOLUME I: FOUNDATIONS - THE GOLDEN AGE (PDF EBOOK)

Bendazzi, Giannalberto

£42.29
Highly Recommended
Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age (PDF eBook)
ANIMATION: A WORLD HISTORY: VOLUME I: FOUNDATIONS - THE GOLDEN AGE (PDF EBOOK)

Bendazzi, Giannalberto

£42.29
Highly Recommended
Anime Boom in the United States, The: Lessons for Global Creative Industries
ANIME BOOM IN THE UNITED STATES, THE: LESSONS FOR GLOBAL CREATIVE INDUSTRIES

Daliot-Bul, Michal; Otmazgin, Nissim

£17.81
Highly Recommended
Before the Crash: Early Video Game History
BEFORE THE CRASH: EARLY VIDEO GAME HISTORY

Wolf, Mark

£28.01
Highly Recommended
Birth of an Industry: Blackface Minstrelsy and the Rise of American Animation
BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY: BLACKFACE MINSTRELSY AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN ANIMATION

Sammond, Nicholas

£22.94
Highly Recommended
Computer-Animated Film, The: Industry, Style and Genre
COMPUTER-ANIMATED FILM, THE: INDUSTRY, STYLE AND GENRE

Holliday, Christopher

£76.50
Highly Recommended
Computer-Animated Film, The: Industry, Style and Genre
COMPUTER-ANIMATED FILM, THE: INDUSTRY, STYLE AND GENRE

Holliday, Christopher

£76.50
Highly Recommended
Contemporary Hollywood Animation: Style, Storytelling, Culture and Ideology Since the 1990s
CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD ANIMATION: STYLE, STORYTELLING, CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY SINCE THE 1990S

Brown, Noel

£76.50
Highly Recommended
Cultural History of the Disney Fairy Tale, A: Once Upon an American Dream
CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE DISNEY FAIRY TALE, A: ONCE UPON AN AMERICAN DREAM

L. Mollet, Tracey

£93.49
£99.50
Highly Recommended

Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation (PDF eBook)
DEMYSTIFYING DISNEY: A HISTORY OF DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION (PDF EBOOK)

Pallant, Chris

£26.09
Highly Recommended
Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation (PDF eBook)
DEMYSTIFYING DISNEY: A HISTORY OF DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION (PDF EBOOK)

Pallant, Chris

£26.09
Highly Recommended
Discussing Disney
DISCUSSING DISNEY

Davis, Amy M.

£23.79
Highly Recommended
Discussing Disney
DISCUSSING DISNEY

Davis, Amy M.

£23.79
Highly Recommended
Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South
DISNEY'S MOST NOTORIOUS FILM: RACE, CONVERGENCE, AND THE HIDDEN HISTORIES OF SONG OF THE SOUTH

Sperb, Jason

£41.65
Highly Recommended
Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability
DIVERSITY IN DISNEY FILMS: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY

Cheu, Johnson

£25.46
Highly Recommended
Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality and Disability
DIVERSITY IN DISNEY FILMS: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, SEXUALITY AND DISABILITY

Cheu, Johnson

£25.46
Highly Recommended
Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema
DRAWN FROM LIFE: ISSUES AND THEMES IN ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY CINEMA

Murray, Jonathan; Ehrlich, Nea

£23.79
Highly Recommended
Drawn to Television: Prime-Time Animation from The Flintstones to Family Guy
DRAWN TO TELEVISION: PRIME-TIME ANIMATION FROM THE FLINTSTONES TO FAMILY GUY

Booker, Prof. M. Keith

£36.55
£38.70
Highly Recommended

Early British Animation: From Page and Stage to Cinema Screens
EARLY BRITISH ANIMATION: FROM PAGE AND STAGE TO CINEMA SCREENS

Cook, Malcolm

£93.49
Highly Recommended
Films of Fact – British Cinema and Thatcherism
FILMS OF FACT – BRITISH CINEMA AND THATCHERISM

Friedman, Lester

£18.70
Highly Recommended
Good Girls and Wicked Witches: Changing Representations of Women in Disney's Feature Animation, 1937-2001
GOOD GIRLS AND WICKED WITCHES: CHANGING REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN DISNEY'S FEATURE ANIMATION, 1937-2001

Davis, Amy M.

£18.69
£18.99
Highly Recommended

Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan's Greatest Animator
HAYAO MIYAZAKI: EXPLORING THE EARLY WORK OF JAPAN'S GREATEST ANIMATOR

Greenberg, Raz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

£28.04
£26.09
Highly Recommended

Horror Films for Children: Fear and Pleasure in American Cinema
HORROR FILMS FOR CHILDREN: FEAR AND PLEASURE IN AMERICAN CINEMA

Lester, Dr Catherine (University of Birmingham, UK)

£80.75
Highly Recommended
Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, The: From Snow White to WALL-E
IDEA OF NATURE IN DISNEY ANIMATION, THE: FROM SNOW WHITE TO WALL-E

Whitley, David

£37.39
Highly Recommended
Introduction to Game Studies, An
INTRODUCTION TO GAME STUDIES, AN

Mayra, Frans

£38.24
Highly Recommended
Language of New Media, The
LANGUAGE OF NEW MEDIA, THE

Manovich, Lev (City University of New York)

£29.75
Highly Recommended
Princess Mononoke: Understanding Studio Ghibli's Monster Princess
PRINCESS MONONOKE: UNDERSTANDING STUDIO GHIBLI'S MONSTER PRINCESS

Denison, Rayna (University of East Anglia, UK)

£28.89
Highly Recommended
Reader In Animation Studies, A
READER IN ANIMATION STUDIES, A

Pilling, Jayne

£25.49
£7.99
Highly Recommended

Reader In Animation Studies, A
READER IN ANIMATION STUDIES, A

Pilling, Jayne

£25.49
£7.99
Highly Recommended

Reader In Animation Studies, A
READER IN ANIMATION STUDIES, A

Pilling, Jayne

£25.49
£7.99
Highly Recommended

Seven Minutes: The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon
SEVEN MINUTES: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AMERICAN ANIMATED CARTOON

Klein, Norman M

£16.99
Highly Recommended
Tim Burton's Bodies: Gothic, Animated, Corporeal and Creaturely
TIM BURTON'S BODIES: GOTHIC, ANIMATED, CORPOREAL AND CREATURELY

Hockenhull, Stella; Pheasant-Kelly, Fran

£80.75
Highly Recommended
Toy Story: How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature
TOY STORY: HOW PIXAR REINVENTED THE ANIMATED FEATURE

Smith, Susan (University of Sunderland, UK); ...

£28.89
Highly Recommended
Video Game Explosion, The: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond
VIDEO GAME EXPLOSION, THE: A HISTORY FROM PONG TO PLAYSTATION AND BEYOND

Wolf, Mark J. P.

£59.50
£63.00
Highly Recommended

Video Game Theory Reader 2, The
VIDEO GAME THEORY READER 2, THE

Perron, Bernard; Wolf, Mark J.P.

£123.25
Highly Recommended
Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts
ANIMATED PERSONALITIES: CARTOON CHARACTERS AND STARDOM IN AMERICAN THEATRICAL SHORTS

McGowan, David

£72.25
£48.00
Additional Reading

Animating Film Theory
ANIMATING FILM THEORY

Redrobe, Karen

£22.09
Additional Reading
Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E
ANIMATING SPACE: FROM MICKEY TO WALL-E

Telotte, J.P.

£27.20
£31.50
Additional Reading

Animation in China: History, Aesthetics, Media
ANIMATION IN CHINA: HISTORY, AESTHETICS, MEDIA

Macdonald, Sean

£131.75
Additional Reading
Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets (PDF...
ANIMATION: A WORLD HISTORY: VOLUME II: THE BIRTH OF A STYLE - THE THREE MARKETS...

Bendazzi, Giannalberto

£44.09
Additional Reading
Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times (PDF eBook)
ANIMATION: A WORLD HISTORY: VOLUME III: CONTEMPORARY TIMES (PDF EBOOK)

Bendazzi, Giannalberto

£44.09
Additional Reading
Art in Motion, Revised Edition: Animation Aesthetics
ART IN MOTION, REVISED EDITION: ANIMATION AESTHETICS

Furniss, Maureen

£22.09
Additional Reading
Art in Motion, Revised Edition: Animation Aesthetics
ART IN MOTION, REVISED EDITION: ANIMATION AESTHETICS

Furniss, Maureen

£22.09
Additional Reading
Cartoons in Hard Times: The Animated Shorts of Disney and Warner Brothers in Depression and War...
CARTOONS IN HARD TIMES: THE ANIMATED SHORTS OF DISNEY AND WARNER BROTHERS IN DEPRESSION AND...

Mollet, Tracey (University of Leeds, UK)

£28.89
£30.59
Additional Reading

Chinese Animation: A History and Filmography, 1922-2012
CHINESE ANIMATION: A HISTORY AND FILMOGRAPHY, 1922-2012

Giesen, Rolf

£33.96
Additional Reading
Cinema of Jan Svankmajer 2e, The
CINEMA OF JAN SVANKMAJER 2E, THE

Hames, Peter

£18.70
Additional Reading
Contemporary Art and Digital Culture
CONTEMPORARY ART AND DIGITAL CULTURE

Gronlund, Melissa

£33.14
Additional Reading
Crafty Animator, The: Handmade, Craft-based Animation and Cultural Value
CRAFTY ANIMATOR, THE: HANDMADE, CRAFT-BASED ANIMATION AND CULTURAL VALUE

Ruddell, Caroline; Ward, Paul

£93.49
£109.50
Additional Reading

Digital Culture
DIGITAL CULTURE

Gere, Charlie

£21.21
£15.95
Additional Reading

Digital Encounters
DIGITAL ENCOUNTERS

Wood, Aylish

£31.44
Additional Reading
Digital Imaging in Popular Cinema
DIGITAL IMAGING IN POPULAR CINEMA

Purse, Lisa

£76.50
Additional Reading
Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality
DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN CINEMA: THE SEDUCTION OF REALITY

Prince, Stephen

£31.45
Additional Reading
Editing and Special/Visual Effects: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking
EDITING AND SPECIAL/VISUAL EFFECTS: BEHIND THE SILVER SCREEN: A MODERN HISTORY OF FILMMAKING

Keil, Charlie; Whissel, Kristen

£22.09
£23.39
Additional Reading

Emile Cohl, Caricature, and Film
EMILE COHL, CARICATURE, AND FILM

Crafton, Donald

£49.30
Additional Reading
Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy
ESTONIAN ANIMATION: BETWEEN GENIUS AND UTTER ILLITERACY

Robinson, Chris

£18.69
£7.99
Additional Reading

Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art
EXHIBITING CINEMA IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Balsom, Erika

£38.21
Additional Reading
Experimental and Expanded Animation: New Perspectives and Practices
EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPANDED ANIMATION: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES

Smith, Vicky; Hamlyn, Nicky

£118.99
£129.50
Additional Reading

Experimental and Expanded Animation: New Perspectives and Practices
EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPANDED ANIMATION: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES

Smith, Vicky; Hamlyn, Nicky

£118.99
£129.50
Additional Reading

Film Work of Norman McLaren, The
FILM WORK OF NORMAN MCLAREN, THE

Dobson, Terence

£19.54
Additional Reading
Films that Sell: Moving Pictures and Advertising
FILMS THAT SELL: MOVING PICTURES AND ADVERTISING

Vonderau, Patrick (University of Halle, Germany); ...

£28.04
£29.69
Additional Reading

Funny Pictures (ePub eBook)
FUNNY PICTURES (EPUB EBOOK)

Goldmark, Daniel Ira/Keil, Charles;

£30.00
Additional Reading
Funny Pictures (ePub eBook)
FUNNY PICTURES (EPUB EBOOK)

Goldmark, Daniel Ira/Keil, Charles;

£30.00
Additional Reading
Global Animation Theory: International Perspectives at Animafest Zagreb
GLOBAL ANIMATION THEORY: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AT ANIMAFEST ZAGREB

Bruckner, Professor Franziska (St. Poelten University of...

£102.00
Additional Reading
Hand-Made Television: Stop-Frame Animation for Children in Britain, 1961-1974
HAND-MADE TELEVISION: STOP-FRAME ANIMATION FOR CHILDREN IN BRITAIN, 1961-1974

Moseley, R.

£38.24
Additional Reading
History of Motion Graphics, The
HISTORY OF MOTION GRAPHICS, THE

Betancourt, Michael

£33.99
Additional Reading
Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Garde
HOLLYWOOD FLATLANDS: ANIMATION, CRITICAL THEORY AND THE AVANT-GARDE

Leslie, Esther

£19.54
£10.00
Additional Reading

Illusion Of Life 2, The: More Essays on Animation
ILLUSION OF LIFE 2, THE: MORE ESSAYS ON ANIMATION

Cholodenko, Alan

£24.22
Additional Reading
Illusion Of Life, The
ILLUSION OF LIFE, THE

Johnston, Ollie; Thomas, Frank

£48.44
Additional Reading
Japanese Animation: East Asian Perspectives
JAPANESE ANIMATION: EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVES

Yokota, Masao; Hu, Tze-yue G.

£25.46
Additional Reading
Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts
JAPANESE CINEMA: TEXTS AND CONTEXTS

Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian

£36.54
Additional Reading
Meta-Morphing: Visual Transformation and the Culture of Quick-Change
META-MORPHING: VISUAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE CULTURE OF QUICK-CHANGE

Sobchack, Vivian

£18.69
Additional Reading
Mouse Machine, The: Disney and Technology
MOUSE MACHINE, THE: DISNEY AND TECHNOLOGY

Telotte, J P.

£84.15
Additional Reading
Pervasive Animation
PERVASIVE ANIMATION

Buchan, Suzanne

£123.25
Additional Reading
Pervasive Animation
PERVASIVE ANIMATION

Buchan, Suzanne

£123.25
Additional Reading
Pixar and the Aesthetic Imagination: Animation, Storytelling, and Digital Culture
PIXAR AND THE AESTHETIC IMAGINATION: ANIMATION, STORYTELLING, AND DIGITAL CULTURE

Herhuth, Eric

£21.25
Additional Reading
Pixar's America: The Re-Animation of American Myths and Symbols
PIXAR'S AMERICA: THE RE-ANIMATION OF AMERICAN MYTHS AND SYMBOLS

Meinel, Dietmar

£76.49
£89.50
Additional Reading

Plastic Reality: Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics
PLASTIC REALITY: SPECIAL EFFECTS, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF 1970S BLOCKBUSTER AESTHETICS

Turnock, Julie A.

£25.50
£29.00
Additional Reading

Queer Art of Failure, The
QUEER ART OF FAILURE, THE

Halberstam, Jack

£72.25
Additional Reading
Queer Cinema in Europe
QUEER CINEMA IN EUROPE

Griffiths, Robin

£24.61
£20.00
Additional Reading

Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts, The
ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO RESEARCH IN THE ARTS, THE

Biggs, Michael; Karlsson, Henrik (Gothenburg University,...

£41.64
Additional Reading
Sounds of the Silents in Britain, The
SOUNDS OF THE SILENTS IN BRITAIN, THE

Brown, Julie (Reader in Music, Reader in...

£91.38
Additional Reading
Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder
SPECIAL EFFECTS: STILL IN SEARCH OF WONDER

Pierson, Michele

£74.80
Additional Reading
Spectacular Digital Effects: CGI and Contemporary Cinema
SPECTACULAR DIGITAL EFFECTS: CGI AND CONTEMPORARY CINEMA

Whissel, Kristen

£19.54
Additional Reading
The Crafty Animator (ePub eBook)
THE CRAFTY ANIMATOR (EPUB EBOOK)

Ruddell, Caroline/Ward, Paul;

£109.50
Additional Reading
TV by Design: Modern Art and the Rise of Network Television
TV BY DESIGN: MODERN ART AND THE RISE OF NETWORK TELEVISION

Spigel, Lynn

£20.40
Additional Reading
Understanding Animation
UNDERSTANDING ANIMATION

Wells, Paul

£29.74
Additional Reading
Understanding Animation
UNDERSTANDING ANIMATION

Wells, Paul

£29.74
Additional Reading
Visual Digital Culture: Surface Play and Spectacle in New Media Genres
VISUAL DIGITAL CULTURE: SURFACE PLAY AND SPECTACLE IN NEW MEDIA GENRES

Darley, Andrew

£33.14
Additional Reading
Walt Disney and Europe: European Influences on the Animated Feature Films of Walt Disney
WALT DISNEY AND EUROPE: EUROPEAN INFLUENCES ON THE ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS OF WALT DISNEY

Allan, Robin

£29.75
Additional Reading

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