Fan Phenomena: The Lord of the Rings Micha Sharir

Fan Phenomena: The Lord of the Rings Micha SharirFew, if any, books come close to being as beloved or as ubiquitous as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The book delves into the philosophy of the series and its fans, the distinctions between the films fans and the books fans, the process of adaptation, and the role of New Zealand in the translation of words to images. Lavishly illustrated, it is guaranteed to appeal to anyone who has ever closed the last page of The Return of the King and wished it to

Digital Platforms and the Press argues that there is a growing risk of a platform-dependent press

Directory of World Cinema: Scotland provides an introduction to many of Scottish cinema’s most important and influential themes and issues

Crisóstomo longs to do justice to Don Rafael Ibarra’s legacy

The problem of designing large interactive systems has always been fraught with great complexity

Hannah Azieb Pool took Western fashion designers to task for their so-called African-inspired clothing

art history

anger and anxious uncertainty

and with very little trouble

Richly illustrated

Both of these approaches to language and culture are represented in this collection

and the relationships between royal families

editors Alistair Rolls and Rachel Franks dive deep into crime literature and culture