Reference Sources
Reference works like these can be invaluable for providing an overview of a topic, as well as summarizing the scholarly conversation and pointing to key readings for further research.
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Mass Media • Children's Media Culture • Critical Media Theory • Mass Media, Crime, and Justice • Media and War • New Media Theory • Media Effects in Politics • Media Anthropology • Global Television Industry • Advertising and Promotion • Television Audiences • Digital Media and Convergence Culture • Comics, Film, and Media • Jews in American Cinema and Media • Zombies in Cinema and Media • The Spectacle • Mass and Popular Culture in American Literature • Photography and Cinema • African American Cinema • Race and Cinema • LGBTQ Cinema • Popular Culture • Latino Popular Culture • Popular Culture and Globalization • Popular Culture and International Relations • Popular Culture and the Study of Africa •
Online Reference Works
The American West: An Encyclopedia by
In this authoritative and comprehensive resource, you'll find detailed information on a vast array of topics related to the American West, including: * Adobe architecture * Apple Computer * Atomic bomb testing * Buffalo Soldiers * Kit Carson * Willa Cather * Colt handguns * Francisco Coronado * Crazy Horse * The Donner Party * Wyatt Earp * Geronimo * The Grand Canyon * Hollywood * Lyndon Johnson * Lewis & Clark * The Louisiana Purchase * Manifest Destiny * The Mexican War * Microsoft * The Missouri Compromise * Mountain Men * Mustangs * Richard Nixon * The Oregon Trail * The Pony Express * Ronald Reagan * Teddy Roosevelt * The Space Needle * Belle Starr * Union Pacific Railroad * Pancho Villa * Western Swing * Winchester rifles * Wounded Knee * Yellowstone National Park * Brigham Young Wiley Desk References are comprehensive, generously illustrated reference works on major historical, cultural, and scientific topics. Their easy-to-use format helps you quickly find just the information you need, while first-person accounts and excerpts from official documents, letters, and other primary sources bring the subject to life. Wiley Desk References give you all the information you need on the subjects that matter most.
The Film Encyclopedia by
"The best movie reference book, hands down" (Newsweek) is now available in a deftly revised and meticulously updated seventh edition. Ephraim Katz's celebrated and comprehensive cinema Bible, The Film Encyclopedia, has been lovingly expanded to include new, thorough coverage of independent films, the artistic and technical aspects of filmmaking, and the trends that lie close to the heart of today's movie buff. Cinephiles will delight in new entries ranging from Sophia Coppola and Wes Anderson to The Lord of the Rings and Captain America. Built upon a foundation which inspired Katherine Hepburn to comment, "Wow! What a book!," The Film Encyclopedia 7e is an indispensable addition to any movie fan's home library.
White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan by
The Ku Klux Klan was reestablished in Atlanta in 1915, barely a week before the Atlanta premiere of The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith's paean to the original Klan. While this link between Griffith's film and the Klan has been widely acknowledged, Tom Rice explores the little-known relationship between the Klan's success and its use of film and media in the interwar years when the image, function, and moral rectitude of the Klan was contested on the national stage. By examining rich archival materials including a series of films produced by the Klan and a wealth of documents, newspaper clippings, and manuals, Rice uncovers the fraught history of the Klan as a local force that manipulated the American film industry to extend its reach across the country. White Robes, Silver Screens highlights the ways in which the Klan used, produced, and protested against film in order to recruit members, generate publicity, and define its role within American society.
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications by See especially "Soviet Union" (volume 4, page 245)
A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists, 1420-1970 by
This provides the background to more that 500 years of Russian and Soviet art and artists with over 5,000 individual entries. The book also gives access to important information hitherto available mostly in Russian and should be a useful reference for scholars and collectors.
