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  • Dutch Mandarin: The Life and Work of Robert Hans van Gulik

    by H. de Vries-van der Hoeven, C. D. Barkman ...
    Diplomat, Asian scholar, author, polyglot, polymath, passionate lover of life in all its forms, Robert van Gulik researched and wrote prolifically on a wide range of Asian subects, such as Chinese scroll mounting, sexual life in China and the Chinese lute—an instrument that he was also mastered as a musician. In addition to his more esoteric writings, van Gulik achieved wide popular fame as the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • False Knees

    An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior

    by Joshua Barkman ...
    In Barkman's debut print collection, False Knees fans will find old favorites along with an abundance of all-new material. Featuring creatures found in the author's native Ontario, this always sharp, sometimes head-scratchingly bizarre collection of comics offers a view into the secret, surprisingly insightful world of blue jays, squirrels, geese, wolves, and rabbits. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ew, It's Beautiful

    A False Knees Comic Collection

    by Joshua Barkman ...
    From the Eisner-nominated creator of the False Knees webcomic comes another witty and artful collection on themes of loneliness, creativity, wonder, and the beauty of the ordinary.Joshua Barkman returns with another unforgettable collection of comics from his beloved False Kneeswebcomic. Through expressive illustrations and brilliantly understated humor, birds debate life's biggest questions, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Downton Abbey and Philosophy

    Thinking in That Manor

    Edited by Dr. Adam Barkman, Robert Arp ...
    Series Book 95 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    In Downton Abbey and Philosophy, twenty-two professional thinkers uncover the deeper significance of this hugely popular TV saga. Millions of viewers throughout the world have been enthralled by this enactment of a vanished world of decorum and propriety, because it presents us with emotional and interpersonal problems that remain urgent for people in the twenty-first century.Why do we attach such ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Philosophy of Ang Lee

    Edited by Robert Arp, Adam Barkman, James McRae ...
    Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
    Ang Lee (b. 1954) has emerged as one of cinema's most versatile, critically acclaimed, and popular directors. Known for his ability to transcend cultural and stylistic boundaries, Lee has built a diverse oeuvre that includes films about culture clashes and globalization (Eat Drink Man Woman, 1994, and The Wedding Banquet, 1993), a period drama (Sense and Sensibility, 1995), a martial arts epic ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Contemporary Cowboys

    Reimagining an American Archetype in Popular Culture

    by Karen Adkins, Adam Barkman, Caroline Collins, Enzo Guerra, Lilian Haney, Gillian Kelly, Dahlia Schweitzer, Mark Walling, Jerold J. Abrams, Cindy S. Hamilton, Misty L. Jameson0, Wendy Chapman Peek1, Jennifer L. McMahon2, John M. Thompson3, Clint W. Jones5 ...
    Contemporary Cowboys: Reimagining an American Archetype in Popular Culture expands and develops an understanding of recent cultural shifts in representations of the American cowboy and “the West” as vital components of American identity and values. The chapters in this book examine they ways in which twenty-first century representations have updated the figure of the cowboy, considering not only ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • False Knees

    An Illustrated Guide to Animal Behavior

    by Joshua Barkman ...
    In Barkman's debut print collection, False Knees fans will find old favorites along with an abundance of all-new material. Featuring creatures found in the author's native Ontario, this always sharp, sometimes head-scratchingly bizarre collection of comics offers a view into the secret, surprisingly insightful world of blue jays, squirrels, geese, wolves, and rabbits. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott

    by Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, Nancy Kang ...
    The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott, edited by Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, and Nancy Kang, brings together eighteen critical essays that illuminate a nearly comprehensive selection of the director’s feature films from cutting-edge multidisciplinary and comparative perspectives. Chapters examine such signature works as Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma and Louise (1991), Gladiator ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Marveling Religion

    Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

    by Jennifer Baldwin, Will Abney, Adam Barkman, Whitney Bauman, George A. Dunn, Imran Khan, John C. McDowell, Dilyana Mincheva, Ryan Smock, Bennett Soenen0, Lisa Stenmark1, Andrew T. Vink2, Jason T. Eberl3, Rhiannon Grant4, Daniel White Hodge5, George Tsakiridis7, Dr Jo Henderson-Merrygold8, Matthew Brake9 ...
    Series series Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse
    Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an edited volume that explores the intersection of religion and cinema through the lenses of critical discourse. The focus of the shared inquiry are various films comprising the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and corresponding Netflix series. The contributors explore various religious ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson

    by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna, Sarah Baker, Katherine Cottle, Eileen M. Harney, Brett A. Houk, Graham Lee, Douglas C. Macleod Jr., Heather McKillop0, Josh Morrison1, Todd G. Morrison2, Anneke Murley-Evenden3, Kandice M. Parker4, Peter Piatkowski5, Amanda Rutherford6, Yaakov Ariel7, Andrea Mancini8 ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
    The twelve essays in A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson offer various interpretations of Mel Gibson’s work, treating this prolific but controversial figure not only as a filmmaker but as a historian, religious thinker, and social philosopher. From The Man Without a Face and Braveheart to The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, and Hacksaw Ridge, this interdisciplinary collection mines Gibson’s life ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • We All Have Different Families

    by Melissa Higgins, Donna Barkman ...
    Series series Celebrating Differences
    Families come in all forms and sizes. Who is in your family? Let's share and celebrate what makes each family special! ... Read more

    $19.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Critical Companion to Julie Taymor

    by Matthew Hodge, Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna, Anna Baccanti, Louis Breitsohl, Andrew Grossman, Claire Kimball, Elizabeth Klett0, Dominique Angela M. Juntado1, Sony Jalarajan Raj2, Gabrielle Stecher3, Adith K. Suresh4, Jeff Turner5, Leanne Weston6, Shawn H. Williams7 ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
    A Critical Companion to Julie Taymor is the most updated and holistic volume on the director currently published. Situating Taymor’s work within the intersections of story and spectacle, contributors to this collection examine issues of creativity, gender, sexuality, and adaptation by focusing on themes from Taymor’s oeuvre including martyrdom, musicality, fidelity, postmodern representations, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD