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1. In The Space Of A Song

   The Uses of Song in Film

   By Richard Dyer

   Songs take up space and time in films. Richard Dyer's In the Space of a Song takes off from this perception, arguing that the way songs take up space indicates a great deal about the songs themselves, the nature of the feelings they present, and who is allowed to present feelings how, when and...

   Published October 13th 2011 by Routledge
2. Pastiche

   By Richard Dyer

   Writing with his customary wit and style, Richard Dyer argues that while pastiche can be used to describe works which contain montage or collage, it can also be used to describe works which are a kind of imitation of previous works. Investigating a wide range of cultural texts drawn from films,...

   Published October 26th 2006 by Routledge
3. Heavenly Bodies

   Film Stars and Society, 2nd Edition

   By Richard Dyer

   Richard Dyer's classic study of movie stars and stardom has been updated, with a new introduction by the author discussing the rise of celebrity culture and developments in the study of stars since publication of the first edition in 1986. Dyer's illuminating study is based around case studies of...

   Published December 3rd 2003 by Routledge
4. Now You See It

   2nd Edition

   By Richard Dyer

   Now You See It, Richard Dyer's groundbreaking study of films by and about lesbians and gay men, has been revised for a second edition, and features an introduction by Juliane Pidduck outlining developments in lesbian and gay cinema since 1990. Now You See It examines familiar titles such as Girls...

   Published October 23rd 2002 by Routledge
5. The Matter of Images

   Essays on Representations, 2nd Edition

   By Richard Dyer

   In the second edition of this classic book, Dyer analyses culture from royalty to serial killers, political correctnesss and films....

   Published June 26th 2002 by Routledge
6. Only Entertainment

   2nd Edition

   By Richard Dyer

   Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art.Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of...

   Published April 24th 2002 by Routledge
7. Now You See It

   Studies in Lesbian and Gay Film

   By Richard Dyer

   Now You See It sets out to examine lesbian/gay films and their historical contexts. It provides a record of these films up to 1980 and places them firmly in their historical contexts, thereby providing a fascinating case study of this dynamic area of cultural production....

   Published February 6th 2002 by Routledge
8. The Culture of Queers

   By Richard Dyer

   For around a hundred years up to the Stonewall riots, the word used for gay men was 'queers'. In The Culture of Queers, Richard Dyer traces the contours of queer culture, examining the differences and continuities with the gay culture which succeeded it. Opening with a discussion of the very...

   Published December 19th 2001 by Routledge
9. White

   Essays on Race and Culture

   By Richard Dyer

   White people are not literally or symbolically white; nor are they uniquely virtuous and pure. Racial imagery and racial representation are central to the organisation of the contemporary world but, while there are many studies of images of black and Asian people, whiteness is an invisible racial...

   Published July 16th 1997 by Routledge
10. Popular European Cinema

    Edited by Richard Dyer, Ginette Vincendeau

    Popular European Cinema examines the reasons why films that are most popular with audiences in any one European countha are seldom successful eslewhere. Audiences themselves represent diverse class, gender and ethnic identities that complicate th equestoin of national cinema, not least with recent...

    Published December 9th 1992 by Routledge