{"title":"Entertainment and media law Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"liars-9780197545119","title":"Liars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorldwide, people are circulating damaging lies and falsehoods through powerful social media platforms that reach billions. They range from claims that COVID-19 is a hoax to the theory that vaccines cause autism. In Liars, Cass Sunstein argues that free societies must generally allow falsehoods and lies, which cannot be excised from democratic debate. At the same time, governments should regulate specific kinds of falsehoods: those that genuinely endangerhealth, safety, and the capacity of the public to govern itself. Sunstein concludes that government and private institutions, like Facebook and Twitter, currently allow far too many lies, including those that threaten public health and democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a closely argued examination of lying and fake news, mainly in relation to US laws and organisations... He certainly shows it is a complex subject and offers some suggestions on how to deal with our Age of Deception without embracing Orwellian controls and restrictions. * Nigel Watson, Fortean Times *\u003cbr\u003eSunstein has provided an excellent foundation for understanding the possible roles that the legal system and private institutions in the United States can play, bearing in mind, all the while, adherence to the First Amendment. * Clay Calvert, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books  *\u003cbr\u003eA passionate and forceful argument from America's pre-eminent legal scholar that our law ought to do more to protect the public from the harms of falsehood. * Robert Post, Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School *\u003cbr\u003eAn increasing amount of what we hear and read is demonstrably factually false, and the acceptance of falsity has grave consequences for democratic decision-making. Drawing on legal doctrine, psychological research, and an impressive command of the dynamics of modern media, Cass Sunstein offers a sobering explanation of why factual falsity is increasingly prevalent in contemporary public discourse and why American free speech doctrine may do more to exacerbate than alleviate the problem. This book is essential reading in the modern political and media environment. * Frederick Schauer, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia *\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful, balanced, and readable book, by one of America's leading legal scholars — whether you ultimately agree with its suggestions or not, you will learn much from its analysis. * Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Lies and Falsehoods Chapter 2: A Framework Chapter 3: Ethics Chapter 4: Stolen Valor Chapter 5: Truth Chapter 6: Falsehoods Fly Chapter 7: Your Good Name Chapter 8: Harm Chapter 9: Truth Matters Appendix: Excerpts from Policies of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Acknowledgments","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732647358807,"sku":"9780197545119","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197545119.jpg?v=1719997789"},{"product_id":"social-media-freedom-of-speech-and-the-future-of-our-democracy-9780197621097","title":"Social Media Freedom of Speech and the Future of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is strongly recommended for those interested in the intersection of social media and politics and for instructors looking for readily comprehensible articles for their upper-division courses. * J. McQuiston, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eIn this elegant volume, equally valuable to specialists and lay readers, two lifelong scholars of First Amendment jurisprudence gather an array of experts to explore the problems presented by digital technology and their possible solutions. * Jessica T. Mathews, Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eLee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone have done a great public service by assembling this extraordinary group of contributors to think through the risks to democracy posed by social media and the internet. Protecting our constitutional traditions, in the face of seismic technological change, and the unmooring of democratic foundations is one of the greatest challenges of our times. Yet, what emerges from this volume's thoughtfully constructed collection of essays, and the hard choices made by a commission tasked with synthesizing the many perspectives presented here, is invaluable guidance for what must be done now if we are to preserve meaningful public discourse and our democracy. The fact that so many distinguished leaders from government, academia, the tech industry, and journalism devoted their time to this project underscores the urgent need to chart a new course. * Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States *\u003cbr\u003eI can think of no better introduction to the highly consequential question of regulating speech on social media. Bollinger and Stone have assembled an outstanding array of authors who, with clarity, felicity, and deep knowledge, cover the many facets of this pressing problem. * Robert Post, , Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School *\u003cbr\u003eEvents in recent years have made plain the challenges that social media platforms present to our democracy-harmful speech, divisive speech, misinformation, foreign interference, and more. The First Amendment stands as both an ideal and a potential obstacle in addressing these challenges. Bollinger and Stone have enlisted an extraordinary array of leading experts to tackle these issues from all angles. This volume is invaluable for understanding and charting the future of American democracy. * Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments List of Contributors Opening Statement Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone Regulating Harmful Speech on Social Media: The Current Legal Landscape and Policy Proposals Andrew J. Ceresney, Jeffrey P. Cunard, Courtney M. Dankworth, and David A. O'Neil Part One: An Overview of the Problem 1 Social Media and First Amendment Fault Lines David A. Strauss:  2 A Deliberate Leap in the Opposite Direction: The Need to Rethink Free Speech Larry Kramer:  3 The Disinformation Dilemma Emily Bazelon:  4 A Framework for Regulating Falsehoods Cass R. Sunstein:  Part Two: Reforming Section 5 The Free Speech Industry Mary Anne Franks:  6 The Golden Era of Free Speech Erwin Chemerinsky and Alex Chemerinsky:  7 Section 230 Reforms Sheldon Whitehouse:  Part Three: Content Moderation and the Problem of Algorithms 8 Algorithms, Affordances, and Agency Renée DiResta:  9 The Siren Call of Content Moderation Formalism evelyn douek:  10 Free Speech on Public Platforms Jamal Greene:  11 The Limits of Antidiscrimination Law in the Digital Public Sphere Genevieve Lakier:  12 Platform Power, Online Speech, and the Search for New Constitutional Categories Nathaniel Persily:  13 Strategy and Structure: Understanding Online Disinformation and How Commitments to \"Free Speech\" Complicate Mitigation Approaches Kate Starbird:  Part Four: Other Possible Reforms 14 To Reform Social Media, Reform Informational Capitalism Jack M. Balkin:  15 Follow the Money, Back to Front Yochai Benkler:  16 The First Amendment Does Not Protect Replicants Lawrence Lessig:  17 Social Media, Distrust, and Regulation: A Conversation Newton N. Minow, Nell Minow, Martha Minow, and Mary Minow:  18 Profit Over People: How to Make Big Tech Work for Americans Amy Klobuchar:  Report of the Commission Katherine Adams, Martin Baron, Lee C. Bollinger, Hillary Clinton, Jelani Cobb, Russ Feingold, Christina Paxson, Geoffrey R. Stone Concluding Statement Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. 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There is no better guide to how Scottish alcohol licensing law works  and often does not work  in practice.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739597713751,"sku":"9781474473910","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474473910.jpg?v=1720052695"},{"product_id":"liquid-legal-humanization-and-the-law-9783031142390","title":"Liquid Legal – Humanization and the Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Humanization and the Law” combines two current and complementary trends in the business-to-business (B2B) market of the legal industry: digitalization and humanization.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOn the one hand, digital transformation in corporate legal departments and law firms continues to advance. Contract management, e-discovery, due diligence, legal operations, and forensic data analysis are just a few examples of task areas where the use of intelligent software solutions minimizes legal risks and increases compliance, enables efficiency gains and cost reductions through automation, and allows faster and more agile responses to changing market demands and client expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOn the other hand, the increasing number of failed digitalization projects shows that technology alone is not enough to successfully transform legal departments and law firms. Software solutions must be integrated into existing work processes, be easy to use, and provide real benefits in order to be accepted by employees. 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With contributions from legal and financial experts involved in both academy and business from Europe, Africa and North and South America, the book looks at the abstract complexities and practical challenges of regulating blockchain technology and its developments, such as crypto assets and smart contracts, from the perspectives of financial, tax, civil, and international law. Moreover, the book also delves into some exciting and cutting-edge related topics such as blockchain applications for litigation, CBDC and elections.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume offers insightful considerations that will be helpful for legal practitioners involved in the crypto and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) phenomenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancisco Pereira Coutinho\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the Nova School of Law in Lisbon, Portugal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartinho Lucas Pires\u003c\/b\u003e is Teaching Assistant in the Department of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernardo Correia Barradas\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lawyer and Senior Legal Advisor in payments in Washington DC, United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Foundations: An Essay on Blockchain and the Law.- Chapter 3. 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The days of corporate control over media content and its distribution have been replaced by the age of what the digital media industries have called user-generated content. Spreadable Media maps these fundamental changes, and gives readers a comprehensive look into the rise of participatory culture, from internet memes to presidential tweets. \u003cbr\u003eThe authors challenge our notions of what goes viral and how by examining factors such as the nature of audience engagement and the environment of participation, and by contrasting the concepts of stickinessaggregating attention in centralized placeswith spreadabilitydispersing content widely through both formal and informal networks. The former has often been the measure of media success in the online world, but the latter describes the actual ways \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContent today, the authors suggest, can travel not only from the top down but also from the inside out. 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In sum, \u003c\/i\u003eCopyright in the Music Industry \u003ci\u003eis a must-read for all those working at the crossroads of these two worlds.’\u003c\/i\u003e -- Eleonora Rosati, Stockholm University, Sweden and Bird \u0026amp; Bird, Milan, Italy\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Dr Hayleigh Bosher has done the impossible: write a book on copyright in the music industry that is both practical and readable. As a life-long musician and copyright lawyer for 38 years, this accomplishment cannot be overstated. I expect that the principal audience -- as it should be -- will be musicians themselves. For them, the book will provide all the background and details necessary to use the law in a way that we all want -- to protect and further creativity. Brava.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- - Bill Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc., US\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContent: Foreword I David Martin  Foreword II Andrea Martin  Foreword III Scott Farrant  Preface  Key terms  Copyright in the Music Industry playlist  PART I MUSIC AND COPYRIGHT  1. Why copyright matters in music  2. What is copyright?  3. Copyright in a song  4. What copyright gives you  5. What copyright does not give you  PART II MANAGING MUSIC COPYRIGHT  6. Who owns the copyright?  7. Roles and relationships  8. Contracts  9. Licensing  10. Social media  PART III INFRINGEMENT  11. What is copyright infringement?  12. Who copied my song?  13. Inspiration or infringement  14. Sampling  15. Counterfeit goods  PART IV ENFORCEMENT  16. Starting a copyright infringement claim  17. Where to make a claim  18. Evidence and musicology reports  19. Remedies  20. Online enforcement  PART V LOOKING TO THE FUTURE  21. Artificial intelligence and music  22. Blockchain in the music industry   Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48868635541847,"sku":"9781839101267","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781839101267.jpg?v=1722288981"},{"product_id":"mass-media-law-ise-9781265824839","title":"Mass Media Law ISE","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMass Media Law\u003c\/i\u003e, 22nd ed., provides college students with a timely, comprehensive, and up-to-date examination of some of the most important principles, doctrines, and cases affecting communications law and the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, and assembly. 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Geiger and Howard Suber, who use real-life case studies to cover topics such as clearance, contracts, collaboration, and infringement,Creativity and Copyrightis poised to become an indispensable resource for beginners and experts alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A screenwriter seeking a basic understanding of the most important legal issues that pertain to the field will likely find \u003ci\u003eCreativity and Copyright\u003c\/i\u003e useful and readable.\" * Publishing Research Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Disclaimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Free for the Taking: What You Can Steal from Others,\u003cbr\u003e and What Others Can Steal from You\u003cbr\u003e 2. Clearance Required: What You Do\u003cbr\u003e Need Permission to Use\u003cbr\u003e 3. Collaboration\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often hailed as the best in the world, yet the public health emergencies of today often echo the public health emergencies of yesterday: consider the Great Influenza Pandemic of 191819 and COVID-19, the displacement of the Dust Bowl and the havoc of Hurricane Maria, the Reagan administration's antipathy toward the AIDS epidemic and the lack of accountability during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.     Spanning the period from the presidency of Woodrow Wilson to that of Donald Trump, American Health Crisis illuminates howdespite the elevation of health care as a human right throughout the worldvulnerable communities in the United States continue to be victimized by structural inequalities across disparate geographies, income levels, and ethnic groups. Martin Halliwell views contemporary public health crises through the lens of historical and cultural revisionings, suturing individual events together into a narrative of calamity that has brought us to our current crisis in health politics. American Health Crisisconsiders the future of public health in the United States and, presenting a reinvigorated concept of health citizenship, argues that now is the moment to act for lasting change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An ambitious work. . . .a book on public health can and should only be written in a way that is as inclusive, reflective, accessible in language, and structured as Halliwell’s. It is an important read for any practitioner of public health.\" * Amerikastudien\/American Studies: A Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"Noteworthy.\" * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1918: Woodrow Wilson, Crisis, and the Arc of Public Health \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1: Geographies of Vulnerability: Environmental Health Crises\u003cbr\u003e 1. Disaster: Mississippi Flood, Buffalo Creek, Hurricane Katrina\u003cbr\u003e 2. Poverty: Dust Bowl, Urban Ghetto, Indian Reservation\u003cbr\u003e 3. Pollution: Nuclear Fallout, Water Contamination, Climate Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: States of Vulnerability: Crises of Prevention and Treatment\u003cbr\u003e 4. Virus: Influenza, Polio, HIV\/AIDS \u003cbr\u003e 5. Care: Postwar Hospitals, Community Action, Vet Centers\u003cbr\u003e 6. Drugs: Methadone, Diazepam, Fentanyl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 2018: Obama, Trump, and the Future of Health Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e Coda 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402947633495,"sku":"9780520379404","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520379404.jpg?v=1730481934"},{"product_id":"the-right-of-publicity-privacy-reimagined-for-a-public-world-9780674980983","title":"The Right of Publicity Privacy Reimagined for a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom athletes to victims of revenge porn, people have been transformed into intellectual property. Who controls one's identity? Jennifer Rothman uses the right of publicity a little-known law to answer this question. By tracing the right's origins to privacy laws in the 1800s, she finds a way to reclaim privacy for a public world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating read for anyone who is interested in the nuts and bolts of right of publicity law and how the doctrine evolved to where it is today. It also will serve as a valu­able resource for litigators looking for guidance on how to reconcile the seemingly contradictory precedent in a way that is understandable…This book will quickly become one of the most cited sources by litigants and courts grappling with right of publicity issues. -- Stephanie S. Abrutyn * Communications Lawyer *\u003cbr\u003eAn unquestionably important book. Masterfully researched and deftly crafted, it is probably the best single source for gaining a deep understanding of the doctrine’s history, context, and politics… Deserves a place among the must-reads of American right of publicity law. -- Eric E. Johnson * IP Law Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eA formidable book that maps out the contours of the publicity right in an appealing and timely way. -- Eleanor Wilson * Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice *\u003cbr\u003eRothman’s important book is an excellent contribution to the field, one that will hopefully provoke courts and legislatures to rethink their headlong expansion of the right of publicity. It should be required reading for anyone dealing with the right of publicity. -- Mark Lemley * Michigan Law Review *\u003cbr\u003eRothman provides a complete legal and cultural history of the right of publicity, tracing its development from the late 1800s to its modern-day expansion as a transferable right of property. Fascinating details of the individuals behind the cases, including celebrities and private citizens, inform how the law’s current contours have been shaped…Indispensable. -- Rachel Bridgewater * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThis is the definitive biography of the right of publicity, whose boundaries have exploded in recent years. Jennifer Rothman tells the story with zest, explaining how we should restructure this right in our fame-obsessed age. -- Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School\u003cbr\u003eThe book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the nuts and bolts of right of publicity law and how the doctrine evolved to where it is today. Rothman concisely connects the dots among seemingly irreconcilable court decisions while debunking myths about the early case-law. -- Stephanie Abrutyn, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Litigation at HBO\u003cbr\u003eRothman makes a crucial argument that goes to the heart of the current legal doctrine. -- Jessica Litman, author of \u003ci\u003eDigital Copyright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Rothman has written an important, informative study of the right of publicity as it has developed in the United States and its connections to a robust privacy right. By reexamining the past, she has elaborated principles that will be useful in defining both publicity and privacy rights for the digital age. -- Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403626881367,"sku":"9780674980983","price":31.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674980983.jpg?v=1730484043"},{"product_id":"all-judges-are-politicalexcept-when-they-are-not-9780804753128","title":"All Judges Are PoliticalExcept When They Are Not","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComparing law to the American practice of common courtesy, this book explains how our courts not only survive under conditions of suspected hypocrisy, but actually depend on these conditions to function.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In using courtesy to account for the current state of our legal system, Bybee offers a fresh take on debates over judicial legitimacy and legal realism. Rejecting the contention that the public is simply confused, he presents an original answer to the puzzle of the public's paradoxical perceptions of the judiciary. The pull of his explanation and the unconventional but commonsense appeal of his account are engaging and provocative.\" -- Helena Silverstein * \u003ci\u003eLaw and Social Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAll Judges Are Political—Except When They Are Not\u003c\/i\u003e successfully points out the conflicting roles that judges fill and demonstrates that these roles do not intrinsically compromise legal legitimacy. In the course of achieving this goal, Bybee uses substantive sources and unique comparisons to present intriguing ideas and theories. I recommend the book for anyone with an interest in the subject matter who does not mind a distinctly scholarly approach. The book would make a great addition to collegiate and law school libraries.\" -- Jeff McGowan * \u003ci\u003eLaw Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Bybee offers a truly fresh and important response to one of the most important questions in the cultural study of law: how can law sustain its legitimacy in the face of the understanding that it is essentially political? Arguing that law's hypocrisy actually strengthens it, Bybee makes a connection to courtesy that is really quite ingenious and illuminating. This is a wonderful new vehicle for understanding how courts work.\" -- Austin Sarat * Amherst College *\u003cbr\u003e\"Judicial authority is not in grave danger, at least in the terms that some alarmists imagine. In conversation with mainstream approaches to judicial practice, this remarkably original work contends that law's deceits sustain order and moderate conflict, all the while sustaining hierarchy. A major accomplishment.\" -- Michael W. McCann * University of Washington *\u003cbr\u003e\"Between costly partisan judicial elections and a Supreme Court that appears frozen in an ideological 5-4 split, there has never been a more apt time to answer conclusively the question of whether judges are apolitical oracles or ideological politicians. Bybee's answer—they are both—sounds at first like a discomfiting one. But in this fascinating book he shows that the courts' very survival in fact rests on the white lie of this fundamental tension.\" -- Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor * Slate.com *","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405564191063,"sku":"9780804753128","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804753128.jpg?v=1730492850"},{"product_id":"pregnant-with-the-stars-9780804792554","title":"Pregnant with the Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What do celebrity baby bumps, boobs, and booties have to do with the law? In this compelling and creative new book, Renée Cramer suggests that contemporary culture's fascination with these subjects reveals much about the complex web of social and legal regulations that shape our understanding of pregnancy, the body and femininity.\" -- Susan Burgess * Ohio University *\u003cbr\u003e\"When people hear I study celebrity, they often ask, 'What's going on with the obsession with celebrity pregnancy and baby bumps?' Finally, I have somewhere to direct them. \u003ci\u003ePregnant with the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e takes a nuanced and engaging look at celebrity pregnancy, connecting the baby bump craze to larger issues governing women's bodies and what we expect and demand from them.\" -- Anne Helen Petersen * Features Writer at BuzzFeed and author of \u003ci\u003eScandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePregnant with the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is as entertaining as it is illuminating. Cramer has a rare gift for drawing our attention to everyday forms of power that occur at the intersection of popular culture, politics and the law and converge in our gaze on women's bodies.\" -- Claire Rasmussen * University of Delaware *\u003cbr\u003e\"Americans have voraciously consumed images of gorgeous, famous pregnant bodies—from Demi to Kiera—while ordinary women have officially lost rights, dignity, and safety as fertile persons. Renée Cramer cracks open interpretations of this development, inviting us to consider the consequences of celebrating those beyond our reach, while millions of real women are threatened with ignobility and ignominy.\" -- Rickie Solinger * author of \u003ci\u003eReproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Cramer's examination of celebrity pregnancy reminds us that robust analysis can also be wildly fun. \u003ci\u003ePregnant with the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the pop culture portrayal of pregnant women's bodies undermines equality and deeply-held social values. Readers of all kinds will enjoy the book and want to talk about it—online, at work, in the classroom, and beyond.\" -- Chrysanthi Leon * University of Delaware *\u003cbr\u003e\"Cramer sees our obsession with pregnant celebrities as a distraction from birth-control politics....She urges women not to let what is an individual experience be influenced by celebrity-pregnancy hype.\" -- Crystal Erickson * \u003ci\u003eBitch Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Obsession with the Celebrity Bump chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter explains why it is important to understand contemporary interest in the celebrity baby bump, and situates that interest within the law and society literature. The chapter argues that by compelling us to \"watch\" and to \"want,\" media coverage of the pregnant celebrity body becomes an interpretive lens through which to view the twin pillars of the state in late neoliberalism: an expansion of technologies of governance through proxies that enable state- and self-regulation, and totalizing commodification via global capitalism. The chapter explains the feminist, sociolegal, and interpretive approach taken in the research and provides a narrative of the author's interaction with the topic.\u003c\/p\u003e 1Law, Popular Culture, and Pregnancy in America chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eUsing the famous Demi Moore cover for Vanity Fair as a frame of reference, this chapter traces the changing ways that law and popular culture have treated pregnancy, from the 1970s to the contemporary period. It examines jurisprudence relating to pregnancy and pregnancy discrimination, as well as abortion and birth control, to argue that women have achieved a measure of equality under the law – while being constructed as more responsible for the outcomes of their pregnancy than ever before. The chapter simultaneously examines televised and filmic representations of pregnancy in the popular culture – from I Love Lucy to Murphy Brown to Friends to demonstrate an increasing comfort with pregnant women in the public eye.\u003c\/p\u003e 2Celebrity Bumps, Boobs, and Booties chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter examines media coverage of celebrity pregnancies to analyze the normative and idealized views of femininity in evidence in them. It argues that the media offers a limited range of possibilities for pregnant women: they can be \"good girls,\" \"bad girls (and those redeemed by motherhood,\" \"hot, sexy mamas,\" and \"yummy mummies.\" In all of these possibilities it is clear that dominant norms of race, class, and femininity are driving the media representations of these stars.\u003c\/p\u003e 3Wanting the Bump chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter examines the commodification of pregnancy, and all things pregnancy related, through media coverage of celebrity pregnancies. It argues that when women are told to want the pregnant celebrity body, they are confronted by the objectification of that body and multiple modes of commodification: of pregnancy, of the child itself – or at least its image, and of the \"rockin' beach-worthy post-baby body.\" And, even as women are confounded by our inability to attain what they are told is perfection, they are provided strategies and products that promise rescue, for a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e 4Surveilling the Stars chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter argues that when women watch the pregnant celebrity, they are encouraged, to surveil, to gossip, and to judge. Ultimately, they are enlisted in the regulation of the bodies of all pregnant women, even as women are called on to accept and internalize their own regulation. The medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth necessitates high levels of surveillance during gestation and birth, and facilitates an intimate, but mediated, relationship between the woman and the fetus. The chapter argues that as women judge and regulate the bodies of pregnant celebrities, they are simultaneously accepting and internalizing the very same regulations of themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e 5Governing the Body through the Bump chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter investigates the various moments and places where governance occurs of pregnant women. It shows that the state, through legislation and jurisprudence, plays an active role in constraining women's choices about and during pregnancy, and looks at very recent bills and laws that limit women's power. It also argues that the state engages proxies: corporations, media, and average people on the street – to govern pregnant women in the most mundane and daily ways imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e 6Rebel Renderings and a Micro-politics of Inscrutability chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter examines spaces of hope – coverage of celebrity pregnancies that deviate from the norm. It argues that coverage of the pregnancies and pregnant performances of M.I.A., Pink, and Christina Aguilera highlight \"bold bumps\" that envision motherhood in rebellious ways. The chapter also includes a discussion of surrogacy, lesbian-headed households, and single mothers, and argues that they disrupt patriarchal assumptions of mothering and pregnancy. The chapter closes with a look at the pregnancy of Mila Kunis, about whom the press was unable to write a coherent narrative, and whose performances of pregnancy remained inscrutable. Drawing on work by James Scott and Boaventura de souse Santos, the chapter argues that emancipation and liberation are achieved through small, inscrutable daily practices of living under the radar of the watching state and its proxies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405619470679,"sku":"9780804792554","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804792554.jpg?v=1730493022"},{"product_id":"pregnant-with-the-stars-9780804796743","title":"Pregnant with the Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What do celebrity baby bumps, boobs, and booties have to do with the law? In this compelling and creative new book, Renée Cramer suggests that contemporary culture's fascination with these subjects reveals much about the complex web of social and legal regulations that shape our understanding of pregnancy, the body and femininity.\" -- Susan Burgess * Ohio University *\u003cbr\u003e\"When people hear I study celebrity, they often ask, 'What's going on with the obsession with celebrity pregnancy and baby bumps?' Finally, I have somewhere to direct them. \u003ci\u003ePregnant with the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e takes a nuanced and engaging look at celebrity pregnancy, connecting the baby bump craze to larger issues governing women's bodies and what we expect and demand from them.\" -- Anne Helen Petersen * Features Writer at BuzzFeed and author of \u003ci\u003eScandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePregnant with the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is as entertaining as it is illuminating. Cramer has a rare gift for drawing our attention to everyday forms of power that occur at the intersection of popular culture, politics and the law and converge in our gaze on women's bodies.\" -- Claire Rasmussen * University of Delaware *\u003cbr\u003e\"Americans have voraciously consumed images of gorgeous, famous pregnant bodies—from Demi to Kiera—while ordinary women have officially lost rights, dignity, and safety as fertile persons. Renée Cramer cracks open interpretations of this development, inviting us to consider the consequences of celebrating those beyond our reach, while millions of real women are threatened with ignobility and ignominy.\" -- Rickie Solinger * author of \u003ci\u003eReproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Cramer's examination of celebrity pregnancy reminds us that robust analysis can also be wildly fun. \u003ci\u003ePregnant with the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the pop culture portrayal of pregnant women's bodies undermines equality and deeply-held social values. Readers of all kinds will enjoy the book and want to talk about it—online, at work, in the classroom, and beyond.\" -- Chrysanthi Leon * University of Delaware *\u003cbr\u003e\"Cramer sees our obsession with pregnant celebrities as a distraction from birth-control politics....She urges women not to let what is an individual experience be influenced by celebrity-pregnancy hype.\" -- Crystal Erickson * \u003ci\u003eBitch Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Obsession with the Celebrity Bump chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter explains why it is important to understand contemporary interest in the celebrity baby bump, and situates that interest within the law and society literature. The chapter argues that by compelling us to \"watch\" and to \"want,\" media coverage of the pregnant celebrity body becomes an interpretive lens through which to view the twin pillars of the state in late neoliberalism: an expansion of technologies of governance through proxies that enable state- and self-regulation, and totalizing commodification via global capitalism. The chapter explains the feminist, sociolegal, and interpretive approach taken in the research and provides a narrative of the author's interaction with the topic.\u003c\/p\u003e 1Law, Popular Culture, and Pregnancy in America chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eUsing the famous Demi Moore cover for Vanity Fair as a frame of reference, this chapter traces the changing ways that law and popular culture have treated pregnancy, from the 1970s to the contemporary period. It examines jurisprudence relating to pregnancy and pregnancy discrimination, as well as abortion and birth control, to argue that women have achieved a measure of equality under the law – while being constructed as more responsible for the outcomes of their pregnancy than ever before. The chapter simultaneously examines televised and filmic representations of pregnancy in the popular culture – from I Love Lucy to Murphy Brown to Friends to demonstrate an increasing comfort with pregnant women in the public eye.\u003c\/p\u003e 2Celebrity Bumps, Boobs, and Booties chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter examines media coverage of celebrity pregnancies to analyze the normative and idealized views of femininity in evidence in them. It argues that the media offers a limited range of possibilities for pregnant women: they can be \"good girls,\" \"bad girls (and those redeemed by motherhood,\" \"hot, sexy mamas,\" and \"yummy mummies.\" In all of these possibilities it is clear that dominant norms of race, class, and femininity are driving the media representations of these stars.\u003c\/p\u003e 3Wanting the Bump chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter examines the commodification of pregnancy, and all things pregnancy related, through media coverage of celebrity pregnancies. It argues that when women are told to want the pregnant celebrity body, they are confronted by the objectification of that body and multiple modes of commodification: of pregnancy, of the child itself – or at least its image, and of the \"rockin' beach-worthy post-baby body.\" And, even as women are confounded by our inability to attain what they are told is perfection, they are provided strategies and products that promise rescue, for a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e 4Surveilling the Stars chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter argues that when women watch the pregnant celebrity, they are encouraged, to surveil, to gossip, and to judge. Ultimately, they are enlisted in the regulation of the bodies of all pregnant women, even as women are called on to accept and internalize their own regulation. The medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth necessitates high levels of surveillance during gestation and birth, and facilitates an intimate, but mediated, relationship between the woman and the fetus. The chapter argues that as women judge and regulate the bodies of pregnant celebrities, they are simultaneously accepting and internalizing the very same regulations of themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e 5Governing the Body through the Bump chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter investigates the various moments and places where governance occurs of pregnant women. It shows that the state, through legislation and jurisprudence, plays an active role in constraining women's choices about and during pregnancy, and looks at very recent bills and laws that limit women's power. It also argues that the state engages proxies: corporations, media, and average people on the street – to govern pregnant women in the most mundane and daily ways imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e 6Rebel Renderings and a Micro-politics of Inscrutability chapter abstract\u003cp\u003eThis chapter examines spaces of hope – coverage of celebrity pregnancies that deviate from the norm. It argues that coverage of the pregnancies and pregnant performances of M.I.A., Pink, and Christina Aguilera highlight \"bold bumps\" that envision motherhood in rebellious ways. The chapter also includes a discussion of surrogacy, lesbian-headed households, and single mothers, and argues that they disrupt patriarchal assumptions of mothering and pregnancy. The chapter closes with a look at the pregnancy of Mila Kunis, about whom the press was unable to write a coherent narrative, and whose performances of pregnancy remained inscrutable. Drawing on work by James Scott and Boaventura de souse Santos, the chapter argues that emancipation and liberation are achieved through small, inscrutable daily practices of living under the radar of the watching state and its proxies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405626679639,"sku":"9780804796743","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804796743.jpg?v=1730493048"},{"product_id":"cached-decoding-the-internet-in-global-popular-culture-9780814708675","title":"Cached  Decoding the Internet in Global Popular","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1980s and 1990s, the internet became a major player in the global economy and a revolutionary component of everyday life for much of the United States and the world. The author illustrates the conflicting and indirect ways in which culture and policy combined to produce this transformative technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe strengths of Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culturelie in its rich, detailed, engaging, and engrossing stories of the Internet. Schulte convincingly shows technology as a product of historical legacies, as well as cultural and politics. -- Bessie Chu * International Journal of Communication *\u003cbr\u003eThis is the most culturally sophisticated history of the Internet yet written. We can't make sense of what the Internet means in our lives without reading Schulte's elegant account of what the Internet has meant at various points in the past 30 years. -- Siva Vaidhyanathan,Chair of the Department of Media Studies at The University of Virginia\u003cbr\u003eSchulte (Univ. of Arkansas) captures the reader's attention in the first chapter by showing how the science fiction film WarGames(1983) gave the Internet both a game for teenagers and a 'potential weapon for global destruction....' A useful, scholarly resource for readers interested in the cultural development of the Internet. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eCachedclosely captures popular struggles over the narration of computing technology, and the ensuing responses by society in both trying to dismantle as well as reinforce the boundaries of access to computer networking technologies. 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Sender combines detailed empirical research with thoughtful and nuanced interpretation to provide us with a timely meditation on the limitsand potentialsof reflexivity. The result is a smart and original contribution to the way we think about popular culture and its relation to broader questions of self-hood, identity, and power. -- Mark Andrejevic,University of Queensland\u003cbr\u003eWith its central focus on audience practices, Senders lucidly-written book is unique among the growing body of scholarship on reality TV. While offering a smart and provocative analysis of the complex appeal of specific \u0026amp; makeover shows, she also makes a major contribution to active audience theory. In particular, she problematizes the issue of reflexivity, in the context both of viewers relationships with the shows and in their roles as research participants. In doing so she challenges all audience scholars to examine more carefully the very nature of the research encounter. -- S. 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It makes for an excellent, vital read and makes a necessary to push into more thoughtful explorations on the topic.\" * Hyperallergic.com *\u003cbr\u003e\"Collective intelligence, shareable goods, collaborative learning, demand media: all are explained by this wonderful book, and all are embodied by it. Many of the biggest names in digital and new media studies are here in a tome ready for the classroom that collects both canonical and original work. An outstanding addition to any media scholar or enthusiasts personal library.\" -- Jonathan Gray,author of Show Sold Separately\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction 1 The People Formerly Known as the Audience  2 Sharing Nicely 3 Open Source as Culture\/Culture as Open Source 4 What Is Web 2.0? 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Cognitive Capitalism, Humanist Scholarship, and the Digital Transformation About the Contributors Index","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405901865303,"sku":"9780814764060","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814764060.jpg?v=1730493843"},{"product_id":"commodity-activism-cultural-resistance-in-neoliberal-times-9780814764015","title":"Commodity Activism  Cultural Resistance in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscusses what happens when the most common way we participate in social activism is by buying something\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout doubt this important collection of essays will contribute significantly to the new and growing field of 'critical consumer studies'. -- J.R. Mitrano * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eCommodity activism has a long history but never has its significance been more complex to unravel than today, when the boundaries and direction of political action are unclear, commercial forces mobilize consumers values to secure their emotional loyalty, and individual consumers hope their choices mean that \u0026amp; something is being done. Roopali Mukherjee and Sarah Banet-Weiser's smart, empirically rich and globally wide-ranging new collection provides us with very welcome coordinates in this difficult terrain. -- Nick Couldry,author of Why Voice Matters: Culture and Politics After Neoliberalism\u003cbr\u003eCommodity Activism is eminently useful. Mukherjee and Banet-Weisers collection is animportant intervention into what had become a tired debate about political agency and consumer culture. It is also a very timely anthology, helping us better understand the practices of a current generation ofactivists who recognize that the terrain upon which they struggle is not some idealized land of pure politics outside the influence of consumer culture, but instead, a challenging topography of brands and logos, style and story, celebrity and spectacle. * International Journal of Communication *\u003cbr\u003eCommodity Activism will be out of interest to a wide range of scholars, including those focused on critical\/consumer studies, American studies, media studies, and critical rhetorical studies. Any academic interested in exploring consumer politics, or contemporary trends in social activism, or in constituting social controversy, will find this text replete with starting points for future scholarship. * Journal of American Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Foreword  Marita Sturken Introduction: Commodity Activism in Neoliberal Times  Sarah Banet-Weiser and Roopali MukherjeePart One: Brand, Culture, Action 1 Brand Me \"Activist\"  Alison Hearn 2 \"Free Self-Esteem Tools?\" Sarah Banet-Weiser 3 Citizen Brand Laurie Ouellette 4 Good Housekeeping Jo LittlerPart Two: Celebrity, Commodity, Citizenship 5 Make It Right? Brad Pitt, Post-Katrina Rebuilding, and the Spectacularization of Disaster Kevin Fox Gotham  6 Diamonds (Are from Sierra Leone): Roopali Mukherjee 7 Salma Hayek's Celebrity Activism Isabel Molina-Guzman 8 Mother Angelina Alison Trope 9 \"Fair Vanity\" Melissa M. BroughPart Three: Community, Movements, Politics 10 Civic Fitness Samantha King 11 Eating for Change Josee Johnston and Kate Cairns 12 Changing the World One Orgasm at a Time Lynn Comella 13 Pay-for Culture John McMurria 14 Feeling Good While Buying Goods Mari Castaneda About the Contributors  Index","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405901930839,"sku":"9780814764015","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814764015.jpg?v=1730493841"},{"product_id":"the-postracial-mystique-media-and-race-in-the-twentyfirst-century-9780814770603","title":"The PostRacial Mystique  Media and Race in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing examples from both mainstream and niche media - from prime-time television series to specialty Christian media and audience interactions on social media, this book draws upon a variety of disciplines including communication studies, sociology, and cultural studies in order to understand emergent strategies for framing post-racial America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a series of well chosen and meticulously analyzed case studies, Squires illuminates how postracialism came to be part of the national imaginary and makes a convincing argument for why it ultimately cannot camouflage the ways in which race still matters in the U.S. social life. * Journal of Communication *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction: Welcome to Post-Racial America  1. 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Combining valuable insights about the workings of the television industry with an insightful argument about the criminalization of American life, Elayne Rapping has made a distinctive contribution to interdisciplinary legal scholarship. Her work shows how valuable the analysis of popular culture can be in illuminating some of the most important legal and social issues of our time. -- Austin Sarat,William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, an expanding wave of law and criminal justice programs has emerged on American television. 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Timely, ideologically engaged and passionate in its critique both of contemporary geopolitics and the cinematic works that depict its sites of contestation, this is a book of significant interest to scholars in the fields of film studies and surveillance studiesand to those of us who are, quite justifiably, haunted by the sense that someone, somewhere is watching. -- Linnie Blake * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003eCatherine ZimmersSurveillance Cinemaexplores the increasing presence of surveillance narratives in tandem with the socio-political ideologies underpinning the proliferation and normalization of monitoring technologies. * Surveillance \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003eInSurveillance Cinema, Catherine Zimmer sets out to claim that our popular imagination of surveillanceconstructed by decades of espionage thrillers, police procedurals, and torture horror flicksserves to create and sustain the actual methods of surveillance that have come to encompass almost all cultural and social life. * Rain Taxi *\u003cbr\u003eSurveillance Cinemais a thorough, innovative project useful to scholars researching surveillance. * Creative Commons *\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Zimmer offers a generative analysis of surveillance as aesthetic and structuring logic....an exciting project that will surely open doors in critical examinations of surveillance, popular culture, and power. * Film Criticism *\u003cbr\u003eZimmers absorbing study zeroes in on the work of \u0026amp; surveillance cinemaher term for films in this modein the near present. 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