Film history, theory or criticism Books
Northwestern University Press Kafka and Noise
Book SynopsisA series of disruptive, unnerving sounds haunts the fictional writings of Franz Kafka. In Kafka and Noise, Kata Gellen applies concepts and vocabulary from film theory to Kafka's works in order to account for these unsettling sounds. Rather than try to decode these noises, Gellen explores the complex role they play in Kafka's larger project.
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Northwestern University Press Cinema of Confinement
Book SynopsisDraws on a number of key psychoanalytic concepts from the works of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, Joan Copjec, Michel Chion, and Todd McGowan to identify and describe a genre of cinema characterized by spatial confinement. Examining classic films, Connelly shows that the source of enjoyment of confined spaces lies in the viewer's relationship to excess.Trade ReviewIn looking at film from a Lacanian angle, Cinema of Confinement makes a strong contribution to the expanding critical literature on Lacan and cinema. The book shows exceptional knowledge of film as a language, inclusive of its unconscious underpinnings. The author moves very confidently among different filmic genres and aesthetic registers, demonstrating remarkable analytical skills. A great book with some interpretive gems." — Fabio Vighi, author of Critical Theory and Film: Rethinking Ideology through Film Noir
£74.25
Northwestern University Press Hitchcocks People Places and Things
Book SynopsisArgues that Alfred Hitchcock was as much a filmmaker of things and places as he was of people. Drawing on the thought of Bruno Latour, John Bruns traces the complex relations of human and nonhuman agents in Hitchcock's films with the aim of mapping the Hitchcock landscape cognitively, affectively, and politically.
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Northwestern University Press Precarious Intimacies
Book SynopsisDrawing on and responding to the writings of theorists such as Judith Butler, Sarah Ahmed, Lauren Berlant, and Lisa Lowe, this book proposes the notion of “precarious intimacies” to navigate a dilemma: how to recognise, affirm, and value love, touch, and care while challenging the racialized and gendered politics in which they are embedded.Trade ReviewPrecarious Intimacies is an astute and important book for this age when moments of touch, solidarity, care, and affection between people are never unburdened of the political, and are rarely free from compromise and ambivalence. Critically imbuing over fifty films with the wisdom of intersectional feminist vision, this collaboratively written book practices the beauty and risk its authors so deftly honor in the intimate worlds of contemporary European cinema." —David Gramling, author of The Invention of Monolingualism"Maria Stehle and Beverly Weber forcefully demonstrate that we do not have to choose between radical critique and more affirmative orientations at joy, hope, and solidarity. Drawing on a broad range of contemporary feminist and decolonial affect theories, their readings exemplarily develop a layered methodology for unfolding twenty-first century European cinema’s rich contributions to the dual political imperative at hand: attending to the realities of violence and the possibilities of touch." —Claudia Breger, author of Making Worlds: Affect and Collectivity in Contemporary European Cinema"This book makes a significant contribution to rethinking paradigms in European cinema studies by reading for intimacy as a critical and generative trope in contemporary films. The authors’ groundbreaking attention to intimacy as a site of both precarity and resistance to the violence of the present opens up new ways of understanding the politics and aesthetics of audiovisual images in the neoliberal age, considering how film can help us envision more just and sustainable futures." —Hester Baer, author of Dismantling the Dream Factory: Gender, German Cinema, and the Postwar Quest for a New Film LanguageTable of Contents Preface and Acknoledgements: Intellectual Intimacies 1. Introduction: Politics of Intimacy in Contemporary European Cinema 2. Touching Journeys: Precarious Intimacies and Narratives of Non-Arrival 3. Touch as Narrative Disruption: Race, Gender, and Queering Intimacy 4. Religion, Sexuality, and Precarious Intimacy 5. Commodified Intimacy in a Globalizing Europe 6. White Fragility and The White Gaze: Race, Gender, and Neoliberalism 7. Conclusion: Precarious Intimacies, Collaborations, and Solidarities Filmography Bibliography Notes Index
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Northwestern University Press The Hygienic Apparatus
Book SynopsisFraming hygiene within the project of national reconstruction after World War I, The Hygienic Apparatus explores cinema's material contexts alongside its representations of housework, urban space, traffic, pollution, disability, aging, and labour.Trade Review“This study brilliantly unpacks the imbrications between early German cinema and a pervasive concern with hygiene, understood as a set of ideas and techniques for managing the interactions between bodies and environments. Dobryden shows how hygienic thinking impacted not only filmic representations and the development of distinct genres, but also the understanding of cinema more broadly: its spaces of production and reception, its technological development, and its power to bolster or disrupt the disciplinary regimes of industrial capitalism.” —Michael Cowan, author of Walter Ruttmann and the Cinema of Multiplicity: Avant-Garde Film—Advertising—Modernity“The Hygienic Apparatus beautifully weaves together two aspects of German modernity that are usually considered separately: the simultaneously unfolding trajectories of hygienic discourse and of cinema during the early decades of the twentieth century. It demonstrates on the one hand how nonfiction films on topics as diverse as the design of urban and domestic space, the perils of big city traffic, and sexual and reproductive life helped define a new hygienic imaginary, and on the other hand how feature films forged a counter-hygienic alternative to the powerfully normative schemas that emerged from the modern obsession with efficiency, order and health.” —Andreas Killen, author of Homo Cinematicus: Science, Motion Pictures, and the Making of Modern Germany“In this superb reconsideration of Weimar cinema, Paul Dobryden places film at the heart of a struggle for environmental and hygienic control that is at once fascinating and unnervingly timely. Connecting architecture and infrastructure, biopolitics and disability, and both canonical and forgotten figures of early German cinema, The Hygienic Apparatus offers a model of how capacious cultural film histories should be written and important lessons for scholars of German history and the environmental humanities.” —Brian R. Jacobson, author of Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic SpaceTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Hygiene, Cinema, and German Modernity 1. The Hygienic Dispositif: Health and the Movie Theater Environment 2. Hygienic Modernization: Visions of Environmental Order in the Weimar Kulturfilm 3. Matter Out of Place: Pollution and Distraction in F.W. Murnau's Faust 4. Bodies Out of Place: Images of Disability and Aging 5. Landscapes of Exploitation: Environmental Disorder and Late Weimar Oppositional Filmmaking Afterword: Hygiene and Media, Then and Now Filmography Notes Bibliography Index
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Northwestern University Press Negative Life
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Northwestern University Press Flamboyant Fictions
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Northwestern University Press Bakhtins Adventure
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Rutgers University Press Breathless
Book SynopsisIn his introduction, Dudley Andrews illuminates the intertextual and cultural references of the film and the tensions within it between tradition and innovation. This volume also features the complete and accurate continuity script of the film, together with Truffaut's original screenplay.Table of ContentsIntroduction Breathless: Old as New / 3 Dudley Andrew Jean-Luc Godard: A Biographical Sketch / 21Breathless Credits and Cast / 31 The Continuity Script / 33 Notes on the Continuity Script / 147 The Original Treatment, Francois Truffaut / 153Interviews, Reviews, and Commentaries Interview with Godard Yvonne Baby, Le Monde, March 18, 1960 / 165 Jean-Luc Godard, "I'm Not Out of Breath," Art, March 1960 / 167 Films and Filming, September 1961 / 169 Cahier du Cinema, December 1962 / 171 Statements Geoges de Beauregard, Producer, 1963 / 175 Raoul Coutard, Director of Photography, 1963 / 175 Francois Truffaut, 1963 / 177 Reviews Le Monde, Jean de Baroncelli / 181 Arts, Pierre Marcabru / 183 Le Figaro Litteraire, Claude Mauriac / 184 Le Figaro, Louis Chauvet / 186 Variety, Gene Moskowitz / 188 Sight and Sound, Louis Marcorelles / 189 The New York Times, Bosley Crowther / 191 The New York Republic, Stanley Kauffmann / 193 Times / 195 Film Quarterly, Arlene Croce / 197 Esquire, Dwight MacDonald / 200 The Times (London) / 203 Films and Filming, Gordon Gow / 204 Commentaries Jean-Luc Gordard, Luc Moullet / 209 On Breathless, Jean Carta / 215 A Bout de Souffle, Charles Barr / 220 The Graphic in Filmic Writing, Marie-Claire Ropars / 224Filmography and Bibliography Gordard Filmography, 1954-1985 / 235 Selected Bibliography / 239
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Rutgers University Press Imitation of Life Rutger Films in Print Douglas
Book SynopsisDouglas Sirk (Claus Detler Sierck) was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1900. He made nine films before fleeing Nazi Germany, eventually coming to America. His best-known films, made during the 1950sall of them melodramaswere Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows, The Tarnished Angels, Written on the Wind, and Imitation of Life (made in 1958, released in 1959).Because of the special stamp he put on his melodramas, Sirk's best works transcend the constraints of their genre. In them, he both exemplified and critiqued postwar, conservative, materialistic life and its false value systems. There is much in Sirk, particularly in Imitation of Life, that is of interest to us today. The time seems to be right for a new look at the film, its reception amidst scandal over the affairs of its starLana Turnerthe relationships between its mothers and daughters, the tensions between its men and its women, the friendships between its black and white women, and the ambiguous, controversial approach
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Rutgers University Press Titanic Anatomy of a Blockbuster
Book SynopsisIn 1997, James Cameron's Titanic, became the first motion picture to earn a billion dollars worldwide. These essays ask the question: What made Titanic such a popular movie? Why has this film become a cultural and film phenomenon? What makes it so fascinating to the film-going public?Trade ReviewThe contributors to this collection sift through the pre-release stories, merchandise tie-ins, advertising gimmicks, video offers, package tours and the like in order to make clear why Titanic turned out to be such a mammoth, international cultural phenomenon. . . . Keeping to the popular spirit of Titanic itself, the book is designed for a broad readership, and the contributors have made an effort to stay away from theoretical jargon. * Times Literary Supplement *Anyone interested in accessible scholarly approaches to film and culture studies or a keener insight into why and how one film can resonate across borders at a particular moment in time will find this a stimulating and useful collection of essays. * Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas *A thought-provoking collection of essays that bring contemporary cinema into serious focus. Titanic: Anatomy of a Blockbuster is wedded to movie history, to current cultural attitudes, and to its impact on viewers. Too bad someone wasnÆt around to do this for Gone With the Wind. -- Jeanine Basinger * chair, Film Studies Program, Wesleyan University *If Titanic was not just another film, then this work, with its range of approaches and perspectives, is not just another anthology. -- David Desser * University of Illinois *The authors in this volume offer a first-rate examination of a question that has long vexed studies of media and popular culture: what makes a text resonate so extensively, so deeply with its audiences that it becomes a public sensation? Sandler and Studlar have assembled a collection of essays that vividly and persuasively demonstrate the complexity of forces acting on the reception of what became the biggest film blockbuster of them all. -- Barbara Klinger * author of Melodrama and Meaning: History, Culture, and the Films of Douglas Sirk *Intriguing perspectives on a major cultural phenomenon. -- Steven Biel * author of Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic" Disaster *Table of ContentsIntroduction : the seductive waters of James Cameron's film phenomenon / Gaylyn Studlar and Kevin S. Sandler "Floating triumphantly" : the American critics on Titanic / Matthew Bernstein The drama of recoupment : on the mass media negotiation of Titanic / Justin Wyatt and Katherine Vlesmas Selling my heart : music and cross-promotion in Titanic / Jeff Smith "Almost ashamed to say I am one of those girls" : Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the paradoxes of girls' fandom / Melanie Nash and Martti Lahti "Something and someone else" : the mind, the body, and sexuality Women first : Titanic action-adventure films, and Hollywood's female audience / Peter Krämer "Size does matter" : notes on Titanic and James Cameron as blockbuster auteur / Alexandra Keller Heart of the ocean : diamonds and democratic desire in Titanic / Adrienne Munich and Maura Spiegel Ship of dreams : cross-class romance and the cultural fantasy of Titanic / Laurie Ouellette Bathos and bathysphere : on submersion, longing, and history in Titanic / Vivian Sobchack "The china had never been used!" : on the patina of perfect images in Titanic / Julian Stringer Titanic, survivalism, and the millennial myth / Diane Negra "It was true! How can you laugh?" : history and memory in the reception of Titanic in Britain and Southampton / Anne Massey and Mike Hammond
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Rutgers University Press They Married Adventure
Book SynopsisMartin and Osa Johnson thrilled American audiences of the 1920s and 30s with their movies of far-away places, exotic peoples, and the dramatic spectacle of African wildlife. Their own lives were as exciting as their movies. Probing beneath the Johnsons' public image, Pascal and Eleanor Imperato explore the more human side of the couple's lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1. Growing Up in Kansas Chapter 2. The Urge to Wander Chapter 3. Apprentice to Adventure Chapter 4. Vaudeville Chapter 5. Sailing the Solomons Chapter 6. Return to Melanesia Chapter 7. Jungle Adventures Chapter 8. Semper Aliquid Novi Chapter 9. Men of High Purpose Chapter 10. Bwana Piccer and Memsahib Kidogo Chapter 11. With Lions and Boy Scouts on the Serengeti Chapter 12. Gentle Giants and Forest People Chapter 13. Africa from the Air Chapter 14. Return to the Rain Forest Chapter 15. 1937 Chapter 16. Glamourous Osa Chapter 17. Final Years Epilogue Afterword Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press Aftershocks of the New Feminism and Film History
Book SynopsisExplores how the mechanisms of modernism, German cinema and feminist film theory have evolved, and discusses the directions in which they are headed. The book aims to locate the debate over the place of cinema within modernity in a complex matrix of contending sensibilities, voices and impulses.Trade ReviewIn this vibrant collection of essays, Patrice Petro draws on her capacious understanding of feminist theory and German film theory to articulate what is, was, and should be at stake in our interpretive practices. Whether analyzing the disorienting photomontages of Hannah H÷ch, the disturbing portraits of Otto Dix, or the charged performance of Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, Petro remains firmly in command of historical contexts, theoretical implications, and ideological consequences. -- Maria Tatar * author of Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany *Patrice PetroÆs Aftershocks of the New is unified by a focus on the connection between feminist film criticism and historical research. It also invokes a history of the film studies discipline (including television) as she rehearses and comments upon some of the major debates in the field over the past two decades. -- Lucy Fischer * director of the film studies program, University of Pittsburgh *Table of ContentsIntroduction The "place" of television in film studies Feminism and film history German film theory and Anglo-American film studies After shock, between boredom and history Historical ennui, feminist boredom World weariness, Weimar women, and visual culture Nazi cinema at the intersection of the classical and the popular The Hottentot and the Blonde Venus Film feminism and nostalgia for the seventies
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Rutgers University Press The Horror Film Depth of Field Series
Book SynopsisFocusing on recent postmodern examples, this is a collection of essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Silent and Classical Hollywood Eras The Modern Era Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press UnAmerican Hollywood Politics and Film in the
Book Synopsis The concept of “un-Americanism,” so vital to the HUAC crusade of the 1940s and 1950s, was resoundingly revived in the emotional rhetoric that followed the September 11th terrorist attacks. Today’s political and cultural climate makes it more crucial than ever to come to terms with the consequences of this earlier period of repression and with the contested claims of Americanism that it generated. “Un-American” Hollywood reopens the intense critical debate on the blacklist era and on the aesthetic and political work of the Hollywood Left. In a series of fresh case studies focusing on contexts of production and reception, the contributors offer exciting and original perspectives on the role of progressive politics within a capitalist media industry. Original essays scrutinize the work of individual practitioners, such as Robert Rossen, Joseph Losey, Jules Dassin, and Edward Dmytryk, and examine key films, including The RTrade ReviewThis is a first rate anthology giving us a fresh perspective on Hollywood and television during the blacklist era and its legacy during the Vietnam years. Reading this book from cover to cover is a valuable experience not just of discovery and knowing, but of remembering.— Film Quarterly This collection of essays represents the work of a new generation of historians who have made discoveries in the study of films from the Blacklist era which demand our attention.— John Belton, author of American Cinema/American CultureTable of ContentsAre you now or have you ever been a Christian? the strange history of The robe as political allegory / Jeff Smith Un-American : Dmytryk, Rossellini, and Christ in concrete / Erica Sheen "A living part of the class struggle" : Diego Rivera's The flower carrier and the Hollywood left / Frank Krutnik A monarch for the millions : Jewish filmmakers, social commentary, and the postwar cycle of boxing films / Peter Stanfield The violent poetry of the times : the politics of history in Daniel Mainwaring and Joseph Losey's The lawless / Doug Dibbern Dark passages : jazz and civil liberty in the postwar crime film / Sean McCann Documentary realism and the postwar left / Will Straw Cloaked in compromise : Jules Dassin's "naked" city / Rebecca Prime The progressive producer in the studio system : Adrian Scott at RKO, 1943-1947 / Jennifer Langdon-Teclaw The house I live in : Albert Maltz and the fight against anti-Semitism / Art Simon Red Hollywood in transition : the case of Robert Rossen / Brian Neve Swashbuckling, sapphire, and salt : un-American contributions to TV costume adventure series in the 1950s / Steve Neale Hollywood, the new left, and FTA / Mark Shiel Red Hollywood / Thom Anderson
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Rutgers University Press Screening Genders Depth of Field Series The
Book SynopsisOffers introduction to the evolving representations of masculinity, femininity, and places once thought to be ""in between."" This book begins with an introduction that traces the movement of gender theory from the margins of film studies to its center. It then addresses a range of topics, including screen stars and depictions of gay subjects.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction The Subject of Gender Gendering Stars Gay, Straight, Queer, and Beyond Gendering Genre Works Cited Contributors Index
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Rutgers University Press American Cinema of the 1910s Themes and
Book SynopsisIncludes essays that explore the rapid developments of the 1910s that began with D W Griffith's unrivaled one-reelers.Trade Review“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.” — American Quarterly “There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.” — American QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction : Movies and the 1910s / Ben Singer and Charlie Keil 1910 : Movies, reform, and new women / Scott Simmon 1911 : Movies and the stability of the institution / EIleen Bowser 1912 : Movies, innovative nostalgia, and real-life threats / Richard Abel 1913 : Movies and the beginning of a new era / Charlie Keil 1914 : Movies and cultural hierarchy / Rob King 1915 : Movies and the state of the union / Lee Grieveson 1916 : Movies and the ambiguities of progressivism / Shelley Stamp 1917 : Movies and practical patriotism / Leslie Midkiffe DeBauche 1918 : Movies, propaganda, and entertainment / James Latham 1919 : Movies and righteous Americanism / Ben Singer
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Rutgers University Press Cinema Today A Conversation with ThirtyNine
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Oumano's work shines—she offers the choicest nuggets and insights by filmmakers talking about their art." -- Wheeler Winston Dixon * coauthor of A Short History of Film *"Cinema Today is a fascinating look at film as an art form. Oumano's book is an outstanding contribution to the field, crammed full of essential information about the production process and enlightening details of personal experiences that any aspiring filmmaker can use." * Foreword Reviews *"Oumano's work shines—she offers the choicest nuggets and insights by filmmakers talking about their art." -- Wheeler Winston Dixon * coauthor of A Short History of Film *"Cinema Today is a fascinating look at film as an art form. Oumano's book is an outstanding contribution to the field, crammed full of essential information about the production process and enlightening details of personal experiences that any aspiring filmmaker can use." * Foreword Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgments 1. Cinematography 2. Cinema and Sound 3. Working with Actors 4. Cinematic Rhythm and Structure 5. The Process: Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production 6. The Business: Financing, Distribution, and Exhibition 7. Cinema, Art, and Reality 8. The Viewer 9. Cinema and Society Profiles of the Filmmakers
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Rutgers University Press American Cinema of the 2000s Themes and
Book SynopsisIn American Cinema of the 2000s, essays from ten top film scholars examine such popular series as the groundbreaking Matrix films and the gripping adventures of former CIA covert operative Jason Bourne; new, offbeat films like Juno; and the resurgence of documentaries like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11.Trade Review“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.” * American Quarterly *"Corrigan offers ten essays that chronologically define the major historical events of the past decade and reveal how popular cinema can reflect cultural change. This is a thoughtful, probing look into recent history, a book that can serve as an effective primary or supplemental text for classes in media studies or interdisciplinary classes combining history, media, and social studies. Recommended." * Choice *“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.” * American Quarterly *"Corrigan offers ten essays that chronologically define the major historical events of the past decade and reveal how popular cinema can reflect cultural change. This is a thoughtful, probing look into recent history, a book that can serve as an effective primary or supplemental text for classes in media studies or interdisciplinary classes combining history, media, and social studies. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimelineIntroduction2000 Movies, Anti-Climaxes, and Disenchantments2001 Movies, Smart Films, and Dumb Stories2002 Movies and Melancholy2003 Movies, “Shock and Awe,” and the Troubled Blockbuster2004 Movies and Spectacle in a Political Year2005 Movies, Terror, and the American Family2006 Movies and Crisis2007 Movies and the Art of Living Dangerously2008 Movies and a Hollywood Too Big to Fail2009 Movies, a Nation, and New IdentitiesSelect Academy Awards, 2000–2009Works Cited and ConsultedContributorsIndex
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Rutgers University Press Moving Color Early Film Mass Culture Modernism
Book SynopsisMoving Color is the first book-length study of the beginnings of color cinema. It traces the legacy of color history from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the cinema of the early twentieth century and explores the implications of this genealogy on experimental and contemporary digital cinemas. Trade Review"Moving Color is a vital contribution to our understanding of the American cultural landscape a century ago." * Afterimage *"Eye-opening. The first book-length history of the formative years of color film. The book is most effective when it focuses on historical details: the fascinating processes by which color was applied; the approaches taken by the film industry to manufacture, manipulate, and market movies; and the reception of colored films by early audiences." * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television *"Moving Color is an enjoyable, well-written addition to the study of colour cinema, which addresses a major gap in our understanding of applied film colour. The hard work Yumibe has done is extremely commendable." * Screening the Past *"This is a work of great imagination and exemplary research." * Moving Image *"Thoroughly researched, clearly argued, and well-written, Moving Color convincingly asserts the foundational role of color in cinema…a highly engaging and informative read." -- Matthew Solomon * author of Disappearing Tricks *"With astounding research into the original documents and films of the pre-1912 period, this innovative book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of applied color in early cinema." -- John Belton * Rutgers University *"An admirable contribution to film studies." * Early Popular Visual Culture *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsForeword by Paolo Cherchi UsaiAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 The Colors of Modernity2 Hand Coloring anf the Intermediality of Cinema3 Transforming and Uplift: Stenciling, Tinting, and Toning4 Color Cinema, fromGentility to AbstractionConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Rutgers University Press War Culture and the Contest of Images New
Book SynopsisTrade Review"War Culture and the Contest of Images is critical in its analysis of the politics of oppression shown through different perspectives. It will be helpful to filmmakers, modern and contemporary art historians, photojournalists, teachers, and students of visual communication." * International Journal of Communication *"Powerful, thought-provoking, and at times haunting, War Culture and the Context of Images is an unforgettable, original and valuable work." * Journal of Popular Culture *"Looking closely at the work of contemporary global photographers, Apel argues that art photography can powerfully counteract war's official representations and, likewise, create a new kind of public sphere in which war's meanings can be scrutinized…a timely and necessary book." -- Anthony W. Lee * series editor of Defining Moments in American Photography *"Strategically positioned between discussions of journalistic, vernacular images, and works of art, Apel significantly expands the contemporary conversation on the 'war of images.' This is an essential contribution to one of the major issues of our day." -- W. J. T. Mitchell * author of Seeing Through Race *"Essential reading for anyone interested in thinking through the transformative potential of image culture today." * RACAR *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Romance of War 1 Technologies of War, Media and Dissent in the Post-9/11 Work of Krzysztof Wodiczko 2 Historical Reenactment: Romantic Amnesia or Counter-Memory? Part II: The Body of War 3 Abu Ghraib, Gender, and the Military 4 The Body as Political Corpus Part III: The Landscape of War 5 Controlling the Frame: Photojournalism, Digital Technology, and "Modern Warfare" 6 Israel/Palestine and the Political Imaginary Conclusion: On Human Rights Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press My Fair Ladies Female Robots Androids and Other
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Wosk presents a riveting portrait of simulated women, female robots, and robot technology in media and art from ancient generations to modern-day creations. The author provides insight about generational interpretation of the 'perfect woman' and the depiction of simulated women to reconcile societal fears of changing gender roles and emerging technologies." * Library Journal *"An engaging historical account of female automata....Wosk’s innovative and readable approach to gender and technology issues in history might make her book a provocative supplementary text for courses that address gender and sexuality in a technological and scientific context." * IEEE Technology and Society Magazine *"This is the 'cyborg manifesto' for technology, gender, and art in the twenty-first century. The search for the 'perfect woman' in film, art, photography, and technology collides with the reality of the complex and imperfect that is the essential human experience." -- Arthur Kroker * author of Exits to the Posthuman Future *"The clarity and the engaging style of Wosk's descriptions—not to mention the images included in the book—make of My Fair Ladies a veritable trove of resources for teachers and students of gender, culture, and the media, particularly in introductory level courses. Besides making explicit the intimate connection between patriarchal ideals of femininity and Western ideas about technology, Wosk's carefully selected examples track how adaptations of the Pygmalion myth evolved alongside social and technological changes ... Wosk's singular perspective as an art historian, and importantly, as an artist, stands out for its freshness and originality." * Feminist Media Studies *"Wosk's elucidation of the play of paradox in discussions of real and artificial women is at its best when it forces readers to reconsider their own assumptions about the value of authenticity and the function of artifice." * Women's Review of Books *"The central success of this study... has to do with the truly remarkable and diverse range of material to which Wosk’s interpretation is brought. Indeed, the range is so broad as to render any review paltry in its attempt at coverage. In terms of both material culture and the arts, My Fair Ladies shows an impressive grasp of the history of the “artificial woman...” The scope of Wosk’s knowledge of films, mannequins, and other cultural objects and texts is impressive, as is the discussion of the technical side of these various figures" -- Jason Haslam, Professor at Dalhousie University * American Literary History *"Why are automatons so attractive? And just what is this 'perfect woman' anyway? Rounding up a veritable sorority of artificial Eves, Julie Wosk delves into the issues in her latest book My Fair Ladies, casting an analytical eye over female depictions, both physical and fictitious, to explore the history and the future of Woman 2.0." Read the full article "Living dolls: sci-fi’s fascination with artificial women" at: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/13/living-dolls-artificial-women-robots -- Nicola Davis * The Guardian *"From Ovid's Metamorphoses to The Stepford Wives, from Enlightenment automata to 21st century robotics, Julie Wosk takes us on an amazing tour of ideas about technology, about human perfection and about gender.""This is the 'cyborg manifesto' for technology, gender, and art in the twenty-first century. The search for the 'perfect woman' in film, art, photography, and technology collides with the reality of the complex and imperfect that is the essential human experience." -- Arthur Kroker * author of Exits to the Posthuman Future *"Wide-ranging, lively, and thoroughly researched, Julie Wosk’s book expertly guides us through the cultural meanings of artificial females in myth, literature, movies, television, art, and photography, among other fields.""An engaging historical account of female automata....Wosk’s innovative and readable approach to gender and technology issues in history might make her book a provocative supplementary text for courses that address gender and sexuality in a technological and scientific context." * IEEE Technology and Society Magazine *"Wosk presents a riveting portrait of simulated women, female robots, and robot technology in media and art from ancient generations to modern-day creations. The author provides insight about generational interpretation of the 'perfect woman' and the depiction of simulated women to reconcile societal fears of changing gender roles and emerging technologies." * Library Journal *"The clarity and the engaging style of Wosk's descriptions—not to mention the images included in the book—make of My Fair Ladies a veritable trove of resources for teachers and students of gender, culture, and the media, particularly in introductory level courses. Besides making explicit the intimate connection between patriarchal ideals of femininity and Western ideas about technology, Wosk's carefully selected examples track how adaptations of the Pygmalion myth evolved alongside social and technological changes ... Wosk's singular perspective as an art historian, and importantly, as an artist, stands out for its freshness and originality." * Feminist Media Studies *"Wosk's elucidation of the play of paradox in discussions of real and artificial women is at its best when it forces readers to reconsider their own assumptions about the value of authenticity and the function of artifice." * Women's Review of Books *"The central success of this study... has to do with the truly remarkable and diverse range of material to which Wosk’s interpretation is brought. Indeed, the range is so broad as to render any review paltry in its attempt at coverage. In terms of both material culture and the arts, My Fair Ladies shows an impressive grasp of the history of the “artificial woman...” The scope of Wosk’s knowledge of films, mannequins, and other cultural objects and texts is impressive, as is the discussion of the technical side of these various figures" -- Jason Haslam, Professor at Dalhousie University * American Literary History *"Why are automatons so attractive? And just what is this 'perfect woman' anyway? Rounding up a veritable sorority of artificial Eves, Julie Wosk delves into the issues in her latest book My Fair Ladies, casting an analytical eye over female depictions, both physical and fictitious, to explore the history and the future of Woman 2.0." Read the full article "Living dolls: sci-fi’s fascination with artificial women" at: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/13/living-dolls-artificial-women-robots -- Nicola Davis * The Guardian *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Simulated Women and the Pygmalion Myth2 Mechanical Galateas: Female Automatons and Dolls3 Mannequins, Masks, Monsters, and Dolls: Film and Art in the 1920s and 1930s4 Simulated Women in Television and Films 1940s and After5 Engineering the Perfect Woman6 Dancing with Robots and Women in Robotics Design7 The Woman Artist as PygmalionNotesIndex
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Rutgers University Press My Fair Ladies Female Robots Androids and Other
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Wosk presents a riveting portrait of simulated women, female robots, and robot technology in media and art from ancient generations to modern-day creations. The author provides insight about generational interpretation of the 'perfect woman' and the depiction of simulated women to reconcile societal fears of changing gender roles and emerging technologies." * Library Journal *"An engaging historical account of female automata....Wosk’s innovative and readable approach to gender and technology issues in history might make her book a provocative supplementary text for courses that address gender and sexuality in a technological and scientific context." * IEEE Technology and Society Magazine *"This is the 'cyborg manifesto' for technology, gender, and art in the twenty-first century. The search for the 'perfect woman' in film, art, photography, and technology collides with the reality of the complex and imperfect that is the essential human experience." -- Arthur Kroker * author of Exits to the Posthuman Future *"The clarity and the engaging style of Wosk's descriptions—not to mention the images included in the book—make of My Fair Ladies a veritable trove of resources for teachers and students of gender, culture, and the media, particularly in introductory level courses. Besides making explicit the intimate connection between patriarchal ideals of femininity and Western ideas about technology, Wosk's carefully selected examples track how adaptations of the Pygmalion myth evolved alongside social and technological changes ... Wosk's singular perspective as an art historian, and importantly, as an artist, stands out for its freshness and originality." * Feminist Media Studies *"Wosk's elucidation of the play of paradox in discussions of real and artificial women is at its best when it forces readers to reconsider their own assumptions about the value of authenticity and the function of artifice." * Women's Review of Books *"The central success of this study... has to do with the truly remarkable and diverse range of material to which Wosk’s interpretation is brought. Indeed, the range is so broad as to render any review paltry in its attempt at coverage. In terms of both material culture and the arts, My Fair Ladies shows an impressive grasp of the history of the “artificial woman...” The scope of Wosk’s knowledge of films, mannequins, and other cultural objects and texts is impressive, as is the discussion of the technical side of these various figures" -- Jason Haslam, Professor at Dalhousie University * American Literary History *"Why are automatons so attractive? And just what is this 'perfect woman' anyway? Rounding up a veritable sorority of artificial Eves, Julie Wosk delves into the issues in her latest book My Fair Ladies, casting an analytical eye over female depictions, both physical and fictitious, to explore the history and the future of Woman 2.0." Read the full article "Living dolls: sci-fi’s fascination with artificial women" at: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/13/living-dolls-artificial-women-robots -- Nicola Davis * The Guardian *"From Ovid's Metamorphoses to The Stepford Wives, from Enlightenment automata to 21st century robotics, Julie Wosk takes us on an amazing tour of ideas about technology, about human perfection and about gender.""This is the 'cyborg manifesto' for technology, gender, and art in the twenty-first century. The search for the 'perfect woman' in film, art, photography, and technology collides with the reality of the complex and imperfect that is the essential human experience." -- Arthur Kroker * author of Exits to the Posthuman Future *"Wide-ranging, lively, and thoroughly researched, Julie Wosk’s book expertly guides us through the cultural meanings of artificial females in myth, literature, movies, television, art, and photography, among other fields.""An engaging historical account of female automata....Wosk’s innovative and readable approach to gender and technology issues in history might make her book a provocative supplementary text for courses that address gender and sexuality in a technological and scientific context." * IEEE Technology and Society Magazine *"Wosk presents a riveting portrait of simulated women, female robots, and robot technology in media and art from ancient generations to modern-day creations. The author provides insight about generational interpretation of the 'perfect woman' and the depiction of simulated women to reconcile societal fears of changing gender roles and emerging technologies." * Library Journal *"The clarity and the engaging style of Wosk's descriptions—not to mention the images included in the book—make of My Fair Ladies a veritable trove of resources for teachers and students of gender, culture, and the media, particularly in introductory level courses. Besides making explicit the intimate connection between patriarchal ideals of femininity and Western ideas about technology, Wosk's carefully selected examples track how adaptations of the Pygmalion myth evolved alongside social and technological changes ... Wosk's singular perspective as an art historian, and importantly, as an artist, stands out for its freshness and originality." * Feminist Media Studies *"Wosk's elucidation of the play of paradox in discussions of real and artificial women is at its best when it forces readers to reconsider their own assumptions about the value of authenticity and the function of artifice." * Women's Review of Books *"The central success of this study... has to do with the truly remarkable and diverse range of material to which Wosk’s interpretation is brought. Indeed, the range is so broad as to render any review paltry in its attempt at coverage. In terms of both material culture and the arts, My Fair Ladies shows an impressive grasp of the history of the “artificial woman...” The scope of Wosk’s knowledge of films, mannequins, and other cultural objects and texts is impressive, as is the discussion of the technical side of these various figures" -- Jason Haslam, Professor at Dalhousie University * American Literary History *"Why are automatons so attractive? And just what is this 'perfect woman' anyway? Rounding up a veritable sorority of artificial Eves, Julie Wosk delves into the issues in her latest book My Fair Ladies, casting an analytical eye over female depictions, both physical and fictitious, to explore the history and the future of Woman 2.0." Read the full article "Living dolls: sci-fi’s fascination with artificial women" at: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/13/living-dolls-artificial-women-robots -- Nicola Davis * The Guardian *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Simulated Women and the Pygmalion Myth2 Mechanical Galateas: Female Automatons and Dolls3 Mannequins, Masks, Monsters, and Dolls: Film and Art in the 1920s and 1930s4 Simulated Women in Television and Films 1940s and After5 Engineering the Perfect Woman6 Dancing with Robots and Women in Robotics Design7 The Woman Artist as PygmalionNotesIndex
£105.40
Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press Moment of Action Riddles of Cinematic Performance
Trade Review"The versatile critic and scholar Murray Pomerance analyzes the complexities, casts light on the enigmas, and celebrates the excitements of screen performance with insight, appreciation, and panache." -- David Sterritt * author of The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America *"Is acting a cinematic element, inseparable from direction, cinematography, special effects, and design? This book by the prodigious, prolific Pomerance will change how you think about screen acting." -- Dennis Bingham * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *"Moment of Action magnifies every aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking. Murray Pomerance is a scholar and keen observer, whose passion for the subject is very impressive." -- Elliott Gould * Academy Award-nominated actor *"The versatile critic and scholar Murray Pomerance analyzes the complexities, casts light on the enigmas, and celebrates the excitements of screen performance with insight, appreciation, and panache." -- David Sterritt * author of The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America *"Is acting a cinematic element, inseparable from direction, cinematography, special effects, and design? This book by the prodigious, prolific Pomerance will change how you think about screen acting." -- Dennis Bingham * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *"Moment of Action magnifies every aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking. Murray Pomerance is a scholar and keen observer, whose passion for the subject is very impressive." -- Elliott Gould * Academy Award-nominated actor *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreamble: Saw the Air Thinking about actors and their allure; Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause; viewers’ love of acting; momentary performance; acting, action, and activity; acting, evidence, and biography; Linda Darnell; casting and gatekeeping.1 Fantastic PerformanceThinking about acting style and culture; innocent and scientific watching, and “falling in”; The Edge of Tomorrow; The Last Laugh; With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II; predictive performance and John Wayne; transcendent performance and Katharine Hepburn; Bringing Up Baby; Now, Voyager; El Dorado.2 Beaux Gestes Thinking about language and gesture; The Disorderly Orderly; Anthony Perkins in Psycho; Jeff Goldblum in Le Weekend; Touch of Evil; the flower of the gest; Ralph Richardson and Christophe Lambert in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; effects gesture; Life of Pi and keyframing; animated performance and puppetry; Blithe Spirit; Robert Walker in My Son John; The Stepford Wives; The Musée Grévin; Jacques de Vaucanson’s duck; The Thief of Bagdad; Charlton Heston and Gary Cooper in The Wreck of the Mary Deare; cinematic gesture and The King of Comedy; The Thin Man; Cool Hand Luke; The Red Shoes; hands and handfulness; actors under direction; John Frankenheimer, Burt Lancaster, and The Train; Antony and Cleopatra; Hitchcock, gesture, and “cattle”; Kim Novak, Vertigo, and vertiginous gesture.3 Curtains Thinking about the actor’s multiple selves; Vivian Sobchack and the actor’s four bodies; performance amplification; Alec Guinness and preparation; rehearsal and “downkeying”; curtain calls; Whose Life Is It Anyway?; Murder on the Orient Express; Citizen Kane; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Bad Seed; “behind-the-scenes” musicals; theatrical exhibition spaces; credit-roll “goofing”; Peter O’Toole and Winona Ryder offscreen; Birdman; fans and fan logic; actor-in-the-street stories; acting audiences; the Academy Awards.4 “It’s Not a Man, It’s a Place!” Thinking about setting and the actor’s labor; workplaces under capitalism and factory design; the sound stage environment; Rope; acting and make-up; Technicolor; My Dinner with André; Ian Carmichael; Ingrid Bergman and Under Capricorn; The Wizard of Oz; Grey Gardens; Simon Callow and A Room with a View; Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Boris Karloff; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Haruo Nakajima, Godzilla, and body division; Billion Dollar Brain; The French Lieutenant’s Woman; Chinatown; Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers; the sound boom; the “caffeination schedule”; acting, editing, and lighting; predetermined focus; Suddenly, Last Summer; The Hands of Orlac; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; “Instructions for John Howell”; panoptical setting; Laurence Olivier in Sleuth; setting and characters; Bette Davis in The Letter; the character “at home” in Marnie; “hypothetical” performance, Sandra Bullock, and Gravity; Andy Serkis; the actor’s mirror; animation vocalizing; The Member of the Wedding.5 Acting Intimate Thinking about actors’ trade secrecy; Philip Seymour Hoffman in Boogie Nights; Anthony Hopkins and Hannibal Lecter; Colin Farrell and truth-telling; Joaquin Phoenix in The Master; zombie performance; George Herbert Mead; Hud; Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice; onscreen urination and bleeding; Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained; the actor’s voice; acting and musculature; the actor’s touch; interpersonal contact and audience exclusion; The Bourne Identity; anxious interiors; Peter Lorre in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and Hotel Berlin; Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold; the “Doctrine of Natural Expression”; anti-intellectualism, the portrayal of genius, and Jesse Eisenberg; acting the “amnesiac”; forgotten moralities and cathartic awakening.NotesWorks Cited and ConsultedIndex
£26.99
John Wiley & Sons Moment of Action Riddles of Cinematic Performance
Book SynopsisDelves into the mysteries of screen performance, revealing both the acting techniques and the technical apparatuses that coalesce in an instant of cinematic alchemy to create movie gold. Considering a range of acting styles and films, Murray Pomerance traces the common dynamics that work to structure the complex relationship between the act of cinematic performance and its eventual perception.Trade Review"The versatile critic and scholar Murray Pomerance analyzes the complexities, casts light on the enigmas, and celebrates the excitements of screen performance with insight, appreciation, and panache." -- David Sterritt * author of The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America *"Is acting a cinematic element, inseparable from direction, cinematography, special effects, and design? This book by the prodigious, prolific Pomerance will change how you think about screen acting." -- Dennis Bingham * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *"Moment of Action magnifies every aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking. Murray Pomerance is a scholar and keen observer, whose passion for the subject is very impressive." -- Elliott Gould * Academy Award-nominated actor *"The versatile critic and scholar Murray Pomerance analyzes the complexities, casts light on the enigmas, and celebrates the excitements of screen performance with insight, appreciation, and panache." -- David Sterritt * author of The Cinema of Clint Eastwood: Chronicles of America *"Is acting a cinematic element, inseparable from direction, cinematography, special effects, and design? This book by the prodigious, prolific Pomerance will change how you think about screen acting." -- Dennis Bingham * Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis *"Moment of Action magnifies every aspect of the art and craft of filmmaking. Murray Pomerance is a scholar and keen observer, whose passion for the subject is very impressive." -- Elliott Gould * Academy Award-nominated actor *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreamble: Saw the Air Thinking about actors and their allure; Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause; viewers’ love of acting; momentary performance; acting, action, and activity; acting, evidence, and biography; Linda Darnell; casting and gatekeeping.1 Fantastic PerformanceThinking about acting style and culture; innocent and scientific watching, and “falling in”; The Edge of Tomorrow; The Last Laugh; With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II; predictive performance and John Wayne; transcendent performance and Katharine Hepburn; Bringing Up Baby; Now, Voyager; El Dorado.2 Beaux Gestes Thinking about language and gesture; The Disorderly Orderly; Anthony Perkins in Psycho; Jeff Goldblum in Le Weekend; Touch of Evil; the flower of the gest; Ralph Richardson and Christophe Lambert in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; effects gesture; Life of Pi and keyframing; animated performance and puppetry; Blithe Spirit; Robert Walker in My Son John; The Stepford Wives; The Musée Grévin; Jacques de Vaucanson’s duck; The Thief of Bagdad; Charlton Heston and Gary Cooper in The Wreck of the Mary Deare; cinematic gesture and The King of Comedy; The Thin Man; Cool Hand Luke; The Red Shoes; hands and handfulness; actors under direction; John Frankenheimer, Burt Lancaster, and The Train; Antony and Cleopatra; Hitchcock, gesture, and “cattle”; Kim Novak, Vertigo, and vertiginous gesture.3 Curtains Thinking about the actor’s multiple selves; Vivian Sobchack and the actor’s four bodies; performance amplification; Alec Guinness and preparation; rehearsal and “downkeying”; curtain calls; Whose Life Is It Anyway?; Murder on the Orient Express; Citizen Kane; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Bad Seed; “behind-the-scenes” musicals; theatrical exhibition spaces; credit-roll “goofing”; Peter O’Toole and Winona Ryder offscreen; Birdman; fans and fan logic; actor-in-the-street stories; acting audiences; the Academy Awards.4 “It’s Not a Man, It’s a Place!” Thinking about setting and the actor’s labor; workplaces under capitalism and factory design; the sound stage environment; Rope; acting and make-up; Technicolor; My Dinner with André; Ian Carmichael; Ingrid Bergman and Under Capricorn; The Wizard of Oz; Grey Gardens; Simon Callow and A Room with a View; Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Boris Karloff; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Haruo Nakajima, Godzilla, and body division; Billion Dollar Brain; The French Lieutenant’s Woman; Chinatown; Fred Astaire dancing with Ginger Rogers; the sound boom; the “caffeination schedule”; acting, editing, and lighting; predetermined focus; Suddenly, Last Summer; The Hands of Orlac; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; “Instructions for John Howell”; panoptical setting; Laurence Olivier in Sleuth; setting and characters; Bette Davis in The Letter; the character “at home” in Marnie; “hypothetical” performance, Sandra Bullock, and Gravity; Andy Serkis; the actor’s mirror; animation vocalizing; The Member of the Wedding.5 Acting Intimate Thinking about actors’ trade secrecy; Philip Seymour Hoffman in Boogie Nights; Anthony Hopkins and Hannibal Lecter; Colin Farrell and truth-telling; Joaquin Phoenix in The Master; zombie performance; George Herbert Mead; Hud; Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice; onscreen urination and bleeding; Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained; the actor’s voice; acting and musculature; the actor’s touch; interpersonal contact and audience exclusion; The Bourne Identity; anxious interiors; Peter Lorre in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and Hotel Berlin; Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came In from the Cold; the “Doctrine of Natural Expression”; anti-intellectualism, the portrayal of genius, and Jesse Eisenberg; acting the “amnesiac”; forgotten moralities and cathartic awakening.NotesWorks Cited and ConsultedIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Making Asian American Film and Video History
Book SynopsisThe words “Asian American film” might evoke a painfully earnest, low-budget documentary or family drama, destined to be seen only in small film festivals or on PBS. In her groundbreaking study of the past fifty years of Asian American film and video, Jun Okada demonstrates that although this stereotype is not entirely unfounded, a remarkably diverse range of Asian American filmmaking has emerged.Trade Review"A first-of-its-kind study of Asian American cinema's productive and sometimes uncomfortable relationship to institutional definitions of 'Asian America.'" * Film Quarterly *"Okada has written a very important book. The historical reach, the diversity of texts, and the expansive engagement with filmic influences make it possible for her to take an inventory of Asian American film and video in the second decade of the twenty-first century and wonder what might be possible for the future of Asian American film and video." * Cinema Journal *"Institutional context provides Okada with the framework for her illuminating study of Asian American filmmaking from its roots in the early 1970s to the present." * Choice *"Making Asian American Film and Video tells the fascinating and significant story of the emergence of Asian American film and video within the wider media culture of the United States." -- Gina Marchetti * author of The Chinese Diaspora on American Screens: Race, Sex, and Cinema *"Both a hip guide to movies for your queue and an incisive commentary on the ways we (filmgoers, critics, TV executives, and others) use movies and TV to talk about race, sex, and class. Okada makes Asian American film fun again." -- Peter X Feng * author of Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Shared History of Asian American Film and Video and Public Interest MediaChapter 1: “Noble and Uplifting and Boring as Hell”: Asian American Film and Video, 1971–1982Chapter 2: The Center for Asian American Media and the Televisual Public SphereChapter 3: Pathology as Authenticity: ITVS, Terminal USA, and the Televisual Struggle Over Positive/Negative ImagesChapter 4: Dismembered from History: The Counternostalgia of Gregg ArakiChapter 5: Better Luck Tomorrow and the Transnational Reframing of Asian American Film and VideoChapter 6: Post–Asian American Feature Film: The Persistence of Institutionality in Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee and American ZombieAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex
£28.80
John Wiley & Sons Making Asian American Film and Video History Institutions Movements Asian American Studies Today
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MW - Rutgers University Press Film Criticism in the Digital Age
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic”. In Film Criticism in the Digital Age, ten scholars from across the globe come together to consider whether we are witnessing the extinction of serious film criticism or seeing the start of its rebirth in a new form.Trade Review"Frey and Sayad assemble both academic and popular analyses on the dearth – perhaps death – of the working film critic, caught up and rubbed out in the brave new World Wide Web of bottomless blogs and 14-character tweets. Refusing a simplistic 'thumbs up/thumbs down' approach, this useful if fitful anthology merits several stars." * Journal of Film and Video *"Offers such distinguished critics as Armond White and Nick James a chance to weight in on the need for informed, responsible film criticism in the digital era… Highly recommended." * Choice *"This is a great and highly important volume for film studies as a discipline and cultural and media studies more generally." -- Dana Polan * New York University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Part I: The Critic and the Audience Chapter 1. Thumbs in the Crowd: Artists and Audiences in the Post-Vanguard WorldChapter 2: Critics Through Authors: Dialogues, Similarities, and the Sense of a CrisisChapter 3. “The Last Honest Film Critic in America”: Armond White and the Children of James Baldwin Part II: New Forms and Activities Chapter 4. The New Democracy? Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Twitter, and IMDbChapter 5. The Price of Conservation: Online Video Criticism of Film in ItalyChapter 6. Before and After AfterEllen: Online Queer Cinephile Communities as Critical CounterpublicsChapter 7. Elevating the “Amateur”: NollywoodCritics and the Politics of Diasporic Film Criticism Part III: Institutions and the Profession Chapter 8. American Nationwide Associations of Film Critics in the Internet EraChapter 9. Finnish Film Critics and the Uncertainties of the Profession in the Digital AgeChapter 10. The Social Function of Criticism; or, Why Does the Cinema Have (to Have) a Soul? Part IV: Critics Speak Chapter 11. The Critic Is Dead . . .Chapter 12. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About MoviesChapter 13. Who Needs Critics?Chapter 14. Excerpts from Cineaste’s “Film Criticism in the Age of the Internet: A Critical Symposium” AfterwordSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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MW - Rutgers University Press Film Criticism in the Digital Age
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic”. In Film Criticism in the Digital Age, ten scholars from across the globe come together to consider whether we are witnessing the extinction of serious film criticism or seeing the start of its rebirth in a new form.Trade Review"This is a great and highly important volume for film studies as a discipline and cultural and media studies more generally." -- Dana Polan * New York University *"Frey and Sayad assemble both academic and popular analyses on the dearth – perhaps death – of the working film critic, caught up and rubbed out in the brave new World Wide Web of bottomless blogs and 14-character tweets. Refusing a simplistic 'thumbs up/thumbs down' approach, this useful if fitful anthology merits several stars." * Journal of Film and Video *"Offers such distinguished critics as Armond White and Nick James a chance to weight in on the need for informed, responsible film criticism in the digital era… Highly recommended." * Choice *"Frey and Sayad assemble both academic and popular analyses on the dearth – perhaps death – of the working film critic, caught up and rubbed out in the brave new World Wide Web of bottomless blogs and 14-character tweets. Refusing a simplistic 'thumbs up/thumbs down' approach, this useful if fitful anthology merits several stars." * Journal of Film and Video *"This is a great and highly important volume for film studies as a discipline and cultural and media studies more generally." -- Dana Polan * New York University *"Offers such distinguished critics as Armond White and Nick James a chance to weight in on the need for informed, responsible film criticism in the digital era… Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Part I: The Critic and the Audience Chapter 1. Thumbs in the Crowd: Artists and Audiences in the Post-Vanguard WorldChapter 2: Critics Through Authors: Dialogues, Similarities, and the Sense of a CrisisChapter 3. “The Last Honest Film Critic in America”: Armond White and the Children of James Baldwin Part II: New Forms and Activities Chapter 4. The New Democracy? Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Twitter, and IMDbChapter 5. The Price of Conservation: Online Video Criticism of Film in ItalyChapter 6. Before and After AfterEllen: Online Queer Cinephile Communities as Critical CounterpublicsChapter 7. Elevating the “Amateur”: NollywoodCritics and the Politics of Diasporic Film Criticism Part III: Institutions and the Profession Chapter 8. American Nationwide Associations of Film Critics in the Internet EraChapter 9. Finnish Film Critics and the Uncertainties of the Profession in the Digital AgeChapter 10. The Social Function of Criticism; or, Why Does the Cinema Have (to Have) a Soul? Part IV: Critics Speak Chapter 11. The Critic Is Dead . . .Chapter 12. What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About MoviesChapter 13. Who Needs Critics?Chapter 14. Excerpts from Cineaste’s “Film Criticism in the Age of the Internet: A Critical Symposium” AfterwordSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Movie Comics Page to ScreenScreen to Page
Book SynopsisAdaptations of comics have been an integral part of American cinema from its very inception. Movie Comics is the first book to study the long history of both comics-to-film and film-to-comics adaptations. With a special focus on the Classical Hollywood era, Blair Davis investigates the factors that spurred this media convergence.Trade Review"This is an enlightening, scholarly history. Davis treats his topic seriously while also celebrating the pleasures of these two lively arts." * Publishers Weekly *"Both accessible and well written, Movie Comics will appeal to specialists in film and popular culture and also to the wide fan community that enjoys comic books." -- Susan Ohmer * author of George Gallup in Hollywood *"His proven talent for trenchant research well on display, Blair Davis not only chronicles comics' influence on cinema but shows innovatively the movies' frequent adaptation into comics. A masterful study." -- Dana Polan * author of The Sopranos (Spin Offs) *"Take a studied look at the synergy between the silver screen and the pulpy pages from which Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and hundreds of other colorful characters have sprung." * Parade Preview *"In addition to being a highly rewarding read, [Movie Comics] is a thing of utter beauty, with photos, panels and pages reprinted in gorgeous full color. In film studies like this, that royal treatment is not the norm, but it makes perfect sense here. That Davis’ contents deserve it makes it all the more special." * Flick Attack *"The curiosity which the Movie Comics elicits about these mostly forgotten artifacts testifies to the success of its project: making accessible and understandable a period heretofore covered only tangentially in a variety of cinema and comics histories. The cultural history it presents provides a nuanced and polyphonic account of the practice of adaptation in the middle of the 20th century, a necessary background for anyone interested in the current surge in the practice and discussion of comics adaptations." * The Comics Grid *"Movie Comics makes a crucial contribution to media studies not only by unearthing and exploring the very long history of comics adapted for the screen, but also by simultaneously covering the myriad ways that comics presented material originally produced for film and television. The real subject of this book is the never-ending saga of media mediating one another, and in Blair Davis’s most capable hands, it’s a tale meticulously researched and engagingly told." -- Scott Bukatman * author of Hellboy’s World: Comics and Monsters on the Margins *"Thanks to Davis's arduous work and keen knowledge of media and cinema, Movie Comics is a masterful work, suitable for both academic use and leisure reading… Highly recommended." * Choice *"As Davis’s Movie Comics so masterfully proves: the modern explosion of comic book movies cannot be understood without looking at the origins of this dynamic and vital comic-screen alliance." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature. *"Both accessible and well written, Movie Comics will appeal to specialists in film and popular culture and also to the wide fan community that enjoys comic books." -- Susan Ohmer * author of George Gallup in Hollywood *"This is an enlightening, scholarly history. Davis treats his topic seriously while also celebrating the pleasures of these two lively arts." * Publishers Weekly *"Take a studied look at the synergy between the silver screen and the pulpy pages from which Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and hundreds of other colorful characters have sprung." * Parade Preview *"His proven talent for trenchant research well on display, Blair Davis not only chronicles comics' influence on cinema but shows innovatively the movies' frequent adaptation into comics. A masterful study." -- Dana Polan * author of The Sopranos (Spin Offs) *"Movie Comics makes a crucial contribution to media studies not only by unearthing and exploring the very long history of comics adapted for the screen, but also by simultaneously covering the myriad ways that comics presented material originally produced for film and television. The real subject of this book is the never-ending saga of media mediating one another, and in Blair Davis’s most capable hands, it’s a tale meticulously researched and engagingly told." -- Scott Bukatman * author of Hellboy’s World: Comics and Monsters on the Margins *"In addition to being a highly rewarding read, [Movie Comics] is a thing of utter beauty, with photos, panels and pages reprinted in gorgeous full color. In film studies like this, that royal treatment is not the norm, but it makes perfect sense here. That Davis’ contents deserve it makes it all the more special." * Flick Attack *"The curiosity which the Movie Comics elicits about these mostly forgotten artifacts testifies to the success of its project: making accessible and understandable a period heretofore covered only tangentially in a variety of cinema and comics histories. The cultural history it presents provides a nuanced and polyphonic account of the practice of adaptation in the middle of the 20th century, a necessary background for anyone interested in the current surge in the practice and discussion of comics adaptations." * The Comics Grid *"Thanks to Davis's arduous work and keen knowledge of media and cinema, Movie Comics is a masterful work, suitable for both academic use and leisure reading… Highly recommended." * Choice *"As Davis’s Movie Comics so masterfully proves: the modern explosion of comic book movies cannot be understood without looking at the origins of this dynamic and vital comic-screen alliance." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature. *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Happy Hooligan, Buster Brown, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, Charlie Chaplin, Film Fun, The Kinema Comic 1 1930s Comics-to-Film AdaptationsSkippy, Little Orphan Annie, Harold Teen, Popeye, Funny Page, Tailspin Tommy, Ace Drummond, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Jungle Jim, Dick Tracy, Blondie 2 1930s Cinema and Comics Mickey Mouse, Big Little Books, Tim McCoy, Police Car 17, Famous Funnies, Jumbo Comics, Action Comics, Marvel Comics, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, Movie Comics 3 1940s Comics-to-Film AdaptationsSuperman (1941), Captain Marvel, Batman, Captain America, Terry and the Pirates, Don Winslow, Red Ryder, Superman (1948), Dick Tracy, Tillie the Toiler, Joe Palooka 4 1940s Cinema and Comics Superman meets Orson Welles, Walt Disney Comics and Stories, Four Color, Cinema Comics Herald, Graphic Little Theater, Gene Autry, The Adventures of Alan Ladd, John Wayne Adventure Comics 5 1950s Comics-to-Film and Television AdaptationsAtom Man vs. Superman, Blackhawk, Jungle Jim, Prince Valiant, The Sad Sack, L’il Abner, The Spirit, Dick Tracy, Fearless Fosdick, Flash Gordon, Terry and the Pirates, Blondie, Dennis the Menace, Steve Canyon, Adventures of Superman, Superpup 6 1950s Cinema, Television, and ComicsHowdy Doody, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, Milton Berle, Tee and Vee Crosley in Television Land Comics, Fredric Wertham, Movie Love, Motion Picture Comics, Dell Four Color, Bob Hope, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Hopalong Cassidy, Dale Evans, Hollywood Film Stories, Hollywood Diary, Hollywood Confessions, Starlet O’Hara Conclusion: The 1960s and BeyondThe Phantom, Archie, Batman, Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Super Special Notes Select Bibliography Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Movie Comics Page to ScreenScreen to Page
Book SynopsisAdaptations of comics have been an integral part of American cinema from its very inception. Movie Comics is the first book to study the long history of both comics-to-film and film-to-comics adaptations. With a special focus on the Classical Hollywood era, Blair Davis investigates the factors that spurred this media convergence.Trade Review"This is an enlightening, scholarly history. Davis treats his topic seriously while also celebrating the pleasures of these two lively arts." * Publishers Weekly *"Both accessible and well written, Movie Comics will appeal to specialists in film and popular culture and also to the wide fan community that enjoys comic books." -- Susan Ohmer * author of George Gallup in Hollywood *"His proven talent for trenchant research well on display, Blair Davis not only chronicles comics' influence on cinema but shows innovatively the movies' frequent adaptation into comics. A masterful study." -- Dana Polan * author of The Sopranos (Spin Offs) *"Take a studied look at the synergy between the silver screen and the pulpy pages from which Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and hundreds of other colorful characters have sprung." * Parade Preview *"In addition to being a highly rewarding read, [Movie Comics] is a thing of utter beauty, with photos, panels and pages reprinted in gorgeous full color. In film studies like this, that royal treatment is not the norm, but it makes perfect sense here. That Davis’ contents deserve it makes it all the more special." * Flick Attack *"The curiosity which the Movie Comics elicits about these mostly forgotten artifacts testifies to the success of its project: making accessible and understandable a period heretofore covered only tangentially in a variety of cinema and comics histories. The cultural history it presents provides a nuanced and polyphonic account of the practice of adaptation in the middle of the 20th century, a necessary background for anyone interested in the current surge in the practice and discussion of comics adaptations." * The Comics Grid *"Movie Comics makes a crucial contribution to media studies not only by unearthing and exploring the very long history of comics adapted for the screen, but also by simultaneously covering the myriad ways that comics presented material originally produced for film and television. The real subject of this book is the never-ending saga of media mediating one another, and in Blair Davis’s most capable hands, it’s a tale meticulously researched and engagingly told." -- Scott Bukatman * author of Hellboy’s World: Comics and Monsters on the Margins *"Thanks to Davis's arduous work and keen knowledge of media and cinema, Movie Comics is a masterful work, suitable for both academic use and leisure reading… Highly recommended." * Choice *"As Davis’s Movie Comics so masterfully proves: the modern explosion of comic book movies cannot be understood without looking at the origins of this dynamic and vital comic-screen alliance." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature. *"Both accessible and well written, Movie Comics will appeal to specialists in film and popular culture and also to the wide fan community that enjoys comic books." -- Susan Ohmer * author of George Gallup in Hollywood *"This is an enlightening, scholarly history. Davis treats his topic seriously while also celebrating the pleasures of these two lively arts." * Publishers Weekly *"Take a studied look at the synergy between the silver screen and the pulpy pages from which Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and hundreds of other colorful characters have sprung." * Parade Preview *"His proven talent for trenchant research well on display, Blair Davis not only chronicles comics' influence on cinema but shows innovatively the movies' frequent adaptation into comics. A masterful study." -- Dana Polan * author of The Sopranos (Spin Offs) *"Movie Comics makes a crucial contribution to media studies not only by unearthing and exploring the very long history of comics adapted for the screen, but also by simultaneously covering the myriad ways that comics presented material originally produced for film and television. The real subject of this book is the never-ending saga of media mediating one another, and in Blair Davis’s most capable hands, it’s a tale meticulously researched and engagingly told." -- Scott Bukatman * author of Hellboy’s World: Comics and Monsters on the Margins *"In addition to being a highly rewarding read, [Movie Comics] is a thing of utter beauty, with photos, panels and pages reprinted in gorgeous full color. In film studies like this, that royal treatment is not the norm, but it makes perfect sense here. That Davis’ contents deserve it makes it all the more special." * Flick Attack *"The curiosity which the Movie Comics elicits about these mostly forgotten artifacts testifies to the success of its project: making accessible and understandable a period heretofore covered only tangentially in a variety of cinema and comics histories. The cultural history it presents provides a nuanced and polyphonic account of the practice of adaptation in the middle of the 20th century, a necessary background for anyone interested in the current surge in the practice and discussion of comics adaptations." * The Comics Grid *"Thanks to Davis's arduous work and keen knowledge of media and cinema, Movie Comics is a masterful work, suitable for both academic use and leisure reading… Highly recommended." * Choice *"As Davis’s Movie Comics so masterfully proves: the modern explosion of comic book movies cannot be understood without looking at the origins of this dynamic and vital comic-screen alliance." * Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature. *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Happy Hooligan, Buster Brown, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, Charlie Chaplin, Film Fun, The Kinema Comic 1 1930s Comics-to-Film AdaptationsSkippy, Little Orphan Annie, Harold Teen, Popeye, Funny Page, Tailspin Tommy, Ace Drummond, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Jungle Jim, Dick Tracy, Blondie 2 1930s Cinema and Comics Mickey Mouse, Big Little Books, Tim McCoy, Police Car 17, Famous Funnies, Jumbo Comics, Action Comics, Marvel Comics, Motion Picture Funnies Weekly, Movie Comics 3 1940s Comics-to-Film AdaptationsSuperman (1941), Captain Marvel, Batman, Captain America, Terry and the Pirates, Don Winslow, Red Ryder, Superman (1948), Dick Tracy, Tillie the Toiler, Joe Palooka 4 1940s Cinema and Comics Superman meets Orson Welles, Walt Disney Comics and Stories, Four Color, Cinema Comics Herald, Graphic Little Theater, Gene Autry, The Adventures of Alan Ladd, John Wayne Adventure Comics 5 1950s Comics-to-Film and Television AdaptationsAtom Man vs. Superman, Blackhawk, Jungle Jim, Prince Valiant, The Sad Sack, L’il Abner, The Spirit, Dick Tracy, Fearless Fosdick, Flash Gordon, Terry and the Pirates, Blondie, Dennis the Menace, Steve Canyon, Adventures of Superman, Superpup 6 1950s Cinema, Television, and ComicsHowdy Doody, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, Milton Berle, Tee and Vee Crosley in Television Land Comics, Fredric Wertham, Movie Love, Motion Picture Comics, Dell Four Color, Bob Hope, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Hopalong Cassidy, Dale Evans, Hollywood Film Stories, Hollywood Diary, Hollywood Confessions, Starlet O’Hara Conclusion: The 1960s and BeyondThe Phantom, Archie, Batman, Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Super Special Notes Select Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Hidden in Plain Sight An Archaeology of Magic and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fresh and intriguing, Hidden in Plain Sight offers a wealth of fascinating historical information on the myriad ways and contexts in which moving images have evoked experiences of wonder from audiences. Williamson’s interest in the material is infectious." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *"In answering questions that date back at least a century in movie-making, Williamson looks at how movie magic has inspired people to learn more about the techniques and technology behind the images. " * Flicksided *"Williamson’s superb book is a broadly conceived and thought-provoking reconsideration of the consanguinity of magic and moving images that obliges us to contemplate the special sense of wonder magic induces." -- Matthew Solomon * author of Disappearing Tricks and The Gold Rush *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Watching Closely 1 (De)Mystifying Tricks: The Wonder Response and the Emergence of the Cinema 2 Quicker than the Eye: Science, Cinema, and the Question of Vision 3 Second Sight: Time Lapse and the Cinema as Seer 4 The Enchanted Screen: Performing the Cinema’s Illusion of Life 5 Digital Prestidigitation: The Eclipse of the Cinema’s Mechanical Magic 6 Through Digital Eyes: Reanimating Early Cinema Conclusion: Other Obscurities and Illuminations Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Cool and the Crazy Pop Fifties Cinema
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fresh ideas, fresh arguments, and a good feel for the 1950s—Stanfield has it all. This book is one of a kind." -- Wheeler Winston Dixon * University of Nebraska-Lincoln *"This dazzling archaeology of cycles and genres in postwar cinema goes deep into cultural history, then pulls back to reveal patterns and movements unseen until Stanfield saw them. Highly recommended." -- Will Straw * McGill University *"The Cool and the Crazy is a breath of fresh air in that it takes a new look at film cycles that have been written about on multiple occasions—1950s B motion pictures—studying them from topical, social, and production-level perspectives ... This is indeed the 'jazzy, accessible' read it claims to be. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"One of the strengths of Stanfield's work is his willingness to resist easy and superficially satisfying answers in favour of demonstrating the imprecise and often awkward ways in which cinema relates to public debates and social trends." * Journal of American Studies *"Uptight yet simmering below the surface, the fifties were a great decade for style and culture. Peter Stanfield’s The Cool and the Crazy explores the pulpy cinema of the era with aplomb." * Campus Circle *"Fresh ideas, fresh arguments, and a good feel for the 1950s—Stanfield has it all. This book is one of a kind." -- Wheeler Winston Dixon * University of Nebraska-Lincoln *"This dazzling archaeology of cycles and genres in postwar cinema goes deep into cultural history, then pulls back to reveal patterns and movements unseen until Stanfield saw them. Highly recommended." -- Will Straw * McGill University *"The Cool and the Crazy is a breath of fresh air in that it takes a new look at film cycles that have been written about on multiple occasions—1950s B motion pictures—studying them from topical, social, and production-level perspectives ... This is indeed the 'jazzy, accessible' read it claims to be. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"One of the strengths of Stanfield's work is his willingness to resist easy and superficially satisfying answers in favour of demonstrating the imprecise and often awkward ways in which cinema relates to public debates and social trends." * Journal of American Studies *"Uptight yet simmering below the surface, the fifties were a great decade for style and culture. Peter Stanfield’s The Cool and the Crazy explores the pulpy cinema of the era with aplomb." * Campus Circle *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Monarchs for the Masses: Boxing Films2 War Fever: Korea—Timely! Powerful! Exploitable!3 Got-to-See: Teenpix and the Social Problem Picture4 Teenpic Jukebox: Jazz, Calypso, Beatniks, and Rock ’n’ Roll5 Intent to Speed: Hot Rod Movies6 Punks! JD Gangsters7 Dude Ranch Duds: Cowboy CostumeConclusionNotesIndex
£27.90
MW - Rutgers University Press Beautiful Terrible Ruins Detroit and the Anxiety
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Beautiful Terrible Ruins: Detroit and the Anxiety of Decline, Dora Apel goes on the offensive against the myriad myths and delusions peddled about the Motor City; not only that, she rebuffs the blame and shame that have traditionally been directed at the Detroit citizenry, and redirects our attention to the corporations and bureaucrats who have abandoned it. The result is a work that seems to invigorate a depressed debate and ask timely questions about social values in America and the world it influences." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"'The borders between art, media, advertising, and popular culture have become increasingly permeable,' Apel writes, 'as visual imagery easily ranges across these formats and as people produce their own imagery on websites and social media.' And the aestheticized ruination of Detroit feeds into a more widespread (even global) 'anxiety of decline' expressed in post-apocalyptic videogame scenarios, survivalist television programs, zombie movies, and so on ... Much of the imagery analyzed in Beautiful Terrible Ruins seems to play right along with that social vision. The nicely composed photographs of crumbling buildings are usually empty of any human presence, while horror movies fill their urban landscapes with the hungry undead - the shape of dreaded things to come." -- Scott McLemee * Inside Higher Ed *"Wayne State prof looks behind the fascination of Detroit's ruins: the new pornographers" by Lee DeVitoRead the full interview (http://bit.ly/1FNfkIi) * Detroit Metro Times *"Bringing her usual due diligence to bear, Apel digs deep, tracing the roots historically, culturally, and politically of the West's fascination with ruination and its import for today ... Essential reading." * Infinite Mile *"What is refreshing about Apel's approach is that her analysis reaches far beyond the spectacle of abandonment and decay to address the forces behind urban decline. In the process, she delivers a powerful critique of the role of corporate disinvestment and neoliberal globalization in ruining cities." * Journal of American Studies *"Apel again captivates with her incisive reading of cultural production." * The Journal of American History *"Dora Apel's multi-layered, thought-provoking account of the decline of Detroit and our visual perception of that decline uses Detroit as a case study to explore the anxiety brought by the repeated and continual emphasis on ruin imagery. An eloquent examination of the aesthetics of decay, the charismatic appeal of both the beautiful and the repulsive, drives the book." * ARLIS/NA Reviews *"A provocative and challenging book … Recommended. General readers, upper-division undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty." * CHOICE *"Writing against the genre of ruin porn, Dora Apel's wonderful Beautiful Terrible Ruins reveals the way decay is inbuilt into capitalism at its creation. An excellent and penetrating study." -- Greg Grandin * author of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City *"In her thoughtful and riveting take on the decline of Detroit, Dora Apel makes the case that 'ruin porn' images of urban decay say less about a specific city than about the grinding forces of globalism and political abandonment." -- Scott Martelle * author of Detroit: A Biography *"In the early twentieth century, Detroit was defined by Charles Sheeler's photos of the River Rouge plant and Diego Rivera's murals of work. Today, the hulking ruins of old industrial buildings and empty skyscrapers symbolize the city. In this provocative analysis, informed by urban geography, political economy, and art history, Dora Apel reflects on what images of ruined Detroit teach us about the city, popular culture, and American capitalism." -- Thomas J. Sugrue * The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit *"Apel mounts a scathing critique of the dominant narrative [of Detroit in Beautiful Terrible Ruins]." * International Sociology Reviews *"Beautiful Terrible Ruins is a fascinating book. Apel makes a powerful statement about how we need to look more closely at our own ma- terial culture, especially as it is expressed in visual imagery and in the built environment itself in order to better interpret our history. As Apel aptly com- ments, 'to look at Detroit’s beautiful terrible ruins and talk about its decline is talk about everything that is wrong with global capitalism today.'” * Middle West Review *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Modernity in Ruins1 Ruin Terrors and Pleasures2 Fear and Longing in Detroit3 Urban Exploration: Beauty in Decay4 Detroit Ruin Images: Where Are the People?5 Looking for Signs of Resurrection6 Surviving in the Post-Apocalyptic LandscapeConclusion: Your Town TomorrowNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Girls Will be Boys CrossDressed Women Lesbians
Book SynopsisExamines a rich history of gender-bending film roles, enabling readers to appreciate the wide array of masculinities that these actresses performed - from sentimental boyhood to rugged virility to gentlemanly refinement. Taking us on a guided tour through a treasure-trove of vintage images, Girls Will Be Boys helps us view the histories of gender, sexuality, and film through fresh eyes.Trade Review"Horak has produced a meticulously researched, astutely argued, and highly readable text … her use of archival materials is impeccable and her filmic and historical analyses clearly display a nuanced understanding of her topic." * Publishers Weekly *"This fascinating and well-written treatise is a laudable addition to film scholarship and a must-purchase for academic collections with concentrations in film or women's and gender studies." -- Library Journal * Starred review *"Drawing on the early archives of American cinema, Horak questions the assumption that cross-dressing actresses were inherently transgressive ... and provides a new lens through which to view gender, sexuality and film." -- Autostraddle * 15 Queer/Feminist Books To Read In Early 2016 *"Fascinating and timely ... As the lesbian subject is being normalised in Hollywood and far beyond, this study of cross-dressing’s early filmic transition from heterosexual ideal to queer deviance is particularly valuable." * Times Higher Education *"Horak's exhaustive research turns up many incredible moments in the history of gender shake-ups in the movies. Girls Will Be Boys is a hugely satisfying read, one of those rare books that offer distinct value to scholars while siultaneously being an entertaining read." * The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide *"Girls Will Be Boys is a good read. It is thoroughly researched, well argued, insightful and readable. Anyone interested in LGBT history, film studies, or the early 20th century will appreciate this recommended book." * Huffington Post *"Laura Horak's first monograph, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934, is refreshing and invigorating. In a moment when pop culture is ablaze with stories of the 'novelty' of transgender and gender nonconforming people, this historian was delighted to sink into a thoroughly researched book that was ten years in the making." * Film Quarterly *"One rarely comes across works that can recalibrate an entire field the way Horak’s does. This amazing book reconfigures cinematic depictions of cross-dressing and lesbianism … Meticulously researched and accessible, Girls Will Be Boys is a must read for anyone working in GLBT film, gender studies, or early American cinema. Few scholarly arguments as sophisticated as Horak’s are presented in such clear and precise language … Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." * Choice *"Girls Will Be Boys expands and complicates the existing studies of androgyny, female masculinity, lesbian representation, and proto-queer identity in the early decades of U.S. film ... The reader may leave the book feeling grateful for Horak’s interpretive and anthropological labors, melancholy for how few of the films have survived on celluloid prints, and eager to pass Horak’s work to anyone—a new student or a senior scholar—who will be likewise surprised and challenged by its findings." * Women's Studies *"Meticulously researched and engagingly-written … Horak's work is solidly interdisciplinary and combines contemporary feminist, queer, gender, and critical-race theory with thorough historical research; she uses media texts as a way to tell a larger story about American culture and succeeds brilliantly." * The Journal of American History *"A thorough and thoughtful look at early cinema's phenomenon of films featuring female boys, mannish women, and cross-dressing girls ... [Horak's] approach changes what we thought we could assume about the history of sexuality and asks us to question how we made such assumptions." * Feminist Media Studies *"Girls Will Be Boys is an excellent work of film scholarship, meticulously researched and expertly presented, while still being an approachable and enjoyable read for the diligent non-academic reader. This is a wonderful book for those cinephiles who take an interest in how gender and sexuality have been presented throughout film history, and for social historians who recognize the important role cinema has played over the last century in shaping popular perspectives on gender and sexuality. Laura Horak has written an informative and necessary book." * Fourth & Sycamore *"Horak’s work is solidly interdisciplinary and combines contemporary feminist, queer, gender, and critical-race theory with thorough historical research; she uses media texts as a way to tell a larger story about American culture and succeeds brilliantly" -- Allison McCracken * The Journal of American History *"Who knew how important were those girls who would be boys? Not only as signs of 'deviancy' but as ideals of red-blooded boyhood itself? This engaging, well-researched book tells more than we ever knew about the many and various reasons 'girls will be boys.'" -- Linda Williams * University of California, Berkeley *"Laura Horak's Girls Will Be Boys is without peer as a historical contribution to queer scholarship on early film. It is a revisionist work that draws upon a wealth of historical research to completely overturn previous accounts." -- Robert J. King * author of The Fun Factory: The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture *"With this fascinatingly detailed and thorough study of cross-dressed women in pre-code cinema, Horak puts the light on a seldom studied practice." * French Journal of Media Studies *"By repositioning our perspective within the lens of the films’ initial reception, Horak provides a much-needed new view of what cross-dressing women and lesbians meant within the context of early film." * The Velvet Light Trap *"An edifying study at the crossroads of film history and gender studies, Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys will, one hopes, inspire students and scholars to explore the forgotten films, novels, and plays that Horak recovers and to re-examine the familiar examples on which she sheds new light." * Film and History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I Cross-Dressed Women as American Ideals (1908–1921) 1 Moving Picture Uplift and the Female Boy 2 Cowboy Girls, Girl Spies, and the Homoerotic Frontier Intermezzo Codes of Deviance (1892–1914) 3 Cultural Hierarchy and the Detection of Sexual Deviance in A Florida Enchantment (1894 and 1914) Part II The Emergence of Lesbian Legibility (1921–1934) 4 Enter the Lesbian: Cosmopolitanism, Trousers, and Lesbians in the 1920s 5 The Lesbian Vogue and Backlash against Cross-Dressed Women in the 1930s Conclusion Appendix: U.S. Films Featuring Cross-Dressed Women, 1895–1934 Notes Bibliography Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Girls Will be Boys CrossDressed Women Lesbians
Book SynopsisExamines a rich history of gender-bending film roles, enabling readers to appreciate the wide array of masculinities that these actresses performed - from sentimental boyhood to rugged virility to gentlemanly refinement. Taking us on a guided tour through a treasure-trove of vintage images, Girls Will Be Boys helps us view the histories of gender, sexuality, and film through fresh eyes.Trade Review"Laura Horak's Girls Will Be Boys is without peer as a historical contribution to queer scholarship on early film. It is a revisionist work that draws upon a wealth of historical research to completely overturn previous accounts." -- Robert J. King * author of The Fun Factory: The Keystone Film Company and the Emergence of Mass Culture *"Horak has produced a meticulously researched, astutely argued, and highly readable text … her use of archival materials is impeccable and her filmic and historical analyses clearly display a nuanced understanding of her topic." * Publishers Weekly *"Who knew how important were those girls who would be boys? Not only as signs of 'deviancy' but as ideals of red-blooded boyhood itself? This engaging, well-researched book tells more than we ever knew about the many and various reasons 'girls will be boys.'" -- Linda Williams * University of California, Berkeley *"This fascinating and well-written treatise is a laudable addition to film scholarship and a must-purchase for academic collections with concentrations in film or women's and gender studies." -- Library Journal * Starred review *"Drawing on the early archives of American cinema, Horak questions the assumption that cross-dressing actresses were inherently transgressive ... and provides a new lens through which to view gender, sexuality and film." -- Autostraddle * 15 Queer/Feminist Books To Read In Early 2016 *"Fascinating and timely ... As the lesbian subject is being normalised in Hollywood and far beyond, this study of cross-dressing’s early filmic transition from heterosexual ideal to queer deviance is particularly valuable." * Times Higher Education *"Girls Will Be Boys is an excellent work of film scholarship, meticulously researched and expertly presented, while still being an approachable and enjoyable read for the diligent non-academic reader. This is a wonderful book for those cinephiles who take an interest in how gender and sexuality have been presented throughout film history, and for social historians who recognize the important role cinema has played over the last century in shaping popular perspectives on gender and sexuality. Laura Horak has written an informative and necessary book." * Fourth & Sycamore *"Girls Will Be Boys is a good read. It is thoroughly researched, well argued, insightful and readable. Anyone interested in LGBT history, film studies, or the early 20th century will appreciate this recommended book." * Huffington Post *"Horak's exhaustive research turns up many incredible moments in the history of gender shake-ups in the movies. Girls Will Be Boys is a hugely satisfying read, one of those rare books that offer distinct value to scholars while siultaneously being an entertaining read." * The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide *"Laura Horak's first monograph, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934, is refreshing and invigorating. In a moment when pop culture is ablaze with stories of the 'novelty' of transgender and gender nonconforming people, this historian was delighted to sink into a thoroughly researched book that was ten years in the making." * Film Quarterly *"One rarely comes across works that can recalibrate an entire field the way Horak’s does. This amazing book reconfigures cinematic depictions of cross-dressing and lesbianism … Meticulously researched and accessible, Girls Will Be Boys is a must read for anyone working in GLBT film, gender studies, or early American cinema. Few scholarly arguments as sophisticated as Horak’s are presented in such clear and precise language … Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." * Choice *"Girls Will Be Boys expands and complicates the existing studies of androgyny, female masculinity, lesbian representation, and proto-queer identity in the early decades of U.S. film ... The reader may leave the book feeling grateful for Horak’s interpretive and anthropological labors, melancholy for how few of the films have survived on celluloid prints, and eager to pass Horak’s work to anyone—a new student or a senior scholar—who will be likewise surprised and challenged by its findings." * Women's Studies *"Meticulously researched and engagingly-written … Horak's work is solidly interdisciplinary and combines contemporary feminist, queer, gender, and critical-race theory with thorough historical research; she uses media texts as a way to tell a larger story about American culture and succeeds brilliantly." * The Journal of American History *"A thorough and thoughtful look at early cinema's phenomenon of films featuring female boys, mannish women, and cross-dressing girls ... [Horak's] approach changes what we thought we could assume about the history of sexuality and asks us to question how we made such assumptions." * Feminist Media Studies *"Horak’s work is solidly interdisciplinary and combines contemporary feminist, queer, gender, and critical-race theory with thorough historical research; she uses media texts as a way to tell a larger story about American culture and succeeds brilliantly" -- Allison McCracken * The Journal of American History *"With this fascinatingly detailed and thorough study of cross-dressed women in pre-code cinema, Horak puts the light on a seldom studied practice." * French Journal of Media Studies *"By repositioning our perspective within the lens of the films’ initial reception, Horak provides a much-needed new view of what cross-dressing women and lesbians meant within the context of early film." * The Velvet Light Trap *"An edifying study at the crossroads of film history and gender studies, Laura Horak’s Girls Will Be Boys will, one hopes, inspire students and scholars to explore the forgotten films, novels, and plays that Horak recovers and to re-examine the familiar examples on which she sheds new light." * Film and History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I Cross-Dressed Women as American Ideals (1908–1921) 1 Moving Picture Uplift and the Female Boy 2 Cowboy Girls, Girl Spies, and the Homoerotic Frontier Intermezzo Codes of Deviance (1892–1914) 3 Cultural Hierarchy and the Detection of Sexual Deviance in A Florida Enchantment (1894 and 1914) Part II The Emergence of Lesbian Legibility (1921–1934) 4 Enter the Lesbian: Cosmopolitanism, Trousers, and Lesbians in the 1920s 5 The Lesbian Vogue and Backlash against Cross-Dressed Women in the 1930s Conclusion Appendix: U.S. Films Featuring Cross-Dressed Women, 1895–1934 Notes Bibliography Index
£105.40
Univ of Chicago Behalf of Rutgers Univ Press Abstinence Cinema Virginity and the Rhetoric of Sexual Purity in Contemporary Film
Book SynopsisFrom the perspective of cultural conservatives, Hollywood movies are cesspools of vice, exposing viewers to pernicious sexually-permissive messages. Offering a groundbreaking study of Hollywood films produced since 2000, this title comes to a very different conclusion, finding echoes of the evangelical movement's abstinence-only rhetoric in everything from Easy A to Taken.Trade Review”Smart textual analysis and informed feminist critique make Abstinence Cinema a welcome addition to scholarship that takes popular culture seriously for its participation in the struggles of contemporary public life." -- Bonnie J. Dow * author of Watching Women’s Liberation, 1970: Feminism’s Pivotal Year on the Network News *"This is a groundbreaking, fearless book, one that takes on a hitherto relatively unexplored question of Hollywood cinema and makes one think anew about the social, political, and sexual politics of contemporary mainstream movies ... Highly recommended." * Choice *"[Abstinence Cinema] educates audiences, particularly younger readers, parents, and scholars, on the ideological turn of rewriting purity narratives into popular culture through contemporary film." * Southern Communication Journal *"A fascinating exposé … Students and scholars of film, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies will learn much from Kelly’s well-argued text." * H-SAWH *"Popular entertainment is an unexplored front in the ongoing culture wars over sexuality. Casey Ryan Kelly’s sophisticated and lively analysis of abstinence cinema is a timely reminder of the high stakes in these debates." -- Janice M. Irvine * University of Massachusetts *"Abstinence Cinema is an exceptional book and should find wide readership throughout communication and rhetorical studies as well as related fields like film studies, gender, studies, and popular culture … Kelly wisely chooses to stay attuned to the early twenty-first century and the particular issues of abstinence but in so doing provides insight into a wide range of contemporary cultural issues ranging from femininity to neoliberalism. The end result of this engaging analysis is a powerful intervention into American cinema." * Quarterly Journal of Speech *"This book may well enlighten [readers] in terms of what price one have to pay in order to conform to a so-called 'liberated' postmodern society, revealing itself a truly relevant indicator of Hollywood’s deeply rooted yet far from obsolete evangelical moral and political values. That’s already quite an achievement." * InMedia *"This is a groundbreaking, fearless book, one that takes on a hitherto relatively unexplored question of Hollywood cinema and makes one think anew about the social, political, and sexual politics of contemporary mainstream movies ... Highly recommended." * Choice *”Smart textual analysis and informed feminist critique make Abstinence Cinema a welcome addition to scholarship that takes popular culture seriously for its participation in the struggles of contemporary public life." -- Bonnie J. Dow * author of Watching Women’s Liberation, 1970: Feminism’s Pivotal Year on the Network News *"Popular entertainment is an unexplored front in the ongoing culture wars over sexuality. Casey Ryan Kelly’s sophisticated and lively analysis of abstinence cinema is a timely reminder of the high stakes in these debates." -- Janice M. Irvine * University of Massachusetts *"A fascinating exposé … Students and scholars of film, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies will learn much from Kelly’s well-argued text." * H-SAWH *"[Abstinence Cinema] educates audiences, particularly younger readers, parents, and scholars, on the ideological turn of rewriting purity narratives into popular culture through contemporary film." * Southern Communication Journal *"Abstinence Cinema is an exceptional book and should find wide readership throughout communication and rhetorical studies as well as related fields like film studies, gender, studies, and popular culture … Kelly wisely chooses to stay attuned to the early twenty-first century and the particular issues of abstinence but in so doing provides insight into a wide range of contemporary cultural issues ranging from femininity to neoliberalism. The end result of this engaging analysis is a powerful intervention into American cinema." * Quarterly Journal of Speech *"This book may well enlighten [readers] in terms of what price one have to pay in order to conform to a so-called 'liberated' postmodern society, revealing itself a truly relevant indicator of Hollywood’s deeply rooted yet far from obsolete evangelical moral and political values. That’s already quite an achievement." * InMedia *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Cinema of Abstinence1 Melodrama and Postfeminist Abstinence: The Twilight Saga (2008–2012)2 Man/Boys and Born-Again Virgins: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)3 The Monstrous Girls and Absentee Fathers of Horror: The Possession (2012)4 Abstinence, the Global Sex Industry, and Racial Violence: Taken (2008)5 Sexsploitation in Abstinence SatiresConclusion: CounternarrativesNotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex
£26.99
Rutgers University Press Postfeminist War Women in the
Book SynopsisBy examining news and documentary media produced since September 11, 2001, Vavrus demonstrates that news narratives that include women use feminism selectively in gender equality narratives. She ultimately asserts that such reporting advances post-feminism, which, in tandem with banal militarism, subtly pushes military solutions for an array of problems women and girls face. Trade Review“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” -- Robin Andersen * author of A Century of Media: A Century of War *"Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." -- Robin Riley * author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror *"Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." * Midwest Book Review *“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” -- Robin Andersen * author of A Century of Media: A Century of War *"Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." -- Robin Riley * author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror *"Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 11 Lifetime’s Army Wives, or, I Married theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex2 Counterintuitive Mothering in theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex3 “No Longer Women, but Soldiers”:The Warrior Women of Television News4 “This Wasn’t the Intended Sacrifice”:Warrior Women and Sexual ViolenceConclusion: Banality’s FatalitiesAcknowledgmentsNotes
£25.19
Rutgers University Press Postfeminist War Women in the
Book SynopsisBy examining news and documentary media produced since September 11, 2001, Vavrus demonstrates that news narratives that include women use feminism selectively in gender equality narratives. She ultimately asserts that such reporting advances post-feminism, which, in tandem with banal militarism, subtly pushes military solutions for an array of problems women and girls face. Trade Review“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” -- Robin Andersen * author of A Century of Media: A Century of War *"Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." -- Robin Riley * author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror *"Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." * Midwest Book Review *“That women are increasingly on the front lines of war since 9/11 may not surprise readers of this book, but the many ways that women are symbolically enlisted in the promotion and perpetuation of endless global conflict certainly will. This well-written and timely book is essential for students and scholars alike to understand the PR strategies employed to curry favor for war, even as the public sours on American militarism. Unveiling the constructions and contradictions of a kinder, gentler post-feminist war mythology offers all of us a pathway to become ethical witnesses to war narratives, in the hope of ending war and its inhumane consequences.” -- Robin Andersen * author of A Century of Media: A Century of War *"Vavrus's compelling account of the media-military-industrial complex provides a look into how the government and media work hand in hand, along both political and gendered lines, to produce a culture that makes war seem like common sense." -- Robin Riley * author of Depicting the Veil: Transnational Sexism and the War on Terror *"Post-Feminist War is a 'must-read' contribution to both military and journalism shelves, highly recommended for college and public library collections." * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 11 Lifetime’s Army Wives, or, I Married theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex2 Counterintuitive Mothering in theMedia-Military-Industrial Complex3 “No Longer Women, but Soldiers”:The Warrior Women of Television News4 “This Wasn’t the Intended Sacrifice”:Warrior Women and Sexual ViolenceConclusion: Banality’s FatalitiesAcknowledgmentsNotes
£72.25
Rutgers University Press Film Remakes and Franchises
Book SynopsisAre the remakes, sequels, reboots, and franchises flooding Hollywood simply crass commercial products, or do they offer filmmakers a unique opportunity to inject timely social commentary, imaginative twists, and diversity into established media properties? Herbert examines the long history of remakes and identifies what’s distinctive about our current franchise-heavy era. Trade Review"Film Remakes and Franchises sparks conversations about one of the most important cultural forms of our time—the remake. It is utterly compelling and a pleasure to read." -- Chuck Tryon * author of On Demand Culture and Reinventing Cinema *"Refreshingly and excitingly, Film Remakes and Franchises eschews the knee-jerk, obvious, and incorrect to cut new ground in making sense of the meanings, value, and importance of 'mere repetition.'" -- Jonathan Gray * author of Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers, and Other Media Paratexts *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Industrial Intertextuality and The Force Awakens 1 1 Coming to Terms with Intertextuality 20 2 Understanding Film Remakes 49 3 The Expansive and Inclusive Logic of Franchises 82 Conclusion: The Importance of Film Remakes and Franchises 118 Acknowledgments 127 Further Reading 131 Works Cited 137 Index 145
£17.99
Rutgers University Press The Modern British Horror Film
Book Synopsis Tracking the revitalization of the British horror film industry over the past two decades, Steven Gerrard examines the genre’s highlights, including The Descent, Outpost, and The Woman in Black, while provocatively exploring how these films reflect viewers’ gravest fears about the state of the nation. Trade Review"Steven Gerrard clearly knows his subject well and does a very good job of linking the cycles he identifies (hoodie horror, outdoors horror, and the monster within) to the contemporary British social and political context." -- Barry Keith Grant * editor of The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film *"Gerrard's exemplary study shows how recent British horror films have revitalised the genre, building on the gothic traditions of Hammer to produce a cinema that reflects the anxieties of today." -- Robert Shail * author of Seventies British Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 The Hooded Terror 27 2 The Great Outdoors 63 3 The Dead Inside, the Dead Outside, the Stranger Within 105 Conclusion 146 Acknowledgments 155 Further Reading 157 Works Cited 159 Magazines, Films, TV Series 165 Index 171
£17.99
Rutgers University Press Digital Music Videos
Book SynopsisIn Digital Music Videos, Steven Shaviro surveys a wide range of music videos, highlighting some of their most striking innovations. In sampling and reworking a century’s worth of movies and other pop culture artifacts, these videos create a whole new digital world for the music industry that offers a plethora of visions and sounds never before encountered. Trade Review"A beautiful book! With wide-eyed curiosity and a sense of joy, Steven Shaviro discovers new levels of richness and density in music video. Shaviro precisely captures the genre’s latest turns, its shimmering surfaces, its cultural meanings--and why it seems ever more central to our culture." -- Carol Vernallis * author of Unruly Media *"Digital Music Videos combines genuine fandom with lightly-worn erudition, infra-red insight, and page-turning readability." -- Dominic Pettman * author of Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 SuperimpositionsLabrinth, “Let It Be” (Us, 2014)Rihanna, “Disturbia” (Anthony Mandler, 2007)Lana Del Rey, “Shades of Cool” (Jake Nava, 2014) 2 Glitch AestheticsAllie X, “Catch” (Jérémie Saindon, 2015)FKA twigs, “Papi Pacify” (Tom Beard and FKA twigs, 2013)Janelle Monáe, “Cold War” (Wendy Morgan, 2010) 3 RemediationsAnimal Collective, “Applesauce” (Gaspar Noé, 2013)Kylie Minogue, “All the Lovers” (Joseph Kahn, 2010)Dawn Richard, “Choices” (Jayson Edward Carter, 2015) 4 LimitsMassive Attack, “Take It There” (Hiro Murai, 2016)Sky Ferreira, “Night Time, My Time” (Grant Singer, 2013)Kari Faux, “Fantasy” (Carlos Lopez Estrada, 2016) Further ReadingAcknowledgmentsWorks CitedVideos CitedIndex
£17.99
Rutgers University Press New African Cinema Quick Takes Movies and Popular
Book SynopsisNew African Cinema examines the pressing social, cultural, economic, and historical issues explored by African filmmakers in the new millennium by offering an overview of the development of postcolonial African cinema as it has evolved since the 1960s into the new medium, known as “new African cinema,” it is today. Trade Review"New African Cinema manages the formidable task of depicting the depth, breadth, and great diversity of cinema on the African continent by highlighting different genres and themes. This book will appeal to anyone who is interested in film." -- Cécile Accilien * The University of Kansas *"An impeccable introduction to the exciting films being produced today, New African Cinema delineates the important broad distinctions between Anglophone and Francophone movies, and the finer lines between North African, sub-Saharan, West African, Maghrebian, and other regional bodies of film." -- Kenneth W. Harrow * author of Trash! African Cinema from Below *"Valérie K. Orlando offers an excellent, highly engaging analysis of twenty-first century cinema from and about Africa, examining some of the most pressing issues facing the continent today." -- Hakim Abderrezak * author of Ex-Centric Migrations: Europe and the Maghreb in Mediterranean Cinema, Literature, & Music *Table of ContentsAuthor’s Note vii Introduction 1 1 From Revolution to the Coming of Age of African Cinema, 1960s–1990s 39 2 New Awakenings and New Realities of the Twenty-First Century in African Film 82 Conclusion: The Futures of African Film 141 Acknowledgments 145 Notes 147 Further Reading and Useful Websites 155 Works Cited 157 Selected Filmography: Twenty-First-Century Films 167 Index 169
£17.99
Rutgers University Press Making Believe Screen Performance and Special
Book SynopsisWith the rise of digital effects in cinema the human performer is increasingly the only “real” element on screen. Making Believe sheds new light on screen performance by historicizing it within the context of visual and special effects cinema and technological change in filmmaking, through the silent, early sound, and current digital eras. Trade Review"This is one of the best and most nuanced discussions of performance and acting in the digital era that I have read or will ever hope to read." -- Adrienne L. McLean * author of Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema *"In this expansive and historically-informed study, Lisa Bode provides a wise and illuminating account of the intersection of actors with cinema technology in all its myriad forms." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *"It isn’t just the makeup that Bode wipes off the face of Hollywood. It’s the secrets behind choosing the perfect stunt double, the reality of using a green screen, and the authenticity of portraying another culture. Making Believe is just that. A book on the reality of all of Hollywood’s most famous illusions, and it’s not all smoke mirrors. This book takes readers through the history of the film and media to prove just how far the entertainment industry has evolved. Lisa Bode definitely let the cat out of the bag, and I don’t believe it’s going back in." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Making Believe expands our understanding of the developmental history of screen acting practice by analyzing the intricate interplay between human performer and digital/non-digital production techniques in various time periods." * Film Critcism *"This will be an excellent volume for those interested in film and media studies. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Acting Through Machines: Fidelity and Expression from Cameras to Mo-Cap2 Behind Rubber and Pixels: Mimesis, Seamlessness, and Acting Achievement3 In Another’s Skin: Typecasting, Identity, and the Limits of Proteanism4 Double Trouble: Authenticity, Fakery, and Concealed Performance Labor5 Performing with Themselves: Versatility, Timing, and Nuance in Multiple Roles6 There Is No There There: Making Believe in Composite Screen Space ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Making Believe Screen Performance and Special
Book SynopsisWith the rise of digital effects in cinema the human performer is increasingly the only “real” element on screen. Making Believe sheds new light on screen performance by historicizing it within the context of visual and special effects cinema and technological change in filmmaking, through the silent, early sound, and current digital eras. Trade Review"This is one of the best and most nuanced discussions of performance and acting in the digital era that I have read or will ever hope to read." -- Adrienne L. McLean * author of Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema *"In this expansive and historically-informed study, Lisa Bode provides a wise and illuminating account of the intersection of actors with cinema technology in all its myriad forms." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *"It isn’t just the makeup that Bode wipes off the face of Hollywood. It’s the secrets behind choosing the perfect stunt double, the reality of using a green screen, and the authenticity of portraying another culture. Making Believe is just that. A book on the reality of all of Hollywood’s most famous illusions, and it’s not all smoke mirrors. This book takes readers through the history of the film and media to prove just how far the entertainment industry has evolved. Lisa Bode definitely let the cat out of the bag, and I don’t believe it’s going back in." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Making Believe expands our understanding of the developmental history of screen acting practice by analyzing the intricate interplay between human performer and digital/non-digital production techniques in various time periods." * Film Critcism *"This will be an excellent volume for those interested in film and media studies. Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Acting Through Machines: Fidelity and Expression from Cameras to Mo-Cap2 Behind Rubber and Pixels: Mimesis, Seamlessness, and Acting Achievement3 In Another’s Skin: Typecasting, Identity, and the Limits of Proteanism4 Double Trouble: Authenticity, Fakery, and Concealed Performance Labor5 Performing with Themselves: Versatility, Timing, and Nuance in Multiple Roles6 There Is No There There: Making Believe in Composite Screen Space ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Extraordinary Image Orson Welles Alfred
Book SynopsisThe Extraordinary Image takes readers on a fascinating journey through the lives and films of Welles, Hitchcock and Kubrick identifying the qualities that made them cinematic visionaries.Trade Review"Robert P. Kolker takes readers on a fascinating journey into the lives and work of these three directors, examining the unique visual themes—and finding the common threads of genius—in their cinematic worlds." * Parade Magazine *"The Extraordinary Image takes as a welcome point of departure the notion that filmmaking is essentially the craft of building images, and telling stories by way of their composition and juxtaposition. Kolker’s project is especially well-tailored to that insight, as the directors under consideration are among the most purposefully cinematic of filmmakers... The book is littered with keen observations readily savored." * Boston Review *"For a book of criticism, [The Extraordinary Image] is wonderfully accessible, less like a lecture and closer to a conversation. [Kolker's] observations reflect both the consensus of critical thought on these films, and his personal connections to the images ... this collective study adds a distinctive tone that will make this of interest to fans of any of these filmmakers." * Library Journal *"Kolker ingeniously brings together three dissimilar filmmakers—Hitchcock, Welles, Kubrick—and deftly manages to make them convincing subjects of a comparative study… Kolker writes with such fluency and grace about these filmmakers that he makes the feat of discussing their quite distinct and challenging respective oeuvres seem easy... Kolker's study makes one hungry to experience its subjects' creativity anew, inspiring one to revisit the oeuvres of three great, distinctive, and distinct filmmakers whose bodies of work, as Kolker persuasively argues, converge in the creation of lasting and, indeed, extraordinary images." * Cineaste *"This book offers far more pleasures than we can easily count, all reflecting the author's passion for film and his ability to get it into highly personal writing. He shows us how Hitchcock, Kubrick and Welles brought excitement and light to the cinema, however dark or distraught their films became, and there is something quite dazzling about the way he keeps picturing these three figures as belonging together and yet entirely different from each other." -- Michael Wood * author of Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much *"Like the three masters he loves, Kolker brings power and passion to his brilliant study of this trio of closely related and unforgettable filmmakers. It is a supremely sublime achievement." -- Bill Nichols * author of Introduction to Documentary and Speaking Truths with Film *"The most refreshing quality of The Extraordinary Image is its respect for the humanist tradition. Kolker’s bottom-line insistence on the deeply rooted humanity of the greatest cinema is invigorating, especially when he connects his emotions about movies with his longtime effort to share his insights and enthusiasms with students and readers." * Hitchcock Annual *"This is not the first book to consult when studying Kubrick, but Abrams provides enough compelling insights and revisions of well-trodden territory to make one go back to the films. His study doubles as a general intellectual biography of Kubrick, and one of its pleasures is learning what books were on Kubrick’s shelf." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prelude The Passion of Film What We Talk About When We Talk About Film The Body of Work Origins The Films They Made The Work of the Body Hunger Artists Apollo, Dionysus, and Nemesis Embodiment and Performance Form, Time, and Space The Dreamworld The Spaces of Space Fiction Cycles and Symmetry Photograph of a Photograph Power and Sexuality The Art of Feeling Coda: An Immense Shadow Chronology of Films by Welles, Hitchcock, and Kubrick NotesSelect BibliographyIndex
£26.09
Rutgers University Press Reel Inequality Hollywood Actors and Racism
Book SynopsisWhen the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers minority actors face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry.Trade Review"Anyone who is interested in who is 'in the room where it happens' and who is left out will applaud this thoughtful treatise." * Booklist *"Full of diligent research, intimate interviews, and astute observations all presented in accessible language, Reel Inequality provides profoundly practical recommendations on how audiences and industry pros alike can create a more authentic media landscape." -- Adam Moore * leading diversity expert, National Director of EEO & Diversity for SAG-AFTRA *"The rainbow is not mono-chromatic. Nancy Yuen's excellent study illuminates the embedded cultural and economic system known as Hollywood where Asian Americans and others aspire to and work to be included." -- Clyde Kusatsu * National VP Los Angeles SAG-AFTRA *“With laser-like accuracy, Reel Inequality dissects Hollywood’s colorblind racism and reveals why the struggle for increased diversity in TV and film has been such a long and frustrating one." -- Darnell Hunt * author of Black Los Angeles *"Reel Inequality highlights the institutionalized racism and implicit bias actors from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds experience while trying to work professionally in Hollywood. Yuen offers empowering recommendations for effecting change within and outside of the industry." -- Monica White Ndounou * author of Shaping the Future of African American Film *Nancy Wang Yuen points out in Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, that actors of color generally have fewer acting opportunities, all as a result of the homogeneity of the directors’ chairs and writers’ rooms of Hollywood. Her study found that 77 percent of casting calls specify a white actor. Her book is filled with other firsthand accounts from anonymous Hollywood sources that seem to reinforce the sad truth that a mostly white industry is going to advance the interest of mostly white actors. In one interview, a Latina actor told Yuen that a casting director friend asked for her opinion on a Latino casting decision, since the director only knew “maids and gardeners” who were Latino. -- Kenneth Lowe * Paste Magazine *Sociologist and author of Reel Inequality, Nancy Wang Yuen was recently quoted in an excellent Paste magazine piece on whitewashing in Hollywood. One casting director told Yuen: “I work with a lot of different people, and Asians are a challenge to cast because most casting directors feel as though they’re not very expressive. They’re very shut down in their emotions…” As the quote began to percolate around Twitter, other people were understandably angry too, and it led to Maurene Goo starting the hashtag #ExpressiveAsians. It received an excellent response… Yuen was certainly pleased with the reaction. Speaking on the hashtag, Yuen told indy100 that "social media is amplifying previously unheard voices - providing a platform for marginalised folks and allies to protest issues like whitewashing, stereotyping, and other exclusionary practices that have gone unchecked in Hollywood for too long." -- Josh Withey * indy100.com *Social media is not happy about a quote regarding Asian-American actors not being expressive enough. At the heart of the controversy is a story told by Nancy Wang Yuen, sociologist and author of the book "Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism." In the book, published last year, Yuen quoted an unnamed casting director who provided an explanation behind the challenges of casting Asian actors. "Asians are a challenge to cast because most casting directors feel as though they're not very expressive," the casting director said... The quote stirred a backlash on Twitter, with some taking the opportunity to show just how expressive Asian-Americans can be... The discussion comes at a time of increased criticism of Hollywood for "whitewashing" or casting white actors in roles where the characters are another race. -- Lisa Respers France * CNN *Nancy Wang Yuen has devoted her research to Hollywood's diversity problem * PRI.org *"Reel Inequality serves as a welcome addition to theliterature at a time when Hollywood’ s discriminatory industry practices remaindepressingly au courant and unresolved." * Sociological Inquiry *"If there is one thing Yuen unequivocally does, it is showing that Hollywood has to work hard to Do the Right Thing." * Cultural Sociology *"Is 'Crazy Rich Asians' a watershed moment for representation?" interview with Nancy Wang Yuen * Al Jazeera’s "The Stream" *Dr. Phil: Nancy Wang Yuen, author of Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (Rutgers University Press, $99.95, 9780813586304). * Shelf Awareness *"'Dr. Phil,' 'Deconstructing Privilege,' Season 19, Episode 29 interview with Nancy Wang Yuen * CBS "Dr. Phil" *'Kim's Convenience' Is A Sitcom About Asian Immigrants — With Depth" * NPR "Morning Edition" *"Simu Liu cast as Marvel's first Chinese superhero, Shang-Chi," interview with Nancy Yuen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmLb30nWGcU * CBC News: The National *"The Cultural Truth at the Heart of the Lies in ‘The Farewell’" by Brian X. Chen https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/the-farewell-family-lies.html * New York Times *"Marvel’s diverse new superheroes target broader box office success" https://www.marketplace.org/2019/07/22/marvels-diverse-new-superheroes-target-broader-audience/ * Marketplace *"Another Hollywood moment for Asian-Americans: SNL gains first Chinese-American cast member" Marketplace interview with Nancy Wang Yuen * "Marketplace" *“Reel Inequality provides a vital critique of the entertainment industry’s discrimination in the context of its far-reaching influence…. Yuen provides clear ways that the industry can move forward, if enough of its stakeholders choose to take action.” * Journal of Cinema and Media Studies *"An important study of the racist barriers minority actors confront." -- Michael Eric Dyson * New York Times Book Review, "By the Book" *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Hollywood’s Whitest 2. Hollywood’s Colorblind Racism 3. Hollywood’s Typecasting 4. Hollywood’s Double Bind 5. Surviving Hollywood 6. Challenging Hollywood 7. Diversifying Hollywood Appendix A: Media Advocacy Organizations Appendix B: Methods Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£23.39
Rutgers University Press Reel Inequality Hollywood Actors and Racism
Book SynopsisWhen the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers minority actors face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry.Trade Review"Anyone who is interested in who is 'in the room where it happens' and who is left out will applaud this thoughtful treatise." * Booklist *"Full of diligent research, intimate interviews, and astute observations all presented in accessible language, Reel Inequality provides profoundly practical recommendations on how audiences and industry pros alike can create a more authentic media landscape." -- Adam Moore * leading diversity expert, National Director of EEO & Diversity for SAG-AFTRA *"The rainbow is not mono-chromatic. Nancy Yuen's excellent study illuminates the embedded cultural and economic system known as Hollywood where Asian Americans and others aspire to and work to be included." -- Clyde Kusatsu * National VP Los Angeles SAG-AFTRA *“With laser-like accuracy, Reel Inequality dissects Hollywood’s colorblind racism and reveals why the struggle for increased diversity in TV and film has been such a long and frustrating one." -- Darnell Hunt * author of Black Los Angeles *"Reel Inequality highlights the institutionalized racism and implicit bias actors from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds experience while trying to work professionally in Hollywood. Yuen offers empowering recommendations for effecting change within and outside of the industry." -- Monica White Ndounou * author of Shaping the Future of African American Film *Nancy Wang Yuen points out in Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, that actors of color generally have fewer acting opportunities, all as a result of the homogeneity of the directors’ chairs and writers’ rooms of Hollywood. Her study found that 77 percent of casting calls specify a white actor. Her book is filled with other firsthand accounts from anonymous Hollywood sources that seem to reinforce the sad truth that a mostly white industry is going to advance the interest of mostly white actors. In one interview, a Latina actor told Yuen that a casting director friend asked for her opinion on a Latino casting decision, since the director only knew “maids and gardeners” who were Latino. -- Kenneth Lowe * Paste Magazine *Sociologist and author of Reel Inequality, Nancy Wang Yuen was recently quoted in an excellent Paste magazine piece on whitewashing in Hollywood. One casting director told Yuen: “I work with a lot of different people, and Asians are a challenge to cast because most casting directors feel as though they’re not very expressive. They’re very shut down in their emotions…” As the quote began to percolate around Twitter, other people were understandably angry too, and it led to Maurene Goo starting the hashtag #ExpressiveAsians. It received an excellent response… Yuen was certainly pleased with the reaction. Speaking on the hashtag, Yuen told indy100 that "social media is amplifying previously unheard voices - providing a platform for marginalised folks and allies to protest issues like whitewashing, stereotyping, and other exclusionary practices that have gone unchecked in Hollywood for too long." -- Josh Withey * indy100.com *Social media is not happy about a quote regarding Asian-American actors not being expressive enough. At the heart of the controversy is a story told by Nancy Wang Yuen, sociologist and author of the book "Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism." In the book, published last year, Yuen quoted an unnamed casting director who provided an explanation behind the challenges of casting Asian actors. "Asians are a challenge to cast because most casting directors feel as though they're not very expressive," the casting director said... The quote stirred a backlash on Twitter, with some taking the opportunity to show just how expressive Asian-Americans can be... The discussion comes at a time of increased criticism of Hollywood for "whitewashing" or casting white actors in roles where the characters are another race. -- Lisa Respers France * CNN *Nancy Wang Yuen has devoted her research to Hollywood's diversity problem * PRI.org *"Reel Inequality serves as a welcome addition to theliterature at a time when Hollywood’ s discriminatory industry practices remaindepressingly au courant and unresolved." * Sociological Inquiry *"If there is one thing Yuen unequivocally does, it is showing that Hollywood has to work hard to Do the Right Thing." * Cultural Sociology *"Is 'Crazy Rich Asians' a watershed moment for representation?" interview with Nancy Wang Yuen * Al Jazeera’s "The Stream" *Dr. Phil: Nancy Wang Yuen, author of Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (Rutgers University Press, $99.95, 9780813586304). * Shelf Awareness *"'Dr. Phil,' 'Deconstructing Privilege,' Season 19, Episode 29 interview with Nancy Wang Yuen * CBS "Dr. Phil" *'Kim's Convenience' Is A Sitcom About Asian Immigrants — With Depth" * NPR "Morning Edition" *"Simu Liu cast as Marvel's first Chinese superhero, Shang-Chi," interview with Nancy Yuen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmLb30nWGcU * CBC News: The National *"The Cultural Truth at the Heart of the Lies in ‘The Farewell’" by Brian X. Chen https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/the-farewell-family-lies.html * New York Times *"Marvel’s diverse new superheroes target broader box office success" https://www.marketplace.org/2019/07/22/marvels-diverse-new-superheroes-target-broader-audience/ * Marketplace *"Another Hollywood moment for Asian-Americans: SNL gains first Chinese-American cast member" Marketplace interview with Nancy Wang Yuen * "Marketplace" *“Reel Inequality provides a vital critique of the entertainment industry’s discrimination in the context of its far-reaching influence…. Yuen provides clear ways that the industry can move forward, if enough of its stakeholders choose to take action.” * Journal of Cinema and Media Studies *"An important study of the racist barriers minority actors confront." -- Michael Eric Dyson * New York Times Book Review, "By the Book" *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Hollywood’s Whitest 2. Hollywood’s Colorblind Racism 3. Hollywood’s Typecasting 4. Hollywood’s Double Bind 5. Surviving Hollywood 6. Challenging Hollywood 7. Diversifying Hollywood Appendix A: Media Advocacy Organizations Appendix B: Methods Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£105.40
