Media studies Books
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 Imperial Affects Sensational Melodrama and the
Book SynopsisImperial Affects is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films through the Hollywood Western and the late-century action cinema, imperialist violence and mobility have been produced as sites of both visceral pleasure and moral virtue.Trade Review"Eagle skillfully juggles debates around the meaning and cultural relevance of melodrama, the relationship between sensationalism and modernity, and the cultural work done by the Western. This is a first-rate book that makes important contributions to film studies, American studies, and cultural studies more broadly." -- Sarah Hagelin * author of Reel Vulnerability *"Rich in historical and critical insights, Eagle vividly demonstrates why the intimate connection between melodrama and action/violence matters so profoundly for our thinking about the cinema, gender, race and nationalism." -- Yvonne Tasker * author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction Making Sense: The Moral and Affective Appeals of Melodrama • The Felt Good of Melodrama • Affective Attunement and the Structuring of Feeling • Visceral Politics • Imperial Affects 1. A Rough Ride: Cinema, War, and the Strenuous Life • Theodore Roosevelt and the Discourse of the Strenuous Life • Strenuous Spectacle in the Theater of War • Strenuous Spectatorship and the Early Cinema of Assaults 2. Manifest Destiny in Action: Sensational Melodrama and the Advent of the Western • Sensational Melodrama and Western Attractions • The Visceral and Moral Thrills of Western Action • Moving Men: Heroic Action and the Morality of Motion 3. Western Weepies: The Power of Pathos in the Cold War Western • Questioning Authority: Masculinity, Morality, and the Cold War Western • The White Man’s Indian: Race and Redemption in the Pro-Indian Cycle • “What am I supposed to do, cry Feel sorry for him ” • Suffer and Be Hard: The Power of Pathos 4. The Subject of Imperiled Privilege: Victimization and Violence in Late-Century Action Cinema • Spectacular Agonies, Sensational Redemptions: Rambo as Melodrama • Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and the New Pleasures of Action • There’s No Place Like Home: Falling Down and the Subject of Imperiled Privilege • Beyond Forgiveness: Unforgiven and the Limitations of Critique Epilogue To Be Real: Virtual Violence in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Imperial Affects Sensational Melodrama and the
Book SynopsisImperial Affects is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films through the Hollywood Western and the late-century action cinema, imperialist violence and mobility have been produced as sites of both visceral pleasure and moral virtue.Trade Review"Eagle skillfully juggles debates around the meaning and cultural relevance of melodrama, the relationship between sensationalism and modernity, and the cultural work done by the Western. This is a first-rate book that makes important contributions to film studies, American studies, and cultural studies more broadly." -- Sarah Hagelin * author of Reel Vulnerability *"Rich in historical and critical insights, Eagle vividly demonstrates why the intimate connection between melodrama and action/violence matters so profoundly for our thinking about the cinema, gender, race and nationalism." -- Yvonne Tasker * author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction Making Sense: The Moral and Affective Appeals of Melodrama • The Felt Good of Melodrama • Affective Attunement and the Structuring of Feeling • Visceral Politics • Imperial Affects 1. A Rough Ride: Cinema, War, and the Strenuous Life • Theodore Roosevelt and the Discourse of the Strenuous Life • Strenuous Spectacle in the Theater of War • Strenuous Spectatorship and the Early Cinema of Assaults 2. Manifest Destiny in Action: Sensational Melodrama and the Advent of the Western • Sensational Melodrama and Western Attractions • The Visceral and Moral Thrills of Western Action • Moving Men: Heroic Action and the Morality of Motion 3. Western Weepies: The Power of Pathos in the Cold War Western • Questioning Authority: Masculinity, Morality, and the Cold War Western • The White Man’s Indian: Race and Redemption in the Pro-Indian Cycle • “What am I supposed to do, cry Feel sorry for him ” • Suffer and Be Hard: The Power of Pathos 4. The Subject of Imperiled Privilege: Victimization and Violence in Late-Century Action Cinema • Spectacular Agonies, Sensational Redemptions: Rambo as Melodrama • Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and the New Pleasures of Action • There’s No Place Like Home: Falling Down and the Subject of Imperiled Privilege • Beyond Forgiveness: Unforgiven and the Limitations of Critique Epilogue To Be Real: Virtual Violence in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press After Capitalism Horizons of Finance Culture and
Book SynopsisBrings together leading scholars to offer competing perspectives on capitalism's past incarnations, present conditions, and possible futures. Some contributors reassess classic theorizations of capitalism in light of recent trends. Others examine Marx's writings, unemployment, hoarding, capitalist realism, and coyote (trickster) capitalism, among many other topics.Trade Review"Imagination and passion fuel these essays, which confront the worst of capitalism’s violence and the terrors of capitalism’s aftermath. A timely and well-edited collection, After Capitalism begins a crucial conversation among political economics, representation and imaging, and geopolitical mapping." -- Amy Villarejo * Cornell University *"After Capitalism powerfully extends the horizon of capitalism's conceptualization, and is essential reading for anyone interested in critiques of globalization, culture and economics or the cultural politics of recession." -- Lisa Parks * coeditor of Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures *Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Patrice Petro and Kennan FergusonPart IFinancialization, Creditocracy, AusterityChapter 1 Capital, after Capitalism Geoff MannChapter 2 Restoration of the Rentier and the Turn to Lifelong Extraction Andrew RossChapter 3 The Subprime Subject of Ideology Ivan AscherChapter 4 Social Democracy and its Discontents: The Rise of Austerity Jeffrey SommersPart IIMedia/ArtChapter 5 Austerity Media Patrice PetroChapter 6 Imagining Beyond Capital: Representation and Reality in Science Fiction Film Sherryl VintChapter 7 Mistaken Places: Unemployment, Avant Gardism, and the Auto da Fé Marcus BullockChapter 8 Liquid, Crystal, Vaporous: The Natural States of Capitalism Esther LesliePart III BelongingChapter 9 Cuban Filmmaking and the Post-Capitalist Transition Cristina VenegasChapter 10 “Neither Eastern nor Western”: Economic and Cultural Policies in Post-Revolutionary Iran Niki AkhavanChapter 11 Differentiating Citizenship A. AneeshChapter 12 Gaming the System: Imperial Discomfort and the Emergence of Coyote Capitalism Bernard C. Perley Notes on Contributors Index
£25.19
Rutgers University Press InVisible War The Culture of War in
Book SynopsisIn/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The editors examine how the contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous and utterly present in public, popular culture, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war. Trade Review"In/Visible War is a timely and stimulating collection that offers a fresh and provocative insight into the impact of the 'global war on terror' on American culture and politics." -- John Bodnar * author of The Good War in American Memory *"Can a war be hidden in plain sight? Every day. This thoughtful volume explores how contemporary media are normalizing war, and why the paradoxes of war’s invisibility challenge civic spectatorship." -- Robert Hariman * co-author of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy *"Provocative." * H-Net *"In/Visible War: the Culture of War in Twenty-First-Century America is an amazing read about images of war and also how we really do not have a clue as to what these men and women in uniform go through on a day-to-day basis. A picture can make us see, but we can never know the 'truth.'" * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Paradoxical In/visibility of War John Louis Lucaites and Jon Simons Part I: Seeing War Chapter 1: How Photojournalism Has Framed the War in Afghanistan David Campbell Chapter 2: Returning Soldiers and the In/visibility of Combat Trauma Christopher J. Gilbert and John Louis Lucaites Chapter 3: (Re)fashioning PTSD’s Warrior Project Jeremy G. Gordon Chapter 4: Unremarkable Suffering: Banality, Spectatorship, and War’s In/visibilities Rebecca A. Adelman and Wendy Kozol Transition “War Is Fun,” a Photo-Essay Nina Berman Chapter 5: Laying bin Laden to Rest: A Case Study of Terrorism and the Politics of Visibility Jody Madeira Part II: Not Seeing War Chapter 6: Digital War and the Public Mind: Call of Duty Reloaded, Decoded Roger Stahl Chapter 7: A Cinema of Consolation: Post-9/11 Super Invasion Fantasy De Witt Douglas Kilgore Chapter 8: Differential Configurations: In/visibility through the Lens of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008) Claudia Breger Chapter 9: Canine Rescue, Civilian Casualties, and the Long Gulf War Purnima Bose Part III: Theorizing the In/visibility of War Chapter 10: The In/visibility of Liberal Peace: Perpetual Peace and Enduring Freedom Jon Simons Chapter 11: Why War? Baudrillard, Derrida, and the Absolute Televisual Image Diane Rubenstein Chapter 12: War in the Twenty-first Century: Visible, Invisible, or Superpositional? James Der Derian Notes on Contributors Photo Credits Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press InVisible War The Culture of War in
Book SynopsisIn/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The editors examine how the contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous and utterly present in public, popular culture, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war. Trade Review"In/Visible War is a timely and stimulating collection that offers a fresh and provocative insight into the impact of the 'global war on terror' on American culture and politics." -- John Bodnar * author of The Good War in American Memory *"Can a war be hidden in plain sight? Every day. This thoughtful volume explores how contemporary media are normalizing war, and why the paradoxes of war’s invisibility challenge civic spectatorship." -- Robert Hariman * co-author of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy *"Provocative." * H-Net *"In/Visible War: the Culture of War in Twenty-First-Century America is an amazing read about images of war and also how we really do not have a clue as to what these men and women in uniform go through on a day-to-day basis. A picture can make us see, but we can never know the 'truth.'" * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Paradoxical In/visibility of War John Louis Lucaites and Jon Simons Part I: Seeing War Chapter 1: How Photojournalism Has Framed the War in Afghanistan David Campbell Chapter 2: Returning Soldiers and the In/visibility of Combat Trauma Christopher J. Gilbert and John Louis Lucaites Chapter 3: (Re)fashioning PTSD’s Warrior Project Jeremy G. Gordon Chapter 4: Unremarkable Suffering: Banality, Spectatorship, and War’s In/visibilities Rebecca A. Adelman and Wendy Kozol Transition “War Is Fun,” a Photo-Essay Nina Berman Chapter 5: Laying bin Laden to Rest: A Case Study of Terrorism and the Politics of Visibility Jody Madeira Part II: Not Seeing War Chapter 6: Digital War and the Public Mind: Call of Duty Reloaded, Decoded Roger Stahl Chapter 7: A Cinema of Consolation: Post-9/11 Super Invasion Fantasy De Witt Douglas Kilgore Chapter 8: Differential Configurations: In/visibility through the Lens of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008) Claudia Breger Chapter 9: Canine Rescue, Civilian Casualties, and the Long Gulf War Purnima Bose Part III: Theorizing the In/visibility of War Chapter 10: The In/visibility of Liberal Peace: Perpetual Peace and Enduring Freedom Jon Simons Chapter 11: Why War? Baudrillard, Derrida, and the Absolute Televisual Image Diane Rubenstein Chapter 12: War in the Twenty-first Century: Visible, Invisible, or Superpositional? James Der Derian Notes on Contributors Photo Credits Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Hollywood on Location An Industry History
Book SynopsisProvides the first comprehensive history of location shooting in the American film industry, showing how this mode of filmmaking changed Hollywood business practices, production strategies, and visual style from the silent era to the present. The contributors explore how location filmmaking supplemented and later, supplanted production on the studio lots.Trade Review“Joshua Gleich and Lawrence Webb have edited an exemplary book of essays on Hollywood location filming. It is chronologically comprehensive in its covering the US film industry from the silent era to contemporary productions, as well as unfailingly astute and insightful. This is a book that all who are interested in US commercial film should read--scholars, students, and fans alike.”— Stanley Corkin, author of Starring New York: Filming the Grime and Glamour of the Long 1970s “Location filmmaking evokes a wide range of contradictory meanings—from the roughness of the handheld action scene to the technical polish of the runaway production, from the specific rendering of place in the regional drama to the anonymous depiction of the generic modern city in the contemporary international production. Drawing on archival research and close readings of dozens of films, Hollywood on Location offers a new history of location filmmaking, doing full justice to this complexity. Carefully distinguishing Hollywood location work from various alternatives, such as Neorealism and the New Wave, the authors show how the economics, technology, aesthetics, and logistics of location filmmaking developed over the course of a century—before, during, and after the studio system.”— Patrick Keating, editor of Cinematography "This is a work that should be cited in any subsequent analysis of Hollywood location filmmaking and would be an appropriate assignment for any undergraduate or graduate classes on the subject."— Journal of Popular Culture "The individual voices in Hollywood on Location come together to provide a consistent, succinct and enlightening history of location shooting."— Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsContents Introduction Joshua Gleich and Lawrence Webb 1. The Silent Era, 1895-1927 Jennifer Peterson 2. Classical Hollywood, 1928-1945 Sheri Chinen Biesen 3. Postwar Hollywood, 1945-1967, Part 1: Domestic Location Shooting Joshua Gleich 4. Postwar Hollywood, 1945-1967, Part 2: Foreign Location Shooting Daniel Steinhart 5. The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1979 Lawrence Webb 6. The New Hollywood, 1980-1999 Noelle Griffis 7. The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-Present Julian Stringer Notes on Contributors
£25.19
Rutgers University Press Hollywood on Location An Industry History
Book SynopsisHollywood on Location is the first comprehensive history of location shooting in the American film industry, showing how this mode of filmmaking changed Hollywood business practices, production strategies, and visual style from the silent era to the present. The contributors explore how major studios came to embrace location shooting as a standard procedure. Trade Review“Location filmmaking evokes a wide range of contradictory meanings—from the roughness of the handheld action scene to the technical polish of the runaway production, from the specific rendering of place in the regional drama to the anonymous depiction of the generic modern city in the contemporary international production. Drawing on archival research and close readings of dozens of films, Hollywood on Location offers a new history of location filmmaking, doing full justice to this complexity. Carefully distinguishing Hollywood location work from various alternatives, such as Neorealism and the New Wave, the authors show how the economics, technology, aesthetics, and logistics of location filmmaking developed over the course of a century—before, during, and after the studio system.” -- Patrick Keating * editor of Cinematography *“Joshua Gleich and Lawrence Webb have edited an exemplary book of essays on Hollywood location filming. It is chronologically comprehensive in its covering the US film industry from the silent era to contemporary productions, as well as unfailingly astute and insightful. This is a book that all who are interested in US commercial film should read--scholars, students, and fans alike.” -- Stanley Corkin * author of Starring New York: Filming the Grime and Glamour of the Long 1970s *"This is a work that should be cited in any subsequent analysis of Hollywood location filmmaking and would be an appropriate assignment for any undergraduate or graduate classes on the subject." * Journal of Popular Culture *"The individual voices in Hollywood on Location come together to provide a consistent, succinct and enlightening history of location shooting." * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Joshua Gleich and Lawrence Webb 1. The Silent Era, 1895-1927 Jennifer Peterson 2. Classical Hollywood, 1928-1945 Sheri Chinen Biesen 3. Postwar Hollywood, 1945-1967, Part 1: Domestic Location Shooting Joshua Gleich 4. Postwar Hollywood, 1945-1967, Part 2: Foreign Location Shooting Daniel Steinhart 5. The Auteur Renaissance, 1968-1979 Lawrence Webb 6. The New Hollywood, 1980-1999 Noelle Griffis 7. The Modern Entertainment Marketplace, 2000-Present Julian Stringer Notes on Contributors
£105.40
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
MW - Rutgers University Press Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to
Book SynopsisThis is the first and only book to position what are called “Soundies” within the broader cultural and technological milieu of the 1940s. Examining the dynamics between Soundies’ short musical films, the Panoram’s film-jukebox technology, their screening spaces and their popular discourse, Kelley provides an integrative approach to historic media exhibition. Trade Review“A compelling read from beginning to end, Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small Screen Culture opens up an entirely new way to think about moving images, music and the technologies that made them part of our everyday lives.” -- Haidee Wasson * coeditor of Useful Cinema *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[Kelley] admirably succeeds in describing the business methods, aesthetic attributes and social history of the coin-operated “Panoram” machine and its black-and-white 16mm musical shorts, called Soundies." * CineMontage *“A compelling read from beginning to end, Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small Screen Culture opens up an entirely new way to think about moving images, music and the technologies that made them part of our everyday lives.” -- Haidee Wasson * coeditor of Useful Cinema *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[Kelley] admirably succeeds in describing the business methods, aesthetic attributes and social history of the coin-operated “Panoram” machine and its black-and-white 16mm musical shorts, called Soundies." * CineMontage *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Soundies Jukebox Films Part I Small Screen Encounters and Spatial Practices 1 The Look-Listening Machine: The Panoram Jukebox and New Screen Practices 2 The Sites of Soundies: The Dynamics of Space and Screen 3 Mobilizing Space: The Panoram goes to War Part II Short Forms and Enduring Formations 4 Up Close and Personal: The Shifting Aesthetics of the Jukebox Short 5 “A Swing Half Breed”: Soundies’ Hybrid Identities and Raced Attractions 6 Post War Screens: Soundies on TV and the Rehash of the Film Jukebox Conclusion: Short and Sweet: Rescaling Screen Culture Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£26.99
Rutgers University Press Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to
Book SynopsisThis is the first and only book to position what are called “Soundies” within the broader cultural and technological milieu of the 1940s. Examining the dynamics between Soundies’ short musical films, the Panoram’s film-jukebox technology, their screening spaces and their popular discourse, Kelley provides an integrative approach to historic media exhibition. Trade Review“A compelling read from beginning to end, Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small Screen Culture opens up an entirely new way to think about moving images, music and the technologies that made them part of our everyday lives.” -- Haidee Wasson * coeditor of Useful Cinema *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[Kelley] admirably succeeds in describing the business methods, aesthetic attributes and social history of the coin-operated “Panoram” machine and its black-and-white 16mm musical shorts, called Soundies." * CineMontage *“A compelling read from beginning to end, Soundies Jukebox Films and the Shift to Small Screen Culture opens up an entirely new way to think about moving images, music and the technologies that made them part of our everyday lives.” -- Haidee Wasson * coeditor of Useful Cinema *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"[Kelley] admirably succeeds in describing the business methods, aesthetic attributes and social history of the coin-operated “Panoram” machine and its black-and-white 16mm musical shorts, called Soundies." * CineMontage *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Soundies Jukebox Films Part I Small Screen Encounters and Spatial Practices 1 The Look-Listening Machine: The Panoram Jukebox and New Screen Practices 2 The Sites of Soundies: The Dynamics of Space and Screen 3 Mobilizing Space: The Panoram goes to War Part II Short Forms and Enduring Formations 4 Up Close and Personal: The Shifting Aesthetics of the Jukebox Short 5 “A Swing Half Breed”: Soundies’ Hybrid Identities and Raced Attractions 6 Post War Screens: Soundies on TV and the Rehash of the Film Jukebox Conclusion: Short and Sweet: Rescaling Screen Culture Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Hollywoods Hawaii Race Nation and War War Culture
Book SynopsisHollywood’s Hawaii is the first full-length study of the film industry’s intense engagement with Hawaii and the South Pacific from 1898 to the present. This book presents a history of cinema that examines Hawaii and the Pacific and its representation in film in the context of colonialism, war, Orientalism, occupation, military buildup, and entertainment. Trade Review"This book covers an entire history of 'Hollywood Hawaii' and does it in a superlative, utterly inclusive manner—in a text that is clear, concise, and deeply informative. This is a model of accessible, yet reliable scholarship." -- Wheeler Winston Dixon * author of Black and White Cinema: A Short History *"A marvelously comprehensive gaze at cinematic representations of Hawai`i, this insightful study shows how those fictions constitute and are constituted by US imperialism, Christian capitalism, and white nationalism. Moreover, the imagined South Pacific is not a distant, fleeting pleasure but an imminent, durable presence." -- Gary Y. Okihiro * author of Island World: Hawai`i and the United States *"A useful example of the many ways war and society intersect." * H-Net *"The strength of Hollywood's Hawaii is its breadth. Through this widened scope, Konzett examines Hollywood's representations of Hawaiians and Asians and explores how, throughout film history, they have echoed and complicated Hollywood's long, troubled history of representing black bodies. From minstrelsy (blackface and yellowface) to plantation (cotton and tobacco to sugarcane and pineapple) melodramas, Asians, Polynesians, and African Americans have been marginalized throughout film history. Konzett's work gets us closer to understanding the complex interplay of these multiple, layered, and problematic representational histories—and opens the door for further, more in-depth analyses of these intersectional cinematic moments." * The Velvet Light Trap *"Konzett's insightful book is a highly recommended puzzle piece of the ongoing critique about race and representation in film." * The Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The American Empire in the South Pacific and Its Representation in Hollywood Cinema: 1898–Present1 The South Pacific and Hawaii on Screen: Territorial Expansion and Cinematic Colonialism2 World War II Hawaii: Orientalism and the American Century3 Postwar Hawaii and the Birth of the Military Industrial ComplexConclusion Hawaii in Contemporary Cinema and Television: The New Cultural Amnesia NotesSelected BibliographyIndex
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Hollywoods Hawaii Race Nation and War War Culture
Book SynopsisHollywood’s Hawaii is the first full-length study of the film industry’s intense engagement with Hawaii and the South Pacific from 1898 to the present. This book presents a history of cinema that examines Hawaii and the Pacific and its representation in film in the context of colonialism, war, Orientalism, occupation, military buildup, and entertainment. Trade Review"This book covers an entire history of 'Hollywood Hawaii' and does it in a superlative, utterly inclusive manner—in a text that is clear, concise, and deeply informative. This is a model of accessible, yet reliable scholarship." -- Wheeler Winston Dixon * author of Black and White Cinema: A Short History *"A marvelously comprehensive gaze at cinematic representations of Hawai`i, this insightful study shows how those fictions constitute and are constituted by US imperialism, Christian capitalism, and white nationalism. Moreover, the imagined South Pacific is not a distant, fleeting pleasure but an imminent, durable presence." -- Gary Y. Okihiro * author of Island World: Hawai`i and the United States *"A useful example of the many ways war and society intersect." * H-Net *"The strength of Hollywood's Hawaii is its breadth. Through this widened scope, Konzett examines Hollywood's representations of Hawaiians and Asians and explores how, throughout film history, they have echoed and complicated Hollywood's long, troubled history of representing black bodies. From minstrelsy (blackface and yellowface) to plantation (cotton and tobacco to sugarcane and pineapple) melodramas, Asians, Polynesians, and African Americans have been marginalized throughout film history. Konzett's work gets us closer to understanding the complex interplay of these multiple, layered, and problematic representational histories—and opens the door for further, more in-depth analyses of these intersectional cinematic moments." * The Velvet Light Trap *"Konzett's insightful book is a highly recommended puzzle piece of the ongoing critique about race and representation in film." * The Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The American Empire in the South Pacific and Its Representation in Hollywood Cinema: 1898–Present1 The South Pacific and Hawaii on Screen: Territorial Expansion and Cinematic Colonialism2 World War II Hawaii: Orientalism and the American Century3 Postwar Hawaii and the Birth of the Military Industrial ComplexConclusion Hawaii in Contemporary Cinema and Television: The New Cultural Amnesia NotesSelected BibliographyIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Transforming Contagion Risky Contacts among
Book SynopsisMoving from viruses, vaccines, and copycat murder to gay panics, xenophobia, and psychopaths, Transforming Contagion energetically fuses critical humanities and social science perspectives into a boundary-smashing interdisciplinary collection on contagion.Trade Review“This is an extraordinary book that radically rethinks and expands our understanding of contagion. Crossing historical, geographical and disciplinary boundaries, Transforming Contagion brings a feminist, queer and new materialist perspective that insists on the possibilities as well as the risks and anxieties of contagion.” -- Rosalind Gill * author of New Femininities: Postfeminism, Neoliberalism and Subjectivity *“Traversing the humanities and social sciences, the essays in Transforming Contagion offer a fertile prism for exploring how contagion--the spread of beliefs, emotions, texts, practices, people, and pathogens across communities and culture--has been represented, experienced, addressed, and theorized across disciplines and historical periods. This volume establishes contagion as a central keyword for studying not only biomedical but also cultural, psychological, and political forms of connection, communication, and collective action.” -- David Zimmerman * author of Panic!: Markets,Crises, and Crowds in American Fiction *"Chronicle of Higher Education 'New Scholarly Books' Weekly Book List, August 31, 2018," compiled by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"This edited collection of essays examines the forms, meanings, and processes of contagion across modes and sites of transmission, historical periods, and methods of scholarly analysis. This broadly referenced text is an excellent example of scholarship in the critical humanities and social science disciplines. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Contagion as Unruly SubjectBreanne Fahs, Annika Mann, Eric Swank, and Sarah Stage Part I – Quarantine/Exposure “A Proper Contagion”: The Inoculation Narrative and the Immunological TurnC.C WharramBefore the Cell, There Was Virus: Rethinking the Concept of Parasite and Contagion Through Contemporary Research in Evolutionary VirologyAnnu DahiyaSocial (Ir)Responsibility: Vaccine Exemption and the Ethics of ImmunityRachel Conrad Bracken “Radiophobia” and the Politics of Social ContagionMajia Nadesan Part II – Flesh/Spirit Isn’t Contagion Just a Metaphor?Reading Contagion in Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year Annika MannContagious Accumulation and Racial Capitalism in Late Nineteenth Century American FictionJustin Rogers - CooperPerformance and the Contagious Swirl of Dramatic Tradition: Performative Revision and SubversionPatrick Maley Part III – Madness/Reason Viral Murder: Contagious Killings and Epidemic BeliefsMarlene TrompAm I a Psychopath?Sadie MohlerCult of the Penis: Male Fragility and Phallic FrenzyMichelle Ashley Gohr Part IV – Revolution/Bureaucracy Fear of the Diseased Immigrant: Contagion, Xenophobia, and BelongingLouis MendozaProphylactic Policing and the Epidemiology of Dissent in the Soviet-Era Baltic StatesEdward CohnSexual Politics and Contagious Social MovementsEric SwankWords on Fire: Radical Pedagogies of the Feminist ManifestoBreanne Fahs Index Acknowledgments About the Contributors
£29.70
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
£53.10
Rutgers University Press Comics Studies A Guidebook
Book SynopsisOffers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines. The book opens diverse entryways to comics studies, including history, form, audiences, genre, and cultural, industrial, and economic contexts.Trade Review"With Comic Studies: A Guidebook, Charles Hatfield and Bart Beaty (both top of their game) bring together a dream team of top researchers to produce a foundational collection that is going to be a cornerstone for all future research in this field. Each essay is not only encyclopedic in its synthesis of existing research but expands our knowledge of comics history and our conceptual understanding of how comics operates as an industry, as a set of social practices, as a confluence of genres, as a readership, and as an array of formal practices."— Henry Jenkins, author of Comics and Stuff "Very up-to-date and worth a closer look. Using 17 bite-sized articles, each ten to twenty pages long, the authors of the volume introduce the subject of comic studies."— Comicgate.de "The margins of Hatfield and Beaty’s comics studies are where some of the most interesting and innovative research on and around comics has been or is being conducted by scholars who will not find themselves or their work represented in this edited collection."— Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies SocietyTable of ContentsContents Timeline of Selected Events Jonathan Chau, Bart Beaty, and Charles Hatfield Introduction Bart Beaty and Charles Hatfield Part I Histories Chapter 1 Comic Strips Ian Gordon Chapter 2 Comic Books Charles Hatfield Chapter 3 Underground and Alternative Comics Roger Sabin Chapter 4 European Traditions Bart Beaty Chapter 5 Manga Frenchy Lunning Chapter 6 The Graphic Novel Isaac Cates Part II Cultures Chapter 7 Comics Industries Matthew P. McAllister and Brian MacAuley Chapter 8 Readers, Audiences, and Fans Benjamin Woo Chapter 9 Children and Comics Philip Nel Chapter 10 Differences Theresa Tensuan Part III Forms Chapter 11 Cartooning Andrei Moltiu Chapter 12 Design in Comics: Panels and Pages Martha Kuhlman Chapter 13 Words and Images Jan Baetens Part IV Genres Chapter 14 Superheroes Marc Singer Chapter 15 Autographics Gillian Whitlock Chapter 16 Girls, Women, and Comics Mel Gibson Chapter 17 Digiral Comics Darren Wershler, Kalervo Sinervo, and Shannon Tien Bibliography Notes on the Contributors
£29.70
Rutgers University Press Comics Studies A Guidebook
Book SynopsisOffers a rich but concise introduction to this multifaceted field, authored by leading experts in multiple disciplines. The book opens diverse entryways to comics studies, including history, form, audiences, genre, and cultural, industrial, and economic contexts.Trade Review"With Comic Studies: A Guidebook, Charles Hatfield and Bart Beaty (both top of their game) bring together a dream team of top researchers to produce a foundational collection that is going to be a cornerstone for all future research in this field. Each essay is not only encyclopedic in its synthesis of existing research but expands our knowledge of comics history and our conceptual understanding of how comics operates as an industry, as a set of social practices, as a confluence of genres, as a readership, and as an array of formal practices."— Henry Jenkins, author of Comics and Stuff "Very up-to-date and worth a closer look. Using 17 bite-sized articles, each ten to twenty pages long, the authors of the volume introduce the subject of comic studies."— Comicgate.de "The margins of Hatfield and Beaty’s comics studies are where some of the most interesting and innovative research on and around comics has been or is being conducted by scholars who will not find themselves or their work represented in this edited collection."— Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies SocietyTable of ContentsContents Timeline of Selected Events Jonathan Chau, Bart Beaty, and Charles Hatfield Introduction Bart Beaty and Charles Hatfield Part I Histories Chapter 1 Comic Strips Ian Gordon Chapter 2 Comic Books Charles Hatfield Chapter 3 Underground and Alternative Comics Roger Sabin Chapter 4 European Traditions Bart Beaty Chapter 5 Manga Frenchy Lunning Chapter 6 The Graphic Novel Isaac Cates Part II Cultures Chapter 7 Comics Industries Matthew P. McAllister and Brian MacAuley Chapter 8 Readers, Audiences, and Fans Benjamin Woo Chapter 9 Children and Comics Philip Nel Chapter 10 Differences Theresa Tensuan Part III Forms Chapter 11 Cartooning Andrei Moltiu Chapter 12 Design in Comics: Panels and Pages Martha Kuhlman Chapter 13 Words and Images Jan Baetens Part IV Genres Chapter 14 Superheroes Marc Singer Chapter 15 Autographics Gillian Whitlock Chapter 16 Girls, Women, and Comics Mel Gibson Chapter 17 Digiral Comics Darren Wershler, Kalervo Sinervo, and Shannon Tien Bibliography Notes on the Contributors
£68.00
Rutgers University Press The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom
Book SynopsisThis book examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building. Trade Review"Enjoyable to read, creative, and well-argued, The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom reconsiders the political potential of the sitcom in this much-needed addition to the field." -- Becca Cragin * Bowling Green State University *"Weekly Book List, March 23, 2018" * Chronicle of Higher Education *"New Books in Communications Studies," New Books Network podcast interview with Tison Pugh * New Books Network *"Transitions: Georgia Institute of Technology Selects New Chief, CUNY York College President to Step Down," compiled by Julia Piper * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsIntroduction: TV's Three Queer Fantasies 1. The Queer Times of Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Present, Ward's Past, and June's Future 2. Queer Innocence and Kitsch Nostalgia in The Brady Bunch 3. No Sex Please, We're African American: The Cosby Show's Queer Fear of Black Sexuality 4. Feminism, Homosexuality, and Blue-Collar Perversity in Roseanne 5. Allegory, Queer Authenticity, and Marketing Tween Sexuality in Hannah Montana 6. Conservative Narratology, Queer Politics, and the Humor of Gay Stereotypes in Modern Family Conclusion: Tolstoy Was Wrong: or, On the Queer Reception of Television's Happy Families Acknowledgments List of Television Programs Notes Works Cited Index
£27.90
Rutgers University Press The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom
Book SynopsisThis book examines the evasive depictions of sexuality in domestic and family-friendly sitcoms. Tison Pugh charts the history of increasing sexual depiction in this genre while also unpacking how sitcoms use sexuality as a source of power, as a kind of camouflage, and as a foundation for family building. Trade Review"Enjoyable to read, creative, and well-argued, The Queer Fantasies of the American Family Sitcom reconsiders the political potential of the sitcom in this much-needed addition to the field." -- Becca Cragin * Bowling Green State University *"Weekly Book List, March 23, 2018" * Chronicle of Higher Education *"New Books in Communications Studies," New Books Network podcast interview with Tison Pugh * New Books Network *"Transitions: Georgia Institute of Technology Selects New Chief, CUNY York College President to Step Down," compiled by Julia Piper * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsIntroduction: TV's Three Queer Fantasies 1. The Queer Times of Leave It to Beaver: Beaver's Present, Ward's Past, and June's Future 2. Queer Innocence and Kitsch Nostalgia in The Brady Bunch 3. No Sex Please, We're African American: The Cosby Show's Queer Fear of Black Sexuality 4. Feminism, Homosexuality, and Blue-Collar Perversity in Roseanne 5. Allegory, Queer Authenticity, and Marketing Tween Sexuality in Hannah Montana 6. Conservative Narratology, Queer Politics, and the Humor of Gay Stereotypes in Modern Family Conclusion: Tolstoy Was Wrong: or, On the Queer Reception of Television's Happy Families Acknowledgments List of Television Programs Notes Works Cited Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Serial Selves Identity and Representation in
Book SynopsisSerial Selves considers how female, queer, disabled, and minority artists use autobiographical comics to make their experiences not only legible, but visible as well. Fusing methods from literary and visual studies, it explores how these artists on the margins challenge both the narrative conventions of autobiography and the norms of pictorial self-representation.Trade Review"In this engrossing and tremendously insightful book, Køhlert deftly analyzes comics as a visual form with the precision of a surgeon’s scalpel, paying close attention to the myriad ways comics authors use the formal elements unique to comics to express meaning and embody their intentions. By discussing these five authors in concert, Køhlert not only sheds new light on their individual works, but he also points to the potential for the medium to serve as a powerful vehicle to represent issues around the body. This is an invaluable text for anyone teaching comics." -- Nick Sousanis * author of Unflattening *"Serial Selves leaps past the existing scholarship on autobiographical comics, bringing a fuller sense of context and more diverse corpus. Persistently, and brilliantly, Køhlert reminds us that the choice between formal rigor and social engagement is a false one, and that comics studies at its best achieves both. Synthesizing a tremendous range of research—from autobiography theory, trauma theory, gender studies, disability studies, and other fields—he approaches neglected or misunderstood works, asks tough questions, and, in every case, uses close formal analysis to unpack issues of subjectivity and identity formation. A watershed work." -- Charles Hatfield * author of Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby *"Acutely attuned to the formal properties of autobiographical comics, Frederik Byrn Køhlert argues that the drawn 'I' produces new knowledge about trauma, bodies, temporality, power, and resistance. Serial Selves persuasively demonstrates the complexity of autobiographical comics and their undeniable importance as a cultural and autobiographical form." -- Leigh Gilmore * author of Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say About Their Lives *"This book offers a rich and varied set of positions through which this new revolution can be understood and celebrated, and should be of value and interest to readers approaching it from disparate positions." * The European Journal of Life Writing *"A lovely, insightful, and markedly entertaining read as well as a promising place for scholars interested in marginalized identities and autobiographical comics to begin. The blend of context, formal critique, intersectional scholarship, and intentionally limited scope is an admirable accomplishment." * Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society *"The possibilities of comics as an avenue for visibility and accurate representation are repeated themes throughout Køhlert’s deep and thoughtful analysis of each author-artists’ work in Serial Selves. The result is a book written with the enthusiasm of pop culture lovers and underground comics fans, but useful in fields and interests beyond those boundaries." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Analyzes the ways in which minority artists create illustrations, and the context and messaging behind the images created in a broader sense....Graduate students, scholars and professionals interested in comics and the media might find this book to be a helpful tool." * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Serial Selves contributes to a now established scholarly field of life writing within comics studies....Through detailed formal analysis, Kohlert's work carefully examines the highly visual nature of living in a marginalised body. The book brings attention to the various ways in which authors engage directly with their visual selves and challenge conventional representational schemes." * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *"Køhlert has a very clear and accessible writing style, advantageous in discussing the theory associated with the various case studies, rendering the complex readily explicable. He covers the work of the major comics thinkers in a seamless fashion, so that when it comes to the discussion of the authors in their case studies, the reader is fully prepared in terms of the overarching theoretical framework. Køhlert impresses further in each of the case studies, as he is also able to address the theory relating to disability, feminist and queer issues amongst others. He moves easily from theory to the analysis of the detail of the comics he studies in a clear and lucid way." * European Comic Art *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Serial Selves 1 Female Grotesques: The Unruly Comics of Julie Doucet 2 Working it Through: Trauma and Visuality in the Comics of Phoebe Gloeckner 3 Young, Queer, and Female: Ariel Schrag’s High School Comic Chronicles 4 Staring at Comics: Disability and the Body in Al Davison’s The Spiral Cage 5 Stereotyping the Self: Toufic El Rassi’s Arab in America Conclusion: Making an Issue of Representation Notes Bibliography Index
£72.25
Rutgers University Press Global Cinema Networks
Book SynopsisGlobal Cinema Networks brings together internationally acclaimed film scholars to investigate the evolving forms, technological and industrial conditions, and social impacts of cinema in the twenty-first century. The collection examines shifting sites of global filmmaking in an era of digital reproduction, amidst new modes of circulation and aesthetic convergence. Trade Review“Assembling an impressive group of internationally recognized scholars, this ambitious volume offers a sustained engagement with cultural infrastructures like film festivals, visual motifs of the global, with a capaciousness that stretches global cinema across a century.” -- Nitin Govil * author of Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Cinemas in a Time of Networks Elena Gorfinkel, King’s College London (U.K.) Part 1: Cartographies, Geopolitics, Aesthetics Chapter 2: Beyond and Beneath the Map of World Cinema Dudley Andrew, Yale University Chapter 3: Frame Adrian Martin, Monash University (Australia) Chapter 4: Abstraction and the Geopolitical: Lessons from Antonioni’s Trip to China John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge Chapter 5: The City of Bits and Urban Rule: Media Archaeology, Urban Space, and Contemporary Chinese Documentary James Tweedie, University of Washington Part 2: Global Ideality, History, Representation Chapter 6: Toward an Archeology of Global Rhythms: Melodie der Welt (Melody of the World, 1929) and its Reception in France Laurent Guido, University of Lille (France) Chapter 7: When Cinema was Humanism Karl Schoonover, University of Warwick Chapter 8: African Cinema: Digital Media and Expanding Frames of Representation N. Frank Ukadike, Tulane University, New Orleans Chapter 9: Changing Circumstances: Global Flows of Lesbian Cinema Patricia White, Swarthmore College Part 3: Kinships, Identifications, Genres Chapter 10: Hermano and La hora cero: Violence and Transgressive Subjectivities in Venezuelan Youth Cinema Luisela Alvaray, DePaul University Chapter 11: Between Love and the Moral Law: The Fatal Mother in Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Peter Y. Paik, Yonsei University (Korea) Chapter 12: The Queer Mexican Cinema of Julián Hernández Gilberto M. Blasini, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Chapter 13: The Gangster Film as World Cinema Jian Xu, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Chapter 14: Epilogue: 24 Frames: Regarding the Past and Future of Global Cinema Tami Williams, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
£28.80
MW - Rutgers University Press Global Cinema Networks
Book SynopsisGlobal Cinema Networks brings together internationally acclaimed film scholars to investigate the evolving forms, technological and industrial conditions, and social impacts of cinema in the twenty-first century. The collection examines shifting sites of global filmmaking in an era of digital reproduction, amidst new modes of circulation and aesthetic convergence. Trade Review“Assembling an impressive group of internationally recognized scholars, this ambitious volume offers a sustained engagement with cultural infrastructures like film festivals, visual motifs of the global, with a capaciousness that stretches global cinema across a century.” -- Nitin Govil * author of Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Cinemas in a Time of Networks Elena Gorfinkel, King’s College London (U.K.) Part 1: Cartographies, Geopolitics, Aesthetics Chapter 2: Beyond and Beneath the Map of World Cinema Dudley Andrew, Yale University Chapter 3: Frame Adrian Martin, Monash University (Australia) Chapter 4: Abstraction and the Geopolitical: Lessons from Antonioni’s Trip to China John David Rhodes, University of Cambridge Chapter 5: The City of Bits and Urban Rule: Media Archaeology, Urban Space, and Contemporary Chinese Documentary James Tweedie, University of Washington Part 2: Global Ideality, History, Representation Chapter 6: Toward an Archeology of Global Rhythms: Melodie der Welt (Melody of the World, 1929) and its Reception in France Laurent Guido, University of Lille (France) Chapter 7: When Cinema was Humanism Karl Schoonover, University of Warwick Chapter 8: African Cinema: Digital Media and Expanding Frames of Representation N. Frank Ukadike, Tulane University, New Orleans Chapter 9: Changing Circumstances: Global Flows of Lesbian Cinema Patricia White, Swarthmore College Part 3: Kinships, Identifications, Genres Chapter 10: Hermano and La hora cero: Violence and Transgressive Subjectivities in Venezuelan Youth Cinema Luisela Alvaray, DePaul University Chapter 11: Between Love and the Moral Law: The Fatal Mother in Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Peter Y. Paik, Yonsei University (Korea) Chapter 12: The Queer Mexican Cinema of Julián Hernández Gilberto M. Blasini, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Chapter 13: The Gangster Film as World Cinema Jian Xu, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Chapter 14: Epilogue: 24 Frames: Regarding the Past and Future of Global Cinema Tami Williams, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Going Viral Zombies Viruses and the End of the
Book SynopsisFrom 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Going Viral analyzes why outbreak narratives have infected our public discourse and how they have affected the way Americans view the world. Trade Review"Schweitzer sets up shop at the intersection of culture, science and politics and demonstrates—with deep research and penetrating insight—that there are things far more menacing than viral threats." -- Jonathan Allen * award-winning political journalist & coauthor of Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign *"Going Viral contextualizes contemporary outbreak narratives in rich detail. Schweitzer's attention to context sets this work apart from others on the subject and does so in an utterly approachable way." -- Stacy Takacs * author of Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-911 America *"A highly infectious read. Schweitzer's thought-provoking and meticulously researched account clearly outlines the relationship between the reality of viral threats and the Hollywood dramatization of the 'outbreak narrative.'" -- Terry Matalas * 12 Monkeys co-creator, executive producer *"Going Viral promises to become a viral sensation. In this elegant, provocative and clever book, Dahlia Schweitzer tackles one of the most controversial and anxiety provoking fears of the twenty-first century: the disastrous end of the world, evoked by either plagues, infections, diseases or outbreaks. Full of knowledge and wit, Schweitzer's innovative scholarship is a joy to read. She is a trailblazer in transdisciplinary scholarship and helps us all better understand what will continue to keep us awake at night." -- Karen A. Ritzenhoff * Central Connecticut State University, coeditor of The Apocalypse in Film *"Dahlia Schweitzer is one of the world’s leading analysts of popular culture, in every conceivable manifestation. She is also one of our best writers: engaging, concise, yet alluring in the best sense. Going Viral takes on one of the questions of our time: the American obsession with sickness as a way of dealing with difference. Bravo!" -- Toby Miller * Universidad del Norte, Colombia *"Going Viral is an incisive and expertly-informed exploration of the anxieties that drive contemporary America; the fears of contagion that shape our public discourse, movie narratives and government policy. Drawing with authority on both medical data and media theory, Schweitzer impressively tracks these concerns across recent history, tracing the dynamic between the diseased human body and the body politic, and examining key varieties of viral threat—from zombie plagues to terrorist cells—across fact, fiction and the porous borders between them. At a time when fears of cultural infection are used to justify the tightening of borders, the infringement of civil liberties and the building of walls, Going Viral is a vital guide to the politics of contamination and protection." -- Will Brooker * co-creator of My So-Called Secret Identity *Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses and the End of the World event listing by David Cotner * LA Weekly *"An interesting examination of why we are so obsessed with viral outbreaks, zombies, and the end of the world." * She Treads Softly *Film Threat Going Viral excerpt * Film Threat *"Zombies and Plagues and Bombs, Oh My! How hyperbolic outbreak narratives have infected our worldview—from media to the government" American Scholar Smarty Pants podcast interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * The American Scholar "Smarty Pants" podcast *"The iZombie Podcast with Robin and Steph" interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * iZombie podcast *The Gentlewoman interview with Dahlia Schweitzer by Richard O'Mahony * The Gentlewoman *"Schweitzer puts together a very thoughtful and thought provoking look at the cross section between our world and the worst case scenarios we keep imagining." * Film Monthly *Fan Theory interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * Fan Theory *"Trump's border wall and 'The Walking Dead' have this in common: America's fear of the global apocalypse" by Noah Berlatsky * NBC.com *"Weekly Book List, March 30, 2018" * Chronicle of Higher Education *"New Books Network" podcast interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * New Books Network *"Colum McCann To Speak At Simsbury Library Event" article - Going Viral event listing * Hartford Courant *"Grad student looks into epidemic of outbreak narratives in media" by Kristin Snyder * Daily Bruin *The "X" Zone Radio Show interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * The "X" Zone Radio Show *New Books Network - New Books in Popular Culture podcast interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * New Books Network - New Books in Popular Culture podcast *"THE BACK STORY—APOCALYPSE NOW: HOW VIRAL FEAR DISTORTS OUR WORLDVIEW BY DAHLIA SCHWEITZER ’98" by Laurie Kenney * Wesleyan Alumni Magazine *"[Going Viral] brings welcome attention to [the outbreak narrative], as indeed does the outbreak narrative itself: it confronts its viewers with the tension between impersonal, unintentional networks and the human response in a world in which both the “human” and human agency are increasingly eroded by those same networks." * Film Quarterly *Interview with Dahlia Schweitzer on "Inquiry," WICN.org * "Inquiry" podcast, WICN.org *Art Center featured interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * Art Center *"A good primer for students just getting used to the idea that there is something more to zombies and apocalyptic plague movies than meets the eye." * Science Fiction Studies *“Schweitzer's book is the clearest successor to [Susan] Sontag's essays that we have, but it takes Sontag's emphasis on the narratives of singular illnesses or viruses and broadens it to survey the metaphorics of virality, infection, and outbreak themselves--the locus of fear, anticipation, and knowledge about illness that predates and frames individuals' experience of illness and is the focal point of the narratives told about a complex array of phenomenon, from the AIDS crisis to the panic over Ebola, from the spread and threat of terrorism to the process of globalization, all culminating, it would seem, in the zombie renaissance of the 2000s." * American Quarterly *"Schweitzer’s use of well-known examples of outbreak narratives, presented with ample background and context, offer entertaining avenues for her audience to engage with....Thorough scholarship." * Western Folklore *"YOU DON'T KNOW DICK with Handsome Dick Manitoba" interview with Dahlia Schweitzer http://youdontknowdick.libsyn.com/website/dahlia-schweitzer-handsome-dick-tv-movies-cats-chicks * You Don't Know Dick podcast *"Well-researched and supported...Going Viral ambitiously goes deep into a network of factors contributing to a multimedia genre." * Journal of Film and Video *Midnight in the Desert interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * Midnight in the Desert *"Five Ways COVID-19 May Impact The Future Of Infrastructure And Transportation" by Rudy Salo https://www.forbes.com/sites/rudysalo/2020/03/31/five-ways-covid-19-may-impact-the-future-of-infrastructure-and-transportation/#5feeec307f31 * Forbes *"Going Viral deserves attention as the first major booklength study of the outbreak narrative, a cultural form that has been afforded a surprisingly limited amount of scholarly study given its extremely prolific nature. Cinema has been imagining how infectious disease might wipe out the human race since at least the mid-1960s, so this is clearly a cultural form that is deserving of academic attention." * Foundation *"Eastern Standard Radio - Chris Begley interview with Dahlia Schweitzer https://esweku.org/track/2411461/chris-begley-w-dahlia-schweitzer * Eastern Standard Radio *"Her book is a well-placed contribution for theorizing about the enormous contemporary popularity of films about pandemics and zombies, and her analyses are generally convincing....There are many pertinent insights here [and] this is a book that had to be written, and all things considered Schweitzer did an admirable job." * Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine *"How Dealing With a Global Pandemic Can Change Outbreak Narratives in Future Zombie Media," by George Yang https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3631432/dealing-global-pandemic-can-change-outbreak-narratives-future-zombie-media/ * Bloody-Disgusting.com *"Campfire Stories with Dahlia Schweitzer: Black Dahlia, Haunted Houses, and True Crime" * Scary Stories We Tell podcast *"Contagion” — Reinfection in the Year 2020," by L.A. Alfonso * Vaxxers *Table of ContentsContents Preface Introduction 1 The Outbreak Narrative 2 The Globalization Outbreak 3 The Terrorism Outbreak 4 The Post-Apocalypse Outbreak Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index
£26.09
Rutgers University Press Going Viral Zombies Viruses and the End of the
Book SynopsisFrom 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Going Viral analyzes why outbreak narratives have infected our public discourse and how they have affected the way Americans view the world. Trade Review"Schweitzer sets up shop at the intersection of culture, science and politics and demonstrates—with deep research and penetrating insight—that there are things far more menacing than viral threats." -- Jonathan Allen * award-winning political journalist & coauthor of Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign *"Going Viral contextualizes contemporary outbreak narratives in rich detail. Schweitzer's attention to context sets this work apart from others on the subject and does so in an utterly approachable way." -- Stacy Takacs * author of Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-911 America *"A highly infectious read. Schweitzer's thought-provoking and meticulously researched account clearly outlines the relationship between the reality of viral threats and the Hollywood dramatization of the 'outbreak narrative.'" -- Terry Matalas * 12 Monkeys co-creator, executive producer *"Going Viral promises to become a viral sensation. In this elegant, provocative and clever book, Dahlia Schweitzer tackles one of the most controversial and anxiety provoking fears of the twenty-first century: the disastrous end of the world, evoked by either plagues, infections, diseases or outbreaks. Full of knowledge and wit, Schweitzer's innovative scholarship is a joy to read. She is a trailblazer in transdisciplinary scholarship and helps us all better understand what will continue to keep us awake at night." -- Karen A. Ritzenhoff * Central Connecticut State University, coeditor of The Apocalypse in Film *"Dahlia Schweitzer is one of the world’s leading analysts of popular culture, in every conceivable manifestation. She is also one of our best writers: engaging, concise, yet alluring in the best sense. Going Viral takes on one of the questions of our time: the American obsession with sickness as a way of dealing with difference. Bravo!" -- Toby Miller * Universidad del Norte, Colombia *"Going Viral is an incisive and expertly-informed exploration of the anxieties that drive contemporary America; the fears of contagion that shape our public discourse, movie narratives and government policy. Drawing with authority on both medical data and media theory, Schweitzer impressively tracks these concerns across recent history, tracing the dynamic between the diseased human body and the body politic, and examining key varieties of viral threat—from zombie plagues to terrorist cells—across fact, fiction and the porous borders between them. At a time when fears of cultural infection are used to justify the tightening of borders, the infringement of civil liberties and the building of walls, Going Viral is a vital guide to the politics of contamination and protection." -- Will Brooker * co-creator of My So-Called Secret Identity *Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses and the End of the World event listing by David Cotner * LA Weekly *"An interesting examination of why we are so obsessed with viral outbreaks, zombies, and the end of the world." * She Treads Softly *Film Threat Going Viral excerpt * Film Threat *"Zombies and Plagues and Bombs, Oh My! How hyperbolic outbreak narratives have infected our worldview—from media to the government" American Scholar Smarty Pants podcast interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * The American Scholar "Smarty Pants" podcast *"The iZombie Podcast with Robin and Steph" interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * iZombie podcast *The Gentlewoman interview with Dahlia Schweitzer by Richard O'Mahony * The Gentlewoman *"Schweitzer puts together a very thoughtful and thought provoking look at the cross section between our world and the worst case scenarios we keep imagining." * Film Monthly *Fan Theory interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * Fan Theory *"Trump's border wall and 'The Walking Dead' have this in common: America's fear of the global apocalypse" by Noah Berlatsky * NBC.com *"Weekly Book List, March 30, 2018" * Chronicle of Higher Education *"New Books Network" podcast interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * New Books Network *"Colum McCann To Speak At Simsbury Library Event" article - Going Viral event listing * Hartford Courant *"Grad student looks into epidemic of outbreak narratives in media" by Kristin Snyder * Daily Bruin *The "X" Zone Radio Show interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * The "X" Zone Radio Show *New Books Network - New Books in Popular Culture podcast interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * New Books Network - New Books in Popular Culture podcast *"THE BACK STORY—APOCALYPSE NOW: HOW VIRAL FEAR DISTORTS OUR WORLDVIEW BY DAHLIA SCHWEITZER ’98" by Laurie Kenney * Wesleyan Alumni Magazine *"[Going Viral] brings welcome attention to [the outbreak narrative], as indeed does the outbreak narrative itself: it confronts its viewers with the tension between impersonal, unintentional networks and the human response in a world in which both the “human” and human agency are increasingly eroded by those same networks." * Film Quarterly *Interview with Dahlia Schweitzer on "Inquiry," WICN.org * "Inquiry" podcast, WICN.org *Art Center featured interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * Art Center *"A good primer for students just getting used to the idea that there is something more to zombies and apocalyptic plague movies than meets the eye." * Science Fiction Studies *“Schweitzer's book is the clearest successor to [Susan] Sontag's essays that we have, but it takes Sontag's emphasis on the narratives of singular illnesses or viruses and broadens it to survey the metaphorics of virality, infection, and outbreak themselves--the locus of fear, anticipation, and knowledge about illness that predates and frames individuals' experience of illness and is the focal point of the narratives told about a complex array of phenomenon, from the AIDS crisis to the panic over Ebola, from the spread and threat of terrorism to the process of globalization, all culminating, it would seem, in the zombie renaissance of the 2000s." * American Quarterly *"Schweitzer’s use of well-known examples of outbreak narratives, presented with ample background and context, offer entertaining avenues for her audience to engage with....Thorough scholarship." * Western Folklore *"YOU DON'T KNOW DICK with Handsome Dick Manitoba" interview with Dahlia Schweitzer http://youdontknowdick.libsyn.com/website/dahlia-schweitzer-handsome-dick-tv-movies-cats-chicks * You Don't Know Dick podcast *"Well-researched and supported...Going Viral ambitiously goes deep into a network of factors contributing to a multimedia genre." * Journal of Film and Video *Midnight in the Desert interview with Dahlia Schweitzer * Midnight in the Desert *"Five Ways COVID-19 May Impact The Future Of Infrastructure And Transportation" by Rudy Salo https://www.forbes.com/sites/rudysalo/2020/03/31/five-ways-covid-19-may-impact-the-future-of-infrastructure-and-transportation/#5feeec307f31 * Forbes *"Going Viral deserves attention as the first major booklength study of the outbreak narrative, a cultural form that has been afforded a surprisingly limited amount of scholarly study given its extremely prolific nature. Cinema has been imagining how infectious disease might wipe out the human race since at least the mid-1960s, so this is clearly a cultural form that is deserving of academic attention." * Foundation *"Eastern Standard Radio - Chris Begley interview with Dahlia Schweitzer https://esweku.org/track/2411461/chris-begley-w-dahlia-schweitzer * Eastern Standard Radio *"Her book is a well-placed contribution for theorizing about the enormous contemporary popularity of films about pandemics and zombies, and her analyses are generally convincing....There are many pertinent insights here [and] this is a book that had to be written, and all things considered Schweitzer did an admirable job." * Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine *"How Dealing With a Global Pandemic Can Change Outbreak Narratives in Future Zombie Media," by George Yang https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3631432/dealing-global-pandemic-can-change-outbreak-narratives-future-zombie-media/ * Bloody-Disgusting.com *"Campfire Stories with Dahlia Schweitzer: Black Dahlia, Haunted Houses, and True Crime" * Scary Stories We Tell podcast *"Contagion” — Reinfection in the Year 2020," by L.A. Alfonso * Vaxxers *Table of ContentsContents Preface Introduction 1 The Outbreak Narrative 2 The Globalization Outbreak 3 The Terrorism Outbreak 4 The Post-Apocalypse Outbreak Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Indecent Screen Regulating Television in the
Book SynopsisThe Indecent Screen explores clashes over indecency in broadcast television among U.S.-based media advocates, the Federal Communications Commission, the TV industry, and audiences. Cynthia Chris focuses on decency debates since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which have called into question the roles of family and government, and the value of free speech. Trade Review“The Indecent Screen may represent the literal ‘bookend’ on the history of broadcasting in relation to questions of choice in the market, public service and the airwaves, and decency. It could not be more timely and engaged with present debates.” -- Victoria E. Johnson * author of Heartland TV: Prime Time Television and the Struggle for U.S. Identity *"The Indecent Screen is an incisive look at the limits and limitations of contemporary media policy." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment: Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation, 1980-1996 *"Instead of...innovations quelling concerns that TV networks were too often transmitting indecent material that was accessible to children, complaints about indecency skyrocketed soon after the turn of the century. Chris demonstrates that these clashes are significant battles over the role of family, the role of government, and the value of free speech in our lives, arguing that an uncensored media is so imperative to the public good that we can, and must, endure the occasional indecent screen." * Concurring Opinions *"Recommended." * Choice *"Mass Communication and media law scholars will find this text most helpful." * Communications Booknotes Quarterly *"The Indecent Screen is a unique and necessary contribution to the field of censorship studies, and like broadcast television itself, justifies its place with enthralling detail and a powerful, complex history." * Journal of Digital Media & Policy *“The Indecent Screen may represent the literal ‘bookend’ on the history of broadcasting in relation to questions of choice in the market, public service and the airwaves, and decency. It could not be more timely and engaged with present debates.” -- Victoria E. Johnson * author of Heartland TV: Prime Time Television and the Struggle for U.S. Identity *"The Indecent Screen is an incisive look at the limits and limitations of contemporary media policy." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment: Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation, 1980-1996 *"Instead of...innovations quelling concerns that TV networks were too often transmitting indecent material that was accessible to children, complaints about indecency skyrocketed soon after the turn of the century. Chris demonstrates that these clashes are significant battles over the role of family, the role of government, and the value of free speech in our lives, arguing that an uncensored media is so imperative to the public good that we can, and must, endure the occasional indecent screen." * Concurring Opinions *"Recommended." * Choice *"Mass Communication and media law scholars will find this text most helpful." * Communications Booknotes Quarterly *"The Indecent Screen is a unique and necessary contribution to the field of censorship studies, and like broadcast television itself, justifies its place with enthralling detail and a powerful, complex history." * Journal of Digital Media & Policy *Table of ContentsContents Chronology List of Abbreviations Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Television and Indecency 1 A Brief History of Indecency in Media in the Twentieth Century 2 Targeting Television in the Twenty-First Century 3 Television: More or Less? 4 Bleeps and Other Obscenities 5 Who’s Afraid of Dick Smart? The Body Politic, Public Access, and the Punitive State Conclusion: The Future of Indecency, and Why It Matters Acknowledgments Notes Index
£26.99
Rutgers University Press The Indecent Screen Regulating Television in the
Book SynopsisThe Indecent Screen explores clashes over indecency in broadcast television among U.S.-based media advocates, the Federal Communications Commission, the TV industry, and audiences. Cynthia Chris focuses on decency debates since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which have called into question the roles of family and government, and the value of free speech. Trade Review“The Indecent Screen may represent the literal ‘bookend’ on the history of broadcasting in relation to questions of choice in the market, public service and the airwaves, and decency. It could not be more timely and engaged with present debates.” -- Victoria E. Johnson * author of Heartland TV: Prime Time Television and the Struggle for U.S. Identity *"The Indecent Screen is an incisive look at the limits and limitations of contemporary media policy." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment: Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation, 1980-1996 *"Instead of...innovations quelling concerns that TV networks were too often transmitting indecent material that was accessible to children, complaints about indecency skyrocketed soon after the turn of the century. Chris demonstrates that these clashes are significant battles over the role of family, the role of government, and the value of free speech in our lives, arguing that an uncensored media is so imperative to the public good that we can, and must, endure the occasional indecent screen." * Concurring Opinions *"Recommended." * Choice *"Mass Communication and media law scholars will find this text most helpful." * Communications Booknotes Quarterly *"The Indecent Screen is a unique and necessary contribution to the field of censorship studies, and like broadcast television itself, justifies its place with enthralling detail and a powerful, complex history." * Journal of Digital Media & Policy *“The Indecent Screen may represent the literal ‘bookend’ on the history of broadcasting in relation to questions of choice in the market, public service and the airwaves, and decency. It could not be more timely and engaged with present debates.” -- Victoria E. Johnson * author of Heartland TV: Prime Time Television and the Struggle for U.S. Identity *"The Indecent Screen is an incisive look at the limits and limitations of contemporary media policy." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment: Media Industries and the Politics of Deregulation, 1980-1996 *"Instead of...innovations quelling concerns that TV networks were too often transmitting indecent material that was accessible to children, complaints about indecency skyrocketed soon after the turn of the century. Chris demonstrates that these clashes are significant battles over the role of family, the role of government, and the value of free speech in our lives, arguing that an uncensored media is so imperative to the public good that we can, and must, endure the occasional indecent screen." * Concurring Opinions *"Recommended." * Choice *"Mass Communication and media law scholars will find this text most helpful." * Communications Booknotes Quarterly *"The Indecent Screen is a unique and necessary contribution to the field of censorship studies, and like broadcast television itself, justifies its place with enthralling detail and a powerful, complex history." * Journal of Digital Media & Policy *Table of ContentsContents Chronology List of Abbreviations Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Television and Indecency 1 A Brief History of Indecency in Media in the Twentieth Century 2 Targeting Television in the Twenty-First Century 3 Television: More or Less? 4 Bleeps and Other Obscenities 5 Who’s Afraid of Dick Smart? The Body Politic, Public Access, and the Punitive State Conclusion: The Future of Indecency, and Why It Matters Acknowledgments Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Only at ComicCon Hollywood Fans and the Limits of
Book SynopsisOnly at Comic-Con examines the relationship between exclusivity and the proliferation of media industry promotion at the San Diego Comic-Con, from the convention’s founding in 1970 to its current status as a destination for hundreds of thousands of pop culture fans and a hub of Hollywood hype and buzz.Trade Review"This is an important book for fan studies and beyond. Not only a brilliant exploration of Comic-Con’s history and place in contemporary culture, it also takes seriously aspects of this experience that have been under-researched. What are the meanings and values of waiting in line? How does Hall H operate? And how have licensees become so central to the event? Assessing fans’ liminal positioning, Erin Hanna acutely theorises 'exclusivity' and its (re)configurations. Start the queue here – this is a must-read for anyone interested in aspirational and affective labor, as well as Hollywood’s attempts to build cultural capital for its blockbusters." -- Matt Hills * author of Fan Cultures and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event *“This exciting, well-researched book situates Comic-Con within the confluence of fandom, industry, and convergence. Erin Hanna expertly reveals how industry efforts to generate publicity for major media brands hinge on the production of exclusivity for a select number of fans.” -- Derek Johnson * author of Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries *"Imaginary Worlds" podcast with Erin Hanna https://soundcloud.com/emolinsky/once-and-future-comic-con * Imaginary Worlds *"Only at Comic-Con is a valuable contribution to both media industries and fan studies, as Hanna’s work integrates the two disciplines seamlessly in a powerful argument about the limits of exclusivity, capital, and exploitation." * Media Industries Journal *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: The San Diego Comic-Con and the Limits of Exclusivity 1 Origin Stories: Comic-Con and the Future of All Media 2 The Liminality of the Line and the Place of Fans at Comic-Con 3 Manufacturing “Hall H Hysteria:” Hollywood and Comic-Con 4 Ret(ail)con: From Dealers’ Room to Exhibit Hall Conclusion: From Franchise Wars to Fry Fans: Comic-Con Anywhere Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press A Short History of Film
Book SynopsisWith more than 250 images, new information on international cinema, an expanded section on African-American filmmakers, updated discussions of new works by major American directors, and a new section on the rise of comic book movies and computer generated special effects, this is the most up to date resource for film history courses in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"This is the film history book we've been waiting for." -- David Sterritt * chairman, National Society of Film Critics *"A Short History of Film is a comprehensive and detailed overview of the last 100 years of international film history. It will prove to be a useful reference tool for all students of film, both in and out of the classroom." -- Paula J. Massood * Brooklyn College, CUNY *"A new history of international film at an affordable price. Nothing like those text book prices for a change. Includes perspectives on women and minorities in film along with innovations in technology, genres, studios, and conglomerates." -- Stephanie Ogle * Cinema Books *"This excellent introduction stands out in a crowded field with its lively, accessible writing, broad coverage, and particular focus on traditionally marginalized figures in film history...the most striking aspect of the book is the coverage of women, African Americans, and Third World filmmakers, which strongly complements its solid coverage of American and European film. Illustrations abound, and even the best-versed cineaste will find new films to track down after reading the breezy, enthusiastic analysis in this book. Highly recommended for all collections, this text would also make an excellent textbook for introductory film-studies courses." * Library Journal starred review *"With the goal of offering 'a fast paced tour' of movie history, Dixon and Foster have produced a study in the tradition of Paul Rotha's The Film till Now. The authors touch all the bases--they address new trends in international moviemaking, technologies, and critical theory and the emergence of new national and ethnic cinemas--and relate film history to social history. Each new technique, style, school, trend, and newly visible ethnic or feminist group takes its place in the larger history, and Dixon and Foster make it all accessible to the neophyte reader without ever breaking the pace. Uncommonly well-reproduced stills and a topically organized bibliography enhance the discussion. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2012-2013" * Choice *"One of the more important features is the focus on women directors who may not be well known to the general public; this makes the book timely and a welcome change from older film textbooks that are more implicitly biased. A good read for those who are just starting to learn more about the silver screen." * Choice *"A comprehensive and detailed overview of the last 100 years of international film history—what to watch while 'sheltering-in-place!'" * LitHub *Table of ContentsCONTENTS Acknowledgments Timeline 1832–2012 1 The Invention of the Movies 2 The Birth of an American Industry 3 World Cinema: The Silent Era 4 The Hollywood Studio System in the 1930s and 1940s 5 International Cinema through World War II 6 Postwar Challenges to the Movies 7 World Cinema in the 1950s 8 The 1960s Explosion 9 World Cinema 1970 to the Present 10 The New Hollywood Glossary of Film Terms Bibliography Index
£35.10
Rutgers University Press Point of Sale Analyzing Media Retail
Book SynopsisPoint of Sale examines media retail as a vital component in the study of popular culture. It brings together fifteen essays by top media scholars that show how retail matters as a site of significance to culture industries as well as a crucial locus of meaning and participation for consumers. Trade Review"Herbert, Johnson, and their authors valuably expand our understanding of media retail—a largely overlooked node of media circulation. The book offers an excellent range of cases, themes, and issues that both ground these processes historically and address adjustments introduced by digital distribution." -- Amanda Lotz * author of We Now Disrupt This Broadcast *"Attention media shoppers! Do not miss this truly original, eloquent argument for retail as an enduring, vital, and complex cultural space in entertainment’s digital age." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment *"A valuable resource. Recommended." * Choice *"[A] signal and important contribution to Media Studies...Herbert and Johnson, and their contributors, have done great service to our understanding on how to link media consumption with Retail Studies." * Television and New Media *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Media Studies in the Retail Apocalypse Derek Johnson and Daniel Herbert Part I: Retail and New Media Technologies Chapter 1: Industrial Crossroads or Cross Purposes? Circuit City, DIVX, and the History of Multi-functional Media Retailers Daniel Herbert Chapter 2: Amazon, Bookseller: Disruption and Continuity in Digital Capitalism Emily West Chapter 3: The First Sale Doctrine and U.S. Media Retail Gregory Steirer Chapter 4: Game Retail and Crowdfunding Heikki Tyni and Olli Sotamaa Chapter 5: The App Store: Female Consumers, Shopping, and Digital Culture Elizabeth Affuso Part II: Media and the Politics of Constructing Retail Space Chapter 6: Shelf Flow: Spatial Logics, Product Categorizations, and Media Brands at Retail Avi Santo Chapter 7: Get Your Cape On: Target’s Invitation to the DC Universe Ethan Tussey and Meredith Bak Chapter 8: Shop, Makeover, Love: Transformative Paratexts and Aspirational Fandom for Female-Driven Franchises Courtney Brannon Donoghue Chapter 9: Female Treble: Gender, Record Retail, and a Play for Space Tim J. Anderson Chapter 10: “It’s Not Just Commerce, It’s Community”: Erotic Media and the Feminist Sex-Toy Store Revolution Lynn Comella Part III: Practices and Participation in Media Retail Communities Chapter 11: Comic Book Stores as Sites of Struggle Benjamin Woo and Nasreen Rajani Chapter 12: From Dealer’s Room to Exhibit Hall: Comic Retailing and the San Diego Comic-Con Erin Hanna Chapter 13: The Changing Scales of Diasporic Media Retail Evan Elkins Chapter 14: Delivering Media: The Convenience Store as Media Mix Hub Marc Steinberg Chapter 15: Retail Wizardry: Constructing Media Fantasies from the Point of Sale Derek Johnson
£29.70
Rutgers University Press Point of Sale Analyzing Media Retail
Book SynopsisPoint of Sale examines media retail as a vital component in the study of popular culture. It brings together fifteen essays by top media scholars that show how retail matters as a site of significance to culture industries as well as a crucial locus of meaning and participation for consumers. Trade Review"Herbert, Johnson, and their authors valuably expand our understanding of media retail—a largely overlooked node of media circulation. The book offers an excellent range of cases, themes, and issues that both ground these processes historically and address adjustments introduced by digital distribution." -- Amanda Lotz * author of We Now Disrupt This Broadcast *"Attention media shoppers! Do not miss this truly original, eloquent argument for retail as an enduring, vital, and complex cultural space in entertainment’s digital age." -- Jennifer Holt * author of Empires of Entertainment *"A valuable resource. Recommended." * Choice *"[A] signal and important contribution to Media Studies...Herbert and Johnson, and their contributors, have done great service to our understanding on how to link media consumption with Retail Studies." * Television and New Media *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Media Studies in the Retail Apocalypse Derek Johnson and Daniel Herbert Part I: Retail and New Media Technologies Chapter 1: Industrial Crossroads or Cross Purposes? Circuit City, DIVX, and the History of Multi-functional Media Retailers Daniel Herbert Chapter 2: Amazon, Bookseller: Disruption and Continuity in Digital Capitalism Emily West Chapter 3: The First Sale Doctrine and U.S. Media Retail Gregory Steirer Chapter 4: Game Retail and Crowdfunding Heikki Tyni and Olli Sotamaa Chapter 5: The App Store: Female Consumers, Shopping, and Digital Culture Elizabeth Affuso Part II: Media and the Politics of Constructing Retail Space Chapter 6: Shelf Flow: Spatial Logics, Product Categorizations, and Media Brands at Retail Avi Santo Chapter 7: Get Your Cape On: Target’s Invitation to the DC Universe Ethan Tussey and Meredith Bak Chapter 8: Shop, Makeover, Love: Transformative Paratexts and Aspirational Fandom for Female-Driven Franchises Courtney Brannon Donoghue Chapter 9: Female Treble: Gender, Record Retail, and a Play for Space Tim J. Anderson Chapter 10: “It’s Not Just Commerce, It’s Community”: Erotic Media and the Feminist Sex-Toy Store Revolution Lynn Comella Part III: Practices and Participation in Media Retail Communities Chapter 11: Comic Book Stores as Sites of Struggle Benjamin Woo and Nasreen Rajani Chapter 12: From Dealer’s Room to Exhibit Hall: Comic Retailing and the San Diego Comic-Con Erin Hanna Chapter 13: The Changing Scales of Diasporic Media Retail Evan Elkins Chapter 14: Delivering Media: The Convenience Store as Media Mix Hub Marc Steinberg Chapter 15: Retail Wizardry: Constructing Media Fantasies from the Point of Sale Derek Johnson
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Broadcasting Hollywood The Struggle over Feature
Book SynopsisUses extensive archival research into the files of studios, networks, advertising agencies, unions and guilds, theatre associations, the FCC, and key legal cases to analyse the tensions and synergies between the film and television industries in the early years of television.Trade Review"Broadcasting Hollywood unpacks a convoluted postwar industrial trail to presciently detail the complexities of Hollywood and TV's deep, awkward, but ultimately long-lasting affiliation. Dispensing with the idea of a studio-vs-network throw-down, Jennifer Porst shows how historical change is driven instead by the interactions of multiple stakeholders and intermediaries. This book shows why film histories must reckon with intermedia, and helps push reductive contemporary theories of convergence, transmedia, and disruption off their lazy perches as one-stop explanations for the digital era. A must-read for those interested in film history, digital media, and media industries." -- John T. Caldwell * Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television. (2008). *"Drawing on a trove of unexplored archival sources, Jennifer Porst has written a brilliant new addition to the field of media industry studies. Focused on the past but with revealing insights about the present—and future—Broadcasting Hollywood should be required reading for media students and researchers across film, television, and digital media." -- Michele Hilmes * Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison *"A compelling and incisive argument that to understand media convergence today we need to explore the past. Porst brings alive all that was at stake in the first real disruption of Hollywood. Part courtroom drama, part detective story, Broadcasting Hollywood brings to life current debates between studios, networks, creatives, the government. Want to prepare for the future of media? Read this book." -- Miranda Banks * author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild *"Broadcasting Hollywood unpacks a convoluted postwar industrial trail to presciently detail the complexities of Hollywood and TV's deep, awkward, but ultimately long-lasting affiliation. Dispensing with the idea of a studio-vs-network throw-down, Jennifer Porst shows how historical change is driven instead by the interactions of multiple stakeholders and intermediaries. This book shows why film histories must reckon with intermedia, and helps push reductive contemporary theories of convergence, transmedia, and disruption off their lazy perches as one-stop explanations for the digital era. A must-read for those interested in film history, digital media, and media industries." -- John T. Caldwell * Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Cri *"Drawing on a trove of unexplored archival sources, Jennifer Porst has written a brilliant new addition to the field of media industry studies. Focused on the past but with revealing insights about the present—and future—Broadcasting Hollywood should be required reading for media students and researchers across film, television, and digital media." -- Michele Hilmes * Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison *"A compelling and incisive argument that to understand media convergence today we need to explore the past. Porst brings alive all that was at stake in the first real disruption of Hollywood. Part courtroom drama, part detective story, Broadcasting Hollywood brings to life current debates between studios, networks, creatives, the government. Want to prepare for the future of media? Read this book." -- Miranda Banks * author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Media Disruption and Convergence 1 Systems of Authority and Evaluation 2 Exhibition, Audiences, and Media Consumption 3 Contracts, Rights, Residuals, and Labor 4 Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and the Intervention of the Courts 5 Antitrust, Market Dominance, and Emerging Media 6 Feature Films Make Their Way to Television Conclusion: Disrupting a Big Market Can Be Bumpy Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Bibliography Index
£25.99
Rutgers University Press Broadcasting Hollywood The Struggle over Feature
Book SynopsisUses extensive archival research into the files of studios, networks, advertising agencies, unions and guilds, theatre associations, the FCC, and key legal cases to analyse the tensions and synergies between the film and television industries in the early years of television.Trade Review"Broadcasting Hollywood unpacks a convoluted postwar industrial trail to presciently detail the complexities of Hollywood and TV's deep, awkward, but ultimately long-lasting affiliation. Dispensing with the idea of a studio-vs-network throw-down, Jennifer Porst shows how historical change is driven instead by the interactions of multiple stakeholders and intermediaries. This book shows why film histories must reckon with intermedia, and helps push reductive contemporary theories of convergence, transmedia, and disruption off their lazy perches as one-stop explanations for the digital era. A must-read for those interested in film history, digital media, and media industries." -- John T. Caldwell * Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television. (2008). *"Drawing on a trove of unexplored archival sources, Jennifer Porst has written a brilliant new addition to the field of media industry studies. Focused on the past but with revealing insights about the present—and future—Broadcasting Hollywood should be required reading for media students and researchers across film, television, and digital media." -- Michele Hilmes * Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison *"A compelling and incisive argument that to understand media convergence today we need to explore the past. Porst brings alive all that was at stake in the first real disruption of Hollywood. Part courtroom drama, part detective story, Broadcasting Hollywood brings to life current debates between studios, networks, creatives, the government. Want to prepare for the future of media? Read this book." -- Miranda Banks * author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild *"Broadcasting Hollywood unpacks a convoluted postwar industrial trail to presciently detail the complexities of Hollywood and TV's deep, awkward, but ultimately long-lasting affiliation. Dispensing with the idea of a studio-vs-network throw-down, Jennifer Porst shows how historical change is driven instead by the interactions of multiple stakeholders and intermediaries. This book shows why film histories must reckon with intermedia, and helps push reductive contemporary theories of convergence, transmedia, and disruption off their lazy perches as one-stop explanations for the digital era. A must-read for those interested in film history, digital media, and media industries." -- John T. Caldwell * Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Cri *"Drawing on a trove of unexplored archival sources, Jennifer Porst has written a brilliant new addition to the field of media industry studies. Focused on the past but with revealing insights about the present—and future—Broadcasting Hollywood should be required reading for media students and researchers across film, television, and digital media." -- Michele Hilmes * Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison *"A compelling and incisive argument that to understand media convergence today we need to explore the past. Porst brings alive all that was at stake in the first real disruption of Hollywood. Part courtroom drama, part detective story, Broadcasting Hollywood brings to life current debates between studios, networks, creatives, the government. Want to prepare for the future of media? Read this book." -- Miranda Banks * author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Media Disruption and Convergence 1 Systems of Authority and Evaluation 2 Exhibition, Audiences, and Media Consumption 3 Contracts, Rights, Residuals, and Labor 4 Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and the Intervention of the Courts 5 Antitrust, Market Dominance, and Emerging Media 6 Feature Films Make Their Way to Television Conclusion: Disrupting a Big Market Can Be Bumpy Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Digital Cinema
Book SynopsisStephen Prince offers a clear, concise account of how digital cinema both extends longstanding traditions of filmmaking and challenges fundamental assumptions about film. In the process, he raises provocative questions about the emergence of virtual reality, the future of film preservation, and the status of realism in digital cinema. Trade Review"Stephen Prince's Digital Cinema is essential reading for anyone interested in the implications of the digital revolution for storytelling in the moving image media. This book—at once sophisticated and accessible—is by far the best introduction to the topic." -- Carl Plantinga * author of Screen Stories: Emotion and the Ethics of Engagement *"This illuminating, lucid, and deeply informative book should be essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered about the present, past, and future of cinema in the digital age." -- Lisa Bode * author of Making Believe: Screen Performance and Special Effects in Popular Cinema *"Recommended." * Choice *“The book’s greatest strength is its ability to distil a significant amount of existing scholarship on digital cinema to jargon free and accessible language. Prince illuminates his points through numerous examples, ranging from film sequences, filmmaking software, techniques and technology, to media in general.” * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Cinema as Construction: Then and Now 2. Reasons for Realism 3. Cheating Physics 4. Beyond Cinema 5. Everywhere and Nowhere Further Reading Works Cited Index
£17.99
MW - Rutgers University Press Digital Cinema
Book SynopsisConsiders how new technologies have revolutionized the medium, while investigating the continuities that might remain from filmmaking's analogue era. In the process, this book raises provocative questions about the status of realism in a pixel-generated digital medium whose scenes often defy the laws of physics.Trade Review"Stephen Prince's Digital Cinema is essential reading for anyone interested in the implications of the digital revolution for storytelling in the moving image media. This book—at once sophisticated and accessible—is by far the best introduction to the topic." — Carl Plantinga, author of Screen Stories: Emotion and the Ethics of Engagement "This illuminating, lucid, and deeply informative book should be essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered about the present, past, and future of cinema in the digital age."— Lisa Bode, author of Making Believe: Screen Performance and Special Effects in Popular Cinema “The book’s greatest strength is its ability to distil a significant amount of existing scholarship on digital cinema to jargon free and accessible language. Prince illuminates his points through numerous examples, ranging from film sequences, filmmaking software, techniques and technology, to media in general.”— Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television "Recommended."— ChoiceTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Cinema as Construction: Then and Now 2. Reasons for Realism 3. Cheating Physics 4. Beyond Cinema 5. Everywhere and Nowhere Further Reading Works Cited Index
£53.10
Rutgers University Press The Baseball Film A Cultural and Transmedia
Book SynopsisCovering everything from Bull Durham (1988) to The Bad News Bears (1976) this book examines how baseball-themed films and TV series depict the game, its players, fans, and place in American society. It considers works that nostalgically lionize white male heroes alongside films and television that dramatize the contributions of female and BIPOC players.Trade Review“Aaron Baker’s history of how film has represented baseball as a component of American society stands alone. Replete with exceptionally perceptive observations about dozens of baseball films, this book is a 'must' read for students of the game." -- Benjamin G. Rader * author of Baseball: A History of America's Game, 4th ed. *"An insightful and necessary analysis of baseball as a sport and a film subgenre through a sociopolitical lens examining race, gender, sexuality, globalization, and more." * The Brooklyn Rail *“Aaron Baker’s history of how film has represented baseball as a component of American society stands alone. Replete with exceptionally perceptive observations about dozens of baseball films, this book is a 'must' read for students of the game." -- Benjamin G. Rader * author of Baseball: A History of America's Game, 4th ed. *"An insightful and necessary analysis of baseball as a sport and a film subgenre through a sociopolitical lens examining race, gender, sexuality, globalization, and more." * The Brooklyn Rail *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Baseball According to Satchel Paige: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” 1 Hollywood Baseball Films: Nostalgic White Masculinity or the National Pastime? 2 The Business of Baseball 3 Screening Who Gets to Play 4 The Glocalized Game 5 Fanball 6 Learning the Game Conclusion: The Show for the Thinking Fan and Going Online List of Baseball Films and Television Shows
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Out of Sync Out of Work History and the
Book SynopsisOut of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature. This book advances its readers’ grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique. Trade Review"Out of Sync & Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books & Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *"Out of Sync Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Falling into History 1 Culture by Outmoded Means 2 Reading by Residual Means 3 Narrative by Obstinate Means 4 Cinema by Dated Means 5 Politics by Obsolete Means Acknowledgments Notes Index
£31.50
Rutgers University Press Out of Sync Out of Work History and the
Book SynopsisOut of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature. This book advances its readers’ grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique. Trade Review"Out of Sync & Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books & Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *"Out of Sync Out of Work is original, engrossing, remarkably timely, and consistently characterized by careful scholarship and convincing readings. It is a masterful work that demonstrates the power of contemporary cultural forms to reactivate readers’ sense of history as a political medium." -- Heather Hicks * author of The Culture of Soft Work: Labor, Gender, and Race in Postmodern American Narrative *“A compelling account of an economic system that has proven itself more and more willing to allow workers to 'fall into history' by rendering their labor obsolete, the book masterfully illuminates the present and its prehistory. More than this, however, it is a persuasive and vivid manifesto for the work culture itself does, one that revivifies our sense that the labor of the cultural critic, at least, is more urgent than ever.” -- Annie J. McClanahan * author of Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and 21st Century Culture *"Chronicle of Higher Education weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Books Recordings" mention of Out of Sync and Out of Work in Rochester Review * Rochester Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Falling into History 1 Culture by Outmoded Means 2 Reading by Residual Means 3 Narrative by Obstinate Means 4 Cinema by Dated Means 5 Politics by Obsolete Means Acknowledgments Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Destructive Sublime World War II in American
Book SynopsisTraces a new aesthetic history of the World War II combat genre by looking back at it through the lens of contemporary video games. Tanine Allison locates some of video games' glorification of violence, disruptive audiovisual style, and bodily sensation in even the most canonical and seemingly conservative films of the genre.Trade Review“The spectacular violence of war cinema is explored with insight and subtlety in this fine volume. Centered on expressive violence as the signature subject of WWII film and video, Allison's important study embraces a subject that is often ignored -- the allure of screen violence in the genres of war representation.”— Robert Burgoyne, author of "The Hollywood Historical Film" “Destructive Sublime is a beautifully written, clearly conceived, and well theorized reconceptualization of how combat sequences offer counternarratives that trouble the notion of World War II as the 'good war.' Deploying theorists such as Edmund Burke, Paul Virilio, and André Bazin, Tanine Allison has provided us with crucial formal language to read the spatial relations and aesthetics of combat, from the understudied insertions of documentary footage into fiction films to the visceral pleasures of digital renditions of battles in video games. This is exciting work and should be required reading for anyone in the fields of digital studies, media studies, film studies, and war studies.”— Anna Froula, co-editor of Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture, and the 'War on Terror' “Tanine Allison challenges our conventional understanding of Hollywood’s World War II combat movies. She skillfully demonstrates how their scenes of violence and destruction counter the myths about a 'good war' or a 'greatest generation.'”— Stephen Prince, author of Classical Film Violence and Savage Cinema “A compelling contribution to research on war and representation.” — Stacy Takacs, author of Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-9/11 America "Chronicle of Higher Eduction weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub— Chronicle of Higher Education "Refocusing our attention on World War Two combat sequences, Allison usefully unsettles the generic construction of 'the good war,' highlighting the diverse and often contradictory aesthetic forms and affective appeals that structure the representation of violence in American film and media. Through consideration of production histories and contemporary critical reception alongside close textual analysis, the book offers a timely and accessible account of material that remains formative to the cultural imagination of war today."— Jonna Eagle, Professor of American Studies at University of Hawai'i, ManoaTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Retrospective Look at the World War II Combat Genre 1 “No Faking Here”: The New Authenticity of Wartime Combat Documentaries 2 The “Good War”? Style and Space in 1940s Combat Films 3 Rationalizing War: Reconstructions of World War II During the Cold War and Vietnam 4 Nostalgia for Combat: World War II at the End of Cinema 5 Simulating War on an Algorithmic Playground Conclusion: A Bad War? The World War II Combat Genre Now Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Destructive Sublime World War II in American
Book SynopsisIn the American popular imaginary, the Second World War remains the prime example of American virtue—the country is typified by individual and collective heroism. Destructive Sublime complicates the oversimplified and commonly held view that film and video portray the war in ways that are conservative, both politically and aesthetically. Trade Review“A compelling contribution to research on war and representation.” -- Stacy Takacs * author of Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-9/11 America *"Refocusing our attention on World War Two combat sequences, Allison usefully unsettles the generic construction of 'the good war,' highlighting the diverse and often contradictory aesthetic forms and affective appeals that structure the representation of violence in American film and media. Through consideration of production histories and contemporary critical reception alongside close textual analysis, the book offers a timely and accessible account of material that remains formative to the cultural imagination of war today." -- Jonna Eagle * Professor of American Studies at University of Hawai'i, Manoa *“The spectacular violence of war cinema is explored with insight and subtlety in this fine volume. Centered on expressive violence as the signature subject of WWII film and video, Allison's important study embraces a subject that is often ignored -- the allure of screen violence in the genres of war representation.” -- Robert Burgoyne * author of "The Hollywood Historical Film" *“Tanine Allison challenges our conventional understanding of Hollywood’s World War II combat movies. She skillfully demonstrates how their scenes of violence and destruction counter the myths about a 'good war' or a 'greatest generation.'” -- Stephen Prince * author of Classical Film Violence and Savage Cinema *“Destructive Sublime is a beautifully written, clearly conceived, and well theorized reconceptualization of how combat sequences offer counternarratives that trouble the notion of World War II as the 'good war.' Deploying theorists such as Edmund Burke, Paul Virilio, and André Bazin, Tanine Allison has provided us with crucial formal language to read the spatial relations and aesthetics of combat, from the understudied insertions of documentary footage into fiction films to the visceral pleasures of digital renditions of battles in video games. This is exciting work and should be required reading for anyone in the fields of digital studies, media studies, film studies, and war studies.” -- Anna Froula * co-editor of Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture, and the 'War on Terror' *"Chronicle of Higher Eduction weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *“A compelling contribution to research on war and representation.” -- Stacy Takacs * author of Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-9/11 America *"Refocusing our attention on World War Two combat sequences, Allison usefully unsettles the generic construction of 'the good war,' highlighting the diverse and often contradictory aesthetic forms and affective appeals that structure the representation of violence in American film and media. Through consideration of production histories and contemporary critical reception alongside close textual analysis, the book offers a timely and accessible account of material that remains formative to the cultural imagination of war today." -- Jonna Eagle * Professor of American Studies at University of Hawai'i, Manoa *“The spectacular violence of war cinema is explored with insight and subtlety in this fine volume. Centered on expressive violence as the signature subject of WWII film and video, Allison's important study embraces a subject that is often ignored -- the allure of screen violence in the genres of war representation.” -- Robert Burgoyne * author of "The Hollywood Historical Film" *“Tanine Allison challenges our conventional understanding of Hollywood’s World War II combat movies. She skillfully demonstrates how their scenes of violence and destruction counter the myths about a 'good war' or a 'greatest generation.'” -- Stephen Prince * author of Classical Film Violence and Savage Cinema *“Destructive Sublime is a beautifully written, clearly conceived, and well theorized reconceptualization of how combat sequences offer counternarratives that trouble the notion of World War II as the 'good war.' Deploying theorists such as Edmund Burke, Paul Virilio, and André Bazin, Tanine Allison has provided us with crucial formal language to read the spatial relations and aesthetics of combat, from the understudied insertions of documentary footage into fiction films to the visceral pleasures of digital renditions of battles in video games. This is exciting work and should be required reading for anyone in the fields of digital studies, media studies, film studies, and war studies.” -- Anna Froula * co-editor of Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture, and the 'War on Terror' *"Chronicle of Higher Eduction weekly book list," by Nina C. Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Retrospective Look at the World War II Combat Genre 1 “No Faking Here”: The New Authenticity of Wartime Combat Documentaries 2 The “Good War”? Style and Space in 1940s Combat Films 3 Rationalizing War: Reconstructions of World War II During the Cold War and Vietnam 4 Nostalgia for Combat: World War II at the End of Cinema 5 Simulating War on an Algorithmic Playground Conclusion: A Bad War? The World War II Combat Genre Now Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Femme Fatale Quick Takes Movies Popular
Book SynopsisTakes a long view on the figure of the femme fatale, exploring her style, language, and stories from silent cinema to contemporary television. Julie Grossman explores the notions of female ambition, frustration, and intelligence that undergird the power and fascination of the femme fatale across time and media.Trade Review"In this lively and engaging book, Julie Grossman elegantly traces the long tradition of the femme fatale figure in film, television and popular culture. She deftly analyses a diverse range of characters, from Theda Bara’s vamp in early Hollywood, the hard-boiled dames of classic Film Noir, to the complex and vibrant Villanelle in contemporary television’s Killing Eve. Grossman persuasively illustrates the centrality of role performance to these femme fatale figures, and establishes performance as a key mode by which they resist inequalities in social structures. This book provides both a history of how women have been represented, and a compelling case for the relevance of the femme fatale to contemporary debates on gender politics." — Helen Hanson, author of Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film "A fascinating exploration of Hollywood’s most notorious female that goes beyond film noir. With a focus on the performance of gender as subversive and empowered, Grossman illuminates over a century of femme fatales from silent cinema’s 'Vamp' Theda Bara to television’s Killing Eve."— Philippa Gates, author of Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective FilmTable of ContentsContents Introduction 1 “Theda Bara and Barbara Stanwyck’s “Baby Face”: Exoticism and the Street-Smart Vamp” 2 Wartime and Postwar Film Noir, Neo-Noir, and the Femme Fatale 3 Tracy Flick, and Television’s Unruly Women Acknowledgements Further Reading Works Cited Selected Filmography Index
£17.99
Rutgers University Press The Femme Fatale Quick Takes Movies and Popular
Book SynopsisThis book offers readers a concise look at over a century of femmes fatales on both the silver screen and the TV screen, from Theda Bara and Barbara Stanwyck to Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, considering how this figure embodies Hollywood’s contradictory attitudes toward female ambition, independence, and sexuality.Trade Review"A fascinating exploration of Hollywood’s most notorious female that goes beyond film noir. With a focus on the performance of gender as subversive and empowered, Grossman illuminates over a century of femme fatales from silent cinema’s 'Vamp' Theda Bara to television’s Killing Eve." -- Philippa Gates * author of Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film *"In this lively and engaging book, Julie Grossman elegantly traces the long tradition of the femme fatale figure in film, television and popular culture. She deftly analyses a diverse range of characters, from Theda Bara’s vamp in early Hollywood, the hard-boiled dames of classic Film Noir, to the complex and vibrant Villanelle in contemporary television’s Killing Eve. Grossman persuasively illustrates the centrality of role performance to these femme fatale figures, and establishes performance as a key mode by which they resist inequalities in social structures. This book provides both a history of how women have been represented, and a compelling case for the relevance of the femme fatale to contemporary debates on gender politics." -- Helen Hanson * author of Hollywood Heroines: Women in Film Noir and the Female Gothic Film *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 “Theda Bara and Barbara Stanwyck’s “Baby Face”: Exoticism and the Street-Smart Vamp” 2 Wartime and Postwar Film Noir, Neo-Noir, and the Femme Fatale 3 Tracy Flick, and Television’s Unruly Women Acknowledgements Further Reading Works Cited Selected Filmography Index
£53.10
Rutgers University Press Radios Second Century Past Present and Future
Book SynopsisOne of the first books to examine the status of broadcasting on its one hundredth anniversary, Radio's Second Century investigates both vanguard and perennial topics relevant to radio's past, present, and future.Trade Review“At a time when radio’s fortunes and future are being impacted by new audio technologies, it’s fitting to remind people of its continuing relevance and value in society. As radio enters its second century of public service, this volume provides readers with a full-on assessment of all aspects of the eldest electronic mass medium through a series of astutely and incisively written essays.” -- Michael C. Keith * Boston College *"How NPR can take cues from other broadcasters in its quest to broaden audience" by John Mark Dempsey * Current *Named a Radio Book of the Year: "A very stimulating and thought provoking collection of 15 essays by US and Canadian academics on various aspects of radio....Excellent." * Communication Journal *"Very readable, well-researched...I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in broadcasting." * Radio User Magazine *"An excellent read for a college student pursuing a degree in communications or journalism and needing insight into the radio industry. It’s also suitable for those who like to think hard about the roles that radio and audio play in our culture and how people interact with them." * Radio World *"One outstanding feature of the chapters is the variety of research methods used." * Journal of Radio & Audio Media *"This volume expands our understanding of radio as classic broadcasting and offers a diversity of themes relevant to its evolution. The chapters vary not only in their topics but also in their length, style, and theoretical and methodological approaches. This eclecticism may be especially useful for junior college students or new radio industry professionals in mapping the current trends and themes in radio research. Radio is entering its second century—it is already demonstrating and will undoubtedly demonstrate many more diverse paths of development." * Technology and Culture *Table of ContentsContents Foreword by Michael Brown Preface Part I Contemporary Radio: Social and Digital Media 1 Digital Radio: Audio Listening from AM to FM to XM…and Beyond John Allen Hendricks and Bruce Mims 2 Audience Research and Web Features of Radio Stations in a Time of Uncertainty Lu Wu and Daniel Riffe 3 The Parasocial Nature of the Podcast Laith Zuraikat 4 Social Media Analytics, Radio Advertising, and Strategic Partnerships Joseph R. Blaney Part II Programming Matters: Localism, Personalities, and Audiences 5 The Shrinking Electronic Town Square: Localism in American Talk Radio David Crider 6 The Fandom of Howard Stern and Its Relationship to His Success: The “King of All Media” and a Dynamic Audience Rachel Sussman-Wander Kaplan 7 The “War of the Worlds” Broadcast: Fake News or Engaging Storytelling? John F. Barber 8 Unpredictable Programming: A Freeform Approach to Building Audiences Emily W. Easton Part III Social Issues: Contemporary Overtones 9 Air to the Kingdom: Religion and the Soul of Radio Mark Ward, Sr. 10 “A More Inclusive Public Service”: Can NPR Serve All of America? John Mark Dempsey 11 The Sound of Yellow Rain: Resisting Podcasting’s Sonic Whiteness Anjuli Joshi Brekke Part IV International Perspectives: Modern Paradigms 12 Canadian Community/Campus Radio: Struggling and Coping on the Cusp of Change Anne F. MacLennan 13 Revenge of the Nerds: How Public Radio Dominated Podcasting and Transformed Listening to Audio Brad Clark and Archie McLean 14 Reproducing Analog Pathologies in the Digital Radio Landscape: The Case of Greece Michael Nevradakis 15 Almost 100 Years of Women in Radio: Where Are We Now? Simon Order Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index
£33.30
John Wiley & Sons Radios Second Century Past Present and Future
Book SynopsisOne of the first books to examine the status of broadcasting on its one hundredth anniversary, Radio's Second Century investigates both vanguard and perennial topics relevant to radio's past, present, and future.Trade Review“At a time when radio’s fortunes and future are being impacted by new audio technologies, it’s fitting to remind people of its continuing relevance and value in society. As radio enters its second century of public service, this volume provides readers with a full-on assessment of all aspects of the eldest electronic mass medium through a series of astutely and incisively written essays.” -- Michael C. Keith * Boston College *"How NPR can take cues from other broadcasters in its quest to broaden audience" by John Mark Dempsey * Current *Named a Radio Book of the Year: "A very stimulating and thought provoking collection of 15 essays by US and Canadian academics on various aspects of radio....Excellent." * Communication Journal *"Very readable, well-researched...I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in broadcasting." * Radio User Magazine *"An excellent read for a college student pursuing a degree in communications or journalism and needing insight into the radio industry. It’s also suitable for those who like to think hard about the roles that radio and audio play in our culture and how people interact with them." * Radio World *"This volume expands our understanding of radio as classic broadcasting and offers a diversity of themes relevant to its evolution. The chapters vary not only in their topics but also in their length, style, and theoretical and methodological approaches. This eclecticism may be especially useful for junior college students or new radio industry professionals in mapping the current trends and themes in radio research. Radio is entering its second century—it is already demonstrating and will undoubtedly demonstrate many more diverse paths of development." * Technology and Culture *Table of ContentsContents Foreword by Michael Brown Preface Part I Contemporary Radio: Social and Digital Media 1 Digital Radio: Audio Listening from AM to FM to XM…and Beyond John Allen Hendricks and Bruce Mims 2 Audience Research and Web Features of Radio Stations in a Time of Uncertainty Lu Wu and Daniel Riffe 3 The Parasocial Nature of the Podcast Laith Zuraikat 4 Social Media Analytics, Radio Advertising, and Strategic Partnerships Joseph R. Blaney Part II Programming Matters: Localism, Personalities, and Audiences 5 The Shrinking Electronic Town Square: Localism in American Talk Radio David Crider 6 The Fandom of Howard Stern and Its Relationship to His Success: The “King of All Media” and a Dynamic Audience Rachel Sussman-Wander Kaplan 7 The “War of the Worlds” Broadcast: Fake News or Engaging Storytelling? John F. Barber 8 Unpredictable Programming: A Freeform Approach to Building Audiences Emily W. Easton Part III Social Issues: Contemporary Overtones 9 Air to the Kingdom: Religion and the Soul of Radio Mark Ward, Sr. 10 “A More Inclusive Public Service”: Can NPR Serve All of America? John Mark Dempsey 11 The Sound of Yellow Rain: Resisting Podcasting’s Sonic Whiteness Anjuli Joshi Brekke Part IV International Perspectives: Modern Paradigms 12 Canadian Community/Campus Radio: Struggling and Coping on the Cusp of Change Anne F. MacLennan 13 Revenge of the Nerds: How Public Radio Dominated Podcasting and Transformed Listening to Audio Brad Clark and Archie McLean 14 Reproducing Analog Pathologies in the Digital Radio Landscape: The Case of Greece Michael Nevradakis 15 Almost 100 Years of Women in Radio: Where Are We Now? Simon Order Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Films of Denys Arcand Global Film Directors
Book SynopsisDenys Arcand has been making films in Quebec for nearly sixty years. The Films of Denys Arcand illuminates his films in the context of the massive changes in Quebec society during that period. It explores the work of a major director who has achieved international success and some key issues in film studies and Canadian studies. Trade Review"Jim Leach knows Quebec cinema incredibly well, and this book is a terrific introduction to that tradition through one of its most important filmmakers. The close analyses of Arcand's documentaries are especially welcome. Readers who know Arcand's feature films since The Decline of the American Empire will also learn a great deal about those films as well as Arcand's overall feature-film corpus, which goes back to the early 1970's." -- Jerry White * editor of The Cinema of Canada *"Jim Leach proves a sure-footed guide to an enigmatic filmmaker whose long career 'has spanned the entire history of modern Quebec cinema.' The detailed treatment of every entry in Arcand’s eclectic filmography contextualizes each work according to genre, production history, and moment in time. Leach’s book is especially strong in its consideration of Arcand’s films in relation to the culture and politics of Quebec, and in the ways the films cite, reflect, and comment on each other." -- David Pike * author of Canadian Cinema since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World *"This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the texts and contexts of one of Quebec and Canada's leading film directors, bringing out his significance via insightful readings of his works in terms of both their national and international dimensions." -- William Marshall * author of Quebec National Cinema *"Skilfully presented by Leach who then goes on to examine Arcand’s films chronologically from his time at the National Film Board, where his documentary work proved at times too challenging for his paymasters....Leach is a perceptive and sympathetic critic." * British Journal of Canadian Studies *"Leach knows how to work through the tangle of Quebec film criticism—a must with a much-debated director like Arcand— and he acts as a judicious mediator for the anglophone academic reader." * Canadian Journal of Film Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Introduction: Denys of Quebec Chapter 1: Alone or with others: Arcand and the Quiet Revolution Chapter 2: Subjective documentaries: Arcand at the NFB Chapter 3: Dirty money: Arcand's crime films Chapter 4: Fall and rise: Arcand and the American empire Chapter 5: Of beauty and death in the digital epoch Chapter 6: Living in the shadows: Arcand and contemporary Quebec Filmography Works cited Index
£26.09
Rutgers University Press The Films of Denys Arcand Global Film Directors
Book SynopsisDenys Arcand has been making films in Quebec for nearly sixty years. The Films of Denys Arcand illuminates his films in the context of the massive changes in Quebec society during that period. It explores the work of a major director who has achieved international success and some key issues in film studies and Canadian studies. Trade Review"Jim Leach knows Quebec cinema incredibly well, and this book is a terrific introduction to that tradition through one of its most important filmmakers. The close analyses of Arcand's documentaries are especially welcome. Readers who know Arcand's feature films since The Decline of the American Empire will also learn a great deal about those films as well as Arcand's overall feature-film corpus, which goes back to the early 1970's." -- Jerry White * editor of The Cinema of Canada *"Jim Leach proves a sure-footed guide to an enigmatic filmmaker whose long career 'has spanned the entire history of modern Quebec cinema.' The detailed treatment of every entry in Arcand’s eclectic filmography contextualizes each work according to genre, production history, and moment in time. Leach’s book is especially strong in its consideration of Arcand’s films in relation to the culture and politics of Quebec, and in the ways the films cite, reflect, and comment on each other." -- David Pike * author of Canadian Cinema since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World *"This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the texts and contexts of one of Quebec and Canada's leading film directors, bringing out his significance via insightful readings of his works in terms of both their national and international dimensions." -- William Marshall * author of Quebec National Cinema *"Skilfully presented by Leach who then goes on to examine Arcand’s films chronologically from his time at the National Film Board, where his documentary work proved at times too challenging for his paymasters....Leach is a perceptive and sympathetic critic." * British Journal of Canadian Studies *"Leach knows how to work through the tangle of Quebec film criticism—a must with a much-debated director like Arcand— and he acts as a judicious mediator for the anglophone academic reader." * Canadian Journal of Film Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Introduction: Denys of Quebec Chapter 1: Alone or with others: Arcand and the Quiet Revolution Chapter 2: Subjective documentaries: Arcand at the NFB Chapter 3: Dirty money: Arcand's crime films Chapter 4: Fall and rise: Arcand and the American empire Chapter 5: Of beauty and death in the digital epoch Chapter 6: Living in the shadows: Arcand and contemporary Quebec Filmography Works cited Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press War Games Quick Takes Movies and Popular Culture
Book SynopsisCovering everything from chess to football, from Saving Private Ryan to American Sniper, and from Call of Duty to drone interfaces, War Games is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the militarization of American culture, offering a compact yet comprehensive look at how we play with images of war. Trade Review"Let Eagle’s brisk storytelling shuttle you through a labyrinth of training simulators, re-enactments, video games, epic films, and more. You will be rewarded with a staggeringly rich meditation on our cultural obsession with representing the unrepresentable. From capture the flag to capture the real, I know of no other text that delivers an Olympian glimpse of the whole spectrum with such breadth, clarity, and style." -- Roger Stahl * author of Through the Crosshairs: War, Visual Culture, and the Weaponized Gaze *"As Eagle’s comprehensive overview of war gaming shows, war cannot be understood apart from its mediation. The visual, narrative and operational logics of war games have shaped the experience of warfighting through and through, often to the detriment of those who fight or get caught in the crossfire." -- Stacy Takacs * co-author of American Militarism on the Small Screen *"Lucid and engaging, War Games describes a world permeated by symbolic figurations of war, from toy soldiers, to full scale combat simulations, to the screen media of film and video games. A fascinating, well-written work." -- Robert Burgoyne * author of Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition *"Eagle delivers an impressive survey that reads like a veritable tour de force across the various technological and mediatized arenas of past, present, and future war." -- Holger Pötzsch * ALH Online Review *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Live Tabletop Games Gaming in Miniature Combat and Contact Sports Military Maneuvers Recreational Reenactments 2. On Screen Authentic Violence and the World War Two Combat ReportsSaving Private Ryan and the Reenactment of the Real Vietnam on Big Screens and Small Somatic War in the Twenty-First Century 3. Interactive Flight Simulation and the Technologies of Preemption The Military-Entertainment Complex First-Person Shooters Realism in Videogames Back to the Battleground Acknowledgements Further Reading Works Cited Index
£17.99
Rutgers University Press War Games Quick Takes Movies and Popular Culture
Book SynopsisCovering everything from chess to football, from Saving Private Ryan to American Sniper, and from Call of Duty to drone interfaces, War Games is an essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the militarization of American culture, offering a compact yet comprehensive look at how we play with images of war. Trade Review"Let Eagle’s brisk storytelling shuttle you through a labyrinth of training simulators, re-enactments, video games, epic films, and more. You will be rewarded with a staggeringly rich meditation on our cultural obsession with representing the unrepresentable. From capture the flag to capture the real, I know of no other text that delivers an Olympian glimpse of the whole spectrum with such breadth, clarity, and style." -- Roger Stahl * author of Through the Crosshairs: War, Visual Culture, and the Weaponized Gaze *"As Eagle’s comprehensive overview of war gaming shows, war cannot be understood apart from its mediation. The visual, narrative and operational logics of war games have shaped the experience of warfighting through and through, often to the detriment of those who fight or get caught in the crossfire." -- Stacy Takacs * co-author of American Militarism on the Small Screen *"Lucid and engaging, War Games describes a world permeated by symbolic figurations of war, from toy soldiers, to full scale combat simulations, to the screen media of film and video games. A fascinating, well-written work." -- Robert Burgoyne * author of Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition *"Eagle delivers an impressive survey that reads like a veritable tour de force across the various technological and mediatized arenas of past, present, and future war." -- Holger Pötzsch * ALH Online Review *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Live Tabletop Games Gaming in Miniature Combat and Contact Sports Military Maneuvers Recreational Reenactments 2. On Screen Authentic Violence and the World War Two Combat ReportsSaving Private Ryan and the Reenactment of the Real Vietnam on Big Screens and Small Somatic War in the Twenty-First Century 3. Interactive Flight Simulation and the Technologies of Preemption The Military-Entertainment Complex First-Person Shooters Realism in Videogames Back to the Battleground Acknowledgements Further Reading Works Cited Index
£53.10
