"ThereAreNoHispanic Stars!"
CollectedWritingsofaLatino FilmCriticinHollywood, 1921–1939
GabrielNavarro,Editedby ColinGuncke&LauraIsabel
Serna
October 2023 336pp 11b&willus.
9780895512048£18.99/ $21.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Inthe1920sand1930sauniquelyMexican Americanentertainmentcultureflourishedacross thesouthwesternUnitedStates.GabrielNavarro wasakeyfigureinthismilieu.Thebookassembles thenovellasandarticlesthatrepresenthis extensivebodyoffilmandculturalcriticism.
AfricanCinema
ManifestoandPracticefor CulturalDecolonization
Volume2:FESPACO—Formation,Evolution, Challenges
EditedbyMichaelT.Martin& GastonJean-MarieKaboré
StudiesintheCinemaoftheBlack Diaspora
August 2023 660pp 76colorphotos,17b&wphotos
9780253066251£33.00/ $37.00PB
9780253066244£72.00/$80.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
VolumeTwoisdevotedtothedecolonizingmediation ofthePanAfricanFilm&TelevisionFestivalof Ouagadougou(FESPACO).Thisvolumefeatures historicallysignificantandcommissionedessaysthat markthekeymomentsintheevolutionofFESPACO.
AsiansonDemand
MediatingRaceinVideoArtand Activism
Feng-MeiHeberer
September 2023 200pp 23b&willus.
9781517914813£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781517914806£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Grappleswiththepressing questionofwhetherrepresentationisenoughto advanceracialjustice.Surveyingacontemporary, cutting-edgearchiveofvideoworksfromtheAsian diasporainNorthAmerica,Europe,andEastAsia,this bookuncoversthewaysthatdiasporicartists challengethenarrow—anddamaging—conceptions ofAsianidentitypervadingmainstreammedia.
AfricanCinema
ManifestoandPracticefor CulturalDecolonization
Volume1:ColonialAntecedents,Constituents, Theory,andArticulations
EditedbyMichaelT.Martin& GastonJean-MarieKaboré
StudiesintheCinemaoftheBlack Diaspora
August 2023 638pp 69colorphotos,43b&wphotos,1figure 9780253066213£38.00/ $42.00PB
9780253066206£81.00/$90.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thisthree-volumesetoffersreadersaresearched critiqueonblackfilm.VolumeOnedrawstogether foundationalscholarship,beginningwiththe ideologicalprojectofcolonialfilmtoitscounterhistoricalformationandtheorization.
AfricanCinema
ManifestoandPracticefor CulturalDecolonization
Volume3:TheDocumentaryRecord
EditedbyMichaelT.Martin& GastonJean-MarieKaboré
August 2023 692pp
9780253066299£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780253066282£72.00/$80.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
VolumeThreespansthepastcenturyandisdevoted tothedocumentationofdecolonialityincultural policyinbothAfricaandtheBlackdiaspora worldwide.Acompendiumofformalresolutions, declarations,manifestos,andprogrammatic statements,itchronologicallymapsthelonghistory andtrajectoriesofculturalpolicyinAfricaandthe BlackAtlantic.
AtthePivotofEastand West
Ethnographic,Literary,andFilmic Arts
MichaelM.J.Fischer ExperimentalFutures
August 2023 368pp 15illus.
9781478019893£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781478017189£98.00/$109.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinesdocumentaryfilmmaking,literature,and innovativedancefromSoutheastAsiaandSingapore fortheirpara-ethnographicinsightsintopolitics, culture,andaesthetics.Fischerexemplifieshowart andfictiontracethewaysinwhichtaken-for-granted commonsensechangesovertimeandtracksignalsof thefuturebeforetheysurfaceinpublicawareness.
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Casablanca's Conscience
RobertWeldonWhalen
February 2024 160pp
9781531504809£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781531504793£81.00/$90.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Anewlookatabelovedclassic filmthatexploresthe philosophicaldynamicsofCasablancawhich remainsoneoftheworld'smostenduringlyfavorite movies.Applyinganewlenstoanoldclassic, Whalenfocusesonthefilm'stimelessthemesand engagesthefictionalcharactersagainstthe philosophicalandtheologicaldiscourseoftheirreal contemporaries.
EverythingIsSampled
DigitalandPrintMediationsin
AfricanArtsandLetters
AkinwumiAdesokan
April 2023 396pp 12colorillus.
9780253065667£40.00/ $45.00PB
9780253065650£81.00/$90.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
EverythingIsSampled examines theshiftingmodesofproductionandcirculationof Africanartisticformssincethe1980s,focusingon digitalcultureasthemostcurrentlydecisivesetting forthesechanges.Thisbookoffersanabsorbingly complexyetnuancedapproachtoappreciatingthe workofseveralgenerationsofAfricanwriters, directors,andartists.
GazaonScreen
EditedbyNadiaYaqub
August 2023 296pp 53illus.
9781478020455£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478019992£94.00/$104.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthepractice,production, andimpactoffilmandvideos fromandabouttheGazaStrip. Conceptualizingscreens—bothlargeandsmall—as toolsformediationthatareladenwithpower,the volumeexploresGazanfilmandvideoinrelationto humanitarianismandhumanrights,care,community, environment,mobilityandconfinement,and decolonization.
CinemaistheStrongest Weapon
Race-MakingandResistancein FascistItaly
LorenzoFabbri
December 2023 320pp 49b&willus.
9781517910839£108.00/ $120.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
AdeepdiveintoItaliancinemaunderMussolini’s regimeandthefilmmakerswhouseditasameans ofantifascistresistance.Drawingincisiveparallelsto contemporarydebatesaroundrace,whiteness, authoritarianism,andpolitics,hepresentsan urgentexaminationintothebroaderimpactof visualmediaoncultureandsociety.
FrancophoneAfrican WomenDocumentary Filmmakers BeyondRepresentation
EditedbySuzanneCrosta, SadaNiang&AlexieTcheuyap
StudiesintheCinemaoftheBlack Diaspora
October 2023 206pp 10colorillus. 9780253066534£36.00/ $40.00PB
9780253066527£72.00/$80.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthedistinctivedocumentaryworkand contributionsofFrancophoneAfricanwomen filmmakerssincethe1960s.Itfocusesdocumentaries byNorthAfricanandSub-Saharanwomen filmmakers.
I'mNotThere
NoahTsika
November 2023 208pp 25b&wphotos
9781477328378£21.99/ $24.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Fittingthefilm’sinspiration, creation,andreceptionalongside itscontinuingafterlife,Tsika examinesDylan’smusicinthe filmthroughthecontextof intellectualproperty,raisingquestionsaboutwho ownsartisticmaterialandartisticidentitiesandhow suchmaterialcanbereusedandrepurposed.
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IdealBeauty
TheLifeandTimesofGreta
Garbo
LoisW.Banner
September 2023 286pp 25b&willus.,2 colorillus.
9781978806504£25.99/ $29.95HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Oneofthesilverscreen’s greatestbeauties,GretaGarbowasalsooneofits mostprofoundenigmas.IdealBeautytakesafresh lookataniconwhohelpedtodefinefemalebeauty inthetwentiethcenturyandprovidesanswersto much-debatedquestionsaboutGarbo’schildhood, sexuality,career,illnessesandbreakdowns,and spiritualawakening.
IslamicEcumene
ComparingMuslimSocieties
EditedbyDavidS.Powers& EricTagliacozzo
November 2023 312pp 6b&whts.,2 maps
9781501772399£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781501772382£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
TheessaysaddressthewaysinwhichMuslimsfrom MoroccotoIndonesiaandfromsub-SaharanAfricato thesteppesofUzbekistanaremembersofabroad culturalunit. IslamicEcumene seekstounderstand Islamicidentityasadynamicphenomenonthatis reflectedinthemultivalentpracticesofthemore thanonebillionpeoplewhoidentifyasMuslims.
MakingTheBestYearsof OurLives
TheHollywoodClassicThat InspiredaNation
AlisonMacor
September 2023 208pp 16b&wphotos
9781477328330£25.99/ $29.95NIP
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
HowaHollywoodgemtransformedthenational discourseonpost-traumaticstressdisorder.Thisbook illuminatesthefilm’sjourneyfromscripttoscreen anddescribeshowthisauthenticmotionpicture movedaudiencesworldwide.Inthisauthoritative history,Macorchroniclesthemakingandmeaningof afilmthatchangedAmerica.
ImaginingtheMethod Reception,Identity,and AmericanScreenPerformance
JustinOwenRawlins
January 2024 272pp 27b&wphotos
9781477328507£49.00/ $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Onlyoneactingstylehas dominatedthelexiconofthe casualmoviegoer:“Methodacting.”Thefirst reception-basedanalysisoffilmacting,Imagining theMethodinvestigateshowpopular understandingsoftheso-calledMethod—whatits authorJustinRawlinscalls"methodness"—created anexclusivebrandforwhite,maleactorswhile associatingsuchactorswithrebellionand marginalization.
MainstreamingGays CriticalConvergencesofQueer Media,FanCultures,and CommercialTelevision
EveNg
September 2023 200pp 5colorand2 b&wimagesand1table
9781978831339£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781978831346£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
MainstreamingGays discussesakeytransitional periodlinkingtheerasoflegacyandstreaming, analyzinghowqueerproductionandinteractionthat hadearlieroccurredoutsidethemainstreamwas transformedbymultipleconvergingtrends:the emergenceofdigitalmedia,therisinginfluenceof fancultures,andincreasinginterestinLGBTQcontent withincommercialmedia.
MediatingViolencefrom Africa
FrancophoneLiterature,Film, andTestimonyaftertheColdWar
GeorgeMacLeod
October 2023 256pp 2illus.,1appendix, index
9781496230638£58.00/ $65.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ExamineshowbothAfricanandnon-AfricanFrenchspeakingauthors,filmmakers,editors,andscholars havepackaged,interpreted,andfilmedtheviolent historiesofpost–ColdWarFrancophoneAfrica. MacLeodanalyzesthewaysFrancophoneAfrican authorsandfilmmakers,aswellastheireditorsand scholarlycritics,negotiatetheaesthetic,political, cultural,andethicalimplicationsofmakingthese traumaticstoriesvisible.
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NewIsraeliHorror
LocalCinema,GlobalGenre
OlgaGershenson
November 2023 222pp 6colorand3
b&wimages
9781978837843£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781978837850£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Gershensonintroducesan innovativeconceptualframeworkofadaptation, whichexplainshowfilmmakersadaptglobalgenre tropestolocalreality.Itilluminatesthewaysin whichIsraelihorrorborrowsanddivergesfromits internationalmodels.NewIsraeliHorroroffersan excitingandoriginalcontributiontoour understandingofbothIsraelicinemaandthehorror genre.
PlayfulFrames
StylesofWidescreenCinema
StevenRybin
TechniquesoftheMovingImage
October 2023 210pp 38b&willus.
9781978815940£36.00/ $39.95PB
9781978815957£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
PlayfulFrames studiesthe poeticsoftheauteur-drivenwidescreenimage, offeringnimble,expansiveanalysesoftheworkof fourdistinctivefilmmakers–JeanNegulesco,Blake Edwards,RobertAltman,andJohnCarpenter–who creativelyinhabitedthenooksandcranniesof widescreenmoviemakingduringthefinaldecadesof thetwentiethcentury.
RacialBlacknessand IndianOceanSlavery
Iran'sCinematicArchive
ParisaVaziri
December 2023 368pp 48b&willus.
9781517914752£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781517914745£108.00/$120.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
ThisbookexploresAfricanenslavementintheIndian Oceanthroughtherevelatoryandlittle-known historyofIraniancinema.ItshowsthatIranianfilm revealsaresistancetofacticityrepresentativeofthe historyofAfricanenslavementintheIndianOcean andpreservesthelegacyofAfricanslavery’slongue duréeinwaysthatresistitsoverpoweringerasurein thepopularandhistoricalimagination.
Normporn
QueerViewersandtheTVThat SoothesUs
KarenTongson
PostmillennialPop
November 2023 224pp 16b&willus.
9781479846511£16.99/ $19.95PB
9781479841929£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Revisitssoothingnetworkdramedieslike Parenthood,GilmoreGirls,ThisIsUs,andtheir late-80sprecursor,thirtysomething.Normporn allowsustoprocesshowtheintimatetraumasof everydaylifedepictedoncertainTVshowsare linkedtothecollectiveandhistoricaltraumasof theircontemporarymoments,fromfinancial recessionsandpoliticalcrisestothepandemic.
PoliticalCamerawork
DocumentaryandtheLasting
ImpactofReenactingHistorical Trauma
DavidA.Rice&D.AndyRice
July 2023 266pp 25b&willus.
9780253065926£28.99/ $34.00PB
9780253065919£67.00/$75.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Theorizesthattheintensefeelingsproducedwhile creatingtheseperformedscenarios,called "simulationdocumentaries,"connectdifficultpasts tothepresent.Investigatingthelastingimpactof theseproductions, PoliticalCamerawork revealsthat, byperformingasimulationofatraumaticeventthey didn'tdirectlyexperience,thoseinvolvedbecome carriersofthetrauma.
ReorientingtheMiddle East
FilmandDigitalMediaWhere thePersianGulf,ArabianSea, andIndianOceanMeet
EditedbyDaleHudson&Alia
Yunis
December 2023 344pp 49b&willus. 9780253067579£40.00/ $45.00PB
9780253067562£81.00/$90.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
JustastheGulfisafluidspacewherefilmanddigital mediareflectlong-standingconnectionsamongthe MiddleEast,SouthAsia,andAfrica, Reorientingthe MiddleEast offersawaytoanalyzetheoft-forgotten spacesbetweenregionsanddisciplinesand challengesthedefinitionoffilmintheMiddleEast.
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Scratchin'andSurvivin'
HustleEconomicsandtheBlack SitcomsofTandemProductions
AdrienSebro
November 2023 192pp 12b&willus., 10colorillus.
9781978834835£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781978834842£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
The1970swasagoldenageforrepresentationsof African-AmericanlifeonTVsitcoms:Sanford&Son, GoodTimes,TheJeffersons. Scratchin’andSurvivin’ discoverssurprisingparallelsbetweenthebehindthe-scenesdramaatTandemandtheplotlinesthat airedontheirsitcoms,asbothrealandfictional African-Americansdevisedvariousstrategiesfor gettingtheirfairshareoutofsystemsproneto exploitingtheirlabor.
StagingaComeback
Broadway,Hollywood,andthe DisneyRenaissance
PeterC.Kunze
September 2023 222pp 1b&willus.,9 colorillus.,2tables
9781978827813£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781978827820£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingfromarchivalresearch,interviews,and textualanalysis,PeterC.Kunzeexamineshowthe hiringoftheatricallytrainedtalentintomanagerial andproductionpositionsreorganizedthelagging animationdivisionandrevitalizeditsoutput.The DisneyRenaissancenotonlyreinvigoratedtheWalt DisneyCompany,butbothreflectsandinfluenced changesinBroadwayandHollywoodmorebroadly.
TheNeedleandtheLens
PopGoestotheMoviesfrom Rock'n'RolltoSynthwave
NatePatrin
November 2023 264pp
9781517913243£16.99/ $19.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Howthecreativeuseofpop musicinfilmhasshapedand shiftedmusichistorysincethe1960s.AsPatrin surveysthescene—musicalandcinematic—across thedecades,expandingintothedeeperorigins, widerconnections,andechoedhistoriesthatcome intoplay,thisbookoffersanewwayofseeing,and hearing,theseiconicsoundtrackmoments.
SettlerAesthetics
VisualizingtheSpectacleof OriginaryMomentsinTheNew World
MishuanaGoeman
IndigenousFilms
November 2023 214pp 7illus.,1 chart,index
9780803290662£25.99/ $30.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ExaminesTerrenceMalick’sfilmTheNewWorld (2005)andthePocahontasnarrative,analyzingthe settlerstructuresandregimesofpowerthatsustain colonialismandempire.Goemanmasterfullypeels awaythevisuallayersofsettlerlogicsinTheNew World,creatingalanguageinNativeAmericanand Indigenousstudiesforinterpretingvisualmedia.
SuFriedrich
BarbaraMennel
ContemporaryFilmDirectors
September 2023 192pp 21b&w photographs
9780252087417£18.99/ $22.00PB
9780252045288£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
WithacclaimedfilmslikeSinkor SwimandTheOddsofRecovery,SuFriedrich’sbody ofworkstandsattheforefrontofavant-gardeand Queercinema.BarbaraMennelexaminesthecareer ofanexperimentalauteurwhosemergeroftechnical innovationandpoliticalcritiqueconnectswithboth cinephilesandactivists.
TheNewAmericanWar Film
RobertBurgoyne
September 2023 200pp 24b&willus.
9781517915445£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781517915438£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Featuringin-depthanalysesof contemporaryfilmslikeTheHurt Locker,ZeroDarkThirty,EyeintheSky,American Sniper,andothers, TheNewAmericanWarFilm detailsthegenre’sturnawayfrompreviously foundationalthemesofheroicsacrificeandnational glory,insteademphasizingtheproceduralviolenceof advancedmilitarytechnologiesandthehaptic damageinflictedonindividualbodies.
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ThereSheGoesAgain Gender,Power,andKnowledge inContemporaryFilmand TelevisionFranchises
AvivaDove-Viebahn
December 2023 212pp 13colorillus.
9781978836112£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781978836129£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Atheart, ThereSheGoesAgain asksunderwhat termsandinwhatcontextswomenprotagonistsare imagined,envisioned,embodied,andreplicatedin media?Especiallynow,inaperiodofgradually increasingrepresentation,womenprotagonists demonstratetheimportanceofconsideringhowwe shoulddefine—andwhetherweneed—feminine formsofknowledgeandpower.
WhoWouldYouKillto SavetheWorld?
ClaireColebrook
Provocations
September 2023 190pp
9781496234988£16.99/ $20.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ClaireColebrookexamineshow postapocalypticcinemauses imagesfromthepastandpresenttodepictwhatit meanstopreservetheworld—andwhoisleftoutof thenarrativeofrebuildingsociety.Thisbookisa provocativeadditiontothefieldofextinctionstudies andchallengestheconceptualframesweuseto defineourselves.
WatchingWhileBlack Rebooted
TheTelevisionandDigitalityof
EditedbyBerettaE.SmithShomadeForewordby
HermanS.Gray
November 2023 220pp 28b&wimages
9781978830028£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781978830035£63.00/$69.95 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExamineswhatwatchingwhileBlackmeansinan expandedU.S.televisuallandscape.Paintinga decidedlyintrospectiveportraitacrossfortyyearsof Blacktelevision,thebookgivesdeferencetothe preferencesofaudiencesandproducersofBlacktargetedprogramming.
February 2023 232pp 22b&willus. 9780253064509£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780253064493£58.00/$65.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Greenberganalyzesover30animatedworksabout disabilities.Heconsiderstheableismoflive-action cinematography,theinvolvementoffilmmakerswith disabilitiesintheproductionprocess,andthe evocationofthespectators'sensesofsightand hearing,consequentlysubvertingtraditional spectatorshipandlistenershiphierarchies. enquiries@combinedacademic.co.uk
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BlackAudiences
AnimatedFilmand Disability CrippingSpectatorship
SlavaGreenberg
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