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ADifferentTrek
RadicalGeographiesofDeep SpaceNine
DavidK.Seitz
CulturalGeographies+Rewritingthe Earth
July 2023 332pp 25photos.,2tables
9781496235428£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781496227997£89.00/$99.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Byanalyzingtherichethicalandpoliticalworldbuildingof StarTrek:DeepSpaceNine,DavidK. Seitzarguesthatraceandgeographyarecentralto appreciatingtheseries’profoundcritiquesof neoliberalmulticulturalismandU.S.empire.
Cinemaasa WorldbuildingMachine intheDigitalEra
EssayonMultiverseFilmsandTV Series
AlainBoillat
August 2022 350pp 23colorillus.,37 b&willus.
9780861967490£27.99 / $32.00PB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinestheprimacyofworldbuildingintheageof CGI,transmediapracticesand"highconcept"fiction bystudyingtheprinciplesthatgovernthecreationof amultiverseinawiderangeoffilmandTV productions.EmphasisisplacedonHollywoodsci-fi moviesandtheiron-screenrepresentationof imaginarymachinesthatmirrorthefilmmedium.
CuratingtheMoving Image
MarkNash
April 2023 408pp 110colorimages
9781478020448£25.99 / $29.95PB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Constructingthisrichlyillustrated bookasacuratorialprojectin andofitself,Nashoutlines severalkeyconceptsthatrangefromexhibition architectureandcuratingasanaffectiveandartistic practicetopost-coldwaraestheticsand contemporaryChineseart.
AnimatedFilmand Disability CrippingSpectatorship
SlavaGreenberg
February 2023 222pp 22b&willus.
9780253064509£23.99 / $28.00PB
9780253064493£58.00/$65.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Analyzesover30animatedworksaboutdisabilities. Offeringanintroductiontodisabilitystudiesand criptheoryforfilm,media,andanimationscholars, AnimatedFilmandDisability demonstratesthatcrip animationhasthepowertobreachthespectator's comfort,evokingawarenessoftheirownbodies and,incertaincases,theirsocialprivileges.
ConsentCultureand TeenFilms AdolescentSexualityinUS Movies
MicheleMeek
April 2023 240pp 10b&wphotos.
9780253065742£25.99 / $30.00PB
9780253065735£67.00/$75.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
TracesthehistoryofadolescentsexualityinUS cinemaandexamineshowseveralfilmsfromthe 2000stakeconsentintoaccount.Byexposing affirmativeconsentinteenfilmsasgendered, heteronormative,andcis-centered,this booksuggestswemustcontinuebuildingamore inclusiveconsentframeworkthatnormalizesyouth sexualdesireandagencywithallitscomplexitiesand ambivalences.
FrancophoneAfrican WomenDocumentary Filmmakers
BeyondRepresentation
EditedbySuzanneCrosta, SadaNiang&AlexieTcheuyap
StudiesintheCinemaoftheBlack
Diaspora
October 2023 208pp 10colorillus.
9780253066534£36.00 / $40.00PB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Agroundbreakingeditedcollectionwhichexplores thecontributionsofFrancophoneAfricanwomento thefieldofdocumentaryfilmmaking.Richinitsscope andcriticalvisionitconstitutesatimelycontribution tocutting-edgescholarlydebatesonAfricancinemas.
FrenchBMovies
SuburbanSpaces,Universalism, andtheChallengeofHollywood DavidA.Pettersen
NewDirectionsinNationalCinemas
April 2023 346pp 20b&wphotos.
9780253064899£40.00 / $45.00PB
9780253064882£85.00/$95.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
IntheimpoverishedoutskirtsofFrenchcities, knownasthebanlieues,minoritycommunitiesare turningtoAmericanculture,history,andtheoryto maketheirownvoices,cultures,andhistories visible.ThisbookproposesthatFrenchbanlieue filmsofferaprivilegedsitefromwhichto understandthecurrentstateoftheFrenchfilm industryinanageofglobalization.
Kore-edaHirokazu
MarcYamada
ContemporaryFilmDirectors
July 2023 176pp 30b&wphotos
9780252087264£18.99 / $22.00PB
9780252045127£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
FilmslikeShopliftersandAfter theStormhavemadeKore-eda Hirokazuoneofthemostacclaimedauteursworking today.CriticsoftenseeKore-edaasadirector steepedintheJapanesetraditiondefinedbyYasujir¶ Ozu.MarcYamada,however,viewsKore-eda’swork inrelationtothesamesocioeconomicconcerns exploredbyothercontemporaryinternational filmmakers.
ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ
MenacingEnvironments
EcohorrorinContemporary NordicCinema
BenjaminA.Bigelow
NewDirectionsinScandinavianStudies
June 2023 pp 14b&willus.
9780295751641£27.99 / $32.00PB
9780295751634£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Bigelowexamineshowecohorrorringssomeofthe samealarmbellsthatclimateactivistshavesounded, suggestingthattheproperresponsetotheongoing climatecatastropheisnotoptimismandamarketfriendlyfocusonsustainabledevelopment,butrather fearanddread.
IsraeliBourekasFilms
TheirOriginsandLegacy
DeborahStarr
SephardiandMizrahiStudies
January 2023 206pp 21b&willus.
9780253063427£25.99 / $30.00PB
9780253063410£76.00/$85.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Agenreofcomicmelodramasproducedinthe 1960sand'70s,Bourekasfilmsareamongthemost popularfilmsevermadeinIsrael.In IsraeliBourekas Films,authorandfilmmakerRamiKimchisetsouta filminsider'sviewofthecharacters,stories,and culturesthatmadeBourekasfilmssuchan importantpartofIsraelilife
LaborsofFear
TheModernHorrorFilmGoesto Work
EditedbyAvivaBriefel&Jason Middleton
June 2023 256pp 9b&wimages
9781477327210£49.00 / $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Coveringfilmsrangingfromthe 1970sonward,theseessaysaddressnovelandnewly recognizedmodesandconditionsoflabor: reproductivelabor,emotionworkandemotional labor,socialmediaandself-branding,intellectual labor,servicework,precarity,andunderemployment. Initssingularway,horrorcontinuestomakespinetinglingsenseofwhatismostdestructiveinthe widersociopoliticalcontextofUScapitalism.
ScreeningSocialJustice BraveNewFilmsand DocumentaryActivism SherryB.Ortner
April 2023 160pp
9781478019510£20.99 / $23.95PB
9781478016861£81.00/$89.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploreshowthenonprofitfilm productioncompanyBraveNewFilmsdeploys documentaryfilm’scommitmenttotruthandrealism tocultivateprogressivepoliticalactivism.Ortner takesthereaderinsideboththeproductionprocess andthescreeningstoshowhowafilmcanbemade andusedtomobilizeactionforabetterworld.
SellingScienceFiction Cinema
MakingandMarketingaGenre
J.P.Telotte
July 2023 192pp 39b&wphotos.
9781477327333£40.00 / $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Howsciencefictionfilmsinthe 1950sweremarketedandhelpedcreatethe broadergenreitself.Drawingontradereports,film reviews,pressbooks,trailers,andotherarchival materials, SellingScienceFictionCinema reconstructsstudioeffortstomarketapromising newgenreand,intheprocess,showshow salesmanshipinfluencedwhatthatgenrewould become.
StreamingVideo
StorytellingAcrossBorders
EditedbyAmandaD.Lotz||
EditedbyRamonLobato
CriticalCulturalCommunication
May 2023 240pp 9b&willus.
9781479816842£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479816835£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Overthelastdecade,subscriptionvideo-on-demand serviceshavebeguncommissioningandfinancing theirownoriginalmoviesandTVshows,changing therateatwhichcontentisproducedacrossthe globe. StreamingVideo mapsthisinternational productionboomandwhatitmeansforproducers, audiences,andstorytellers.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheCinemaofBarbara
Stanwyck
Twenty-SixShortEssaysona
WorkingStar
CatherineRussell
Women’sMediaHistoryNow!
May 2023 368pp 75b&wphotos.
9780252087172£25.99 / $29.95PB
9780252045042£112.00/$125.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
BarbaraStanwyckplayedpartsthatshowcasedher multidimensionaltalentsbutalsoillustratedthe limitsimposedonwomeninfilmandtelevision.
CatherineRussell’sAtoZconsiderationoftheiconic actressanalyzestwenty-sixfacetsofStanwyck.
ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ
StarWarsafterLucas
ACriticalGuidetotheFutureof theGalaxy
DanGolding
July 2023 264pp
9781517905415£16.99 / $20.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Alongtimeago,inagalaxyfar, farawayStarWarsseemed finished.Thenin2012GeorgeLucasshockedthe entertainmentworldbysellingthefranchise,along withLucasfilm,toDisney.Thisisthestoryofhow StarWarswentfromnear-certainextinctiontowhat Wiredmagazinewouldcall“theforeverfranchise,” withmorefilmsintheworksthanitsfirstfour decadeshadproduced.
ExcludesJapan&ANZ
Supersex
Sexuality,Fantasy,andthe Superhero
EditedbyAnnaPeppard
WorldComicsandGraphicNonfiction Series
April 2023 384pp
9781477321614£29.99 / $34.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
FromSupermanandBatmantotheX-MenandYoung Avengers, Supersex interrogatestherelationship betweenheroismandsexuality,sheddingnewlight onourfantasiesofboth.Peppardandher contributorspresentsuperherosexualityasboth dangerouslyexcitingandexcitinglydangerous, encapsulatingthesuperherogenre’sworstimpulses anditsmostproductivelyrebelliousones.
TheValueGap
Female-DrivenFilmsfromPitch toPremiere
CourtneyBrannonDonoghue
August 2023 368pp 20b&wimages,4 tables
9781477327302£25.99 / $29.95PB
9781477327296£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Howfemaledirectors,producers,andwriters navigatethechallengesandbarriersfacingfemaledrivenprojectsateachstageoffilmmakingin contemporaryHollywood.CourtneyBrannon DonoghueexamineshowHollywoodbusiness cultures“value”female-drivenprojectsasriskyornot bankable.
Uncomfortable Television
HunterHargraves
January 2023 264pp 32illus.
9781478019572£22.99 / $26.95PB
9781478016939£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examineshowpostmillennial televisionmadeitsaudiences findpleasurethroughdiscomfort,showingthat televisualuneasetrainsaudiencestosurviveunder latecapitalism,whichdemandsthatindividuals acceptacertainamountofdiscomfort,dread,and irritationintotheireverydaylives.Hargraves demonstratestelevision’sroleinassimilating viewersintoworldsmarkedbyprecarity,perversity, andcrisis.
WorkingMusicians
LaborandCreativityinFilm andTelevisionProduction
TimothyD.Taylor
April 2023 256pp 1illus.
9781478019879£21.99 / $25.95PB
9781478017172£90.00/$99.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
TimothyD.Tayloroffersabehind-the-sceneslookat theworkingcomposers,musicians,andengineers whocreatesoundtracksforfilm,television,and videogames.Drawingondozensofinterviewswith musicworkersinLosAngeles,Taylorexploresthe natureoftheirworkandhowtheyunderstandtheir rolesintheentertainmentbusiness.
Cruisy,Sleepy, Melancholy
ChineseFilm RealismandConventionfrom theSilentEratotheDigitalAge
JasonMcGrath
January 2023 424pp 67b&willus.
9781517914035£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781517914028£108.00/$120.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
ThehistoryofChinesecinemaisaslongand complicatedasthetumultuoushistoryofChina itself.In ChineseFilm,JasonMcGrathtellsthis fascinatingstorybytracingthevariedclaimsto cinematicrealismmadebyChinesefilmmakers, officials,critics,andscholars.
ItalianPoliticalCinema
FigureoftheLong’68
MauroResmini
January 2023 320pp 54b&willus.
9781517911386£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781517911379£100.00/$112.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Traditionally,thedefinitionof politicalcinemaassumesa relationshipbetweencinemaandpolitics,butMauro Resminiseesthisrelationshipasanimpasse.Heturns toItaliancinematoexplorehowfilmshave reinventedthelinkbetweenpopularartandradical politicsinItalyfrom1968totheearly1980s,aperiod ofintensepoliticalandculturalstrugglesknownas thelong’68.
SexualDisorientationinthe FilmsofTsaiMing-liang
NicholasdeVilliers
September 2022 216pp 17b&willus. 9781517913182£21.99/ $25.00PB
9781517913175£90.00/$100.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
AcriticalfigureinqueerSinophonecinema—andthe firstdirectorevercommissionedtocreateafilmfor thepermanentcollectionoftheLouvre—TsaiMingliangisamajorforceinTaiwancinemaandglobal movingimageart. Cruisy,Sleepy,Melancholy offersa fascinating,systematicmethodforanalyzingthe queernessofTsai’sfilms.
LahoreCinema
BetweenRealismandFable IftikharDadi,Serieseditedby K.Sivaramakrishnan,AnandA.
Yang&PadmaKaimal
GlobalSouthAsia
November 2022 332pp 30b&willus.
9780295750811£25.99/ $30.00PB
9780295750798£89.00/$99.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Challengingtheassumptionofpopularcinemaas apolitical,Dadiexploreshowfilmsallowedtheir audiencestonavigatetensepoliticsbyanchoring socialchangeacrosstheterrainofdeepercultural imaginaries.
OnlytheNamesHave BeenChanged
Dragnet,thePoliceProcedural, andPostwarCulture
ClaudiaCalhoun
October 2022 216pp
9781477325384£45.00/ $50.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Inthepostwarera,thepoliceproceduralseries
DragnetinformedAmericansontheworkingsofthe criminaljusticesystemandinstructedthemintheir responsibilitiesascitizens.Morethanapopular entertainment,DragnetwasasignifierofAmerica’s postwarconfidenceingovernmentinstitutions— andapublicityvehiclefortheLosAngelesPolice Department.
Visitation
TheConjureWorkofBlack FeministAvant-GardeCinema
JenniferDeClue
November 2022 256pp 48illus.
9781478019169£21.99/ $25.95PB
9781478016526£90.00/$99.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExaminesBlackfeministavantgardefilmsfromfilmmakersincludingKaraWalker, Tourmaline,andJa’ToviaGarythatvisualizeviolence sufferedbyBlackwomenintheUnitedStates. Theorizingtheirfilmsasaformofconjurework, DeClueshowshowthesefilmmakersraisethe spectersofBlackwomenfromthepastandinvite themtorevealhistoryfromtheirpointofview.
WanderingWomen
UrbanEcologiesofItalian FeministFilmmaking
LauraDiBianco
NewDirectionsinNationalCinemas
December 2022 256pp 77b&willus.
9780253064653£21.99/ $25.00PB
9780253064646£54.00/$60.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
DiBiancocontendsthatwomen'surbanfilmmaking— whilearticulatingaclaimforbelongingandasserting cinematicandsocialagency—bringsintoview landscapesoftheAnthropocene,whereurbandecay andtheerasureofnatureintersectwithhuman alienation;itisalsoapowerfulmovementof resistanceagainstthedominantmalenarratives abouttheworldweinhabit.
PicturingIndians
NativeAmericansinFilm, 1941–1960
LizaBlack
December 2022 354pp 2photos,1 filmography
9781496232649£25.99/ $30.00NIP
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Criticallyexaminestheinner workingsofpost–WorldWarIIAmericanfilmsand productionstudiosthatcastAmericanIndianextras andactorsasNativepeople,forcingthemtocome facetofacewithmainstreamrepresentationsof “Indianness.”LizaBlackoffersarareandoverlooked perspectiveonAmericancinemahistorybygiving voicetocreatorsofmovieIndians—thestylists, publicrelationsworkers,andtheactorsthemselves.
May2022296pp
9781501763625£20.99/$27.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
FromSherlockHolmestoSamSpadeandNickand NoraCharlestoNeroWolfeandArchieGoodwin— crimeandcrime-solvinginfic�onandfilmcap�vate us.WhydowekeepgoingbacktoAgathaChris�e's ingeniouspuzzlesandRaymondChandler'shardboiledmurdermysteries?DavidLehmanexploresa widevarietyofoutstandingbooksandmovieswith style,wit,andpassion.
Women'sVoicesin DigitalMedia
TheSonicScreenfromFilmto Memes
JenniferO'Meara
April2022320pp
9781477324448£22.99/$29.95PB
9781477324431£72.00/$90.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Anexamina�onofthesoundandsilenceofwomen indigitalmedia.Divesintonewandwellestablishedmediaformatstoshowhow contemporaryscreenmediaandculturalprac�ces policeandfe�shizewomen’svoices,butalso provideexci�ngnewwaystoamplifyandempower them.
