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AHistoryofFakeThings ontheInternet
WalterScheirer
December 2023 272pp
9781503632882£25.99/ $30.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Asallaspectsofoursocialand informationallivesincreasingly migrateonline,thelinebetween whatis"real"andwhatisdigitallyfabricatedgrows everthinner.ComputerscientistScheirertakesa deepdiveintotheoriginsoffakenews,conspiracy theories,reportsoftheparanormal,andother deviationsfromrealitythathavebecomepartof mainstreamculture.
Advertising Revolutionary
TheLifeandWorkofTomBurrell
JasonP.Chambers
February 2024 256pp 10b&wphotos
9780252087646£21.99/ $24.95PB
9780252045530£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Overa40-yearcareer,ChicagoanTomBurrell changedthefaceofadvertisingandrevolutionized theindustry’sapproachtoAfricanAmericansas humanbeingsandconsumers.Compellingand multidimensional, AdvertisingRevolutionary combinesarchivalresearchandinterviewswith Burrellandhiscolleaguestoprovidealongoverdue portraitofanadvertisingindustrylegendandhis times.
Art,Activism,andSexual Violence
EditedbySallyL.Kitch&Dawn
R.Gilpin
February 2024 248pp 16colorillus.,24 b&willus.
9780295752105£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780295752099£94.00/$105.00 HB UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Art,Activism,andSexualViolence bringstogether creativework,inmultiplegenres,withanalysesof thehistoricalandculturalcontextsofsexualviolence fromintersectionalfeministperspectives.This volumeembracesartisticexpression'stransformative potentialandinspiresreaderstoaction,mutual recognition,resistance,andresilience.
ARevolutioninType GenderandtheMakingofthe AmericanYiddishPress AyeletBrinn
November 2023 336pp 13b&willus.
9781479817665£35.00/ $39.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Afascinatingglimpseintothe complexandoftenunexpected waysthatwomenandideasaboutwomenshaped widelyreadJewishnewspapers.Brinnarguesthat womenwerecentraltotheemergenceofthe Yiddishpressasapowerful,influentialforcein AmericanJewishculture.
Anteaesthetics
BlackAesthesisandtheCritique ofForm
RizvanaBradley
Inventions:BlackPhilosophy,Politics, Aesthetics
October 2023 400pp
9781503637139£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781503633025£81.00/$90.00 HB STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Bradleybeginsfromthepropositionthatblackness cannotberepresentedinmodernity'saesthetic regime,butisneverthelessfoundationaltoevery representation.Troublingtheideathattheaesthetic isshelteredfromtheantiblackterrorthatliesjust beyonditssanctuary,Bradleyinsiststhatblackness cannotmakeahomewithintheaesthetic,yetisheld asitsthresholdandaporia.
Artifactual ForensicandDocumentary Knowing
ElizabethAnneDavis
ExperimentalFutures
August 2023 400pp 55colorillus.
9781478019886£26.99/ $30.95PB
9781478017202£103.00/$114.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
ElizabethAnneDavisexploreshowCypriot researchers,scientists,activists,andartistsprocess andreckonwithcivilandstateviolencethatledto theenduringdivisionoftheisland,usingforensicand documentarymaterialstoretellandrecontextualize conflictsbetweenandwithintheGreek-Cypriotand Turkish-Cypriotcommunities.
Bootleggingthe Airwaves
AlternativeHistoriesofRadio andTelevisionDistribution
EleanorPatterson
TheHistoryofMediaand
Communication
February 2024 208pp 19b&wphotos
9780252087691£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780252045585£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Patterson’sfascinatingculturalhistoryexploresthe distributionofradioandTVtapesfromthe1960s throughthe1980s.Lookingatbootleggingagainst thebackdropofmassmedia’sformativeyears, Pattersondelvesintosomeofthemajorsubcultures oftheera.
BrandAntarctica
HowGlobalConsumerCulture
ShapesOurPerceptionsofthe IceContinent
HanneElliotFønssNielsen
PolarStudies
December 2023 272pp 13photos,6llus. 9781496221216£54.00/ $60.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Analysesadvertisementsandrelatedcultural productstoidentifycommonframingsthathave emergedinrepresentationsofAntarcticafromthe late19thcenturytothepresent.Demonstratinghow theseconceptualframingsofAntarcticainturn circulatethroughourculture,theauthorchallenges commonassumptionsaboutAntarctica’spastand present,encouragingreaderstorethinktheirown relationshipwiththeFarSouth.
ChinaandtheInternet UsingNewMediafor DevelopmentandSocialChange SongShi
December 2023 354pp 36b&wfigures and36tables
9781978834736£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781978834743£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
ChinaandtheInternet analyzeshowChinese activists,NGOs,andgovernmentofficeshaveused theInternettofightruralmalnutrition,thedigital divide,theCOVID-19pandemic,andotherurgent problemsaffectingmillionsofpeople.Itpresentsfive theoretically-informedcasestudiesofhownew mediahavebeenusedininterventionsfor developmentandsocialchange,includinghow activistsbattledagainstCOVID-19.
BorderTunnels
AMediaTheoryoftheU.S.-
MexicoUnderground
JuanLlamas-Rodriguez
November 2023 272pp 80b&wllus.
9781517914295£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781517914288£100.00/$112.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Acomparativemediaanalysisoftherepresentation oftheU.S.–Mexicoborder.Focusingontunnelsto showhowmediarepresentationscaninfluenceall kindsofaudiences—eventhosephysicallynearthe border—BorderTunnels helpsusmakesenseofthis pressingsocialissue,ultimatelyadvancing understandingoftheU.S.–Mexicoborderinallofits complexityandprecariousness.
Broken
TheFailedPromiseofMuslim Inclusion
EvelynAlsultany
September 2023 320pp 18b&willus. 9781479805136£16.99/ $19.95NIP NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS AlsultanyarguesthatMuslimsget includedthrough“crisis diversity,”wherehigh-profileIslamophobicincidents areurgentlyrespondedtoandthenignoreduntilthe nextcrisis.Inthepopularculturalarenaoftelevision, thismeansinterrogatingeventhoserepresentations ofMuslimsthatothershavecelebratedas refreshinglypositive.
ClassicisminDigital Times
CulturalRemembranceas
ReimaginationintheSinophone Cyberspace
EditedbyDavidDer-weiWang &ZhiyiYang
January 2024 250pp 41llus.
9781478024811£13.99/ $16.00PB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
TopicscoveredincludeChinese/Sinophoneidentityin thedigitalage;thechallengesandopportunitiesof digitalmedia,includingtheimpactofcensorship; decentralizationversusthehegemonicexerciseof culturalmemoryinChinaandbeyond;cultural memoryasimaginednostalgiainconsumerculture; andthepowerofsocialmediaandpopularculturein identityformation.
Communicationsin
TurkeyandtheOttoman
Empire
ACriticalHistory
BurçeÇelik
TheGeopoliticsofInformation
September 2023 272pp
9780252087394£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780252045257£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
De-Westernizingthecommunicationshistoryof Turkeyanditsimperialpredecessor.Ambitiousand comprehensive,Çelikmergespoliticaleconomy withsocialhistorytochallengeWestern-centered assumptionsabouttheoriginsanddevelopmentof moderncommunications.
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.
FrontOfficeFantasies
TheRiseofManagerialSports Media
BrandenBuehler
StudiesinSportsMedia
December 2023 256pp 27b&wphotos
9780252087745£21.99/ $24.95PB
9780252045622£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Frontofficeexecutiveshavebecomehigh-profile commentators,movieandvideogameprotagonists, androlemodelsforagenerationraisedinthedatadriven,financializedworldofcontemporarysports. BrandenBuehlerexaminesthemediatransformation oftheseonceobscuremanagementfiguresinto esteemedexpertsandsportingidols.
EncounteringViolence MediaandMemoryinAsia
EditedbyHanSangKim &SandeepRay
October 2023 250pp 23illus.
9781478024804£11.99/ $14.00PB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Topicscoveredincludefilmand radiobroadcastingas propagandainwartimeandpostwarAsia;meaning constructionofarchivalfilmfootageinthepolitics ofmemory;historicalfictionfilms’representation ofcolonialmemoryinthepostcolonialsociety;how archivalpracticesanddocumentary-making collectivelyresistforgettingstateviolence;andthe useofvirtualrealitytechnologyinthe representationofhistoricaltraumainmuseums.
FreetoHate
HowMediaLiberalization
EnabledRight-WingPopulismin
Post-1989Bulgaria
MartinMarinos
GeopoliticsofInformation
November 2023 304pp 30b&wphotos
9780252087615£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780252045509£112.00/$125.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Marinosappliesacriticalpoliticaleconomyapproach toplaceBulgarianright-wingpopulismwithinthe structuraltransformationofthecountry’smedia institutions.AsMarinosshows,mediaconcentration underWesterngiantslikeWestdeutscheAllgemeine ZeitungandNewsCorporationhaveledtoa neoliberalturnofcommercialization,concentration, andtabloidizationacrossmedia
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.
Hedged HowPrivateInvestmentFunds
HelpedDestroyAmerican NewspapersandUndermine
Democracy
MargotSusca
TheHistoryofMediaand Communication
January 2024 232pp
9780252087561£21.99/ $24.95PB
9780252045462£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Suscarevealsthelittle-knownhistoryofhow privateinvestmenttookoverthenewspaper industry.Susca’sanalysisusesin-depthinterviews anddocumentaryevidencetoexamineissues surroundingownershipandpower.
IndecentDetroit
Race,Sex,andCensorshipinthe MotorCity
BenStrassfeld
December 2023 344pp 21b&willus.
9780253067845£34.00/ $38.00PB
9780253067838£81.00/$90.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Byexaminingcensorshipinfilm andliterature, IndecentDetroit recountsthe evolutionofmediacontrolfromtheendofWWII throughthe1970s,whentheUSsawamajorchange inthelegalmechanismsusedtocensormediadueto courtrulingsthatcurtailedcensorshiplaws.
InVisibleArchives
QueerandFeministVisual Cultureinthe1980s
MargaretGalvan
September 2023 336pp 65b&willus.
9781517903244£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781517903237£100.00/$112.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Thearthighlightedin InVisibleArchives demonstrateshowwomenrepresentedtheirbodies andsexualitiesontheirowntermsandcreated visibilityfornew,diverseidentities,thusservingas blueprintsforfutureactivismandadvocacy—work thatisurgentnowmorethaneverasLGBTQ+and women’srightsfacechallengesandrestrictions acrossthenation.
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.
MaryAnnShaddCary
TheBlackPressandProtestinthe NineteenthCentury,NewEdition
JaneRhodes
September 2023 318pp 17b&wphotos
9780253067951£29.99/ $35.00PB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
ShaddCaryisbestknownasthe firstAfricanAmericanwomanto publishandeditanewspaperinNorthAmerica.This bookexploresherremarkablelifeandoffersa windowonthefreeblackexperience,emergentblack nationalisms,AfricanAmericangenderideologies, andtheformationofablackpublicsphere.Thisnew editioncontainsanewepilogueandnewphotos.
MediaBackends
DigitalInfrastructuresand SociotechnicalRelations
EditedbyLisaParks,Julia
Velkova&SanderdeRidder
GeopoliticsofInformation
December 2023 320pp 25b&wphotos
9780252087462£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780252045349£112.00/$125.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Mediabackends--theelectronics,labor,and operationsbehindourscreens--significantlyinfluence ourunderstandingofthesociotechnicalrelations, economies,andoperationsofmedia.LisaParks,Julia Velkova,andSanderDeRidderassembleessaysthat delveintotheevolvingpoliticsofthemedia infrastructurallandscape.
MediatingViolence fromAfrica
FrancophoneLiterature,Film, andTestimonyaftertheCold War
GeorgeMacLeod
October 2023 256pp 2illus.,1appendix
9781496230638£58.00/ $65.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
MacLeodanalyzesthewaysFrancophoneAfrican authorsandfilmmakers,aswellastheireditorsand scholarlycritics,negotiatetheaesthetic,political, cultural,andethicalimplicationsofmakingthese traumaticstoriesvisible.
Narcomedia
Latinidad,PopularCulture,and America'sWaronDrugs
JasonRuiz
Latinx:TheFutureIsNow
October 2023 288pp 20b&wphotos
9781477328194£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781477328187£85.00/$95.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
ExploringrepresentationsofLatinxpeoplefrom ScarfacetoNarcos,thisbookexamineshowpop culturehasframedLatinAmericaasthevillainin America’slongandineffectualWaronDrugs.Jason Ruizexploresthecreationandenduranceofthis trope,itseffectsonLatinAmericansandLatinx people,anditsroleintheculturalpoliticsoftheWar onDrugs.
PlayfulProtest
ThePoliticalWorkofJoyinLatinx Media
KristieSoares
FeministMediaStudies
September 2023 264pp 23colorphotos
9780252087424£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780252045295£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Joyisapoliticizedformofpleasurethatgoesbeyond gratificationtochallengenormsofgender,sexuality, race,andclass.KristieSoaresfocusesonthediasporic mediaofPuertoRicoandCubatoexaminehow music,publicactivistdemonstrations,socialmedia, sitcoms,andotherareasofcultureresistthe dominantstoriestoldaboutLatinxjoy.
Capitalism,Media,and ModernityinManilaand Singapore
ElmoGonzaga
November 2023 272pp 14b&willus.
9781531505288£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531505271£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Uncoverstheentangledvernacularculturesof capitalistmodernity,massconsumption,andmedia spectatorshipinunderstudiedpostcolonialManila andSingaporeacrossthreecrucialhistorical moments.
NeuralNetworks
RanjodhSinghDhaliwal,Théo LePage-Richer&LucySuchman
InSearchofMedia
January 2024 110pp
9781517916695£15.99/ $18.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Acriticalexaminationofthe figureoftheneuralnetworkasit mediatesneuroscientificandcomputational discoursesandtechnicalpractices.Thisvolume exploreshowcognitioncametobeconstructedas essentiallycomputationalinnature,tothepointof underwritingatechnologizedviewofhumanbiology, psychology,andsociability,andhow countermovementsprovideresourcesforthinking otherwise.
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.
PortablePostsocialisms
NewCubanMediascapesafter theEndofHistory
PalomaDuong
BorderHispanisms
January 2024 296pp 19b&wphotos
9781477328262£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
ThislongoverduereassessmentofCuba’splacein LatinAmericanandpost-Marxiststudiesshows Cubanpostsocialismtobeanurgentand indispensablereferentforcoredebatesonthe politicsofparticipatoryculturesinnewmedia studies. PortablePostsocialisms performsthe crucialtaskofredefininghowweenvision imaginariesofsocialchangeinLatinAmericaand theCaribbean.
ReorientingtheMiddle East
FilmandDigitalMediaWhere thePersianGulf,ArabianSea,
andIndianOceanMeet
EditedbyDaleHudson &AliaYunis
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.
SettlerAesthetics
VisualizingtheSpectacleof OriginaryMomentsinTheNew World
MishuanaGoeman
IndigenousFilms
November 2023 214pp 7illus.,1
chart,index 9780803290662£25.99/ $30.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ExaminesTerrenceMalick’sfilm TheNewWorld (2005)andthePocahontasnarrative,analyzingthe settlerstructuresandregimesofpowerthatsustain colonialismandempire.Goemanmasterfullypeels awaythevisuallayersofsettlerlogicsin TheNew World,creatingalanguageinNativeAmericanand Indigenousstudiesforinterpretingvisualmedia.
QueerNetworks
RayJohnson'sCorrespondence
Art
MiriamKienle
December 2023 296pp 108b&wllus.
9781517911638£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781517911621£125.00/$140.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
HowthequeercorrespondenceartofRayJohnson disruptedartworldconventionsandanticipated today’shighlynetworkedculture.Applyingboth queertheoryandnetworkstudies,Kienleexplores howJohnson’sradicalcorrespondenceart establishednewmodesofconnectivitythat fosteredqueersensibilitiesandrancountertothe conventionalmethodsbywhichartistswere expectedtodeveloptheirreputation.
Scratchin'andSurvivin' HustleEconomicsandtheBlack SitcomsofTandemProductions AdrienSebro
November 2023 192pp 12b&willus.,10 colorllus.
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.
SettlerColonialWaysof Seeing
Documentation,Administration,
andtheInterventionsof IndigenousArt
DanielleTaschereauMamers
December 2023 208pp 20b&willus.
9781531505202£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781531505196£94.00/$105.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
InvestigateshowtheCanadianstatehasused documents,lists,anddatabasestogenerate,make visible–andinvisible–Indigenousidentity.Thisisa crucialbookforanyreaderinterestedinthe intersectionofstatearchives,settlercolonialstudies, andvisualcultureinthecontextofCanada’scomplex andviolentrelationshipwithIndigenouspeoples.
StagingaComeback
Broadway,Hollywood,andthe DisneyRenaissance
PeterC.Kunze
September 2023 222pp 1bwillus.,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.
SufferingSappho!
LesbianCampinAmerican PopularCulture
BarbaraJaneBrickman
November 2023 242pp 19b&wphotos
9781978828254£27.99/ $32.95PB
9781978828261£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Offeringthefirstmajor considerationoflesbiancampinAmericanpopular culture, SufferingSappho! tracesalarger-than-life lesbianmenaceacrossmid-centurymediaformsto proposefiveprototypicalqueericons—thesicko,the monster,thespinster,theAmazon,andtherebel.
StrictlyObservant
AmishandUltra-Orthodox JewishWomenNegotiating Media
RivkaNeriya-BenShahar
January 2024 222pp 2tables
9781978805217£38.00/ $42.95PB
9781978805224£116.00/$130.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
StrictlyObservant presentsacompelling ethnographicstudyofthecomplexdynamic betweenwomeninboththePennsylvanianOld OrderAmishandIsraeliUltra-OrthodoxJewish communitiesandcontemporarymedia technologies.
TextualCacophony
OnlineVideoandAnonymityin Japan
DanielJohnson
October 2023 180pp 16b&whalftones
9781501772269£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781501772252£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthebehaviorsand routinesofcommunicationwithinanonymous internetcultureinJapan.Johnsonuncoversthese sites'complexculturesofwritingthatobscure meaningthroughplayfulandopaqueformsof deviantscriptandoverwhelmingwavesoftext.Those practicesconflatelanguagewithimages,meaning withplay,andconfoundindividualrepresentation withaggregateformsofsocialidentity.
TheAuthenticity Industries
MichaelSerazio
November 2023 296pp
9781503635487£23.99/ $28.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Inrecentdecades,authenticityhasbecomean Americanobsession.In TheAuthenticityIndustries, journalistandscholarMichaelSeraziocombineseyeopeningreportingandlivelyprosetotakereaders behindthesceneswiththosewhomake"reality"— andthewaysittriestoinfluenceus.
TheDigitalDeparted
VirtualImmortality
TimothyRecuber
September 2023 288pp 10b&willus.
9781479814961£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781479814947£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Afascinatingexplorationofthesocialmeaningof digitaldeathRecubertraceshowcommunication beyonddeathevolvedovertime.Historically,the methodsofmourninghavebeencharacterizedby unequalaccesstopowerandprivilege.However,the internetoffersmoreagencytothedead,allowing usersaccessibilityandcreativityincuratinghowthey wanttoberemembered.
TheNewNancy FlexibleandRelatableDaily ComicsintheTwenty-First Century JeffKarnicky
Encapsulations:CriticalComicsStudies
September 2023 214pp 5illus.,index
9781496235862£25.99/ $30.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ExploreshowOliviaJaimes’s2018rebootofthe legacycomicstripexemplifiestheadaptabilityof contemporaryflexiblecomicstoservedivergent audiences,fromnostalgicfanswhoreadthedaily comicsinnewspaperstonewerwebcomicreaders. RebootedcomicstripslikeNancydirectlyconfront thestereotypicalrepresentationsthathauntthe pastofcomics.
TheOtherSideof Empathy
JadeE.Davis
August 2023 136pp 23illus.
9781478025016£20.99/ $23.95PB
9781478020035£81.00/$89.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Conteststhevalueofempathyas anaffectiveorcriticaltool. Drawingondigitalarchivesofphotos,memoirs, newspapers,interviews,andadvertisements regardingnineteenth-centuryethnographicmuseums andhumanzoos,Davisshowshowempathetic responseseraseculpabilitiesfromthoseinstitutions thatcommodifydifference.Inempathy’splace,Davis proposesmutualrecognitionasawaytoseeand experienceothersbeyondcolonialmodesof empathy.
ThereSheGoesAgain
Gender,Power,andKnowledge
inContemporaryFilmand
TelevisionFranchises
AvivaDove-Viebahn
December 2023 212pp 13colorllus.
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.
TheNewTrueCrime
HowtheRiseofSerialized StorytellingIsTransforming Innocence
DianaRickard
AlternativeCriminology
September 2023 304pp 1b&willus.
9781479816040£25.99/ $30.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
TVshowsandpodcastslike MakingaMurderer, Serial, and AtlantaMonster havetakenthecultural zeitgeistbystorm.Rickardarguesthatthesenew truecrimeseriesdeserveourattentionforwhat theyrevealaboutoursocietalunderstandingof crimeandpunishment,andforthenewlightthey shineontheinequalitiesofthecriminaljustice system.
TheRiseofDigitalSex Work
KurtFowler
November 2023 288pp
9781479824205£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781479824151£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
KurtFowlertakesusinsidethe livesofsexworkerswhoprovide avarietyofservices:web-camming,dominatrixwork, burlesque,andescorting.Heprovidesinsightinto howrace,class,andprivilegeaffecttheirworkand theroletheinternethasplayedintheirprofessional journeys.
WatchingWhileBlack Rebooted
TheTelevisionandDigitalityof BlackAudiences
EditedbyBerettaE.SmithShomade
ForewordbyHermanS.Gray
November 2023 220pp 28b&wimages
9781978830028£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781978830035£63.00/$69.95 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Paintingadecidedlyintrospectiveportraitacross fortyyearsofBlacktelevision, WatchingWhileBlack Rebooted shedsmuch-neededlightonunderexamineddemographics,broadenscommon audienceconsiderations,andgivesdeferencetothe preferencesofaudiencesandproducersofBlacktargetedprogramming.
WhoWouldYouKillto SavetheWorld?
ClaireColebrook
Provocations
September 2023 190pp
9781496234988£16.99/ $20.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ClaireColebrookexamineshow postapocalypticcinemauses imagesfromthepastandpresenttodepictwhatit meanstopreservetheworld—andwhoisleftout ofthenarrativeofrebuildingsociety.Thisbookisa provocativeadditiontothefieldofextinction studiesandchallengestheconceptualframeswe usetodefineourselves.
DigitalMasquerade FeministRightsandQueer MediainChina
JiaTan
PostmillennialPop
February 2023 224pp 19b&wllus.
9781479811847£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781479811830£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Offersatrenchantandsingularanalysisofthe convergenceofdigitalmedia,feministandqueer culture,andrightsconsciousnessinChina.JiaTan capturesthefeminist,queer,andrightsarticulations thataresimultaneouslydisruptiveofandconditioned bystatecensorship,technologicalaffordances,and dominantsocialnorms.
PalestinianRitualsof Identity
TheProphetMosesFestivalin Jerusalem,1850-1948
AwadHalabi
January 2023 336pp
9781477326312£49.00/ $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
AninnovativeapproachtomodernPalestinianhistory asviewedthroughastudyoftheProphetMoses festivalfromthemid-nineteenthtothemidtwentiethcentury.Drawingonextensiveresearchin ArabicnewspapersandIslamicandcolonialarchives, Halabirevealshowthefestivalhasencapsulated Palestinians’responsestomodernity,colonialism, andthenation’sgrowingnationalidentity.
ATheoryofAssembly
FromMuseumstoMemes
KyleParry
January 2023 320pp 73b&wllus.
9781517913168£25.99/ $30.00PB
9781517913151£108.00/$120.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Digitalandsocialmediahavetransformedhow muchandhowfastwecommunicate.Buttheyhave alsoalteredthepaletteofexpressivestrategies:the culturalformsthatshapehowcitizens,activists,and artistsspeakandinteract.Mostfamiliaramong thesestrategiesarestorytellingandrepresentation. KyleParryarguesthatoneofthemostpowerfuland pervasiveculturalformsinthedigitalerais assembly.
FreeCultureandtheCity Hackers,Commoners,and NeighborsinMadrid,1997–2017
AlbertoCorsínJiménez &AdolfoEstalella
Expertise:CulturesandTechnologiesof Knowledge
February 2023 288pp 17b&whalftones
9781501767180£29.99/ $34.95PB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingontwodecadesofethnographicand historicalworkwithfreeculturecollectivesinMadrid, FreeCultureandtheCity examineshowandwhyfree softwarespreadbeyondtheworldofhackersand softwareengineerstobecomethebasisforanurban movementnowheraldedbyscholarsasamodelfor emulationandinspiration.
TheRevolutionWillBe Hilarious ComedyforSocialChangeand CivicPower CatyBorum
PostmillennialPop
February 2023 304pp 20b&wllus.
9781479810833£25.99/ $30.00PB
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NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thisbookpositionstheriseofsocialjusticecomedy ascreative,disruptivestorytellingthathilariously invitesustoagitatethestatusquoandre-imagine socialrealitiestocomeclosertothepromiseof equityandjusticeinAmerica.
