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FILM STUDIES Film-Philosophy & Film Theory 5
American Film 50
Aesthetics 13
Genre 55
Directors & Stars 22
Adaptation 62
Gender & Sexuality 32
World & Transnational Film 64
European Film 35
How to Order 67
Asian Film 45
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Catalogue Cover image: The Tale of Despereaux, 2008 Š Universal Pictures/Photofest/ Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen
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Letter from the Team This year we’re very excited to be launching our first platinum open access book series – Visionaries: Thinking Through Female Filmmakers. Edited by Lucy Bolton and Richard Rushton, books in the series will contribute to the reignited feminism and film studies debates, and examine the cinematic visions of the world presented by women filmmakers. Our twin series ReFocus: The American Directors Series and ReFocus: The International Directors Series continue to grow in 2019, with the publication of 7 new books delving into the works of Spike Jonze, Xavier Dolan and Elaine May, among others. If your research concentrates on film’s connection with other arts, you might be interested in our series Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality, exploring everything from the museum as a cinematic space to animated documentaries. PS we’re now commissioning in Television Studies – if you’re working on a project in the field, please get in touch to discuss your proposal.
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FILM-PHILOSOPHY & THEORY
Visionaries Thinking Through Female Filmmakers Series Editors: Lucy Bolton and Richard Rushton Visionaries explores the aesthetic, industrial and cultural questions that relate to female filmmakers. Analysing formal styles, conceptual concerns, political perspectives and industrial realities, Visionaries creates a new perspective on the ways in which women filmmakers work and a new forum for considering their individual styles and cinematic worldviews.
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The Cinema of Marguerite Duras Multisensoriality and Female Subjectivity Michelle Royer, University of Sydney Paperback £14.99 | $19.95
Examines how the films of Marguerite Duras create a multisensorial experience for spectators The writer Marguerite Duras was a key figure in post-war French cinema, pioneering innovations such as the disjunction of film and image, and the primacy given to voices, silence and music. Her multisensorial approach opened up new spaces for the female experience to be expressed. Drawing on theories of embodiment and spectatorship, this book analyses the tactility and multisensoriality of Duras’ films, and how they relate to her female-centred perspective. June 2019 128 pages 12 colour illustrations Paperback ISBN: 9781474427852 Also available in Hardback and Open Access Ebook
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Animal Worlds Film, Philosophy and Time Laura McMahon, University of Cambridge
The first sustained exploration of the relationships between cinematic time and animal life Bringing together Gilles Deleuze’s writings on cinema and on animals – while drawing on Jacques Derrida, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Nicole Shukin and others – Laura McMahon argues that films such as Bestiaire and The Turin Horse question the biopolitical reduction of animal life to forms of capital, opening up realms of virtuality, becoming and alternative political futures. Hardback £75 | $110 June 2019 176 pages 9781474446389 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch Lucy Bolton, Queen Mary University of London
Opens a dialogue between contemporary film and Iris Murdoch’s thinking on art, goodness and existentialism Bringing together Murdoch’s moral philosophy and contemporary cinema to build a dialogue about vision, ethics and love, Lucy Bolton encourages us to view cinema as a way of studying other worlds and moral journeys, and to reflect upon their ethical significance in the world of the film and in our daily lives. Hardback £75 | $110 July 2019 224 pages 9781474416399 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Deconstruction, Feminism, Film Sarah Dillon, University of Cambridge
Examines and critiques Derrida’s work in relation to gender, sexuality and film Employing a dual feminist methodology of critique and generation, Sarah Dillon probes the feminist faultlines in Derrida’s thought and generates original feminist insight into key concerns of contemporary film studies – including spectatorship, realism vs artifice, narrative, adaptation, auto/biography and the still. Hardback £70 | $105 June 2018 184 pages 9781474434195 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Jacques Rancière and the Politics of Art Cinema James Harvey, independent scholar
Analyses Rancière’s philosophy and its potential for understanding the conversation between contemporary politics and art cinema Drawing on case studies of films including Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Climates and John Akomfrah’s The Nine Muses, this books asks to what extent is politics shaping art cinema. And – in turn – could art cinema possibly affect the political structure of the world as we know it? Hardback £75 | $110 July 2018 152 pages 9781474423786 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Rethinking Brechtian Film Theory and Cinema Angelos Koutsourakis, University of Leeds
A comprehensive re-examination of Brechtian film theory Making a compelling argument for the continuing relevance of Brechtian film theory and cinema, this book offers new research and analysis of Brecht the film and media theorist, placing his scattered writings on the subject within the lively film theory debates that took place in Europe between the 1920s and 1960s. Case studies include Robert Roberto Rossellini’s Paisà, Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2018 272 pages 9781474418904 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
James Benning’s Environments Politics, Ecology, Duration Edited by Nikolaj Lübecker, University of Oxford and Daniele Rugo, Brunel University
A critical exploration of James Benning’s films, the material environments they explore and the perceptual environments they create In James Benning’s Environments a range of international scholars highlight the thematic and formal coherence of Benning’s practice, whilst providing readers with an artistic and historical context to understand his experimental film work. The book offers a number of interpretative frameworks drawing on film theory, environmental humanities, visual culture and philosophy. Hardback £75 | $110 November 2017 192 pages 9781474417945 20 colour illustrations Also available in Ebook
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The Filmmaker’s Philosopher Merab Mamardashvili and Russian Cinema Alyssa DeBlasio, Dickinson College
Traces the influence of Soviet philosopher Merab Mamardashvili on a generation of Soviet and Russian filmmakers Between 1976 and 1990, Mamardashvili taught the required courses in philosophy at Russia’s two leading film schools, bringing him into contact with internationally prolific directors, including Pavel Lungin, Alexander Sokurov, Alexei Balabanov and Yuri Norshtein. This book examines his impact on a whole generation of Soviet and Russian filmmakers, and assesses his continuing influence today. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2019 256 pages 9781474444484 16 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Cracking Gilles Deleuze’s Crystal Narrative Space-time in the Films of Jean Renoir Barry Nevin, Dublin Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin
Applies complex Deleuzian thought to the quintessential French auteur Reassessing the unique qualities of Renoir’s influential visual style by interpreting his films through a blend of Gilles Deleuze’s film-philosophy and previously unpublished production files, Barry Nevin provides a fresh and accessible interdisciplinary perspective that illuminates both the complexity and diversity of Renoir’s oeuvre. Hardback £75 | $110 August 2018 256 pages 9781474426299 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Cinematic Nihilism Encounters, Confrontations, Overcomings John Marmysz, College of Marin in Kentfield, California
Explores ways in which nihilism is encountered, confronted and overcome in contemporary film Through case studies of popular films, including Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises and The Human Centipede, and with chapters on Scotland’s cinematic portrayal as both a site of ‘nihilistic sacrifice’ and as ‘nowhere in particular’, this book presents a necessary corrective, re-emphasising the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism and casting it as a phenomenon that need not be overcome. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2017 224 pages 9781474424561 18 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 8
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Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films Daniel Shaw, formerly Lock Haven University
An in-depth study of the film-philosophy of Stanley Cavell and his philosophical influences Focusing on his account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, Dan Shaw draws on Cavell’s theories to interpret a range of classic and contemporary dramas, including Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Boys Don’t Cry and The Hurt Locker. Pairing of these analyses with discussions of Cavell’s precursors, including Emerson, Nietzsche and Mill, the book explores a distinctively American philosophical foundation for the study of Hollywood film. Hardback £75 | $110 August 2019 192 pages 9781474455701 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Time, Existential Presence and the Cinematic Image Ethics and Emergence to Being in Film Sam B. Girgus, Vanderbilt University
Uses philosophical thinking on delayed cinema, time and ethics to provide a new approach to reading film In this book, Sam B. Girgus relates Laura Mulvey’s theory of ‘delayed cinema’ to ideas on time and the relationship to the other in the writings of Jean-Luc Nancy, Emmanuel Levinas and Julia Kristeva, among others. The book includes close readings of The Bicycle Thieves, Two Days, One Night, The Revenant and The Age of Innocence. Hardback £75 | $110 September 2018 200 pages 9781474436236 10 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Film and the Imagined Image Sarah Cooper, King’s College London
A study of how films prompt spectators to create images in the mind This book explores the extraordinary ways in which film can stimulate and direct the image-making capacity of the imagination. Bringing together an international range of films with debates in philosophy, film theory, literary scholarship and cognitive psychology, Sarah Cooper charts the key processes that serve the imagining of images in the light of the mind. Hardback £75 | $110 September 2019 208 pages 9781474452786 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Raymond Bellour Cinema and the Moving Image Hilary Radner and Alistair Fox, both University of Otago
A comprehensive study of Raymond Bellour, one of the most important foundational theorists of Film Studies With a succinct account of Bellour’s oeuvre, this book provides a generous introduction to his ideas on cinema, an annotated bibliography of his work and a 6-chapter translation of a substantial and wide-ranging interview previously unavailable in English. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 March 2018 232 pages 9781474422895 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
The Audience Effect On the Collective Cinema Experience Julian Hanich, University of Groningen
Explores the experiences spectators have when they watch a film collectively in a cinema Attending a film in a cinema implies being influenced by other people, an ‘audience effect’ that is particularly noticeable once affective responses like laughter, weeping, embarrassment or anger play a role. In this book, Julian Hanich explores the subjectively lived experience of watching films together, to discover a fuller understanding of cinema as an art form and a social institution. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 May 2019 256 pages 9781474431774 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Impossible Puzzle Films A Cognitive Approach to Contemporary Complex Cinema Miklós Kiss and Steven Willemsen, both University of Groningen
Using a cognitive film studies framework, this book explores how our minds engage with complex storytelling Analysing the effects that different complex narratives have on viewers, this book addresses how films like Donnie Darko, Mulholland Drive and Primer strategically create complexity and confusion. By looking at how these films play on our mind’s blind spots, this innovative volume explains their viewing effects in terms of the mental state of cognitive dissonance that they evoke. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 March 2018 240 pages 9781474431972 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 10
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The Major Realist Film Theorists A Critical Anthology Edited by Ian Aitken, Hong Kong Baptist University
A critical re-examination of four major realist film theorists From the 1910s to the emergence of structuralism and poststructuralism in the 1960s, the writings of John Grierson, Siegfried Kracauer, André Bazin and Georg Lukács dominated realist film theory. In this critical anthology a wide range of international scholars explore the interconnections between their ideas and help generate new understandings of this important, if neglected, field. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 240 pages 9781474425964 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Abbas Kiarostami and Film-Philosophy Mathew Abbott, Federation University Australia
Develops an original and provocative anti-theoretical film-philosophy Mathew Abbott argues that Kiarostami’s films carry out cinematic thinking: they do not just illustrate pre-existing philosophical ideas, but do real philosophical work. He draws on Ludwig Wittgenstein, Stanley Cavell, John McDowell and Alice Crary, amongst others, to bring out the thinking at work in Kiarostami’s later films: Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, ABC Africa, Ten, Five, Shirin, Certified Copy and Like Someone in Love. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 March 2018 176 pages 9781474432290 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Deleuze, Cinema and the Thought of the World Allan James Thomas, RMIT University, Australia
Addresses the specific philosophical problems Deleuze seeks to resolve, and can only resolve, by means of the cinema Allan James Thomas unpacks the nature of the philosophical problems that Deleuze turns to the cinema to resolve, and shows both how and why the resources of the cinema enable him to do so where philosophy alone cannot. Thomas offers new insights into the conceptual underpinnings both of the Cinema books themselves and of the trajectory of Deleuzian philosophy as a whole. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2019 280 pages 9781474432801 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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FILM-PHILOSOPHY & FILM THEORY
Acinemas Lyotard’s Philosophy of Film Edited by Graham Jones, Federation University, Australia and Ashley Woodward, University of Dundee
The first major survey of Lyotard’s contribution to film theory This collection presents for the first time in English all of Lyotard’s major essays on film, an introductory essay by the leading French scholar on Lyotard’s film-philosophy, an overview of Lyotard’s practical film projects written by his collaborators, and a selection of critical essays by philosophers and film theorists. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 September 2017 240 pages 9781474418942 5 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Film-Philosophy Editor: David Sorfa, University of Edinburgh
Film-Philosophy is an open access peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the engagement between film studies and philosophy. The journal is interested in the ways in which films develop and contribute to philosophical discussion. www.euppublishing.com/r/film-philosophy Continuous publication Online ISSN: 1466 4615
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Cinema Between Media An Intermediality Approach Jørgen Bruhn, Linnæus University and Anne Gjelsvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Paperback £19.99 | $29.95
Offers new tools from intermediality studies for analysing contemporary cinema Cinema has always been a mixed medium, sharing its basic form with photography, borrowing heavily from performing arts and the novel, and combining medialities like painting and music. But although it could be argued that cinema is the intermedial art form per excellence, this insight has not affected film analysis as much as might be expected. Seeking to change our perceptions of cinema as a medium, Cinema Between Media draws on case studies of films like Zero Dark Thirty, Citizen Kane, Howl and Birdman to rethink cinema as an aesthetic form, and to raise new ideas about the practice of film analysis. Case studies include: • Citizen Kane by Orson Welles • Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu • Louder than Bombs by Joakim Trier • Eternal Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) by Jan Troell • Howl by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman • Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow • Chasing Ice by Jeff Orlowski • Ice and Sky (La glace et le ciel) by Luc Jacquet
June 2018 168 pages 25 b&w illustrations Paperback ISBN: 9781474429023 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Film and Domestic Space Architectures, Representations, Dispositif Edited by Stefano Baschiera, Queen’s University Belfast and Miriam de Rosa, Coventry University
Brings a range of perspectives, theories and approaches to explore the domestic space in cinema Engaging with key elements questioning home and domesticity, such as its relationship with social space and the process of identity construction, this collection covers a fundamental aspect of cinema and domestic space. Case studies include an analysis of the works of Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Claire Denis and Alain Resnais, among others. Hardback £75 | $110 November 2019 272 pages 9781474428927 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Cinema, If You Please The Memory of Taste, the Taste of Memory Murray Pomerance, independent scholar
Examines how pre-modernist conceptions and social organisations of pleasure have impacted post-World War II film Wedding the notion of pleasure in film viewing to the history of pleasure in the West, this book considers pleasure gardens and promenading; the history of oil painting and its display; the passion for travel and exposure to the exotic and strange; and forms of musical repetition and restatement. Hardback £75 | $110 November 2018 216 pages 9781474428682 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Cultivating Extreme Art Cinema Text, Paratext and Home Video Culture Simon Hobbs, University of Portsmouth
Examines the phenomenon of extreme cinema through an indepth application of paratextual theory Using paratextual theory to address the accusations of gimmickry often directed towards extreme art films, Simon Hobbs focuses upon the DVD and Blu-ray object, analysing how sleeve designs, blurbs and special features shape the identity of the film and prepare the audience for a particular type of cinematic experience. Hardback £75 | $110 August 2018 240 pages 9781474427371 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 14
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Disappearing War Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cinema and Erasure in the Post-9/11 World Edited by Christina Hellmich and Lisa Purse, both University of Reading
Illuminates the extent to which people, images and experiences are erased from cultural representations of contemporary warfare Examining a range of films that have provoked debate, from awardwinning features such as American Sniper, to documentaries like Kill List, alongside the work of visual artists like Harun Farocki and Omer Fast, this book maps the practices of erasure that have marked the cultural representation of military interventions connected to the ‘war on terror’. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2018 216 pages 9781474437523 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Troubled Everyday The Aesthetics of Violence and the Everyday in European Art Cinema Alison Taylor, Bond University
Investigates the framing of the ordinary and the everyday in extreme European art film Why do the sudden moments of violence that punctuate films like Fat Girl and Michael seem so reliant on everyday routines and settings for their impact? Troubled Everyday offers the first detailed examination of the relationship between violence and the everyday in European art cinema, and calls for a re-evaluation of what gives these films such a prolonged grip on our imagination. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 November 2018 144 pages 9781474440981 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Douglas Sirk, Aesthetic Modernism and the Culture of Modernity Victoria L. Evans, Dunedin Film Society
Examines the influence of modernist art and architecture on the work of American director Douglas Sirk This book reveals how the exaggerated artifice of Sirk’s formal style emerged from his understanding of the artistic debates that raged in 1920s Europe and the post-war United States. Victoria Evans demonstrates how Sirk attempted to dissolve the boundaries of cinema by assimilating elements of avant-garde art, architecture and design into the colour, composition and setting of many of his films. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 May 2019 208 pages 9781474452021 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Extreme Cinema Affective Strategies in Transnational Media Aaron Kerner, San Francisco State University and Jonathan Knapp, independent scholar
Examines how extreme cinema mobilises explicit content and highly embellished aesthetics to affect spectators Extreme Cinema examines the highly stylised treatment of sex and violence in post-millennial transnational cinema, where the governing convention is not the narrative but the spectacle. Interrogating works such as Wetlands, A Serbian Film and YouTube ‘reaction videos’, this volume demonstrates the way content and form combine to affectively manipulate the viewing body. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 192 pages 9781474426022 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Improving Passions Sentimental Aesthetics and American Film Charles Burnetts, University of Western Ontario
Examines sentimentality in film to reveal a fascinating history of aesthetic debate concerning the emotional and moral functions of art Investigating 18th-century ‘moral sense’ philosophy as a neglected but still important intellectual area for film theory and drawing on case studies of film sentimentality during the early, classical and post-classical eras of US cinema, Improving Passions is an innovative exploration of the sentimental tradition as both theatrical genre and cultural logic. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 March 2019 192 pages 9781474431699 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Expressionism in the Cinema Edited by Olaf Brill, independent scholar and Gary D. Rhodes, University of Central Florida
From classical to contemporary narratives, this book redefines the expressionist aesthetic The 15 essays in this anthology revisit key German films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu and also provide original critical research into more obscure titles like Nerven, films that were produced in the silent and early sound era in countries ranging from France, Sweden and Hungary to the United States and Mexico. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 336 pages 9781474425872 Also available in Hardback and Ebook Series: Traditions in World Cinema 16
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Sounding Modernism Rhythm and Sonic Mediation in Modern Literature and Film Edited by Julian Murphet, Helen Groth and Penelope Hone, all University of New South Wales, Australia
Explores the transformations of sound in modern literary and cinematic forms from the 1890s to the mid-20th century The essays in this collection ask what specific sonorous qualities are capable of being registered by different modern media, and how sonic transpositions and transferences across media affect the ways in which human subjects attend to modern soundscapes. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2018 264 pages 9781474437721 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality Series Editors: Martine Beugnet and Kriss Ravetto Books in this series challenge and expand on the various approaches to film studies, bringing together film theory and film aesthetics with the emerging intermedial aspects of the field. Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/esif
New & Forthcoming
Indefinite Visions
The Museum as a Cinematic Space
Cinema and the Attractions of Uncertainty
The Display of Moving Images in Exhibitions Elisa Mandelli
Caught In-Between
Edited by Martine Beugnet, Allan Cameron & Arild Fetveit
The Incurable-Image Curating Post-Mexican Film and Media Arts
Intermediality in Contemporary Eastern Europe and Russian Cinema
Tarek Elhaik
Edited by Ágnes Pethő
Sculpture and Cinema
Theatre Through the Camera Eye The Poetics of an Intermedial Encounter Laura Sava
Published Books Drawn from Life Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema Edited by Jonathan Murray & Nea Ehrlich
Screening Statues Steven Jacobs, Susan Felleman, Vito Adriaensens & Lisa Colpaert
Screen Presence Cinema Culture and the Art of Warhol, Rauschenberg, Hatoum and Gordon Stephen Monteiro
The Feel-Bad Film Nikolaj Lübecker
American Independent Cinema Rites of Passage and the Crisis Image Anna Backman Rogers
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The Museum as a Cinematic Space The Display of Moving Images in Exhibitions Elisa Mandelli, Link Campus University, Rome
Takes an intermedial approach to examine how film has influenced exhibition design Highlighting the continuities and fractures between different periods, contexts and practices, Elisa Mandelli shows the deep influence of audio-visuals on the configuration of the exhibition space, as well as on the relationship between museums and their visitors. Hardback £75 | $110 July 2019 192 pages 9781474416795 16 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Caught In-Between Intermediality in Contemporary Eastern Europe and Russian Cinema Edited by Ágnes Pethő, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
Explores the intermedial poetics of the post-communist cinemas of Eastern Europe and Russia Discussing the relationship between film and painting, film and sculpture, film and photography, cinema and the graphic novel, words and images and images and music, this book provides in-depth case studies covering fiction films, documentaries, avant-garde experiments, arthouse movies and mainstream cinema. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2019 272 pages 9781474435499 42 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Theatre Through the Camera Eye The Poetics of an Intermedial Encounter Laura Sava, Xi’an Jiatong-Liverpool University
Closely examines various instances of theatre-in-film in dialogue with the theory of intermediality Including case studies of films by major directors, such as Pedro Almodóvar, John Cassavetes, Denys Arcand, Manoel de Oliveira, Jacques Rivette, Theo Angelopoulos and the Taviani brothers, this book demonstrates that film is extremely versatile in the handling of theatre references. Laura Sava argues that it is precisely this versatility that compellingly questions the existent intermedial discourse. Hardback £75 | $110 July 2019 192 pages 9780748697472 Also available in Ebook
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Drawn from Life Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema Edited by Jonathan Murray, University of Edinburgh and Nea Ehrlich, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
The first anthology to explore the field of animated documentaries from a diverse range of scholarly and practice-based perspectives From early cinema to present-day scientific research, military uses, digital art and gaming, this book casts new light on the capacity of the moving image to act as a record of the world around us, challenging the orthodox definitions of documentary cinema. Hardback £75 | $110 December 2018 256 pages 9780748694112 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Screen Presence Cinema Culture and the Art of Warhol, Rauschenberg, Hatoum and Gordon Stephen Monteiro, American University of Paris
Explores the intersections of film, popular media and art since the 1950s Through a range of new sources, including advertisements, speciality magazines, postcards, technical guides and souvenir programmes, Stephen Monteiro demonstrates the dependence of contemporary artists on cinema’s shifting applications and interpretations, offering a fresh understanding of the enduring impact of everyday media on how we make and view art. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 200 pages 9781474425971 60 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
The Incurable-Image Curating Post-Mexican Film and Media Arts Tarek Elhaik, University of California, Davis
A detailed study of the work of experimental filmmakers, media artists and curators in contemporary Mexico Based on two years of participant-observation in Mexico City, Tarek Elhaik examines the concept-work of curatorial platforms and media artists. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze and Paul Rabinow, the book introduces the concept of the ‘Incurable-Image’, an antidote to our curatorial malaise and the ethical substance for a post-social anthropology of images. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 198 pages 9781474425889 19 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 20
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Screening Statues Sculpture and Cinema Steven Jacobs, University of Antwerp, Susan Felleman, University of South Carolina, Vito Adriaensens, Columbia University and Lisa Colpaert, Cinea at the Royal Belgian Film Archive
Explores the interaction between sculpture and cinema Dealing with a wide range of magical, mystical, cultural, historical, formal and phenomenological interactions between film and sculpture, this book examines key sculptural motifs in film and cinematic sculpture in 8 chapters and an extensive reference gallery. • Explores the cinematic form and function of sculpture in 8 case studies that represent diverse genres and traditions throughout film history • Features an extensive reference gallery of 150 films with short entries on each Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2019 224 pages 9781474431705 225 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Indefinite Visions Cinema and the Attractions of Uncertainty Edited by Martine Beugnet, Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7, Allan Cameron, University of Auckland and Arild Fetveit, University of Copenhagen
Examines the aesthetics, concepts and politics of chaotic and obscured moving images This book explores the aesthetics, concepts and politics of indefinite and obscured moving images, examining what is at stake in their foregrounding of materiality and mediation, evanescence and flux. Pursuing a range of approaches (spanning history, theory and close analysis), the contributors investigate techniques, effects and themes that emerge from the wilful excavation of the moving image’s formal and material base. Contributors include: Emmanuelle André, Jacques Aumont, Erika Balsom, Raymond Bellour, Martine Beugnet, Christa Blümlinger, Allan Cameron, Michel Chion, Sean Cubitt, Catherine Fowler, Tom Gunning, Julian Hanich, Martin Jay, Kim Knowles, Richard Misek, Giusy Pisano, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, D. N. Rodowick, Steven Shaviro and Carol Vernallis. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 July 2017 384 pages 9781474407144 30 colour illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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ReFocus: The International Directors Series Series Editors: Robert Singer, CUNY Graduate Center and Gary D. Rhodes, University of Central Florida and Stefanie Van de Peer, University of Exeter Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/refocint
ReFocus: The Films of Francis Veber Keith Corson, University of Central Arkansas
Analyses how the French director Francis Veber uses comedy to make serious social commentaries Using an auterist lens to challenge the notions of taste, genre and aesthetics that are commonly used to form the cinematic canon, this book explores the 12 films Veber directed between 1976 and 2008. These include Le Jouet, Les fugitifs and L’emmerdeur. Hardback £80 | $125 June 2019 224 pages 9781474429481 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of Xavier Dolan Edited by Andreé Lafontaine, University of Tsukuba
Examines the work of the Québecois film director, producer and screenwriter, Xavier Dolan This volume makes an intervention on the global reach of small national and subnational cinemas, and uses Dolan’s cinema as a departure point to reconsider the position of Québec film and cultural imaginary within a global cinematic culture, as well as the intersections between national, millennial and queer filmmaking. Hardback £80 | $125 September 2019 256 pages 9781474444576 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of Susanne Bier Edited by Missy Molloy, Victoria University of Wellington, Mimi Nielsen, University of Washington and Meryl Shriver-Rice, University of Miami
A dynamic, scholarly engagement with Bier’s work and a timely consideration of her impressive authorial achievements Featuring essays from both recognised and up-and-coming scholars in Scandinavian, transnational and feminist film and media studies, this book also includes an original interview with Bier, addressing some of the provocative readings of her films advanced by the book’s contributors. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 November 2019 304 pages 9781474428736 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 22
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ReFocus: The American Directors Series Series Editors: Robert Singer, CUNY Graduate Center and Gary D. Rhodes, University of Central Florida and Frances Smith, University of Sussex Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/refoc
ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze Edited by Kim Wilkins and Wyatt Moss-Wellington, both University of Sydney
Examines how the work of American filmmaker Spike Jonze crosses boundaries between genre entertainment and experimentalism Each of Jonze’s feature films, from Being John Malkovich to Her, is discussed at length, focusing on issues of authorship, narration, genre and adaptation. As well as the textual aspects of Jonze’s feature films, the contributors consider his work in music videos and shorts. Hardback £80 | $125 September 2019 256 pages 9781474447621 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May Edited by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Dean Brandum, both independent scholars
Explores the diverse career of director, screenwriter, comic and actor, Elaine May Although Elaine May made only 4 films, her work is as enigmatic, sophisticated and unceasingly fascinating as her own complicated, reluctant star persona. This collection focuses on the films she directed and her work with other high-profile collaborators such as John Cassavetes, Warren Beatty and Otto Preminger. Hardback £80 | $125 July 2019 256 pages 9781474440189 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of Kelly Reichardt E. Dawn Hall, Western Kentucky University
The first book-length study of Reichardt’s career and works Kelly Reichardt has established a highly individual perspective on questions of gender, feminism, socioeconomics and sexual orientation. In this close reading of her films, E. Dawn Hall defines Reichardt’s auteur characteristics, arguing that she offers a contemporary and sustainable model for independent filmmakers in America. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 176 pages 9781474452243 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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ReFocus: The Films of Barbara Kopple Edited by Jeff Jaeckle, Portland Community College and Susan Ryan, The College of New Jersey
A collection of critical essays on Barbara Kopple: director, documentarian and female filmmaking pioneer In this book a range of international scholars trace Kopple’s career to date, analysing her contributions in the contexts of funding, style, production and reception, and examining her films’ interrogations of social class using the lenses of gender, sexuality and race. In a shifting digital media landscape, Kopple’s critical reputation is also assessed, alongside her enduring influence on contemporary filmmakers. Hardback £75 | $110 March 2019 272 pages 9781474439947 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of William Castle Edited by Murray Leeder, University of Calgary
The first collection of essays devoted to Hollywood director William Castle Often described as ‘the King of Gimmicks’, William Castle is best known for the outrageous publicity stunts that characterised his genre films in the 1950s and 60s. In this book, Murray Leeder assembles 14 essays on the full sweep of Castle’s career, including his horror films, westerns, film noirs and more. With an influence felt on directors like Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis and John Waters, this collection reappraises Castle’s legacy as an innovator as much as a showman. Hardback £80 | $125 May 2018 280 pages 9781474424264 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of Budd Boetticher Edited by Gary D. Rhodes, University of Central Florida and Robert Singer, CUNY Graduate Center
A vital collection of essays on Budd Boetticher’s long directing career Looking at acclaimed films like Buchanan Rides Alone and Comanche Station, as well as at lesser-known works such as Escape in the Fog and Behind Locked Doors, this book also addresses Boetticher’s influential television work on the James Garner series Maverick, and Boetticher’s continuing aesthetic influence on contemporary television classics like Breaking Bad. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2018 264 pages 9781474437530 35 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 24
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ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling Edited by Frances Smith, University of Sussex and Timothy Shary, Eastern Florida State College
A collection of interdisciplinary essays on the work of filmmaker and screenwriter Amy Heckerling This volume prompts a reconsideration of the importance of Heckerling both in the development of teen cinema and as a figure in Hollywood comedy. A great resource for undergraduate teaching, the collection brings together original essays examining Heckerling’s work from a variety of perspectives, including film, television and cultural studies. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 280 pages 9781474425896 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
ReFocus: The Films of Delmer Daves Edited by Matthew Carter, Manchester Metropolitan University and Andrew Patrick Nelson, Montana State University
New essays on the life and work of veteran Hollywood filmmaker Delmer Daves From Destination Tokyo to The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, Delmer Daves was responsible for a unique body of work. As the first comprehensive study of Daves’s career, this collection of essays seeks to deepen our understanding of his work, and also to problematise existing conceptions of him as a competent, conventional and even naïve studio man. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 240 pages 9781474425988 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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International Film Stars Series Editors: Homer B. Pettey, University of Arizona and R. Barton Palmer, Clemson University A new series devoted to the artistic and commercial influence of performers who collectively shaped major genres and movements in international film history. Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/ifs
Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture Dorothy Wai Sim Lau, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Examines transnational Chinese stardom as a Web-based phenomenon As Chinese performers have become more visible on global screens, their professional images – once the preserve of studios and agents – have been increasingly relayed and reworked by film fans. Web technology has made searching, poaching, editing, posting and sharing texts significantly easier, and by using a variety of seamless and innovative methods a new mode of personality construction has been developed. With case studies of high-profile stars like Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, this groundbreaking book examines transnational Chinese stardom as a Web-based phenomenon, and as an outcome of the participatory practices of cyber fans.
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Close-Up Great Cinematic Performances Volume 1: America Edited by Murray Pomerance, independent scholar and Kyle Stevens, Appalachian State University
Close-Up Great Cinematic Performances Volume 2: International Edited by Murray Pomerance, independent scholar and Kyle Stevens, Appalachian State University
Analyses what makes an acting performance excellent This 2-volume set presents detailed interpretations of singular performances by several of the most compelling actors in cinema history, asking in many different and complementary ways what makes performance meaningful, how it reflects a director’s style, as well as how it contributes to the development of national cinemas and cultures. Whether noting the precise ways actors shape film narrative, achieve emotional effect, or move toward political subversion, the essays in these books innovate new approaches to studying screen performance as an art form and cultural force. Volume 1 focuses on American cinema, including case studies of key performances from actors like Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Grant, Oscar Isaac, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino. Volume 2 focuses on international cinema and includes case studies of actors including Ingrid Bergman, Gael Garcia Bernal, Nikolai Cherkassov, Alec Guinness, Setsuko Hara and Isabelle Huppert. Volume 1: Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2019 312 pages 9781474431798 Also available in Ebook Volume 2: Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2019 328 pages 9781474431804 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro Histories of the Everyday Woojeong Joo, Nagoya University
A re-interpretation of the master of Japanese cinema from a sociohistorical perspective One of the best regarded of non-Western film directors, Ozu Yasujiro was active during a period of immense turbulence for Japan and its population. This book offers a new interpretation of Ozu’s career, from his earliest work in the 1920s up to his death in 1963, focusing on Ozu’s depiction of the everyday life and experiences of ordinary Japanese people during a time of depression, war and economic resurgence. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 December 2018 Series: Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film 9781474441001 30 b&w illustrations 288 pages Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Tanaka Kinuyo Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity Edited by Irene González-López, Kingston University and Michael Smith, independent scholar
The first book in English dedicated to the actress and director Tanaka Kinuyo Praised as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema, Tanaka’s career spanned the industrial development of cinema. Her career overlapped with a transformative period in Japanese history and this close analysis of her fascinating life and work offers new perspectives, subjectivities and modes of analysis for the classical era of Japanese cinema. Hardback £75 | $110 March 2018 232 pages Series: Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film 9781474409698 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Killers, Clients and Kindred Spirits The Taboo Cinema of Shohei Imamura Edited by Lindsay Coleman, University of Melbourne and David Desser, University of Illinois and Anaheim University
A thorough exploration of the work of one of Japan’s most controversial directors This book is one of the first to study all of Imamura’s major films alongside his television and theatrical documentaries, focusing on his major themes and concerns. By giving shape to Imamura’s career, the book positions him as a stylistic innovator as well as an ethnographic investigator into Japanese culture and tradition; the preeminent examiner of the hidden, barely repressed underpinnings of Japanese society. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2019 256 pages Series: Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film 9781474411813 45 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 28
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Chow Yun-fat and Territories of Hong Kong Stardom Lin Feng, University of Leicester
Examines Chow Yun-fat’s role in mediating Chinese identities across cultural industries As one of the most popular and versatile Hong Kong film stars, Chow Yun-fat has enjoyed international success over the last 4 decades. Through the analysis of Chow’s on- and off-screen star image, the book recognises that a star’s image is unstable and fragmented across distinct historical junctures, geographic borders and media platforms. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2018 192 pages 9781474437516 10 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Negotiating Dissidence The Pioneering Women of Arab Documentary Stefanie Van de Peer, University of Exeter
The first book to trace the female pioneers of Arab documentary filmmaking Supporting a historical overview of the documentary form in the Arab world with a series of in-depth case studies, Stefanie Van de Peer looks at the work of pioneering figures like Ateyyat El Abnoudy, the ‘mother of Egyptian documentary’, Tunisia’s Selma Baccar and the Palestinian filmmaker Mai Masri. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2018 248 pages 9781474437554 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Female Stars of British Cinema The Women in Question Melanie Williams, University of East Anglia
Examines female stardom in British cinema from the 1940s to the present day Melanie Williams uses case studies of 7 female stars – Jean Kent, Diana Dors, Rita Tushingham, Glenda Jackson, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Lloyd and Judi Dench – as a way of exploring how British star femininities have developed over time, and how the image of the British female star has responded to broader social and cultural changes. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 July 2017 248 pages 9781474405645 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Revisiting Star Studies Cultures, Themes and Methods Edited by Sabrina Qiong Yu and Guy Austin, both Newcastle University
Challenges traditional Hollywood-derived models of star studies From Hollywood to Bollywood, from China to Italy and from Poland to Mexico, this diverse and dynamic collection looks at film stardom from new angles, challenging the received wisdom on the subject and raising important questions about image, performance, bodies, voices and fans in cultures across the globe. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 December 2018 320 pages 9781474440974 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Aesthetics, Ethics and Trauma in the Cinema of Pedro Almodóvar Julián Daniel Gutiérrez-Albilla, University of Southern California
A new critical and theoretical approach to a neglected aspect of Pedro Almodóvar’s cinema Conventionally seen as an ‘apolitical’ or ‘ahistorical’ body of work, this innovative book instead reconceptualises Almodóvar’s films as theoretical and political resources, examining a neglected aspect of his cinema: its engagement with the traumatic past, with subjective and collective memory and with the ethical and political meanings that result from this engagement. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 May 2018 232 pages 9781474431675 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Claude Chabrol’s Aesthetics of Opacity Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, Durham University
The first critical appraisal of Chabrol’s oeuvre as a whole (from 1958 to 2009) In this innovative reappraisal of Chabrol’s filmography, Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze explores a filmmaker who was influenced by Balzac, Magritte and Stanley Kubrick. Bringing to the fore Chabrol’s ‘aesthetic of opacity’, the book deconstructs the apparent clarity and comfort of the film de genre, encouraging the viewer to reflect on the relationship between illusion and reality and the status of the film image itself. Paperback £19.99 | $29.99 May 2019 200 pages 9781474431866 10 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 30
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Hamlet Lives in Hollywood John Barrymore and the Acting Tradition Onscreen Edited by Murray Pomerance, independent scholar and Steven Rybin, Minnesota State University
Analyses the complexity of John Barrymore’s performances and career trajectory This collection of 15 original essays looks at John Barrymore’s influence from the perspectives of gender and queer studies, psychoanalysis and performance analysis. The volume represents a major attempt by contemporary scholars to come to terms with the ongoing vitality of John Barrymore’s work in our present day. Paperback £19.99 | $29.99 March 2019 224 pages 9781474431873 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
From Film Practice to Data Process Production Aesthetics and Representational Practices of a Film Industry in Transition Sarah Atkinson, King’s College London
Examines the practices of independent digital feature filmmaking in contemporary Britain Conventional feature filmmaking is unique, assembling a huge company of people on a temporary basis. With an in-depth case study of Sally Potter’s 2012 film Ginger & Rosa, and drawing upon interviews with international film industry practitioners, this is a compelling examination of film production in its totality. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2019 288 pages 9781474431880 70 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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British Women Amateur Filmmakers National Memories and Global Identities Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes, University of Cambridge and Heather Norris Nicholson, University of Huddersfield
The first book to examine British women amateur filmmakers Locating women’s recreational visual practice within a century of profound societal, technological and ideological change, British Women Amateur Filmmakers discloses how women from varied backgrounds negotiated aspects of their changing lifestyles, attitudes and opportunities through first-person visual narratives about themselves and the world around them. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2018 280 pages 9781474420730 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Genre, Authorship and Contemporary Women Filmmakers Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, University of Barcelona
Examines the significance of women’s participation in popular genres Highlighting the work of Kathryn Bigelow, Sofia Coppola, Nancy Meyers and Kelly Reichardt, this book interrogates questions of ‘genre’ authorship. The volume explores the blurring of the borders between commercial and independent cinema and gendered discourses of (de)authorisation that operate within each sphere, ‘male’/‘female’ genre divisions and the issue of authorial subversion in film and popular culture in a wider sense. Hardback £80 | $125 July 2018 304 pages 9781474425261 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Postfeminist Whiteness Problematising Melancholic Burden in Contemporary Hollywood Kendra Marston, University of Queensland
The first extended study into the politics of whiteness inherent within postfeminist cinema Kendra Marston interrogates representations of melancholic white femininity in contemporary Hollywood cinema, arguing that the ‘melancholic white woman’ serves as a vehicle through which to explore the excesses of late capitalism and a crisis of faith in the American dream. Case studies include The Virgin Suicides, Blue Jasmine, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. Hardback £75 | $110 August 2018 232 pages 9781474430296 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 32
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Female Agency and Documentary Strategies Subjectivities, Identity and Activism Edited by Boel Ulfsdotter and Anna Backman Rogers, both University of Gothenburg
Female Authorship and the Documentary Image Theory, Practice and Aesthetics Edited by Boel Ulfsdotter and Anna Backman Rogers, both University of Gothenburg
This 2-volume set examines the politics of female authorship in relation to contemporary documentary practices Female Agency and Documentary Strategies centres on how self-portraiture and contemporary documentary manifestations such as blogging and the prevalent usage of social media shape and inform female subjectivities and claims to truth. The book examines the scope of authorship and agency open to women using these technologies as a form of activism, centring on notions of relationality, selfhood and subjectivity and includes interviews with Hong Kong based activist filmmaker and scholar Vivian Wenli Lin and Spanish documentarist Mercedes Alvarez. Female Authorship and the Documentary Image engages with the relationship between female documentary filmmakers and the documentary image. With a thematic focus on the documentary image directly, within the more traditional arenas of theory and practice and especially within the context of gaze and author theory, the book also considers more philosophical questions of aesthetics, home and identity within the contexts of female subjectivity, globalisation and trauma. In addition, the book includes a dialogue on two key photographers, Hannah Wilke and Jo Spence, as well as an interview with Taiwanese documentary filmmakers Singing Chen and Wuna Wu. Female Agency and Documentary Strategies: Paperback ÂŁ19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 224 pages 9781474431743 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook Female Authorship and the Documentary Image: Paperback ÂŁ19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 240 pages 9781474431750 22 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory Clara Bradbury-Rance, King’s College London
A sustained analysis of 21st century lesbian cinema through a queer theoretical lens Clara Bradbury-Rance resists charting a narrative of representational progress or shoring up lesbian categorisation in the newly available terms of the visible. Instead, she argues for a feminist framework that can understand lesbianism’s queerness. Drawing on a provocative theoretical and visual corpus, Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory reveals the conditions of lesbian legibility in the 21st century. Hardback £75 | $110 March 2019 208 pages 9781474435369 36 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Irish Queer Cinema Allison Macleod, independent scholar
An extensive critical study of cinematic representations of Irish queer masculinities Drawing together 23 films as depictive of an Irish queer cinema, including Clash of the Ash, The Crying Game and Me First, this volume investigates the different ways gender and sexuality intersect with nationhood and national forms of belonging and explores the role of queerness within the constitution of an Irish national culture. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 192 pages 9781474411486 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Straight Girls and Queer Guys The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television Christopher Pullen, Bournemouth University
Examines the emergence of gay male and female heterosexual alliances within contemporary media Offering both a historical foundation and a rigorous conceptual framework, Christopher Pullen draws on a range of case studies to consider the process of the ‘hetero media gaze’ and the way it contextualises sexual diversity and gender identity. Examples include the performances of Kenneth Williams, and television shows such as Glee and Sex and the City. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 200 pages 9781474425865 Also available in Hardback and Ebook 34
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French Blockbusters Cultural Politics of a Transnational Cinema Charlie Michael, independent scholar
Rethinks the transnational dimensions of the contemporary French film industry Cutting across a swath of recent French-produced cinema, French Blockbusters offers the first book-length consideration of the theoretical implications, historical impact and cultural consequences of a recent grouping of popular films that are rapidly changing what it means to make – or to see – a ‘French’ film today. Hardback £75 | $110 July 2019 224 pages 9781474424233 21 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Francophone Belgian Cinema Jamie Steele, Bath Spa University
Considers transnational, national and regional concepts within contemporary francophone Belgian cinema Francophone Belgian Cinema offers a fresh perspective of filmmaking in an oft-neglected ‘national’ and regional cinema. Alongside the Dardenne brothers, this book considers four promising Francophone Belgian filmmakers who have received limited critical attention in academic publications on contemporary European cinema: Joachim Lafosse, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Lucas Belvaux and Bouli Lanners. Hardback £75 | $110 February 2019 240 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474420761 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Intermedial Dialogues The French New Wave and the Other Arts Marion Schmid, University of Edinburgh
The first comprehensive study of the French New Wave’s relationship with the older arts Traversing the fields of literature, theatre, painting, architecture and photography, Marion Schmid investigates the ‘impure’, intermedial aesthetic of New Wave cinema. Filmmakers under discussion include critics-turned-directors François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Claude Chabrol, members of the Left Bank Group Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda and Chris Marker, as well as the ‘secret child of the New Wave’, Guy Gilles. Hardback £75 | $110 June 2019 208 pages Also available in Ebook 9781474410632 18 b&w illustrations Series: Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality
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Screening Youth Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema Edited by Romain Chareyron, University of Saskatchewan and Gilles Viennot, University of Arkansas
Addresses the richness and complexity of ‘youth’ in a French and Francophone context Showing how the topic of ‘youth’ has inspired filmmakers to explore and reinvent common tropes associated with young people, the book also addresses how the representation of youth can be used to mirror the tensions – political, social, religious, economic or cultural – that agitate a society at a given time in its history. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2019 272 pages 9781474449427 32 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Cinéma-monde Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French Edited by Michael Gott, University of Cincinnati and Thibaut Schilt, College of the Holy Cross
Studies the developments in global French-language cinema With contributions from an international range of specialists, and with considerations of works by contemporary directors like Rachid Bouchareb, Abderrahmane Sissako and Rithy Panh, Cinéma-monde explores the porous borders around francophone spaces – from Quebec to Mauritania and from Belgium to Cambodia – and the ways in which languages and identities ‘travel’ in contemporary cinema. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2019 392 pages 9781474431842 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
French-language Road Cinema Borders, Diasporas, Migration and ‘New Europe’ Michael Gott, University of Cincinnati
An examination of contemporary French-language road movies within the cultural and political context of ‘New Europe’ Focusing on a corpus of films from France, Belgium and Switzerland, including works by Ismaël Ferroukhi, Bouli Lanners, Aki Kaurismäki and Jacqueline Audry amongst many others, French-language Road Cinema contends that nowhere is the impulse to remap the spaces and identities of ‘New Europe’ more evident than in French-language cinema. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474426015 208 pages Also available in Hardback and Ebook 36
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East, West and Centre Reframing post-1989 European Cinema Edited by Michael Gott and Todd Herzog, both University of Cincinnati
Re-examines notions of East and West in contemporary European cinema Assessing the state of post-1989 European cinema, from (co)production and reception trends to filmic depictions of migration patterns, economic transformations and socio-political debates over the past and the present, contributors to this book address increasingly intertwined cinema industries that are both central (France, Germany) and marginal (Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania) in Europe. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2017 360 pages 9781474420921 18 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
French and Spanish Queer Film Audiences, Communities and Cultural Exchange Chris Perriam and Darren Waldron, both University of Manchester
Examines how LGBT filmmaking in France and Spain moves across borders and finds new audiences Advancing the current state of film audience research and of our knowledge of sexuality in transnational contexts, this volume analyses how French LGBTQ films are seen in Spain and Spanish ones in France. Studying films from various genres, the book examines their reception across 4 languages (Spanish, French, Catalan, English) and engages with participants across a range of digital and physical audience locations. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 216 pages 9781474425995 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
The Two cines con niño Genre and the Child Protagonist in Over Fifty Years of Spanish Film (1955–2010) Erin K. Hogan, University of Maryland
A genre studies approach to child-starred Spanish cinema From Francoist popular to oppositional auteur films, and including Spanish and Latin American cinema, this book examines commonalities in aesthetics, narratives and genre functions. It demonstrates the impact of these narratives within Spanish film history and Francoist biopolitics, as well as providing a broader transatlantic perspective on the genre in select productions from Chile and Argentina. Hardback £75 | $110 September 2018 244 pages 9781474436113 27 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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The Making and Unmaking of Francoist Kitsch Cinema From Raza to Pan’s Labyrinth Alejandro Yarza, Georgetown University
Examines Francoist and Post-Francoist Spanish cinema through the lens of kitsch aesthetics This book engages with the making and unmaking of Francoist kitsch aesthetics through the analysis of Spanish cinema. It examines 5 highly influential Francoist films produced between 1938 and 1964 and 3 films – by critically acclaimed directors Luis Buñuel, Guillermo del Toro and Álex de la Iglesia – that attempt to undermine Francoist aesthetics by re-imagining its visual and narrative clichés. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2019 336 pages 9781474431859 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Contemporary Spanish Gothic Ann Davies, University of Stirling
Examines Spain’s contribution to international interest in Gothic culture, film and literature Exploring the works of writers and filmmakers like Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro Amenábar, as well as the further reaches of Spanish Gothic influence in the Twilight film series, the book considers images and themes including the mad surgeon and the vulnerable body, the role of the haunted house and the heritage biopics of Francisco de Goya. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 March 2018 208 pages 9781474431934 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Spanish Erotic Cinema Edited by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Durham University
The first comprehensive scholarly study of Spanish erotic cinema, from the 1920s until the present day Reclaiming the importance of Spanish erotic cinema as a genre in itself, a range of international scholars demonstrate how the explicit depiction of sex can be a useful tool to illuminate current and historic social issues including ageism, colonialism, domestic violence, immigration, nationalisms and women and LGBT rights. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 December 2018 264 pages 9781474440967 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Blood in the Streets Histories of Violence in Italian Crime Cinema Austin Fisher, Bournemouth University
A historical contextualisation of 1970s Italian genre films that depicted violent crime in contemporary Italy The book analyses the emergence, proliferation and distribution of a range of popular film cycles (or filoni) – from conspiracy thrillers and vigilante films, to mafia and serial killer narratives – and examines what these reveal about their time and place. Hardback £75 | $110 March 2019 240 pages 9781474411721 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Journey to Poland Documentary Landscapes of the Holocaust Maurizio Cinquegrani, University of Kent
Provides a new topographical methodology for the study of cinema and the Holocaust Aiming to understand how past events inform present-day landscapes, and the way in which we engage with memory, witnessing and representation, the book creates a coherent cinematic map of this landscape through the study of previously neglected film and television documentaries that focus on survivors and bystanders, as well as on members of the postgeneration. Hardback £75 | $110 July 2018 216 pages 9781474403573 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
The New Romanian Cinema Edited by Christina Stojanova, University of Regina with the participation of Dana Duma, National University of Theatre and Cinema in Bucharest
The first collection of essays to comprehensively map out New Romanian Cinema With its thorough bibliographic and filmographic references, and a comprehensive historical overview, the anthology represents a systematic guide to New Romanian Cinema as a consolidated cinematic movement, and highlights its potential as a rich interdisciplinary field of study. The book covers over 40 films made since 2001, including The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Paper will be Blue, Police, Adjective and Beyond the Hills. Hardback £75 | $110 April 2019 336 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9780748642649 36 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere Edited by Anna Westerståhl Stenport and Arne Lunde
A globalised history of Nordic film cultures in a transnational context Scandinavian moving images have reached increasingly large audiences and received critical distinction outside their home countries during the last decade, including Nordic Noir, award-winning documentaries, auteur films, adaptations of Scandinavian television-series and films, and music videos and video games. This book demonstrates how this kind of transnational movement has been a component of Scandinavian cinema since its inception. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2019 320 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474438056 45 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Nordic Genre Film Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace Edited by Tommy Gustafsson, Linnaeus University and Pietari Kääpä, University of Stirling
A comparative approach to contemporary popular Nordic genre film Taking a transnational approach to the study of contemporary genre production, Nordic Genre Film discusses a range of internationally celebrated examples from the increasingly popular ‘Nordic noir’ genre, from television shows and films like The Bridge and Insomnia to high concept ‘video generation’ productions such as Iron Sky. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2018 288 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474431149 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Short Films from a Small Nation Danish Informational Cinema 1935-1965 C. Claire Thomson, University College London
The first book-length study in English to explore a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. This book traces how Danish shorts on topics including social welfare, industry, art and architecture were commissioned, funded and produced from the inter-war period to the 1960s. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 240 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474452274 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 40
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Contemporary Russian Cinema Symbols of a New Era Vlad Strukov, University of Leeds
Explores the symbolic mode in relation to contemporary Russian film Analysing films by established directors such as Sokurov, Zviagintsev and Zel’dovich, as well as lesser-known filmmakers like Balabanov, Fedorchenko and Kalatozishvili, Contemporary Russian Cinema explores the particular style of film presentation that has emerged in Russia since 2000, characterised by its use of highly abstract concepts and visual language. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 304 pages 9781474425957 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Border Crossing Russian Literature into Film Edited by Alexander Burry, The Ohio State University and Frederick White, Utah Valley University
Examines the ways in which Russian texts are altered in order to suit new cinematic environments Applying the metaphor of the ‘border crossing’ from one temporal or spatial territory into another, this innovative collection explores the role of ideological, political and other cultural pressures that can affect the transformation of literary narratives into cinematic offerings. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 272 pages 9781474425919 25 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Open Access Ebook
Beyond Eastern Noir Reimagining Russia and Eastern Europe in Nordic Cinemas Anna Estera Mrozewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
The first comprehensive conceptualisation of Russia and neighbouring Eastern Europe in post-1989 Nordic film Cross-disciplinary in its approach, and utilising in-depth case studies of feature films, documentaries and television dramas, this book presents a variety of perspectives on Russia and Eastern Europe found in the Nordic audiovisual imagination and considers how increasingly transnational affinities have led to a reimagining of Norden’s eastern neighbours in contemporary Nordic films. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 240 pages 9781474452267 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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The Cinematic Bodies of Eastern Europe and Russia Between Pain and Pleasure Edited by Ewa Mazierska, University of Central Lancashire, Matilda Mroz, University of Sussex and Elżbieta Ostrowska, University of Alberta
A critical exploration of the human body in Eastern European and Russian film after the Second World War Drawing on the history of the region, as well as Western and Eastern scholarship on the body, this edited collection focuses on three areas: the traumatised body, the body as a site of erotic pleasure, and the relationship between the body and history. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 March 2018 272 pages 9781474431941 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema Richard Farmer and Melanie Williams, both University of East Anglia and Laura Mayne and Duncan Petrie, both University of York
An in-depth reassessment of the nature and significance of British cinema and the British film industry during the 1960s Making substantial use of new and underexplored archive resources that provide a wealth of information and insight on the period in question, this book offers a fresh perspective on the major resurgence of creativity and international appeal experienced by British cinema in that dramatic decade. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2019 400 pages 9781474423113 16 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Early Cinema in Scotland Edited by John Caughie, University of Glasgow, Trevor Griffiths, University of Edinburgh and María A. Vélez-Serna, University of Stirling
Shortlisted for the Saltire Research Book of the Year 2018 Examines the history of early cinema in Scotland from its inception in 1896 until the 1930s Including case studies of key productions like Rob Roy (1911), early cinema in small towns like Bo’ness, Lerwick and Oban, as well as of the employment patterns in Scottish cinemas, the collection also provides the most complete account of Scottish-themed films produced in Scotland, England, Europe and the USA from 1896 to 1927. Paperback £75 | $110 August 2019 272 pages 9781474452236 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 42
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Off to the Pictures Cinemagoing, Women’s Writing and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain Lisa Stead, University of Exeter
A bold new view of interwar movie culture, read through the creative reflections of the women who experienced it Examining the writings of figures such as Winifred Holtby, Stella Gibbons, Elizabeth Bowen, Jean Rhys, Elinor Glyn, C. A. Lejeune and Iris Barry, Off to the Pictures draws upon new archival research and close textual readings to interrogate a literary preoccupation with the figure of the female cinemagoer. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 March 2018 232 pages 9781474431910 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Hieroglyphic Modernisms Writing and New Media in the Twentieth Century Jesse Schotter, The Ohio State University
Explores hieroglyphs as a metaphor for the relationship between new media and writing in British modernism Showing how novelists and film theorists in the modernist period defined their respective media in relation to each other, this book shifts the focus in modernism from China, poetry and the avant-garde to Egypt, narrative and film. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 May 2019 272 pages 9781474452434 9 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Espionage and Exile Fascism and Anti-Fascism in British Spy Fiction and Film Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University
Analyses mid-20th-century British spy thrillers as resistance to political oppression Espionage and Exile demonstrates that from the 1930s through the Cold War British writers Eric Ambler, Helen MacInnes, John le Carré, Pamela Frankau and filmmaker Leslie Howard combine propaganda and popular entertainment to call for resistance to political oppression. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 March 2018 272 pages 9781474431477 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Journal of British Cinema and Television Principal Editors: Christine Geraghty, University of Glasgow, Julian Petley, Brunel University, Duncan Petrie, University of York and Melanie Williams, University of East Anglia
Indispensable for anyone seriously interested in British cinema and television The Journal of British Cinema and Television is the prime site for anyone interested in reading or publishing original work in the fields of British cinema and television. Fully peer-reviewed, themed issues alternate with general ones, and each issue contains a wide range of articles and substantial book reviews. The Journal also runs conference reports, in-depth interviews with leading practitioners in the field, and a section intended to encourage debate amongst those studying British cinema and television. www.euppublishing.com/JBCTV January, April, July and October Print ISSN: 1743 4521 | Online ISSN: 1755 1714 Online: £63.50, Print & Online: £79.00
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Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film Series Editor: Margaret Hillenbrand, University of Oxford This series tackles all aspects of East Asian cinema, encompassing its major genres, its leading auteurs, links between regional cinematic traditions and the growth of transnational cinema. Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/eseaf
Published Books ‘My’ Self on Camera First Person Documentary Practice in an Individualising China Kiki Tianqi Yu
Worldly Desires Cosmopolitanism and Cinema in Hong Kong and Taiwan Brian Hu
Moving Figures Class and Feeling in the Films of Jia Zhangke Corey Kai Nelson Schultz
Tanaka Kinuyo Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity Edited by Michael Smith & Irene González-López
The Cinema of Ozu Yasujiro Histories of the Everyday Woojeong Joo
Eclipsed Cinema The Film Culture of Colonial Korea Dong Hoon Kim
Independent Chinese Documentary Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics Dan Edwards
Memory, Subjectivity and Independent Chinese Cinema Qi Wang
Hong Kong Neo-Noir Edited by Esther C. M. Yau & Tony Williams
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‘My’ Self on Camera First Person Documentary Practice in an Individualising China Kiki Tianqi Yu, Queen Mary University of London
An exploration of first person narrative documentary in China’s post-Mao era Combining the approach of cultural ethnography, interviews and textual analysis of selected films, this study examines the motivations, key aesthetic features and ethical tensions of presenting the self on camera, as well as the socio-political, cultural and technical conditions surrounding its practice. Hardback £75 | $110 December 2018 240 pages 9780748698219 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Worldly Desires Cosmopolitanism and Cinema in Hong Kong and Taiwan Brian Hu, San Diego State University
Examines the role that cinema played in imagining Hong Kong and Taiwan’s place in the world With case studies of popular stars like Linda Lin Dai and Edison Chen, and spectacular genres like the Shaolin Temple cycle of martial arts films and the romantic melodramas of 1970s Taiwan, this book explores what it meant to be both cosmopolitan and Chinese in the second half of the 20th century. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2018 264 pages 9781474428453 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Eclipsed Cinema The Film Culture of Colonial Korea Dong Hoon Kim, University of Oregon
A pioneering investigation into the film culture of colonial Korea By reconstructing the lost intricacies of colonial film history, Eclipsed Cinema explores under-investigated aspects of colonial film culture, such as the representational politics of colonial cinema, the film unit of the colonial government, the social reception of Hollywood cinema, and Japanese settlers’ film culture. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2018 304 pages 9781474437547 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Moving Figures Class and Feeling in the Films of Jia Zhangke Corey Kai Nelson Schultz, University of Southampton
Examines how the Chinese ‘Reform Era’ is constructed and felt in the films of Jia Zhangke Since 1979, China has been undergoing a period of immense social and economic change, transitioning from state-run economics to free-market capitalism. This book focuses on how the ‘Reform Era’ has been constructed in the work of the director Jia Zhangke, analysing the archetypal class figures of worker, peasant, soldier, intellectual and entrepreneur that are found in his films. Hardback £75 | $110 July 2018 208 pages 9781474421614 50 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Hong Kong Neo-Noir Edited by Esther C. M. Yau, University of Hong Kong and Tony Williams, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
The first comprehensive collection on the subject of Hong Kong neo-noir cinema This book examines the way Hong Kong has developed its own unique version of noir since the late 1940s, while drawing upon and enriching global neo-noir cinemas. By examining the films of émigré Shanghai directors, the cool women killers, the hybrids and noir cityscapes, Hong Kong Neo-Noir explores the complex connections between a vibrant cinema and global noir. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 March 2018 280 pages 9781474431989 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers Independence in Practice Shweta Kishore, RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City
Examines independent documentary film production in India within a political context Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, circulation practices and the analysis of film texts, this book identifies independence as a ‘tactical practice’, contesting the normative definitions and functions assigned to culture, cultural production and producers in a neoliberal economic system. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2018 208 pages 9781474433068 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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The Colonial Documentary Film in South and South-East Asia Edited by Ian Aitken and Camille Deprez, both Hong Kong Baptist University
Focuses on major aspects of colonial, late colonial and immediate post-colonial documentaries in South and South-East Asia Based on rare archival documents and films, and covering diverse geographical and colonial contexts in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, this anthology demonstrates the complex set of relations between the colonisers and the colonised throughout the region. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2018 256 pages 9781474431965 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Celluloid Singapore Cinema, Performance and the National Edna Lim, National University of Singapore
Examines how Singapore cinema functions as a national cinema Celluloid Singapore is a ground-breaking study of the 3 major periods in Singapore’s fragmented cinema history, namely the golden age of the 1950s and 60s, the post-studio 1970s, and the revival from the 1990s onwards. Set against the context of Singapore’s own trajectory of development, the book poses 2 central questions: how can the films of each period be considered ‘Singapore’ films, and how is this cinema specifically national? Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 216 pages 9781474452250 Also available in Hardback and Ebook Series: Traditions in World Cinema
Bollywood and Postmodernism Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century Neelam Sidhar Wright, independent scholar
Re-examines contemporary Bollywood films using postmodernist film theory Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this innovative study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, Bollywood and Postmodernism exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 January 2017 240 pages 9781474420945 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 48
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Extraterritoriality Locating Hong Kong Cinema and Media Victor Fan, King’s College London
Actively rewrites and reconfigures how Hong Kong cinema and media can be defined and located Examining how Hong Kong filmmakers, spectators and critics wrestled with the perturbation between the Leftist Riots (1967) and the aftermath of the Umbrella Movement (2014), this book traces how Hong Kong’s extraterritoriality has been framed: in its position of being doubly occupied and doubly abandoned by contesting juridical, political, linguistic and cultural forces. Extraterritoriality scrutinises creative works in mainstream cinema, independent films, television, video artworks and documentaries – especially those by marginalised artists – actively rewriting and reconfiguring how Hong Kong cinema and media can be defined and located. Hardback £80 | $125 June 2019 272 pages 9781474440424 50 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Hong Kong Horror Cinema Edited by Gary Bettinson, Lancaster University and Daniel Martin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
The first book-length English-language study of Hong Kong horror films Sword-wielding zombies. Hopping cadavers. Big-head babies. For decades, Hong Kong cinema has served up images of horror quite unlike those found in other parts of the world. In seminal films such as A Chinese Ghost Story, Rouge, The Eye, Dumplings and Rigor Mortis, the region’s filmmakers have pushed the boundaries of genre, cinematic style and bad taste. Through case studies of classic films and through a detailed consideration of their aesthetic power, economic significance and cultural impact in both the global and domestic market, this volume provides new insights into the history of Hong Kong horror. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 240 pages 9781474452229 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Traditions in American Cinema Series Editors: Linda Badley and R. Barton Palmer This series explores a wide range of traditions in American cinema which are in need of introduction, investigation or critical reassessment. Each book emphasises the multiplicity, rather than the supposed homogeneity, of studio-era and independent filmmaking. Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/tiac
New & Forthcoming The Stillness of Solitude Romanticism and Contemporary American Independent Film Michelle Devereaux
Who’s in the Money? The Great Depression Musicals and Hollywood’s New Deal Harvey G. Cohen
The Franchise Era
In Secrecy’s Shadow
Managing Media in the Digital Economy Edited by James Fleury, Bryan Hikari Hartzheim & Stephen Mamber
Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods
The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941–1979 Simon Willmetts Dale Hudson
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Indie Reframed
The Style of Sleaze
Women’s Filmmaking and Contemporary American Independent Cinema Edited by Linda Badley, Claire Perkins & Michele Schreiber
The American Exploitation Film, 1959–1977 Calum Waddell
Cold War Film Genres Edited by Homer B. Pettey
Engaging Dialogue Cinematic Verbalism in American Independent Cinema Jennifer O’Meara
The ‘War on Terror’ and American Film 9/11 Frames Per Second Terence McSweeney
Film Noir Edited by Homer B. Pettey & R. Barton Palmer
American Postfeminist Cinema Women, Romance and Contemporary Culture Michele Schreiber
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Who’s in the Money? The Great Depression Musicals and Hollywood’s New Deal Harvey G. Cohen, King’s College London
Explores the connections and tensions between Warner Bros. and the Roosevelt administration during 1933 Using newly unearthed primary sources, Harvey G. Cohen demonstrates the complex ways in which three film musicals of 1933 – 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933 and Footlight Parade – played out wider struggles in American society in the midst of the Great Depression. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2018 248 pages 9781474429412 10 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
The Stillness of Solitude Romanticism and Contemporary American Independent Film Michelle Devereaux, University of Birmingham
The first book-length study of Romanticism in relation to American film Michelle Devereaux explores the underlying philosophical and aesthetic Romantic connections between a selection of 7 films from 4 popular filmmakers: Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman. Primarily dealing with questions of identity, imagination and the relation between self and world, these films also emphasise the anxieties of our own time: the nostalgia for an imaginary past, and the fear of an uncertain future. Hardback £75 | $110 September 2019 256 pages 9781474446044 21 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
The Franchise Era Managing Media in the Digital Economy Edited by James Fleury, UCLA, Bryan Hikari Hartzheim, Waseda University and Stephen Mamber, UCLA
A collection of essays that examine the management strategies of franchises across multiple media Examining how traditional media incumbents like studios and networks have responded to the rise of new entrants from the technology sector (such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google), the authors take a critical look at the way new and old industrial logics collide in an increasingly fragmented and consolidated mediascape. Hardback £80 | $125 April 2019 328 pages 9781474419222 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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The Style of Sleaze The American Exploitation Film, 1959–1977 Calum Waddell, independent scholar
Examines the American exploitation film – blaxploitation, exploitation-horror and sexploitation – between 1959 and 1977 Offering a fresh perspective on studies of marginal cinema, The Style of Sleaze maintains that defining exploitation cinema as a vaguely attributed ‘excess’ is unhelpful, and instead concludes that this period in American film history produced a number of the most transgressive, and yet morally complex, motion pictures ever made. Hardback £75 | $110 June 2018 216 pages 9781474409254 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Engaging Dialogue Cinematic Verbalism in American Independent Cinema Jennifer O’Meara, University of St Andrews
Examines how American directors engage audiences through dialogue that is creatively designed and executed Focusing on the 1980s until the present, this book demonstrates dialogue’s ability to engage audiences and bind together the narrative, aesthetic and performative elements of selected cinema. Jennifer O’Meara highlights how speech in independent cinema can hinge on what is termed ‘cinematic verbalism’: when dialogue is designed and executed in complex, medium-specific ways. Hardback £75 | $110 April 2018 232 pages 9781474420624 Also available in Ebook
Cold War Film Genres Edited by Homer B. Pettey, University of Arizona
Examines how Cold War films depicted pertinent issues of American social class and gender With case studies of the Cold War comedy, the ‘rogue cop’ film, the brainwashing thriller and the urban romances that defined the ‘new woman’, Cold War Film Genres explores these myriad productions, redefining American cinematic history with a more inclusive view of the types of films that post-war audiences actually enjoyed, and that the studios provided for them. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 280 pages 9781474412940 22 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 52
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In Secrecy’s Shadow The OSS and CIA in Hollywood Cinema 1941–1979 Simon Willmetts, University of Hull
A comprehensive, archival researched history of the CIA and Hollywood cinema Based on research conducted in over 20 archival repositories across the United States and the UK, In Secrecy’s Shadow explores the revolution in the relationship between Hollywood and the secret state – from unwavering trust to extreme paranoia – and demonstrates the debilitating effects of secrecy upon public trust in government and the stability of national memory. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 320 pages 9781474425940 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 Edited by Terence McSweeney, Southampton Solent University
A comprehensive critical survey of the impact of 9/11 on film, written by some of the foremost scholars in American cinema In a vibrant discussion of films like American Sniper, Zero Dark Thirty, Spectre, The Hateful Eight and Lincoln, noted authors Geoff King, Guy Westwell, John Shelton Lawrence, Ian Scott and others consider the power of popular film to function as a potent cultural artefact, able both to reflect the defining fears of the tumultuous era, but also to shape them in compelling ways. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2018 352 pages 9781474431958 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Hollywood and the Great Depression American Film, Politics and Society in the 1930s Edited by Iwan Morgan, University College London and Philip John Davies, De Montfort University
Examines how Hollywood responded to and reflected the political and social changes that America experienced during the 1930s With case studies of actors like Shirley Temple, Cary Grant and Fred Astaire, as well as a selection of films that reflect politics and society in the Depression decade, this fascinating book examines how the challenges of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2018 296 pages 9781474431927 35 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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American Independent Cinema Second Edition Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool Paperback ÂŁ24.99 | $39.95
A history of independent cinema in the US from an industrial perspective This introduction to American independent cinema offers both a comprehensive industrial and economic history of the sector from the early 20th century to the present, and a study of key individual films, filmmakers and film companies. Ordered chronologically, the book begins with independent filmmaking in the studio era (examining both top-rank and low-end independent film production), before it moves to the 1950s and 1960s (discussing the adoption of independent filmmaking as the main method of studio production and exploring its relationship to exploitation filmmaking) and the 1970s (focusing on how independent film production was organised in the years of the Hollywood Renaissance and under the increased conglomeration of the American film industry). The book finishes with a detailed examination of contemporary American independent cinema (exploring such areas as the rise of the mini-majors and the studios’ specialty film divisions, the institutionalisation of independent cinema in the 1990s and its on-going transformation under the impact of media convergence and digital technology). Each chapter includes case studies which focus on specific films, filmmakers and companies. Thoroughly updated to include developments from the mid-2000s onwards, this 2nd edition includes new case studies, a new chapter analysing recent industrial, institutional and technological changes that have transformed the sector, a new prologue, a new epilogue that explores American independent cinema’s relationship to television and an enhanced bibliography. September 2017 352 pages 15 b&w illustrations Paperback ISBN: 9781474416849 Also available in Hardback and Ebook 54
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The Birth of the American Horror Film Gary D. Rhodes, University of Central Florida
Explains how the American horror movie came into existence Using thousands of primary sources and long-unseen illustrations, The Birth of the American Horror Film examines a history that begins in colonial Salem, taking an interdisciplinary approach to explore the influence of horror-themed literature, theatre and visual culture in America, and how that context established an amorphous structural foundation for films produced between 1895 and 1915. Exhaustively researched, bridging scholarship on Horror Studies and Early Cinema, this book is the first major study dedicated to this vital but often overlooked subject. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 January 2018 432 pages 9781474430869 113 colour illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
B-Movie Gothic International Perspectives Edited by Justin Edwards, University of Surrey and Johan Höglund, Linnaeus University
Explores the neglected subject of Gothic B-movies in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa Following the Second World War, low-budget B-movies that explored and exploited Gothic narratives and aesthetics became a significant cinematic expression of social and cultural anxieties. B-Movie Gothic examines the influence of Gothic B-movies on the cinematic traditions of the United States, Britain, Scandinavia, Spain, Turkey, Japan, Hong Kong and India, highlighting their transgressive, transnational and provocative nature. It shows how B-movie Gothic is a relentlessly creative form, filled with political tensions and moving from shocking conservatism to profound social critique. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 248 pages 9781474423441 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Undead Apocalypse Vampires and Zombies in the 21st Century Stacey Abbott, University of Roehampton
Explores the intersection of the vampire and zombie with 21stCentury dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinema Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one alluring, the other repellant; one seductive, the other infectious. With case studies of films like I Am Legend and 28 Days Later, as well as television programmes like Angel and The Walking Dead, this book challenges these popular assumptions and reveals the increasing interconnection of undead genres. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 March 2018 240 pages 9781474438377 30 illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Contemporary British Horror Cinema Industry, Genre and Society Johnny Walker, Northumbria University
A scholarly and critical overview of UK horror film production since the year 2000 Considering high-profile theatrical releases, including The Descent, Shaun of the Dead and The Woman in Black, as well as more obscure films such as The Devil’s Chair, Resurrecting the Street Walker and Cherry Tree Lane, Contemporary British Horror Cinema provides a thorough examination of British horror film production in the 21st century. Paperback £14.99 | $19.95 August 2017 184 pages 9781474429399 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Vampires, Race, and Transnational Hollywoods Dale Hudson, New York University Abu Dhabi
A consideration of vampire film production through the lens of transnational cinema Looking at contemporary hits like True Blood, Twilight, Underworld and The Strain, classics such as Universal’s Dracula and Drácula, and miscegenation melodramas like The Cheat and The Sheik, Dale Hudson reconfigures Hollywood historiography and tradition as fundamentally transnational, offering fresh interpretations of vampire media as transgenre sites for political contestation. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 November 2018 296 pages 9781474441018 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 56
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The Contemporary Western An American Genre Post 9/11 John White, University in Cambridge
A distinctive examination of post-9/11 films in relation to the Hollywood western In this book, John White explores how films such as Open Range, True Grit and Jane Got a Gun reinforce a conservative myth of America exceptionalism; endorsing the use of extreme force in dealing with enemies and highlighting the importance of defending the homeland. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2019 208 pages 9781474427920 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Spaghetti Westerns at the Crossroads Studies in Relocation, Transition and Appropriation Edited by Austin Fisher, Bournemouth University
A reappraisal of the cultural-political strands that fed into, and emanate from, the Spaghetti Western Reappraising a diverse selection of films, from the internationally famed works of Sergio Leone to the cult cachet of Sergio Corbucci and the more obscure outputs of such directors as Giuseppe Colizzi and Ferdinando Baldi, this comprehensive study brings together leading international scholars in a variety of disciplines – revisiting the genre’s cultural significance and considering its ongoing influence on international film industries. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 312 pages 9781474425926 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
The Computer-Animated Film Industry, Style and Genre Christopher Holliday, King’s College London
Re-frames the computer-animated film as a new genre of contemporary cinema Covering 30 years of computer-animated film history, and analysing over 200 different examples, The Computer-Animated Film persuasively argues that this body of work constitutes a unique genre of mainstream cinema. Informed by wider technological discourses and the status of animation as an industrial art form, the book connects elements of film style to animation practice and the computer-animated film’s unique production contexts. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 272 pages 9781474427883 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie Gender, Genre and Identity Frances Smith, University of Sussex
An analysis of the Hollywood Teen Movie from a variety of key theoretical perspectives Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, this book uses a series of detailed case studies of films like Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers and Twilight to explore the genre’s relation to critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 May 2019 256 pages 9781474431729 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Coming-of-age Cinema in New Zealand Genre, Gender and Adaptation Alistair Fox, University of Otago
Examines the coming-of-age genre – its themes, stylistic characteristics and cultural function in New Zealand’s national cinema With chapters on landmark films like An Angel at My Table, Heavenly Creatures, Once Were Warriors and Boy, this book explores the influence of the French New Wave and European art cinema and examines the dialogue between national cinema and a nation’s literature. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2019 224 pages 9781474429450 45 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks Gender, Genre and Film Sound in American Cinema Heidi Wilkins, journalist and independent scholar
An innovative discussion of film sound and gender in mainstream US cinema Taking a socio-historical approach, Heidi Wilkins investigates a range of popular US genres including screwball comedy, the road movie and chick flicks to explore the ways that film sound can reinforce traditional assumptions about masculinity and femininity, impart ambivalent meanings to them, or even challenge the notion of gender itself. Case studies include His Girl Friday, Easy Rider and Bridesmaids. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2017 216 pages 9781474425902 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 58
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Music and the Moving Image Series Editors: K. J. Donnelly and Beth Carroll, both University of Southampton This series explores all aspects of screen music, with a particular emphasis on music and film. Book topics include film sound, multimedia music, music and television and film sound production. Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/mami
Published Volumes Contemporary Musical Film Edited by K. J. Donnelly & Beth Carroll
Music Video and the Politics of Representation Diane Railton & Paul Watson
Music, Sound and Multimedia Edited by Jamie Sexton
Film’s Musical Moments Edited by Ian Conrich & Estella Tincknell
Contemporary Musical Film Edited by K. J. Donnelly and Beth Carroll, both University of Southampton
A reassessment of the film musical post-2000 Since the turn of the millennium, films such as Chicago and Phantom of the Opera have reinvigorated the popularity of the screen musical. This edited collection, bringing together a number of international scholars, looks closely at the range and scope of contemporary film musicals, from stage adaptations like Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables, to less conventional works that elide the genre, like Team America: World Police and Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Looking at the varying aesthetic function of soundtrack and lyric in films like Disney’s wildly popular Frozen and the Fast and the Furious franchise, or the self-reflexive commentary of the ‘post-millennial rock musical’, this wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in its study of this multifaceted genre. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 February 2019 208 pages 9781474431682 12 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Screening Antiquity Series Editors: Monica S. Cyrino and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/sca
STARZ Spartacus Reimagining an Icon on Screen Edited by Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico
Gladiator, rebel slave leader, revolutionary: a collection of essays dissecting 4 seasons of STARZ Spartacus STARZ Spartacus uncovers a fascinating range of topics and themes within the series such as slavery, society, politics, spectacle, material culture, sexuality, aesthetics and fan reception. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 February 2018 268 pages 9781474432566 Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Epic Heroes on Screen Edited by Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Stacie Raucci, Union College in Schenectady
Explores representations of the ancient hero in the new millennium Since 2000, numerous types of heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and television, from the mythical Hercules in various forms to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. Case studies include the films Hercules and The Legend of Hercules to television shows, Atlantis and Supernatural, to other biopic works influenced by the ancient hero. Hardback £80 | $125 June 2018 288 pages 9781474424516 19 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Ancient Greece on British Television Edited by Fiona Hobden, University of Liverpool and Amanda Wrigley, University of Reading
Explores the cultural politics of televisual engagements with the history, literature and material culture of ancient Greece By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television’s distinctive audiovisual languages, and in relation also to its influential sister-medium radio, this book explores the nature and function of these public engagements with the written and material remains of the Hellenic past. Hardback £75 | $110 May 2018 248 pages 9781474412599 26 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 60
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Designs on the Past How Hollywood Created the Ancient World Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University
Explores the epic glitter and glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age In this unique study, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones shows how Hollywood carefully and skilfully created the popular modern perception of the ancient world. He analyses how producers, art directors, costumiers, publicity agents, movie stars and, inevitably, ‘a cast of thousands’ literally designed and crafted the ancient world from scratch. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2018 440 pages 9780748675647 16 colour and 205 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Screening Divinity Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University
Examines screen portrayals of the gods of classical mythology and biblical deities Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods – covering GrecoRoman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus – from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Focusing on the golden age of the Hollywood epic in the 1950s and the 21st century second wave of big screen productions, she provides an over-arching picture that allows historical trends and developments to be demonstrated and contrasted. Hardback £75 | $110 June 2019 256 pages 9781474425735 18 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition Edited by Meredith E. Safran, Trinity College in Hartford
A survey of modern cinematic and televisual responses to the concept of the golden age Drawing on ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture, from Hesiod to Suetonius, these essays assess the far-reaching influence of the golden age concept on screen texts ranging from prestige projects like Gladiator and HBO’s Rome, to cult classics Xanadu and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Hardback £80 | $125 November 2018 352 pages 9781474440844 28 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
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Filming the Children’s Book Adapting Metafiction Casie E. Hermansson, Pittsburgh State University
Examines how film adaptations of children’s metafictions screen the book/film relationship in unique and important ways This book explores the adaptation of children’s metafictions, including works such as Inkheart, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and the Harry Potter series. Not only are the plot devices of books and reading explored on screen in these adaptations, but so is the nature of transmedial adaptation itself – the act of representing one work of art in another medium. Hardback £75 | $110 January 2019 224 pages 9781474413565 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Transnational Film Remakes Edited by Iain Robert Smith, King’s College London and Constantine Verevis, Monash University
An in-depth exploration of film remakes within global media culture Looking at a variety of case studies, from Hong Kong remakes of Japanese cinema to Bollywood remakes of Australian television, this book interrogates the fluid and dynamic ways in which texts are adapted and reworked across national borders to provide a distinctive new model for understanding these global cultural borrowings. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 March 2017 248 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474407243 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
The Hollywood Meme Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema Iain Robert Smith, King’s College London
The first book to interrogate the transnational adaptations of Hollywood films With case studies from the film industries of Turkey, India and the Philippines, Iain Robert Smith shows how reworked versions of Hollywood blockbusters like E.T., The Godfather, Spider-Man and Star Wars can complicate prevailing accounts of Hollywood’s global impact, and help provide a new model for interrogating transnational flows and exchanges. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 November 2018 192 pages 9781474441339 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook 62
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Framing Empire Postcolonial Adaptations of Victorian Literature in Hollywood Jerod Ra’Del Hollyfield, Carson-Newman University
Examines how postcolonial filmmakers negotiate national identities in Hollywood-supported Victorian literature adaptations With case studies of films like Gunga Din, Dracula 2000, The Portrait of a Lady, Vanity Fair and Slumdog Millionaire, this book argues that many postcolonial filmmakers have extended resistance beyond revisionary adaptation, opting to interrogate Hollywood’s genre conventions and production methods to address how globalisation has affected and continues to influence their homelands. Hardback £75 | $110 October 2018 216 pages 9781474429948 20 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
New Series – Launching 2020
Screen Serialities Series Editors: Claire Perkins and Constantine Verevis, both Monash University This series provides a forum for introducing, analysing and theorising a broad spectrum of serial screen formats – including franchises, series, serials, sequels and remakes – from various perspectives: historical and contemporary, national and transnational, across old and new media platforms. Over and above individual texts that happen to be serialised, the book series takes a guiding focus on seriality as an aesthetic and industrial principle that has shaped the narrative logic, socio-cultural function and economic identity of screen texts across more than a century of cinema, television and ‘new’ media. Find out more: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-screen-serialities-html.html
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Contemporary Political Cinema Matthew Holtmeier, Ithaca College Explores political films that have emerged on the global film festival circuit (1990s–2010s) This book demonstrates that a contemporary form of political cinema has emerged, centered on the production of subjectivity and networks of protest, which depicts the active formation of political identities that resonates with off-screen protest movements. Case studies include Timbuktu, Nobody Knows About Persian Cats and Chop Shop. Hardback £75 | $110 January 2019 200 pages 9781474423410 15 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
Journeys on Screen Theory, Ethics, Aesthetics Edited by Louis Bayman, University of Southampton and Natália Pinazza, University of Exeter
Rethinks cinematic journeys through history, globalisation, form and genre Drawing on examples from different regions and cultures that traverse art and genre cinema, the book explores the journey as a metaphor for self-discovery and social transformation, and evidence of autonomy and progress (or their lack). These essays document epochal changes in human behaviour, from urbanisation, migration and war to tourism and shopping. Hardback £75 | $110 November 2018 320 pages 9781474421836 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook
World Cinema and the Essay Film Transnational Perspectives on a Global Practice Edited by Brenda Hollweg, University of Leeds and Igor Krstić, University of Stuttgart
Explores the essay film as a global film practice With case studies of essayistic works by John Akomfrah, Nguyen Trinh Thi and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, amongst many others, this book expands current research on the essay film beyond canonical filmmakers and frameworks, and presents transnational perspectives on what is becoming a global film practice. Hardback £75 | $110 June 2019 264 pages 9781474429245 40 b&w illustrations Also available in Ebook 64
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New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas Dolores Tierney, University of Sussex
A fresh perspective on the hugely successful Latin American films released at the turn of the 21st century Through a textual analysis of 6 filmmakers (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro, Fernando Meirelles, Walter Salles and Juan José Campanella), this book examines transnational films and the subsequent wave of commercially successful ‘deterritorialised’ films by the same directors. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 August 2019 296 pages Series: Traditions in World Cinema 9781474431132 24 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Slums on Screen World Cinema and the Planet of Slums Igor Krstić, University of Stuttgart
A polycentric approach to the representation of slums in world cinema Combining approaches from cultural, globalisation and film studies, Igor Krstić outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios populares or chawls of our ‘planet of slums’, exploring the way accelerated urbanisation has intersected with an increasingly interconnected global film culture. Paperback £24.99 | $39.95 August 2017 288 pages 9781474425933 30 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
Speaking in Subtitles Revaluing Screen Translation Tessa Dwyer, Monash University
Places foreign-language film viewing at the centre of the screen media world Speaking in Subtitles argues that the oddities and idiosyncrasies of translation are vital to screen media’s global storytelling. Examining a range of examples from crowdsourced subtitling to avant-garde dubbing to the growing field of ‘fansubbing’, Tessa Dwyer proposes that film, television and video are fundamentally ‘translational’ media. Paperback £19.99 | $29.95 November 2018 240 pages 9781474440998 32 b&w illustrations Also available in Hardback and Ebook
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Traditions in World Cinema Series Editors: Linda Badley and R. Barton Palmer This series introduces diverse and fascinating movements in world cinema. Each volume concentrates on a set of films from a different national, regional or, in some cases, cross-cultural cinema which constitute a particular tradition. Find out more: www.edinburghuniversitypress.com/series/tiwc
New & Forthcoming Francophone Belgian Cinema Jamie Steele
French Blockbusters Cultural Politics of a Transnational Cinema Charlie Michael
The New Romanian Cinema
Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace Edited by Tommy Gustafsson & Pietari Kääpä
Short Films from a Small Nation Danish Informational Cinema 1935–1965 C. Claire Thomson
Coming-of-age Cinema in New Zealand
Edited by Christina Stojanova & Dana Duma
Genre, Gender and Adaptation Alistair Fox
Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere
French-language Road Cinema
Edited by Anna Westerståhl Stenport & Arne Lunde
Borders, Diasporas, Migration and ‘New Europe’ Michael Gott
Published Books
Expressionism in the Cinema
B-Movie Gothic
Edited by Olaf Brill & Gary D. Rhodes
International Perspectives Edited by Justin D. Edwards & Johan Höglund
Transnational Film Remakes Edited by Iain Robert Smith & Constantine Verevis
Celluloid Singapore
International Noir
Cinema, Performance and the National Edna Lim
Edited by Homer B. Pettey & R. Barton Palmer
New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas
Edited by Tiago de Luca & Nuno Barradas Jorge
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Slow Cinema Films on Ice Cinemas of the Arctic Edited by Scott MacKenzie & Anna Westerståhl Stenport
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