Columbia University Press Spring 2014 Catalog

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A u t e u r P u b l is h i n g

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Studying Contemporary Cinema

Volume 7, Number 1

John Atkinson, Editor

F o r S a l e O n ly i n t h e U n i t e d s tat es , C a n a d a , Me x i c o , Ce n t r a l A m e r i c a , S o u t h A m e r i c a , t h e C a r i b b e a n , A u s t r a l i a , Ne w Ze a l a n d , a n d Asi a .

The latest issue of Splice, the journal for all of those using popular cinema in the classroom, focuses on the work of one of the most successful and studied directors working today: Tim Buton. Articles in this issue discuss Edward Scissorhands (1990), Burton’s Batman films, and Sleepy Hollow (1999), covering such themes as mental illness and the representation of disability in the director’s work. John Atkinson

is the U.K.–based

publisher of Auteur.

Studying The Lord of the Rings

Gaming

Student Edition

Teacher’s Guide and Classroom Resources

Anna Dawson

Dave Harrison

Peter Jackson’s trilogy was a project of enormous artistic vision and financial risk. This volume is the first to consider each film’s major concepts: their complex origins and narrative structure; their representation of masculinity, femininity, and race; generic patterns; industrial contexts; and film language. The book relates critical debates and key terms to the texts and explores their stylistic and cultural influence. This student edition (an instructor’s edition is also available) brings the story up to date with reflections on The Hobbit films.

Gaming is now an important media studies issue, yet to date there has been very little material written for teachers to use in the classroom. Dave Harrison, a media teacher and former gaming journalist, has written the ideal introduction to this topic for educators. Covering the history of videogames from Pong to Angry Birds; offering in-depth coverage of game genres, audiences, marketing, and promotion; and including ideas for classroom work and discussion, Gaming makes the delivery of this topic accessible to all.

Anna Dawson

lectures on film

Dave Harrison

was a gaming jour-

nalist and now teaches media studies

and media at Nottingham Trent Uni-

at Long Road Sixth Form College in

versity and is the author of Studying

Cambridge, England.

The Matrix.

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M a r c h   90 pages

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Film

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M a r c h   100 pages

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