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TheRemediationofOral PerformanceonEarly CommercialRecordings
RichardBauman,WithPatrick Feaster
April 2023 238pp 10b&wphotos.
9780253065186£27.99 / $32.00PB
9780253065179£63.00/$70.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresthepracticalproblemsthatproducersand performersconfrontedwhenadaptingfamiliaroral genrestothisinnovativemediumofsound recording.Thisbookrevealshowthisnew technologyeffectedmonumentalchangeinthe wayswereceiveinformation.
AvidlyReadsScreen Time
PhillipMaciak
May 2023 176pp 13b&willus.
9781479820573£12.99 / $14.95PB
9781479820542£71.00/$79.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
AvidlyReadsScreenTime isa funny,insightfulworkofcultural criticismandhistoryabouthowwedefinescreens, andhowtheynowdefineus.From MadMen to iCarly,VinetoFaceTime,binge-watchingtodoomscrolling,PhillipMaciakleadsusonasometimes heartwarming,sometimesharrowingtourofthe mediathatbringsustogetherandtearsusapart.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
ChineseCreator Economies
LaborandBilateralCreative Workers
JianLin
CriticalCulturalCommunication
May 2023 224pp 12b&willus.
9781479811885£23.99 / $28.00PB
9781479811878£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Divesintotheparadoxicalliveslivedbycreative professionalsinemergingeconomiesacrossChina. JianLincontextualizesthesocioeconomicconditions inwhichculturalproductiontakesplaceandpushes backagainstthedominantunderstandingofChinese mediaasacentralized,state-controlledapparatus.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
ArabicGlitch Technoculture,DataBodies,and Archives
LailaShereenSakr
July 2023 224pp
9781503635883£21.99 / $26.00PB
9781503630994£76.00/$85.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploresanalternativeoriginstoryoftwenty-first centurytechnologicalinnovationindigitalpolitics— onecenteredontheMiddleEastandthe2011Arab uprisings.Developedfromanarchiveofsocial mediadatacollectedoverthedecadesfollowingthe 2003U.S.invasionofIraq,thisbookinterrogates howthelogicofprogrammingtechnology influencesandshapessocialmovements.
BehindtheSearchBox
GoogleandtheGlobalInternet Industry
ShinJoungYeo
TheGeopoliticsofInformation
April 2023 240pp 3tables
9780252087127£23.99 / $28.00PB
9780252044991£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Onceseenasaharbingerofanewenlightened capitalism,Googlehasbecomeamodelofrobber baronrapaciousnessthankstoitsruthlessmonetizing ofprivatedata,obsessionwithmonopoly,and pervasivesystemsoflabordiscrimination.Usingthe companyasajumping-offpoint,ShinJoungYeo exploresthetherelationshipbetweeninformation andcapitalism’sdevelopmentalprocesses.
ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ
Cinemaasa
WorldbuildingMachine intheDigitalEra
EssayonMultiverseFilmsandTV Series
AlainBoillat
August 2022 350pp 23colorillus.,37 b&willus.
9780861967490£27.99 / $32.00PB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinestheprimacyofworldbuildingintheageof CGI,transmediapracticesand"highconcept"fiction EmphasisisplacedonHollywoodsci-fimoviesand theiron-screenrepresentationofimaginarymachines thatmirrorthefilmmedium.
ConnectingAfterChaos
SocialMediaandtheExtended AftermathofDisaster
StephenF.Ostertag
July 2023 256pp 17b&willus.
9781479815319£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479815302£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
ConnectingAfterChaos tellsthestoryofhow peoplerestoredtheirlivesandsocietyinthe monthsandyearsafterdisaster,focusingonhow NewOrleaniansusedsocialmediatocopewith traumafollowingHurricaneKatrina.Ostertag createsavividportraitoflifein“settlingtimes,”a termhedefinesasadistinctsocialconditionof prolongedinsecurityanduncertaintyafterdisasters.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
DebatesintheDigital Humanities2023
EditedbyMatthewK.Gold, EditedbyLaurenF.Klein
DebatesintheDigitalHumanities
July 2023 520pp 14b&willus.
9781517915285£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781517915278£125.00/$140.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Wheredothedigitalhumanitiesstandin2023?
DebatesintheDigitalHumanities 2023presentsa state-of-the-fieldvisionofdigitalhumanitiesamid risingsocial,political,economic,andenvironmental crises;aglobalpandemic;andthedeepeningof austerityregimesinU.S.highereducation.
ExcludesJapan&ANZ
DigitalEnergetics
AnnePasek,CindyKaiyingLin, ZaneGriffinTalleyCooper, JordanB.Kinder
May 2023 152pp 3b&willus.
9781517915872£15.99 / $18.00PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Energyandmediaarethe entangledmiddlesofsociallife— andalsoofeachother.Thisvolumetracesthe contoursofbothamediaanalyticofenergyandan energyanalyticofmediaacrossthecultural, environmental,andeconomicrelationsthey undergird.
ExcludesJapan&ANZ
ConvergenceCulture WhereOldandNewMedia Collide
HenryJenkins
September 2008 368pp
9780814742952£21.99 / $25.00PB
9780814742815£67.00/$75.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Winnerofthe2007SocietyforCinemaandMedia StudiesKatherineSingerKovacsBookAward 2007ChoiceOutstandingAcademicTitle Aclassicstudyonthedynamicbetweenan individualanddifferentmediachannels.Henry Jenkins,oneofAmerica’smostrespectedmedia analysts,delvesbeneaththenewmediahypeto uncovertheimportantculturaltransformationsthat aretakingplaceasmediaconverge.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
DenialofGenocidesin theTwenty-FirstCentury
EditedbyBedrossDer Matossian
May 2023 432pp 5photos,2illus,1 table
9781496225108£63.00 / $70.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Throughoutthetwenty-first century,genocidedenialhasevolvedandadapted withnewstrategiestoaugmentandcomplement establishedmodesofdenial.Thisvolumebrings togetherleadingscholarsfromacrossdisciplinesto discussgenocidedenial,concentratingon communication,socialnetworks,andpublicspheres ofdailylife.
DigitalUnsettling
DecolonialityandDispossession intheAgeofSocialMedia
SahanaUdupa,EthirajGabriel Dattatreyan
CriticalCulturalCommunication
April 2023 256pp 3b&willus.
9781479819157£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479819140£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Acriticalexplorationofdigitalizationthatputs contemporary“decolonizing”movementsinto conversationwiththeorizationsofdigital communication.UdupaandDattatreyaninterrogate theformsandprocessesthathavereinforced neocolonialrelations.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
Empirebetweenthe Lines
ImperialCultureinBritishand FrenchTrenchNewspapersof theGreatWar
ElizabethStice
StudiesinWar,Society,andtheMilitary
June 2023 240pp
9781496234070£54.00 / $60.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
ElizabethSticeanalyzesstories,poetry,plays,and cartoonsinBritishandFrenchtrenchnewspapersto demonstratehowBritishandFrenchsoldiers experiencedandenvisionedempiresthroughthe war.ThefirststudyofitskindtoconsultBritishand Frenchnewspaperstogether.
FromChernobylwith Love
ReportingfromtheRuinsofthe
SovietUnion
May 2023
9781640125728£18.99/ $21.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
2019ForewordIndiesAward, Gold
2020IndependentBookPublishersAwards,Bronze Medal
InthewakeofthefalloftheBerlinWall,thelate twentiethcenturywasatimeofunprecedentedhope fordemocracyandfreedominEasternEurope.Young writers,journalists,andadventurerssuchasKatya CengelflockedfromtheWesteastwardtocitieslike PragueandBudapest,seekingout terranova.This bookisherremarkablestory.
LetterpressRevolution
ThePoliticsofAnarchistPrint Culture
KathyE.Ferguson
February 2023 352pp 16illus.
9781478019237£24.99 / $28.95PB
9781478016595£94.00/$104.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Explorestheimportanceof anarchistletterpressprintersandpresses,whose printedmaterialsgalvanizedanarchistmovements acrosstheUnitedStatesandGreatBritainfromthe latenineteenthcenturyto1940s.Byinquiringinto thepolitical,material,andaestheticpracticesof anarchistprintculture,Fergusonpointstopossible methodsforcultivatingcontemporarypolitical resistance.
EverythingIsSampled
DigitalandPrintMediationsin AfricanArtsandLetters
AkinwumiAdesokan
April 2023 392pp 12colorillus.
9780253065667£40.00 / $45.00PB
9780253065650£81.00/$90.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinestheshiftingmodesofproductionand circulationofAfricanartisticformssincethe1980s, focusingondigitalculture.Throughaninnovative developmentandanalysisoffivemodesofcreative practice—curation,composition,adaptation, platform,andremix—EverythingIsSampled offers anabsorbinglycomplexyetnuancedapproachto appreciatingtheworkofseveralgenerationsof Africanwriters,directors,andartists.
Informatica
MasteringInformationthrough theAges
AlexWright
June 2023 276pp 30b&wht.,4other
9781501768675£25.99 / $29.95PB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Informatica—theupdatededition ofAlexWright'spreviously publishedGlut—continuesthejourneythroughthe historyoftheinformationagetoshowhow informationsystemsemerge.Today's"information explosion"mayseemlikeamodernphenomenon, butwearenotthefirstgeneration—noreventhe firstspecies—towrestlewiththeproblemof informationoverload.
MaliciousDeceivers ThinkingMachinesand PerformativeObjects
IoanaB.Jucan
SensingMedia:Aesthetics,Philosophy, andCulturesofMedia
August 2023 296pp
9781503636071£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781503634633£81.00/$90.00 HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Tracesagenealogyofpost-truthintimatelytiedto globalizingmodernityandconnectstheproductionof repeatablefakenesswithcapitalismandCartesian metaphysics.Throughcasestudiesthatcrosstimes andgeographies,thebookunpacksthenotionof fakenessthroughtherelatedlogicsofdissimulation (deception)andsimulation(performativity).
MarvelComicsinthe 1970s
TheWorldinsideYourHead
EliotBorenstein
May 2023 282pp 26colorht.
9781501769368£20.99 / $23.95PB
9781501767821£40.00/$44.95 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
BridgingMarvel'sdizzyinginnovationsandthebirth oftheundergroundcomixsceneinthe1960sand theriseoftheprestigegraphicnoveland postmodernsuperheroicsinthe1980s,Borenstein revealsagenerationofcomicbookwriterswhose workatMarvelinthe1970sestablishedtheirown authorialvoicewithinthestricturesofcorporate comics.
ReclaimingtheAmericas
LatinxArtandthePoliticsof Territory
TatianaReinoza
Latinx:TheFutureIsNow
April 2023 248pp 29colorillus.
9781477326909£29.99 / $34.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Printmakershaveconspired, historically,toillustratethemapscreatedby Europeancolonizersthatwereusedtochartand claimtheirexpandingterritories.Overthelastthree decades,Latinxartistsandprintstudioshave reclaimedthisprintedartformfortheirownspatial discourse.Thisbookexaminesthelimitededitions producedatfourartstudiosaroundtheUSthatspan everythingfromslycritiquesofManifestDestinyto printedportraitsofDreamersinTexas.
ShadowoftheNewDeal
TheVictoryofPublicBroadcasting
JoshShepperd
TheHistoryofMediaandCommunication
May 2023 248pp
9780252087257£23.99 / $28.00PB
9780252045110£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERISTYOFILLNOISPRESS
Despiteuncertainbeginnings, publicbroadcastingemergedasanoncommercial mediaindustrythattransformedAmericanculture. Shepperdlooksatthepeople,institutions,and influencesbehindthemediareformmovement.
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OperationalImages
FromtheVisualtotheInvisual
JussiParikka
July 2023 296pp 40b&willus.
9781517912116£24.99 / $29.00PB
9781517912109£104.00/$116.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
FirstintroducedbytheGerman filmmakerHarunFarocki,the termoperationalimagesdefinestheexpandingfield ofmachinevision.Inthisstudy,mediatheoristJussi ParikkadevelopsFarocki’sinitialconceptby consideringtheextenttowhichoperationalimages havepervadedtoday’svisualculture,outlininghow datatechnologiescontinuetodevelopanddisrupt ourunderstandingofimagesbeyond representation.ExcludesJapan&ANZ
ReportingWorldWarII
EditedbyG.KurtPiehler, EditedbyIngoTrauschweizer
WorldWarII:TheGlobal,Human,and EthicalDimension
April 2023 304pp 20b&willus.
9781531503109£29.99 / $35.00PB
9781531503093£94.00/$105.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thissetofessaysoffersnewinsightsintothe journalisticprocessandthepressuresAmerican front-linereportersexperiencedcoveringWorldWar II.DespitetheimportanceofAmericanwarreporting inshapingperceptionsofthewaronthehomefront aswellasshapingthehistoricalnarrativeofthis conflict,thisworkunderscoreshowthereismoreto learn.
Supersex
Sexuality,Fantasy,andthe Superhero
EditedbyAnnaPeppard
WorldComicsandGraphicNonfiction Series
April 2023 384pp
9781477321614£29.99 / $34.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
FromSupermanandBatmantotheX-MenandYoung Avengers, Supersex interrogatestherelationship betweenheroismandsexuality,sheddingnewlight onourfantasiesofboth.Peppardandher contributorspresentsuperherosexualityasboth dangerouslyexcitingandexcitinglydangerous, encapsulatingthesuperherogenre’sworstimpulses anditsmostproductivelyrebelliousones.
TheMediaSwirl
Politics,Audiovisuality,and Aesthetics
CarolVernallis
April 2023 464pp 114illus.
9781478019060£27.99 / $31.95PB
9781478016427£103.00/$114.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Examinesshortformaudiovisualmedia—from TikTokmashupstoBeyoncé’sLemonade—tooffer techniquesforunderstandingdigitalmedia.Forays intoindustrystudies,neuroscience,andethicsalso informherreadings.Bycreatingourownmediaand knowingwhatcorporations,thewealthy,andthe governmentdothroughmedia,Vernalliscontends thatwecancreateamorejustworld.
ThePriceofTruth
TheJournalistWhoDefied MilitaryCensorstoReportthe FallofNaziGermany
RichardFine
April 2023 312pp 26b&wht.,1map
9781501765940£27.99 / $31.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
In ThePriceofTruth,RichardFine recountstheintensedramasurroundingtheGerman surrenderattheendofWorldWarIIandtheveteran AssociatedPressjournalistEdwardKennedy's controversialscoop.
ThePornificationof America
HowRaunchCultureIsRuining OurSociety
BernadetteBarton
April 2023 232pp 63b&willus.
9781479849338£16.99 / $19.95NIP
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Anup-closelookathowpornpermeatesour culture.Picturesofhalf-nakedgirlsandwomencan seemtolitteralmosteveryscreen,billboard,and advertisementinAmerica.Thispornificationofour societyiswhatBernadetteBartoncalls“raunch culture.”Bartonexploreswhatraunchcultureis, whyitmatters,andhowitisruiningAmerica. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
ThePrivilegeofPlay
AHistoryofHobbyGames,Race, andGeekCulture
AaronTrammell
PostmillennialPop
April 2023 256pp 24b&willus.
9781479818402£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479818396£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thestoryofwhitemasculinityingeekculture throughahistoryofhobbygaming. ThePrivilegeof Play contendsthatinordertounderstandgeek identity’sexclusionarytendencies,weneedtoknow thehistoryoftheoverwhelminglywhitecommunities oftabletopgaminghobbyiststhatprecededit.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheTwoRevolutions AHistoryoftheTransgender Internet
AveryDame-Griff
Queer/Trans/Digital
August 2023 288pp 47b&willus.
9781479818310£25.99 / $30.00PB
9781479818303£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Exploreshowtheriseoftheinternetshaped transgenderidentityandactivismfromthe1980sto thepresent.Dame-Griffreconstructsthemanifold digitalnetworksoftransgenderactivists,crossdressingcomputerhobbyists,andothersinterested ingendernonconformitywhoincitedthesecond revolutionofthetitle:theascendanceof “transgender”asanidentityinthemid-1990s.
ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ
TheVirusTouch
TheorizingEpidemicMedia
BishnupriyaGhosh
ExperimentalFutures
June 2023 304ppillus.
9781478019213£23.99 / $27.95PB
9781478016571£94.00/$104.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
WritinginshadowoftheHIV/ AIDSandCOVID-19globalpandemics,Ghosh theorizes“epidemicmedia”toshowhowepidemics aremediatedinimages,numbers,andmovements throughtheprocessesofreadingtestresultsand trackinginfectionandmortalityrates.Ghoshargues thatmediaarecentraltounderstandingemergent relationsbetweenviruses,humans,andnonhuman life.
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