Film&Television
TheCinemaof BarbaraStanwyck
Twenty-SixShortEssaysona
WorkingStar
CatherineRussell
"CatherineRussell'sThe CinemaofBarbaraStanwyck addsilluminatingdimensionto theactress'scomplexlifestory andequallyvauntedcareer.Her meticulouslyresearchedandthoughtfulanalysis bringsafreshperspectivetoStanwyck'slegacy,and capturestheenduringpowerandcharmofthe classicalHollywoodmoviestar."—Cineaste
UniversityofIllinoisPress
Series:Women’sMediaHistoryNow!
May202375b&wphotos368pp
9780252087172 £25.99 PB now£18.19
ConsentCultureand TeenFilms
AdolescentSexualityinUS
Movies
MicheleMeek
"Throughastuteanalysesof recentAmericanfilms,Meek teasesoutthecomplexitiesand contradictionsinherentinthe idealofaffirmativeconsent. ConsentCultureandTeenFilmsisanessential additiontotheliteratureonteenfilmsandon Hollywood'srepresentationofadolescent sexuality."—KristenHatch,authorof ShirleyTemple andthePerformanceofGirlhood
IndianaUniversityPress
April202310b&wphotos244pp
9780253065742 £25.99 PB now£18.19
Uncomfortable Television
HunterHargraves
"UncomfortableTelevision isan interestingworkthatraises manycompellingquestions abouttherelationshipbetween televisualcontentandourown processingofrealityandinvites furtherdiscussiononaffect theoryandhowaffect potentiallyshapesmostofourbehavior.Itisan insightfulreadforacademics,politicaltheorists,and studentsofmanystrandsofhumanities...."—Ana Yorke,Popmatters
DukeUniversityPress
January202332illus.264pp
9781478019572 £22.99 PB now£16.09
ScreeningSocial Justice
BraveNewFilmsand DocumentaryActivism
SherryB.Ortner
InScreeningSocialJustice, award-winninganthropologist SherryB.Ortnerpresentsan ethnographicstudyofBrave NewFilms,anonprofitfilm productioncompanythatmakesdocumentaries intendedtomobilizeprogressivegrassrootsactivism. Ortnerpositionstheworkofthecompanywithina traditionofactivistdocumentaryfilmmakingand withinthelargerfieldof“alternativemedia”thatis committedtochallengingthemainstreammediaand tellingthetruthabouttheworldtoday.
DukeUniversityPress
April2023160pp
9781478019510 £20.99 PB now£14.69
ACenturyofBrazilian DocumentaryFilm
FromNationalismtoProtest
DarleneJ.Sadlier
ThefirstcomprehensivestudyofBrazilian documentaryfilmmaking,offeringa sweepinglookatmorethanacenturyof cinematicjournalism,propaganda,and artistry.SadlieridentifiesBrazilians’unique contributionstoadiversegenrewhile exploringhowthatgenrehas,inturn, contributedtothemakingandremakingof Brazil.
UniversityofTexasPress
August202275b&wphotos328pp
9781477325230 £49.00 HB now£34.30
AnimatedFilmandDisability CrippingSpectatorship
SlavaGreenberg
"Throughacreativeuseofmanyexamples, AnimatedFilmandDisability movesreaders toconsidertheable-istgazethatformsthe contentandperceptionofcinematic renderingsofdisability.SlavaGreenberg invitesus,bothspectatorsandtheorists,to detachourselvesfromourtypical perceptionsofdisabilityasamethodtoget intouchwithalternativerelationsforged throughafocusoncripsubjectivitiesand viewpoints.Thisbookisessentialreading foranyoneinterestedinthepowerof perceptionasapoliticalandcreativesiteof inquiry."—TanyaTitchkosky,authorof ReadingandWritingDisabilityDifferently IndianaUniversityPress
February202322b&willus.222pp
9780253064509 £23.99 PB now£16.79
AutisminFilmandTelevision
OntheIsland
EditedbyMurrayPomerance&R.
BartonPalmer
Anessaycollectionreckonswithpopculturaldepictionsofautism.Filmand televisionhavethusstakedouta progressivepositiononneurodiversityby insistingonscreentimeforautismbuthave donesowhilefrequentlyignoringthetrue diversityofautisticexperience.Theresultis awelcomecelebrationofnonjudgmental approachestodisability,albeitonethatis freightedwithstereotypesandelisions.
UniversityofTexasPress
April202219b&wphotos328pp
9781477324912 £49.00 HB now£34.30
BlackPanther
ScottBukatman
ScottBukatman,oneoftheforemost scholarsofsuperheroesandcinematic spectacle,bringshisimpeccablepedigreeto thislivelyandaccessiblestudy,findingin theutopianismof BlackPanther awayof re-envisioningwhatasuperheromoviecan andshouldbewhilecenteringtheBlack creators,performers,andissuesbehindit.
UniversityofTexasPress
Series:21stCenturyFilmEssentials
July202227b&wphotos256pp
9781477325353 £18.99 PB now£13.29
ChineseFilm
RealismandConventionfromtheSilent EratotheDigitalAge
JasonMcGrath
"Thismagisterialbookisanextraordinary landmarkinbothChinesefilmstudiesand thebroaderexplorationofcinemaitself.In hismultifacetedparadigmofrealism,Jason McGrathfindsamastercodefor understandingChinesefilmacrossthespan ofitshistory:conceptuallyvividand analyticallyriveting,thissuperbstudyisa must-readforanystudentorscholarofthe movingimage."—MargaretHillenbrand, authorof NegativeExposures
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
February202367blackandwhiteillus.424pp
9781517914035 £25.99 PB now£18.19
CinemaasaWorldbuilding MachineintheDigitalEra EssayonMultiverseFilmsandTVSeries
AlainBoillat
Examinestheprimacyofworldbuildingin theageofCGI,transmediapracticesand "highconcept"fictionbystudyingthe principlesthatgovernthecreationofa multiverseinawiderangeoffilmandTV productions.Emphasisisplacedon Hollywoodsci-fimoviesandtheiron-screen representationofimaginarymachinesthat mirrorthefilmmedium.
JohnLibbeyPublishing
August202223colorillus.,37b&willus.350pp
9780861967490 £27.99 PB now£19.59
CinemaIlluminatingReality
MediaPhilosophythroughBuddhism
VictorFan
Howcanaphilosophicaldiscourse generatedinAsiahelpusreframeand renewcinemaandmediatheory? Cinema IlluminatingReality providesapossibleway todothisbyusingBuddhistideasto examinetheintricaterelationshipbetween technicityandconsciousnessinthecinema.
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
March202239b&willus.328pp
9781517909925 £25.99 PB now£18.19
Cinema'sOriginalSin
D.W.Griffith,AmericanRacism,andthe RiseofFilmCulture
PaulMcEwan
Examinesthelongandshiftinghistoryofits reception,revealinghowthefilmbecame notjustacinematiclandmarkbutalsoan influentialforceinAmericanaestheticsand intellectuallife.McEwanarguesthat controversiesaboutthisfilmandits meaninghaveprofoundlyshapedour understandingsoffilm,race,andart.
UniversityofTexasPress
December202226b&wphotos272pp
9781477325483 £49.00 HB now£34.30
Crimesploitation
Crime,Punishment,andPleasureon
RealityTelevision
DanielLaChance&PaulKaplan
"Duetothegraphicnatureofthisprogram, viewerdiscretionisadvised."Mostofus haveencounteredthiswarningwhile watchingtelevisionatsomepoint.Itis typicallyattachedtoabrandofrealitycrime TVthatKaplanandLaChancecall "crimesploitation":spectaclesdesignedto entertainmassaudiencesbyexhibiting "real"criminalbehaviorandits consequences.Thisbookexaminestheir enduringpopularityinAmericanculture.
StanfordUniversityPress
Series:TheCulturalLivesofLaw
May2022180pp
9781503631731 £21.99 PB now£15.39
Cruisy,Sleepy,Melancholy
SexualDisorientationintheFilmsofTsai Ming-liang
NicholasdeVilliers
"Condensedandintimate, Cruisy,Sleepy, Melancholy offersasystematicand insightfulmethodtoapproachthe queernessofTsaiMing-liang'scinema, presentingarenewedunderstandingof queernessandqueeringinrelationtothe cinemaasamediumandtoqueerpolitics andpowerrelationsthatarespecifictoEast andSoutheastAsiancinemas"—VictorFan, authorof CinemaIlluminatingReality
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
September202217b&willus.216pp
9781517913182 £21.99 PB now£15.39
CuratingtheMovingImage MarkNash
In CuratingtheMovingImage,influential curatorandtheoristMarkNashdrawson hisworkatDocumenta11,theVenice Biennale,andelsewheretoexplorethe possibilitiesofcontemporarycuration. Constructingthisrichlyillustratedbookasa curatorialprojectinandofitself,Nash outlinesseveralkeyconceptsthatrange fromexhibitionarchitectureandcuratingas anaffectiveandartisticpracticetopostcoldwaraestheticsandcontemporary Chineseart.
DukeUniversityPressBooks
May2023110colorimages408pp
9781478020448 £25.99 PB now£18.19
EthicalEncounters
TransnationalFeminism,HumanRights, andWarCinemainBangladesh
EloraHalimChowdhury
DrawingonBlackandtransnationalfeminist critiques,Chowdhuryexploresquestions aroundwomen’splace,socialroles,and modesofparticipationinwaraswellasthe visuallanguagethroughwhichtheybecome legibleasvictims/subjectsofviolenceand agentsofthenation. EthicalEncounters
illuminatesthepossibilitiesoffilmasasite toarticulateanethicsthatacknowledgesa foundingviolenceofthebirthofanation, recuperatesitevenifinfragments,and imaginesdifferentlytheirreconcilable relationshipbetweenhumanity,liberty,and justice.
TempleUniversityPress
May202233halftones249pp
9781439922255 £27.99 PB now£19.59
COMBINEDACADEMIC.CO.UK/SCREEN-2023/
FrancophoneAfricanWomen DocumentaryFilmmakers BeyondRepresentation
EditedbySuzanneCrosta,SadaNiang &AlexieTcheuyap
"Thisimpressivevolumeindexesthe historical,political,andculturalrolesplayed byAfricanwomendocumentariansfrom NorthandWestAfrica.Theeditorsand featuredauthorsbrilliantlytackleawide arrayoftopics,frommarginalizationand violencetofemalesubjectivityandhuman rights,andintheprocess,theyrecalibrate theparametersofthedocumentarygenre itself."—VladDima,SyracuseUniversity
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:StudiesintheCinemaoftheBlack Diaspora
October202310colorillus.206pp
9780253066534 £36.00 PB now£25.20
FrenchBMovies
SuburbanSpaces,Universalism,andthe ChallengeofHollywood
DavidA.Pettersen
"Amuch-neededcontributionto scholarshiponbanlieuecinema.... Pettersen'sanalysesprovideathoughtful andhighlyinformeddiscourseonidentity politicsincontemporaryWestern, multiracialsocietiesthatisofbroad relevance,justashisoverviewof transnationalgenretheoryandindustrial exegeseswillprovideparadigmsapplicable tootherareasofaudiovisualstudy."—Mary Harrod,authorofHeightenedGenreand Women'sFilmmakinginHollywood
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:NewDirectionsinNationalCinemas
April202320b&wphotos346pp
9780253064899 £40.00 PB now£28.00
IsraeliBourekasFilms
TheirOriginsandLegacy
DeborahStarr
"IsraeliBourekasFilms offersmuchneeded analysisofthephenomenonpopularly called'Bourekasfilms'andhowtheydraw onrepresentationsofshtetllifefrom Yiddishliterature."—DeborahStarr,author of RememberingCosmopolitanEgypt
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:SephardiandMizrahiStudies
January202321b&willus.206pp
9780253063427 £25.99 PB now£18.19
ItalianPoliticalCinema FiguresoftheLong’68
MauroResmini
"MauroResmini’sItalianPoliticalCinemais apowerfulandoriginalreimaginingofthe questionofthepoliticalinItaliancinema. Bracinglytheorizedandenrichedbyafine handlingofformandhistoricalcontext, Resmini’sbookheraldsanewerainItalian filmstudieswhilemakinganimportant contributiontothetheorizationofcinema’s politicalpossibilities."—JohnDavidRhodes, authorof SpectacleofProperty UniversityofMinnesotaPress
January202354b&willus.320pp
9781517911386 £23.99 PB now£16.79
JiaZhangkeonJiaZhangke MichaelBerry
Anextendeddialoguebetweenthe internationallyacclaimedChinese filmmakerJiaZhangkeandfilmscholar MichaelBerryinwhichJiaoffersa comprehensivefirst-handaccountofhislife, art,andapproachtofilmmaking.From industryandeconomicstoartandpolitics, thisbookrepresentsthesinglemost comprehensivedocumentofthedirector’s candidthoughtsontheartandchallenges offilmmaking.
DukeUniversityPress
Series:Sinotheory
April202252illus.232pp
9781478018124 £22.99 PB now£16.09
Kore-edaHirokazu MarcYamada
“MarcYamadarevealshowKore-eda’sfilms connecttoglobalaudiencesthroughtheir focusonfigureslikechildrensufferingfrom neglectandfamiliessurvivingatthebottom ofthesocioeconomicladder.Yamada providesnewapproachestowards understandingKore-eda’sworkintermsofa broadercritiqueofneoliberalism.”--Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano,authorof NipponModern UniversityofIllinoisPress
Series:ContemporaryFilmDirectors
July202330b&wphotos176pp
9780252087264 £18.99 PB now£13.29
LaborsofFear
TheModernHorrorFilmGoestoWork
EditedbyAvivaBriefel&Jason
Middleton
Americanidealspositionworkasasource ofpride,opportunity,andmeaning.Yetthe ravagesoflaborareconstantgristforhorror films.Goingbackdecadestothemad scientistsofclassiccinema,themenial moteljobthatpreparesNormanBatesfor hiscrimesinPsycho,andtheunemployed slaughterhouseworkersof TheTexasChain SawMassacre,horrormovieshavemade thecasethatworkisnotsomuchapointof prideasasourceofmonstrosity.
UniversityofTexasPress
June20239b&wimages256pp
9781477327210 £49.00 HB now£34.30
LahoreCinema
BetweenRealismandFable IftikharDadi
SeriesEditedbyK.Sivaramakrishnan, AnandA.Yang&PadmaKaimal
LahoreCinema probestheroleoflanguage, rhetoric,lyric,andforminthemakingof cinematicmeaningaswellastherelevance oftheUrduculturaluniversetomidcentury Bombayfilmmaking.Challengingthe assumptionofpopularcinemaasapolitical, Dadiexploreshowfilmsallowedtheir audiencestonavigateanaccelerating modernityandtensepoliticsbyanchoring socialchangeacrosstheterrainofdeeper culturalimaginaries.
UniversityofWashingtonPress
Series:GlobalSouthAsia
November202230b&willus.264pp
9780295750811 £27.99 PB now£19.59
MakingTheBestYearsofOur Lives
TheHollywoodClassicThatInspireda Nation
AlisonMacor
HowaHollywoodgemtransformedthe nationaldiscourseonpost-traumaticstress disorder.Thisbookilluminatesthefilm’s journeyfromscripttoscreenanddescribes howthisauthenticmotionpicturemoved audiencesworldwide.Inthisauthoritative history,Macorchroniclesthemakingand meaningofafilmthatchangedAmerica.
UniversityofTexasPress
June202216b&wphotos208pp
9781477318911 £40.00 HB now£28.00
MenacingEnvironments
EcohorrorinContemporaryNordic Cinema
BenjaminA.Bigelow
ThroughBigelow'sanalysis,ecohorror provestobeapotentvehiclenotonlyfor generatingastrongaffectiveresponsein audiencesbutalsofortakingontherevered institutions,unquestionedideological orthodoxies,andclaimsofcultural exceptionalismincontemporaryNordic societies.
UniversityofWashingtonPress
Series:NewDirectionsinScandinavianStudies
August202314b&willus.220pp
9780295751641 £27.99 PB pre-order£19.59
PicturingIndians
NativeAmericansinFilm,1941–1960
LizaBlack
“Freshandoriginal.... PicturingIndians representsacriticalcontributiontothefield ofNativeAmericanrepresentationsinfilm withitsstudyoflaborhistoryand analysis.”—MichelleRaheja, FilmQuarterly UniversityofNebraskaPress
December20222photos,1filmography,index 354pp
9781496232649 £25.99 PB now£18.19
QueerAfricanCinemas
LindseyB.Green-Simms
"QueerAfricanCinemasmakesan importantandnecessaryinterventionin queerstudiesasitworkstodecenter queernessfromtheglobalnorthandto challengecommonunderstandingsof acceptablemeansofresistance,affect,and representation.”—BrunoGuaraná,Film Quarterly
Examinesfilmsproducedbyandabout queerAfricansinthefirsttwodecadesof thetwenty-firstcentury,showinghowthese filmsrecordthefear,anxiety,and vulnerabilitymanyqueerAfricans experiencewhileatthesametime imaginingnewhopesandpossibilities. Green-Simmsemphasizesthatinthesefilms queerresistanceisoftenpracticedfroma positionofvulnerability.
DukeUniversityPress
Series:aCameraObscurabook
March202249illus.264pp
9781478018018 £23.99 PB now£16.79
5 COMBINEDACADEMIC.CO.UK/SCREEN-2023/ReframingToddHaynes
Feminism’sIndelibleMark
EditedbyTheresaL.Geller&Julia
Leyda
Reassessesthefilmandtelevisionworkof award-winningindependentfilmmakerTodd Haynesinlightofhislongstandingfeminist commitmentsandhisexceptionalposition asadirectorofwomen’sfilms.Thevolume illustratestheinfluenceoffeministtheory onHaynes’saestheticvision,mostevidentin hispersistentinterestinthepoliticaland formalpossibilitiesaffordedbythegenreof thewoman’sfilm.
DukeUniversityPress
Series:aCameraObscurabook
April202249illus.360pp
9781478018001 £25.99 PB now£18.19
ScreeningNatureandNation
TheEnvironmentalDocumentariesofthe NationalFilmBoard,1939-1974
MichaelD.Clemens
ScreeningNatureandNation examineshow Canadianshaveengagedwiththe documentariesproducedbytheNational FilmBoardofCanada,andhowthe depictionsofthelandanditspeoplehave reflectedtheprevailingattitudesofthe times.
AthabascaUniversityPress
April202226colourand10b&willus.240pp
9781771993357 £27.99 PB now£19.59
SellingScienceFictionCinema
MakingandMarketingaGenre
J.P.Telotte
ForHollywood,thegoldenageofscience fictionwasalsoanageofanxiety.Amid risingcompetition,fluidaudiencehabits, andincreasinggovernmentregulation, studiosofthe1950sstruggledtomakeand sellthekindsoffilmsthatoncewere surefirewinners.Theseconditions,the leadingmediascholarJ.P.Telotteargues, catalyzedtheincredibleriseofscience fiction.
UniversityofTexasPress
July202339b&wphotos192pp
9781477327333 £40.00 HB now£28.00
StarWarsafterLucas
ACriticalGuidetotheFutureofthe Galaxy
DanGolding
Focusingonthelatestinstalmentsinthe StarWarsfranchise,Goldingexploresthe significanceofpopculturenostalgiain overcomingthescepticismthatgreeted thefranchise’srelaunch.Initsgranular textualreadings,broadculturalscope,and insightsintothecomplexitiesofthe multimediagalaxy,thisbookisas entertainingasitisenlightening.
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
July202317264pp
9781517905415 £16.99 PB now£11.89
StreamingVideo
StorytellingAcrossBorders
EditedbyAmandaD.Lotz&Ramon Lobato
"Revealsthepowerofsubscriptionvideoon-demand(SVOD)servicestocommission storiesthatmatter,andhighlightsLotzand Lobato’sprowessincommissioningcuttingedge,impactfulresearch.Thechaptersthey havecollectedinthisbookareessential readingforanyoneseriousabout contemporarymediaindustriesandglobal productioncultures."—DerekJohnson, UniversityofWisconsin–Madison
NewYorkUniversityPress
Series:CriticalCulturalCommunication
May20239b/willus.240pp
9781479816842 £25.99 PB now£18.19
TheEmpireofEffects
IndustrialLightandMagicandthe RenderingofRealism
JulieA.Turnock
Howonecompanycreatedthedominant aestheticofdigitalrealism.ILM’sstyle,on displayinthemostsuccessfulfilmsofthe 1980sandbeyond,wassoconvincingthat otherstudioswereforcedtofollowsuit,and today,ILMisavictimofitsownsuccess, havingfosteredacinematicmonoculturein whichitisbutoneplayeramongmany.
UniversityofTexasPress
July202250b&wphotos368pp
9781477325308 £49.00 HB now£34.30
TheMysteriousRomanceof Murder
Crime,Detection,andtheSpiritofNoir
DavidLehman
FromSherlockHolmestoSamSpadeand NickandNoraCharlestoNeroWolfeand ArchieGoodwin—crimeandcrime-solvingin fictionandfilmcaptivateus.Whydowe keepgoingbacktoAgathaChristie's ingeniouspuzzlesandRaymondChandler's hard-boiledmurdermysteries?David Lehmanexploresawidevarietyof outstandingbooksandmovieswithstyle, wit,andpassion.
CornellUniversityPress
May2022296pp
9781501763625 £23.99 HB now£16.79
TheValueGap
Female-DrivenFilmsfromPitchto
Premiere
CourtneyBrannonDonoghue
TheValueGap tracesfemale-driven filmmakingacrossdevelopment,financing, production,filmfestivals,marketing,and distribution,examiningtherealitiesfacing womenworkingintheindustryduringthis transformativemoment.Drawingfromfive yearsofextensiveinterviewswithfemale producers,writers,anddirectorsatdifferent stagesoftheircareers,CourtneyBrannon DonoghueexamineshowHollywood businesscultures“value”female-driven projectsasriskyornotbankable.
UniversityofTexasPress
August202320b&wimages,4tables368pp
9781477327302 £25.99 PB pre-order£18.19
TheWorldsofJohnWick
TheYear'sWorkattheContinentalHotel
EditedbyCaitlinG.Watt
&StephenWatt
Thisbookexplorestheidiosyncrasiesofan actionfilmfranchisethathascultivateda passionatefanbasewithanelaborate subculture.Contributorsconsidereverything fromfightsequences,actionaesthetics,and stuntstogrief,cinematicspaceandtime, andgenderperformance.
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:TheYear'sWork:StudiesinFanCultureand CulturalTheory
May202238b&willus.456pp
9780253062413 £29.99 PB now£20.99
TheorizingColonialCinema ReframingProduction,Circulation,and ConsumptionofFilminAsia
EditedbyNayoungAimeeKwon, TakushiOdagiri&MoonimBaek
AfascinatingreadcombiningfilmandAsian studies,thisbookrevealsnewcontexts withinfilmtheory,history,andideologiesas itcentersthequestionofthecolonial perspectiveandemphasizeshowthe presentisconstantlyentangledwiththe colonialpast.Amillennialretrospectiveon theentangledintimacybetweenfilmand colonialismfromfilm'sglobalinceptionto contemporarylegaciesinandofAsia.
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:NewDirectionsinNationalCinemas
February202234b&wphotos306pp
9780253059758 £21.99 PB now£15.39
Transnationalismand Imperialism
EnduranceoftheGlobalWesternFilm HervéMayer&DavidRoche
ThisbookrevealsthatWesternfilmsare morethancowboys;theyareacritical intersectionwhereissuesofpowerand colonialityarenegotiated.Contributors examinethereceptionandproductionof AmericanWesternsoutsidetheUS alongsidethetransnationalaspectsof Americanproductions,andtheyconsider theworkofminoritydirectorswhousethe genretointerrogateavisualhistoryof oppression.
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:NewDirectionsinNationalCinemas
April202237b&willus.318pp
9780253060754 £36.00 PB now£25.20
TVSnapshots
AnArchiveofEverydayLife
LynnSpigel
Exploreshistoricalsnapshotsofpeople posinginfrontoftheirtelevisionsetsinthe 1950sthroughtheearly1970s,showing howTVsnapshotswereapopular photographicpracticethroughwhichpeople visualizedtheirlivesinanincreasingly mediatedculture.SpigelhighlightshowTV snapshotscomplicateunderstandingsofthe significanceofTVineverydaylife.
DukeUniversityPress
August2022165colorillus.328pp
9781478018285 £24.99 PB now£17.49
Visitation
TheConjureWorkofBlackFeminist Avant-GardeCinema
JenniferDeClue
In Visitation,JenniferDeClueshowshow Blackfeministavant-gardefilmmakersdraw fromhistoricalarchivesinordertovisualize andreckonwithviolencesufferedbyBlack womenintheUnitedStates.DeClueargues thatthesefilmmakers—includingKara Walker,KaraLynch,Tourmaline,andJa’Tovia Gary—createspacesofmourningand reckoningratherthanvoyeurismand pornotropy.
DukeUniversityPress
November202248illus.240pp
9781478019169 £21.99 PB now£15.39
WanderingWomen
UrbanEcologiesofItalianFeminist Filmmaking
LauraDiBianco
Mostlyrelegatedtothemarginsofthe culturalscene,andconcernedwithwomen's marginality,thecompellingfilms Wandering Women shedslightontellstoriesof displacementandliminalitythatunfold throughtheactofwalkinginthecity.The unusualemptinessofthecitiesthatthe nomadicfemaleprotagoniststraverse highlightstheabsenceof,andtheirwishfor, life-sustainingcommunities.
IndianaUniversityPress
Series:NewDirectionsinNationalCinemas
December202277b&willus.242pp
9780253064653 £21.99 PB now£15.39
WhiteTerror
TheHorrorFilmfromObamatoTrump
RussellMeeuf
ExposeshowWhitemainstreamfearaffects thehorrorfilmindustry,whichinturn cashesinonthatfearanddrawsvotersto candidateslikeTrump.Thebookfillsastark gapinexistinghorrorliteraturewhile tacklingatopicfeaturedprominentlyin popularmediabycenteringissuesofracial resentment,whitefragility,andwhiteguilt inourexaminationofhorrorcinema.
IndianaUniversityPress
April202228colorillus.226pp
9780253060389 £18.99 PB now£13.29
Women'sVoicesinDigital Media
TheSonicScreenfromFilmtoMemes
JenniferO'Meara
Anexaminationofthesoundandsilenceof womenindigitalmedia.Divesintonewand well-establishedmediaformatstoshowhow contemporaryscreenmediaandcultural practicespoliceandfetishizewomen’s voices,butalsoprovideexcitingnewwaysto amplifyandempowerthem.
UniversityofTexasPress
April2022320pp
9781477324448 £25.99 PB now£18.19