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HIRAM PÉREZ

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The Right to Be Forgotten

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DOLORES INÉS CASILLAS

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Orienting Hollywood A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay NITIN GOVIL

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SHILPA DAVÉ, LEILANI NISHIME AND TASHA OREN

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Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture PHILLIP BRIAN HARPER

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Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S.

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“A critical a analysis of war game, and how war itself is treated like a game.”

Fighting for Cultural Citizenship

Fashion, Media, and the Making of Glamour

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The New Youth Activism

Fashioning Fat

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Military Video Games After 9/11

Asian American Media Activism

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Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century CATHERINE R. SQUIRES

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A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert TERRY LINDVALL

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Does God Make the Man?

Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity STEWART M. HOOVER AND CURTIS D. COATS

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MEDIA STUDIES POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY

IN THE POSTMILLENIAL POP SERIES Restricted Access

The New Mutants

Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation

The Right to Be Forgotten

ELIZABETH ELLCESSOR

RAMZI FAWAZ

“Timely and sophisticated, Ellcessor’s book is a major advance in media studies and disability studies.”

“A truly unforgettable book that grapples with the right to be forgotton with great nuance and erudition.”

“A powerhouse one-of-a-kind book!... Truly fantastic.”

–Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE AVAILABLE

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Modernity’s Ear

Surveillance Cinema

Listening to Race and Gender in World Music

CATHERINE ZIMMER

“An excellent book, both far-reaching and convincing in its claims.”

“Kheshti explores the nexus between bodies and sounds at the intersection of racial and gender identities.”

–Aviva Briefel, co-editor of Horror after 9/11 288 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-3667-3 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6437-9 • $89.00

–Alexander Weheliye, author of Phonographies 208 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-1786-3 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6701-1 • $89.00

IN THE CONNECTED YOUTH AND DIGITAL FUTURES SERIES The Class Living and Learning in the Digital Age SONIA LIVINGSTONE AND JULIAN SEFTON-GREEN “ Intellectually engaging,

lucidly written, and emotionally engrossing... required reading for policy makers, parents, and teachers” —Kirsten Drotner, co-editor of Informal Learning and Digital Media 368 PAGES • PAPER • 978-1-4798-2424-3 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-8457-5 • $89.00

VISIT CONNECTEDYOUTH. NYUPRESS.ORG

CHARLES J. OGLETREE, JR. AND AUSTIN SARAT

“A f luid merging of cultural theory, media studies, and the social facts of mass incarceration.”

–Michelle Brown, University of Tennessee In The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Series on Race and Justice

320 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-3352-8 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6195-8 • $89.00

–Mark J. P. Wolf, co-editor of The Video Game Theory Reader

288 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-0522-8 • $28.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-4856-0 • $89.00

Controlling the Message New Media in American Political Campaigns EDITED BY

“Provides a snapshot of...the evolution of American political campaigns.”

–David Tewksbury, co-author of News on the Internet 368 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-6759-2 • $30.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-8635-7 • $89.00

IN THE CRITICAL CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS SERIES

LORI KIDO LOPEZ

DOLORES INÉS CASILLAS

“Provocative and persuasive, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the strengths and limitations of advocacy.”

“Beautifully written and thoroughly researched.”

—Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science 353 PAGES • 26 HALFTONES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-9998-2• $29.95

ELIZABETH A. WISSINGER

“Takes us to a new world and insists upon its connections to the worlds we know.”

AMANDA M. CZERNIAWSKI

–Joanne Entwistle

–Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

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224 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-8918-6 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-7039-9 • $89.00

–Peter X Feng, author of Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video 272 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-6683-0 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-7819-2 • $89.00

Orienting Hollywood A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay NITIN GOVIL

“Impressively researched and astutely argued.”

–John T. Caldwell, author of Production Culture 272 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-8934-6 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-8587-4 • $89.00

Global Asian American Popular Cultures

Mobile Selves

SHILPA DAVÉ, LEILANI NISHIME AND TASHA OREN

“A highly original and compelling work.”

EDITED BY

Highlights new approaches to modern Asian culture, with essays that explore everything from music, film, and television to comics, fashion, food, and sports.

Sounds of Belonging U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy

Making Media Work

Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries DEREK JOHNSON, DEREK KOMPARE AND AVI SANTO EDITED BY

“A terrific book.”

–Alisa Perren, author of Indie, Inc. 336 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-6099-4 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-6469-5 • $89.00

TO ORDER: Visit our website OR give us a call 800-996-6987

ULLA D. BERG

– Susan Coutin, University of California, Irvine 336 PAGES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-0346-0 • $49.00

The Colorblind Screen Television in Post-Racial America EDITED BY SARAH NILSEN AND SARAH E. TURNER

Abstractionist Aesthetics

“This volume contributes to postracial discourse and is also a valuable resource for those interested in media criticism.”

Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture PHILLIP BRIAN HARPER

“Beautifully argued with unexpected twists and turns…A momentous and magnificent book.”

– Michael Awkward, University of Michigan 256 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-1836-5 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6543-7 • $89.00

In the Social and Cultural Analysis series

–Isabel Molina-Guzman, author of Dangerous Curves 224 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-7024-5 • $25.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-7065-8 • $79.00

Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S.

400 PAGES MAY 2016 PAPER • 978-1-4798-1573-9 • $30.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6709-7• $89.00

VICTORIA A. FARRAR-MYERS AND JUSTIN S. VAUGHN

HENRY JENKINS, SANGITA SHRESTHOVA , LIANA GAMBER-THOMPSON,NETA KLIGLER-VILENCHIK AND ARELY ZIMMERMAN

Inside Plus-Size Modeling

mediastudies_2016_jenaesedits.indd 2

EDITED BY

“A critical a analysis of war game, and how war itself is treated like a game.”

Fighting for Cultural Citizenship

Fashion, Media, and the Making of Glamour

INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE AVAILABLE

Punishment in Popular Culture

MATTHEW THOMAS PAYNE

The New Youth Activism

Fashioning Fat

“This is a very valuable book; pleasure to read.”

246 PAGES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-8170-3 • $29.95

Military Video Games After 9/11

Asian American Media Activism

“An inspiring and enlivening book, this is a definite must read!”

This Year’s Model

• MEDIA STUDIES

–Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University

Playing War

By Any Media Necessary

GENDER AND THE MEDIA

NYU PRESS

MEG LETA JONES

–Jonathan Sterne, author of MP3: The Meaning of a Format

ROSHANAK KHESHTI

a

CTL + Z

Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics

RACE AND ETHNICITY

– Choice 363 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-9153-5 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-0976-9 • $79.00

The Post-Racial Mystique

Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century CATHERINE R. SQUIRES

“A defining book.”

– Charlton McIlwain, co-author of Race Appeal 243 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-7060-3 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-6289-9 • $79.00

RELIGION God Mocks

A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert TERRY LINDVALL

“A significant contribution to religious and cultural studies. Beside that, it is a just plain good read.”

– Harvey Cox, Harvard University 384 PAGES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-8673-9 • $35.00

Use the discount code on the mail panel to receive 20% off your order

Does God Make the Man?

Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity STEWART M. HOOVER AND CURTIS D. COATS

“A model volume with important and surprising conclusions!”

– Sally M. Promey, Yale University 240 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-6223-8 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-1177-9 • $89.00

NYUPRESS.ORG 3/14/16 4:32 PM

MEDIA STUDIES POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY

IN THE POSTMILLENIAL POP SERIES Restricted Access

The New Mutants

Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation

The Right to Be Forgotten

ELIZABETH ELLCESSOR

RAMZI FAWAZ

“Timely and sophisticated, Ellcessor’s book is a major advance in media studies and disability studies.”

“A truly unforgettable book that grapples with the right to be forgotton with great nuance and erudition.”

“A powerhouse one-of-a-kind book!... Truly fantastic.”

–Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao INSTRUCTOR’S GUIDE AVAILABLE

272 PAGES 1 TABLE, 7 HALFTONES PAPER • 978-1-4798-5343-4 • $28.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-1380-3 • $89.00

368 PAGES 15 HALFTONES WITH COLOR INSERT PAPER • 978-1-4798-2308-6 • $29.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-1433-6 • $89.00

Modernity’s Ear

Surveillance Cinema

Listening to Race and Gender in World Music

CATHERINE ZIMMER

“An excellent book, both far-reaching and convincing in its claims.”

“Kheshti explores the nexus between bodies and sounds at the intersection of racial and gender identities.”

–Aviva Briefel, co-editor of Horror after 9/11 288 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-3667-3 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6437-9 • $89.00

–Alexander Weheliye, author of Phonographies 208 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-1786-3 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6701-1 • $89.00

IN THE CONNECTED YOUTH AND DIGITAL FUTURES SERIES The Class Living and Learning in the Digital Age SONIA LIVINGSTONE AND JULIAN SEFTON-GREEN “ Intellectually engaging,

lucidly written, and emotionally engrossing... required reading for policy makers, parents, and teachers” —Kirsten Drotner, co-editor of Informal Learning and Digital Media 368 PAGES • PAPER • 978-1-4798-2424-3 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-8457-5 • $89.00

VISIT CONNECTEDYOUTH. NYUPRESS.ORG

CHARLES J. OGLETREE, JR. AND AUSTIN SARAT

“A f luid merging of cultural theory, media studies, and the social facts of mass incarceration.”

–Michelle Brown, University of Tennessee In The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Series on Race and Justice

320 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-3352-8 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6195-8 • $89.00

–Mark J. P. Wolf, co-editor of The Video Game Theory Reader

288 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-0522-8 • $28.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-4856-0 • $89.00

Controlling the Message New Media in American Political Campaigns EDITED BY

“Provides a snapshot of...the evolution of American political campaigns.”

–David Tewksbury, co-author of News on the Internet 368 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-6759-2 • $30.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-8635-7 • $89.00

IN THE CRITICAL CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS SERIES

LORI KIDO LOPEZ

DOLORES INÉS CASILLAS

“Provocative and persuasive, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the strengths and limitations of advocacy.”

“Beautifully written and thoroughly researched.”

—Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science 353 PAGES • 26 HALFTONES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-9998-2• $29.95

ELIZABETH A. WISSINGER

“Takes us to a new world and insists upon its connections to the worlds we know.”

AMANDA M. CZERNIAWSKI

–Joanne Entwistle

–Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

352 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-6477-5 • $28.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-9418-0 • $89.00

224 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-8918-6 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-7039-9 • $89.00

–Peter X Feng, author of Identities in Motion: Asian American Film and Video 272 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-6683-0 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-7819-2 • $89.00

Orienting Hollywood A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay NITIN GOVIL

“Impressively researched and astutely argued.”

–John T. Caldwell, author of Production Culture 272 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-8934-6 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-8587-4 • $89.00

Global Asian American Popular Cultures

Mobile Selves

SHILPA DAVÉ, LEILANI NISHIME AND TASHA OREN

“A highly original and compelling work.”

EDITED BY

Highlights new approaches to modern Asian culture, with essays that explore everything from music, film, and television to comics, fashion, food, and sports.

Sounds of Belonging U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy

Making Media Work

Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries DEREK JOHNSON, DEREK KOMPARE AND AVI SANTO EDITED BY

“A terrific book.”

–Alisa Perren, author of Indie, Inc. 336 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-6099-4 • $26.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-6469-5 • $89.00

TO ORDER: Visit our website OR give us a call 800-996-6987

ULLA D. BERG

– Susan Coutin, University of California, Irvine 336 PAGES CLOTH • 978-1-4798-0346-0 • $49.00

The Colorblind Screen Television in Post-Racial America EDITED BY SARAH NILSEN AND SARAH E. TURNER

Abstractionist Aesthetics

“This volume contributes to postracial discourse and is also a valuable resource for those interested in media criticism.”

Artistic Form and Social Critique in African American Culture PHILLIP BRIAN HARPER

“Beautifully argued with unexpected twists and turns…A momentous and magnificent book.”

– Michael Awkward, University of Michigan 256 PAGES PAPER • 978-1-4798-1836-5 • $27.00 CLOTH • 978-1-4798-6543-7 • $89.00

In the Social and Cultural Analysis series

–Isabel Molina-Guzman, author of Dangerous Curves 224 PAGES PAPER • 978-0-8147-7024-5 • $25.00 CLOTH • 978-0-8147-7065-8 • $79.00

Race, Migration, and Belonging in Peru and the U.S.

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