Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series
Series Editor: Barry Keith Grant, Brock University
The Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series has as its focus original areas of film research and innovative critical approaches to film, television, and new media. The series publishes works that open further avenues for research and debate for the scholar. The titles are suitable for classroom use at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Advisory Editors: Robert J. Burgoyne, University of St. Andrews; Caren J. Deming, University of Arizona; Patricia B. Erens, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Peter X. Feng, University of Delaware; Lucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh; Frances Gateward, Howard University; Tom Gunning, University of Chicago; Thomas Leitch, University of Delaware; Walter Metz, Southern Illinois University.
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Fearless Vulgarity
Jacqueline Susann's Queer Comedy and Camp Authorship
The enduring queer feminist engagement with Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann’s camp comedy legacy.
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American Television during a Television Presidency
Explores the ways television documents, satirizes, and critiques the political era of the Trump presidency.
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ISBN: 9780814349366
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ISBN: 9780814349359
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ISBN: 9780814349373
Mothers of Invention
Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor
Examines the role that parenting, as a theme and practice, plays in film and media cultures.
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ISBN: 9780814348536
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ISBN: 9780814348529
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ISBN: 9780814348543
Woman Up
Invoking Feminism in Quality Television
Critically analyzes the discursive relationship between cultural value and popular feminism in American television.
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ISBN: 9780814346556
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ISBN: 9780814346563
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ISBN: 9780814346570
Eye of the Taika
New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi
Innovative study of Taika Waititi, whose Maori and Jewish roots influence his distinctive New Zealand comedic style.
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ISBN: 9780814345320
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ISBN: 9780814345337
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ISBN: 9780814345344
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Our Blessed Rebel Queen
Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia
Exploration of Carrie Fisher as star, author, comedian, and iconic personification of Princess Leia.
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ISBN: 9780814346853
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ISBN: 9780814346860
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ISBN: 9780814346877
Resetting the Scene
Classical Hollywood Revisited
Showcases cutting-edge work by renowned researchers of classical Hollywood filmmaking.
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ISBN: 9780814347805
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ISBN: 9780814347799
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ISBN: 9780814347812
After "Happily Ever After"
Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age
Explores romantic comedy’s revitalizing response to shifting sexual and social mores of the past decade.
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ISBN: 9780814346730
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ISBN: 9780814346747
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ISBN: 9780814346754
Starring Tom Cruise
Interdisciplinary star study of one of the most iconic Hollywood celebrities of the last thirty-five years.
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ISBN: 9780814347171
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ISBN: 9780814347188
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ISBN: 9780814347195
New Approaches to Contemporary Adaptation
An innovative collection that emphasizes the relevance of adaptation studies in the current transmedia climate.
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ISBN: 9780814346242
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ISBN: 9780814346259
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ISBN: 9780814346266
V. F. Perkins on Movies
Collected Shorter Film Criticism
The collected shorter film criticism of one of the most brilliant English-language film critics.
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ISBN: 9780814346426
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ISBN: 9780814346433
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ISBN: 9780814346440
Chilean Cinema in the Twenty-First-Century World
Explores the global dimension and local identity of Chile’s vibrant contemporary cinema.
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ISBN: 9780814346815
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ISBN: 9780814346822
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ISBN: 9780814346839
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Stars and Silhouettes
The History of the Cameo Role in Hollywood
Extensive account of the cameo’s production history and how audiences affirm their mastery of celebrity culture.
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ISBN: 9780814346907
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ISBN: 9780814346914
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ISBN: 9780814346921
The Cinema of Ettore Scola
Brings to light Scola’s cinematic style and contextualizes his commentary on Italian society and politics.
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ISBN: 9780814347478
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ISBN: 9780814343791
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ISBN: 9780814343807
The Construction of Testimony
Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah and Its Outtakes
Groundbreaking analyses of the vast archive of newly digitized and released outtakes from Lanzmann’s masterwork.
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ISBN: 9780814347331
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ISBN: 9780814347348
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ISBN: 9780814347355
Cinemagritte
René Magritte within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice
Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema.
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ISBN: 9780814346365
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ISBN: 9780814346372
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ISBN: 9780814346389
Justice on Demand
True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era
Explores the proliferation of true crime audiovisual texts across multiple media platforms.
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ISBN: 9780814347201
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ISBN: 9780814340639
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ISBN: 9780814340646
Birth of the Binge
Serial TV and the End of Leisure
A deep-dive into the practice and execution of contemporary television viewing.
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ISBN: 9780814345979
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ISBN: 9780814345269
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ISBN: 9780814345276
Cinematic Cryptonymies
The Absent Body in Postwar Film
How postwar film represents absent bodies via the cinematic practices of audiovisual erasure by key filmmakers.
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ISBN: 9780814345610
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ISBN: 9780814345627
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ISBN: 9780814345634
Robin Wood on the Horror Film
Collected Essays and Reviews
Robin Wood’s writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume.
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ISBN: 9780814345252
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ISBN: 9780814345238
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ISBN: 9780814345245