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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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Movie-Made Los Angeles

John Trafton

The proto-cinematic visual culture of Los Angeles that set the scene for modern Hollywood.

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Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814347775
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ISBN: 9780814347768
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Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814347782

Hidden Light

Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema

Dan Chyutin

Contemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.

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Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350683
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Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350676
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Published: September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350690

Recollecting Collecting

A Film and Media Perspective

Edited by Lucy Fischer

The impact of unique material collections that have helped shaped research, practice, and education in film and media studies.

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Published: April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348567
$94.99
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Published: April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348550
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Published: April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348574

Fearless Vulgarity

Jacqueline Susann's Queer Comedy and Camp Authorship

Ken Feil

The enduring queer feminist engagement with Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann’s camp comedy legacy.

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Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814346037
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Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814346044
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Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814346051

Gene Tierney

Star of Hollywood's Home Front

Will Scheibel

Hollywood’s Gene Tierney, the lasting impact of her wartime and postwar films, and her continuing legacy.

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Published: September 2022
ISBN: 9780814348208
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Published: September 2022
ISBN: 9780814348215
$29.99
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Published: September 2022
ISBN: 9780814348222

American Television during a Television Presidency

Edited by Karen McNally

Explores the ways television documents, satirizes, and critiques the political era of the Trump presidency.

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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349366
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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349359
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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349373

Mothers of Invention

Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor

Edited by So Mayer and Corinn Columpar

Examines the role that parenting, as a theme and practice, plays in film and media cultures.

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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814348536
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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814348529
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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814348543

Woman Up

Invoking Feminism in Quality Television

Julia Havas

Critically analyzes the discursive relationship between cultural value and popular feminism in American television.

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Published: March 2022
ISBN: 9780814346556
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Published: March 2022
ISBN: 9780814346563
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Published: March 2022
ISBN: 9780814346570

Eye of the Taika

New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi

Matthew Bannister

Innovative study of Taika Waititi, whose Maori and Jewish roots influence his distinctive New Zealand comedic style.

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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345320
$92.99
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345337
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345344
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Our Blessed Rebel Queen

Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia

Edited by Linda Mizejewski and Tanya D. Zuk

Exploration of Carrie Fisher as star, author, comedian, and iconic personification of Princess Leia.

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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346853
$92.99
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346860
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346877

Resetting the Scene

Classical Hollywood Revisited

Edited by Philippa Gates and Katherine Spring

Showcases cutting-edge work by renowned researchers of classical Hollywood filmmaking.

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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347805
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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347799
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Published: August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347812
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After "Happily Ever After"

Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age

Edited by Maria San Filippo

Explores romantic comedy’s revitalizing response to shifting sexual and social mores of the past decade.

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Published: May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346730
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Published: May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346747
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Published: May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346754

Starring Tom Cruise

Edited by Sean Redmond

Interdisciplinary star study of one of the most iconic Hollywood celebrities of the last thirty-five years.

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Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814347171
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Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814347188
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Published: March 2021
ISBN: 9780814347195

New Approaches to Contemporary Adaptation

Edited by Betty Kaklamanidou

An innovative collection that emphasizes the relevance of adaptation studies in the current transmedia climate.

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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346242
$84.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346259
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346266

V. F. Perkins on Movies

Collected Shorter Film Criticism

Edited by Douglas Pye

The collected shorter film criticism of one of the most brilliant English-language film critics.

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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346426
$84.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346433
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346440

Chilean Cinema in the Twenty-First-Century World

Edited by Vania Barraza and Carl Fischer

Explores the global dimension and local identity of Chile’s vibrant contemporary cinema.

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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346815
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346822
$32.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346839
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Stars and Silhouettes

The History of the Cameo Role in Hollywood

Joceline Andersen

Extensive account of the cameo’s production history and how audiences affirm their mastery of celebrity culture.

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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346907
$84.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346914
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346921

The Cinema of Ettore Scola

Edited by Rémi Lanzoni and Edward Bowen

Brings to light Scola’s cinematic style and contextualizes his commentary on Italian society and politics.

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Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814347478
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Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814343791
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Published: September 2020
ISBN: 9780814343807

The Construction of Testimony

Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah and Its Outtakes

Edited by Erin McGlothlin, Brad Prager, and Markus Zisselsberger

Groundbreaking analyses of the vast archive of newly digitized and released outtakes from Lanzmann’s masterwork.

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Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347331
$84.99
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Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347348
$36.99
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Published: April 2020
ISBN: 9780814347355

Cinemagritte

René Magritte within the Frame of Film History, Theory, and Practice

Lucy Fischer

Examines the fascinating ties between Surrealist artist René Magritte and the cinema.

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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814346365
$87.99
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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814346372
$38.99
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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814346389

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