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, California State University, Northridge; Tom Gunning, University of Chicago; Thomas Leitch, University of Delaware; Walter Metz, Southern Illinois University.
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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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Starring Tom Cruise
Interdisciplinary star study of one of the most iconic Hollywood celebrities of the last thirty-five years.
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New Approaches to Contemporary Adaptation
An innovative collection that emphasizes the relevance of adaptation studies in the current transmedia climate.
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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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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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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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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
1968 and Global Cinema
Examines the political cinema of 1968 in relation to global events.
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ISBN: 9780814345429
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ISBN: 9780814342930
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ISBN: 9780814342947
The Films of Jess Franco
The first edited volume devoted to the legendary cult director Jess Franco.
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ISBN: 9780814344934
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ISBN: 9780814343166
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ISBN: 9780814343173
Beyond Method
Stella Adler and the Male Actor
Explores the methodologies and influence of acting teacher Stella Adler on her male students.
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ISBN: 9780814344897
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ISBN: 9780814342916
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ISBN: 9780814342923
AWARDWINNER
The Berlin School and Its Global Contexts
A Transnational Art Cinema
Germany’s most important filmmaking movement in conversation with its peers across the globe.
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ISBN: 9780814344903
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ISBN: 9780814342008
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ISBN: 9780814342015
Transforming Harry
The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age
Focuses on the critical and theoretical implications of adapting the Harry Potter novels to films and media.
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ISBN: 9780814344910
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ISBN: 9780814342862
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ISBN: 9780814342879
Comic Venus
Women and Comedy in American Silent Film
Examines the social and historical significance of women’s contributions to American silent film comedy.
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ISBN: 9780814345290
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ISBN: 9780814341025
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ISBN: 9780814341032
The Best Laid Plans
Interrogating the Heist Film
Explores the significance of the heist film genre.
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ISBN: 9780814342244
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ISBN: 9780814342251