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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, California State University, Northridge; Tom Gunning, University of Chicago; Thomas Leitch, University of Delaware; Walter Metz, Southern Illinois University.

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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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Available October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345320
$92.99
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Available October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345337
$34.99
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Available October 2021
ISBN: 9780814345344

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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Available October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346853
$92.99
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ISBN: 9780814346860
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Available 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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Available August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347805
$94.99
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Available August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347799
$36.99
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Available August 2021
ISBN: 9780814347812

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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Available May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346730
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Available May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346747
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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
$34.99
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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
$34.99
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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
$84.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346822
$32.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346839

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
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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

Justice on Demand

True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era

Tanya Horeck

Explores the proliferation of true crime audiovisual texts across multiple media platforms.

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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814347201
$84.99
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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814340639
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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814340646

Birth of the Binge

Serial TV and the End of Leisure

Dennis Broe

A deep-dive into the practice and execution of contemporary television viewing.

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Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345979
$82.99
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Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345269
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Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345276

Cinematic Cryptonymies

The Absent Body in Postwar Film

Ofer Eliaz

How postwar film represents absent bodies via the cinematic practices of audiovisual erasure by key filmmakers.

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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345610
$85.99
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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345627
$31.99
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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345634

Robin Wood on the Horror Film

Collected Essays and Reviews

Edited by Barry Keith Grant
With a preface by Richard Lippe

Robin Wood’s writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume.

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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345252
$82.99
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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345238
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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345245

1968 and Global Cinema

Edited by Christina Gerhardt and Sara Saljoughi

Examines the political cinema of 1968 in relation to global events.

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Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814345429
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Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814342930
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Published: October 2018
ISBN: 9780814342947

The Films of Jess Franco

Edited by Antonio Lázaro-Reboll and Ian Olney

The first edited volume devoted to the legendary cult director Jess Franco.

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Published: August 2018
ISBN: 9780814344934
$84.99
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Published: August 2018
ISBN: 9780814343166
$29.99
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Published: August 2018
ISBN: 9780814343173

Beyond Method

Stella Adler and the Male Actor

Scott Balcerzak

Explores the methodologies and influence of acting teacher Stella Adler on her male students.

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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814344897
$84.99
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342916
$27.99
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342923
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The Berlin School and Its Global Contexts

A Transnational Art Cinema

Edited by Marco Abel and Jaimey Fisher

Germany’s most important filmmaking movement in conversation with its peers across the globe.

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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814344903
$84.99
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342008
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342015

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