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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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Streisand

The Mirror of Difference

Garrett Stewart

A blend of film reading with vocal analysis in appreciation of Barbra Streisand’s unmatched contribution to lyric drama on screen.

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Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349090
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Published: November 2022
ISBN: 9780814349083
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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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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
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Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema

Joe McElhaney

Unveils the metaphoric and theoretical possibilities of fabric in the films of Luchino Visconti.

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Published: February 2021
ISBN: 9780814348260
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Published: February 2021
ISBN: 9780814343081
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Archaic Modernism

Queer Poetics in the Cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini

Daniel Humphrey

Detailed textual readings evoking the archaic sensibility and modernist style of Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346068
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814343104
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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
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814346914
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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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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
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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345627
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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
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Published: November 2018
ISBN: 9780814345238
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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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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
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Published: June 2018
ISBN: 9780814342916
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Comic Venus

Women and Comedy in American Silent Film

Kristen Anderson Wagner

Examines the social and historical significance of women’s contributions to American silent film comedy.

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Published: March 2018
ISBN: 9780814345290
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Published: March 2018
ISBN: 9780814341025
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Raul Ruiz's Cinema of Inquiry

Edited by Ignacio Lopez-Vicuna and Andreea Marinescu

Investigates the work of global filmmaker Raúl Ruiz.

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Published: December 2017
ISBN: 9780814341063
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ISBN: 9780814341070

Warriors, Witches, Whores

Women in Israeli Cinema

Rachel S. Harris

Feminist reading of women’s representation and activism in Israeli cinema.

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Published: November 2017
ISBN: 9780814339671
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Published: November 2017
ISBN: 9780814339688

Queer Mexico

Cinema and Television since 2000

Paul Julian Smith

Explores the rich and varied LGBT cinema and television of Mexico since the new millennium.

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Published: October 2017
ISBN: 9780814342749
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Published: October 2017
ISBN: 9780814342756

Projecting the World

Representing the "Foreign" in Classical Hollywood

Edited by Anna Cooper and Russell Meeuf

Discussion of international culture and politics in Hollywood films from the mid-1930s to 1960s.

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Published: June 2017
ISBN: 9780814343067
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Published: June 2017
ISBN: 9780814343074

From Tinseltown to Bordertown

Los Angeles on Film

Celestino Deleyto

Close readings that look for "the real Los Angeles" in a selection of contemporary movies.

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Published: April 2017
ISBN: 9780814339855
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Published: April 2017
ISBN: 9780814339862

The Boys in the Band

Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics

Edited by Matt Bell

William Friedkin’s 1970 motion picture The Boys in the Band is perfectly poised for the wide-ranging reassessment and innovative readings that this edited volume accomplishes.

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Published: December 2016
ISBN: 9780814341537
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Published: December 2016
ISBN: 9780814341544

Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering

Edited by Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Colleen Glenn

Examines how psychological and physical suffering, as portrayed on screen and experienced in personal lives, has affected the images, performances, and fortunes of stars from the 1940s to the present.

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Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814339398
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Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814339404

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