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Science Fiction Theatre

J. P. Telotte

Embark on an odyssey through the series that galvanized the television sci-fi anthology genre.

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Available January 2024
ISBN: 9780814350294
$19.99
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Available January 2024
ISBN: 9780814350300

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: 9780814348550
$36.99
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Published: April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348567
$94.99
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Published: April 2023
ISBN: 9780814348574

Funny, You Don't Look Funny

Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials

Jennifer Caplan

Across generations, humor has been a place for American Jews to explore the relationship between Jewish identity, practices, and history.

Paperback
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347317
$36.99
Hardcover
Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347300
$94.99
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Published: March 2023
ISBN: 9780814347324

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: 9780814349359
$36.99
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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349366
$94.99
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Published: April 2022
ISBN: 9780814349373

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: 9780814346563
$34.99
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Published: March 2022
ISBN: 9780814346556
$94.99
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Published: March 2022
ISBN: 9780814346570
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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.

Paperback
Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346860
$36.99
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346853
$92.99
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Published: October 2021
ISBN: 9780814346877
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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: 9780814346747
$34.99
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Published: May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346730
$92.99
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Published: May 2021
ISBN: 9780814346754
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Mapping Fairy-Tale Space

Pastiche and Metafiction in Borderless Tales

Christy Williams

Examines how popular fairy tales collapse narrative borders and reimagine the genre for the twenty-first century.

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Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814343838
$32.99
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Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814348277
$92.99
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Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814343845

Batman: The Animated Series

Joe Sutliff Sanders

A deep dive into the wildly successful 1990s animated series Batman.

Paperback
Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814345405
$19.99
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Published: April 2021
ISBN: 9780814345412

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: 9780814346259
$34.99
Hardcover
Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346242
$84.99
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Published: November 2020
ISBN: 9780814346266

Reality, Magic, and Other Lies

Fairy-Tale Film Truths

Pauline Greenhill

Exploration of fairy-tale movies that blur the line between reality and magic.

Paperback
Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814342220
$32.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814347829
$84.99
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Published: October 2020
ISBN: 9780814342237

The Golden Girls

Kate Browne

A feminist approach to America’s four best friends.

Paperback
Published: May 2020
ISBN: 9780814345641
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2020
ISBN: 9780814345658

Twin Peaks

Julie Grossman and Will Scheibel

Examines Twin Peaks’s history and representations of female trauma and agency.

Paperback
Published: February 2020
ISBN: 9780814346228
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: February 2020
ISBN: 9780814346235

Justice on Demand

True Crime in the Digital Streaming Era

Tanya Horeck

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

Paperback
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814340639
$34.99
Hardcover
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814347201
$84.99
eBOOK
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814340646

Treme

Jaimey Fisher

Explores the urban context of post-Katrina New Orleans with which the TV show engages.

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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814341513
$19.99
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Published: November 2019
ISBN: 9780814341520

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.

Paperback
Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345269
$34.99
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Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345979
$82.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2019
ISBN: 9780814345276

Transforming Harry

The Adaptation of Harry Potter in the Transmedia Age

Edited by John Alberti and P. Andrew Miller

Focuses on the critical and theoretical implications of adapting the Harry Potter novels to films and media.

Paperback
Published: May 2018
ISBN: 9780814342862
$27.99
Hardcover
Published: May 2018
ISBN: 9780814344910
$84.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2018
ISBN: 9780814342879

Parables of the Posthuman

Digital Realities, Gaming, and the Player Experience

Jonathan Boulter

A philosophical reading of video gaming that focuses on what it means to be a player.

Paperback
Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814334881
$32.99
eBOOK
Published: December 2015
ISBN: 9780814341445

Knots Landing

Nick Salvato

Examines Knots Landing in its industrial and political contexts and from fresh aesthetic and theoretical perspectives.

Paperback
Published: May 2015
ISBN: 9780814340332
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2015
ISBN: 9780814340349
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Channeling Wonder

Fairy Tales on Television

Edited by Pauline Greenhill and Jill Terry Rudy

Investigates a wide range of fairy tales on television, stretching into the twenty-first century and across the world.

Paperback
Published: October 2014
ISBN: 9780814339220
$32.99
eBOOK
Published: October 2014
ISBN: 9780814339237

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