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Horror International

Edited by Steven Jay Schneider and Tony Williams

A close look at horror films from around the world, drawing attention to neglected social, cultural, and ideological aspects of the horror genre in international cinema.

Paperback
Published: September 2005
ISBN: 9780814331019
$32.99

Transnational Cinema in a Global North

Nordic Cinema in Transition

Edited by Andrew Nestingen and Trevor G. Elkington

The first scholarly work to address the globalization of film in the Nordic region, covering major films, directors, and trends in the region’s five countries.

Paperback
Published: March 2005
ISBN: 9780814332436
$34.99

South Korean Golden Age Melodrama

Gender, Genre, and National Cinema

Edited by Kathleen McHugh and Nancy Abelmann

Examining the theoretical, historical, and contemporary impact of South Korea’s Golden Age of cinema.

Paperback
Published: March 2005
ISBN: 9780814332535
$32.99

Zones of Anxiety

Movement, Musidora, and the Crime Serials of Louis Feuillade

Vicki Callahan

A feminist analysis of the "cinema of uncertainty" through an examination of the crime serials of Louis Feuillade and the work of actress Musidora.

Paperback
Published: January 2005
ISBN: 9780814328552
$31.99
eBOOK
Published: January 2005
ISBN: 9780814337370

To Change Reels

Film and Film Culture in South Africa

Edited by Isabel Balseiro and Ntongela Masilela

An engaging inquiry into the history of South African film and its future—one that focuses on the country’s cultural history while squarely facing questions of race.

Paperback
Published: April 2003
ISBN: 9780814330012
$29.99
Hardback
Published: April 2003
ISBN: 9780814330005
$39.95

Im Kwon-Taek

The Making of a Korean National Cinema

Edited By David E. James and Kyung Hyun Kim

Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema is a collection of essays written about Im Kwon-Taek, better known as the father of New Korean Cinema, that takes a critical look at the situations of filmmakers in South Korea.

Paperback
Published: December 2001
ISBN: 9780814328699
$32.99
eBOOK
Published: December 2001
ISBN: 9780814340080

Writing in Light

The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement

Joanne Bernardi

A new look at an important era of Japanese cinema, featuring translations of key scripts.

Paperback
Published: January 2001
ISBN: 9780814329610
$29.99
eBOOK
Published: January 2001
ISBN: 9780814340097

Cinema at the Periphery

Edited by Dina Iordanova, David Martin-Jones, and Belén Vidal

Highlights the industries, markets, identities, and histories that distinguish cinema beyond the traditional hubs of mainstream Western cinema.

Paperback
Published: March 2000
ISBN: 9780814333884
$31.99
eBOOK
Published: March 2000
ISBN: 9780814336946

Bertolucci's The Last Emperor

Multiple Takes

Edited by Bruce H. Sklarew, Bonnie S. Kaufman, Ellen Handler Spitz, and Diane Borden

In this anthology, filmmakers, psychoanalysts, film scholars, and cultural historians use a psychoanalytical approach to examine Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film The Last Emperor (1988).

Paperback
Published: April 1998
ISBN: 9780814327005
$29.99

New Latin American Cinema, Volume 2

Studies of National Cinemas

Edited by Michael T. Martin

This volume comprises essays on the development of the New Latin American Cinema as a comparative national project.

Paperback
Published: June 1997
ISBN: 9780814325865
$29.99
Hardback
Published: June 1997
ISBN: 9780814327067
$54.95

New Latin American Cinema, Volume 1

Theories, Practices, and Transcontinental Articulations

Edited by Michael T. Martin

Volume One explores the formation of the New Latin American Cinema movement, its national and continental implications (including the diasporic/exilic experience) and transcontinental articulations through the writings of pioneer filmmakers and scholars.

Paperback
Published: April 1997
ISBN: 9780814325858
$29.99
Hardback
Published: April 1997
ISBN: 9780814327050
$44.95

Cinemas of the Black Diaspora

Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality

Edited by Michael T. Martin

This is a study of the cinematic traditions and film practices in the black Diaspora.

Paperback
Published: January 1996
ISBN: 9780814325889
$34.99

German Cinema

Texts in Context

Marc Silberman

German Cinema is the first English-language volume to provide a comprehensive historical overview of German film from the silent era to the present, as well as close readings of individual films.

Paperback
Published: November 1995
ISBN: 9780814325605
$29.99

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