Film history, theory or criticism

Beyond Blaxploitationis a groundbreaking scholarly anthology devoted to examining canonical and lesser-known films of the blaxploitation movement to demonstrate the richness, depth, and complexity of this intriguing period in motion picture history.

Blackness Is Burning critiques the way the politics of recognition and representation appear in popular culture as attempts to "e;humanize"e; black identity through stories of suffering and triumph or tales of destruction and survival.

By identifying points at which "e;pure filmdiscourse merges with changing international trends and attitudes toward film, it offers an important resource for film, literary, and cultural historians.

Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering offers film buffs, students, and scholars a fresh take on casting, method acting, audience reception, and the tensions at play in our fascination with an actor's dual role as private individual and cultural icon.

Traces the legacy of Krzysztof Kieslowski in films made after his death using his scripts or ideas and in the work of other filmmakers.

An in-depth look at the portrayal of Asian characters by non-Asian actors in classical Hollywood film.

Analyzes the films and filmmaking career of director Hal Ashby, placing his work in the cultural context of filmmaking in the 1970s.

Analyzes The Donna Reed Show, which aired from 1958 to 1966, as a key moment of cultural transition.

By considering the screenplay as a literary object worthy of critical inquiry, this volume breaks new ground in film studies.

Analyzes a diverse body of films and investigates the renaissance that has taken place in German cinema since the turn of the twenty-first century.

Scholars of film and television history as well as cultural studies will enjoy this significant volume.

Considers the history of the American blockbuster the large-scale, high-cost film as it evolved from the 1890s to today.

Studies the cultural impact and audience reception of King Kong from the 1933 release of the original film until today.

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

A noted critic brings crowd theory to Film Studies, offering a bold new analysis of the pervasive cinematic themes of transformation and power.

A cultural history of gay filmmaking in Israel that explores its role in the rise of gay consciousness over the past three decades.

A reissued classic that examines the structure and themes of each of Hitchcock s British feature films.

Considers the films of Michael Haneke, who has emerged as a major figure in world cinema over the last fifteen years.

Using the most current and diverse critical methods, Where the Boys Are is a crucial resource for film scholars and students at any level, and is the perfect companion to Gateward and Pomerance's Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Cinemas of Girlhood (Wayne State University Press, 2002).

Students and film scholars will appreciate this unique volume.

When the Civil War halted steamboat travel on the Mississippi River in 1861, an unemployed riverboat pilot named Samuel Clemens enlisted in the Missouri militia.

The theme of surveillance has become an increasingly common element in movies and television shows, perhaps as a response to the sense that the world is now virtually under watch.

Representations of Joan of Arc have been used in the United States for the past two hundred years, appearing in advertising, cartoons, popular song, art, criticism, and propaganda.

This volume reframes the critical conversation about Shakespeare's histories and national identity by bringing together two growing bodies of work: early modern race scholarship and adaptation theory.

Legendary actress and two-time Academy Award winner Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020) is best known for her role as Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939).

Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in history, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939) to The Help (2011) and 12 Years a Slave (2013).

Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in history, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939) to The Help (2011) and 12 Years a Slave (2013).

Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director.

Greta Garbo proclaimed him as her favorite director.

Miriam Hopkins (19021972) first captured moviegoers' attention in daring precode films such as Dr.

Miriam Hopkins (1902-1972) first captured moviegoers' attention in daring precode films such as Dr.

Barbara La Marr's (18961926) publicist once confessed: "e;There was no reason to lie about Barbara La Marr.

Barbara La Marr's (1896-1926) publicist once confessed: "e;There was no reason to lie about Barbara La Marr.

Academy Award-winning director Michael Curtiz (1886-1962)-whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mildred Pierce (1945) and White Christmas (1954)-was in many ways the anti-auteur.

Academy Awardwinning director Michael Curtiz (18861962)whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Mildred Pierce (1945) and White Christmas (1954)was in many ways the anti-auteur.

The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema.

Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) was one of the giants in American film history.

In 1995 and 1996 six film or television adaptations of Jane Austen's novels were produced-an unprecedented number.

One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906-2002) directed numerous acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), and Some Like It Hot (1959).

He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a wonderful town, and convinced a group of Parisian children that they had rhythm.

He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a wonderful town, and convinced a group of Parisian children that they had rhythm.

Veit Harlan (1899-1964) was one of Germany's most controversial and loathed directors.

Veit Harlan (18991964) was one of Germany's most controversial and loathed directors.

In recent years, technology has given films of the silent era and their creators a second life as new processes have eased their restoration and distribution.

"e;Gives voice to the women who have risked their lives for a few (perilous) moments on the big screen.

Even for those who have never read Jules Verne (1828-1905), the author's very name conjures visions of the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the epic race in Around the World in Eighty Days, the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon, and the daring descent in Journey to the Center of the Earth.

"e;It seems there is still plenty to discover and to say about Alfred Hitchcock .

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Flourishing in the United States during the 1940s and 50s, the bleak, violent genre of filmmaking known as film noir reflected the attitudes of writers and auteur directors influenced by the events of the turbulent mid-twentieth century.

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