Film and Media

Residual Media Residual Media Charles R. Acland, Editor 2006 Fall
Explores what happens when new media become old news
Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga Mechademia 1 Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2006 Fall
A groundbreaking exploration of anime, manga, and Japanese popular culture
The Racial Order of Things: Cultural Imaginaries of the Post-Soul Era The Racial Order of Things Cultural Imaginaries of the Post-Soul Era Roopali Mukherjee 2006 Spring
A stimulating conversation about culture wars and affirmative action
What Have They Built You to Do?: The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America What Have They Built You to Do? The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America Matthew Frye Jacobson and Gaspar González 2006 Fall
Reassesses the landmark Cold War film, from Kennedy to Reagan to Halliburton
F Is for Phony: Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing F Is for Phony Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing Alexandra Juhasz and Jesse Lerner, Editors 2006 Spring
The first sustained critique of the mockumentary
Listening Awry: Music and Alterity in German Culture Listening Awry Music and Alterity in German Culture David Schwarz 2006 Spring
Highly original observations about the relationship between music and German culture
Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card Susan B. Delson 2006 Fall
The first biography of this pioneering Hollywood maverick and bon vivant.
A National Acoustics: Music and Mass Publicity in Weimar and Nazi Germany A National Acoustics Music and Mass Publicity in Weimar and Nazi Germany Brian Currid 2005 Fall
A critical account of music, mass culture, and the technologies of national imagination
Cyberspaces of Everyday Life Cyberspaces of Everyday Life Mark Nunes 2006 Spring
How network technologies produce social space
Avatars of Story Avatars of Story Marie-Laure Ryan 2006 Spring
Traces the transformation of storytelling in the digital age
Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture Gaming Essays on Algorithmic Culture Alexander R. Galloway 2006 Spring
A groundbreaking examination of the rise of video games.
Urban Nightmares: The Media, the Right, and the Moral Panic over the City Urban Nightmares The Media, the Right, and the Moral Panic over the City Steve Macek 2006 Spring
A hard-hitting look at the role of right-wing ideologues and the mass media in demonizing urban America
Making Easy Listening: Material Culture and Postwar American Recording Making Easy Listening Material Culture and Postwar American Recording Tim J. Anderson 2005 Fall
The history of commercial, economic, and aesthetic forces in the music industry
The Cinema Dreams Its Rivals: Media Fantasy Films from Radio to the Internet The Cinema Dreams Its Rivals Media Fantasy Films from Radio to the Internet Paul Young 2005 Fall
Reveals the complexity of the ties between Hollywood and new media
Watching Wildlife Watching Wildlife Cynthia Chris 2006 Spring
A vivid examination of nature television—and what it reveals about human society