Film and Media

Atomic Light (Shadow Optics) Atomic Light (Shadow Optics) Akira Mizuta Lippit 2005 Fall
Explores the “avisual” and its effect on the visual world
Andy Kaufman: Wrestling with the American Dream Andy Kaufman Wrestling with the American Dream Florian Keller 2005 Fall
An original reading of the controversial and combative performer as exploding the myth of the American dream
Electronic Monuments Electronic Monuments Gregory L. Ulmer 2005 Fall
An eclectic and surprising study documenting the diversification of witnessing
Radio’s Intimate Public: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy Radio’s Intimate Public Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated Democracy Jason Loviglio 2005 Fall
Uncovers radio’s role in the development of an imagined national community
Revolution Televised: Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power Revolution Televised Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power Christine Acham 2005 Fall
Establishes the influence of the Black Power movement on black television of the 1960s and 1970s
Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture Citizen Spy Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture Michael Kackman 2005 Fall
A revealing examination of American espionage television programs
Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema Small Nation, Global Cinema The New Danish Cinema Mette Hjort 2005 Fall
Investigates the relationship between globalization and the New Danish Cinema
Shadows, Specters, Shards: Making History in Avant-Garde Film Shadows, Specters, Shards Making History in Avant-Garde Film Jeffrey Skoller 2005 Spring
Demonstrates how avant-garde films better reflect the complexity of history than conventional film
Re-takes: Postcoloniality and Foreign Film Languages Re-takes Postcoloniality and Foreign Film Languages John Mowitt 2005 Spring
A sustained theoretical reevaluation of “film languages,” both visual and verbal
Sound Ideas: Music, Machines, and Experience Sound Ideas Music, Machines, and Experience Aden Evens 2005 Spring
A highly original approach to the philosophy of musical experience
Hitchcock’s Cryptonymies: Volume II. War Machines Hitchcock’s Cryptonymies Volume II. War Machines Tom Cohen 2004 Fall
An interpretation of Hitchcock’s films as deeply subversive works that realize cinema’s potential to transform society
Lara Croft: Cyber Heroine Lara Croft Cyber Heroine Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky 2005 Spring
Avatar of girl power or sexual plaything? The ambiguity of being Lara
The Souls of Cyberfolk: Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory The Souls of Cyberfolk Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory Thomas Foster 2005 Spring
Considers the construction of race, gender, and sexuality in virtual reality
A Culture of Light: Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany A Culture of Light Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany Frances Guerin 2005 Spring
A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology
A Line of Sight: American Avant-Garde Film since 1965 A Line of Sight American Avant-Garde Film since 1965 Paul Arthur 2004 Fall
A major reconsideration of avant-garde film in America