Film and Media

Early Blues The First Stars of Blues Guitar Jas Obrecht 2015 Fall

The history of early blues guitar, with portraits of its pioneers and first stars

Simultaneous Worlds Global Science Fiction Cinema Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells, Editors 2015 Fall

Reframes science fiction cinema as a global genre

Awakening the Eye Robert Frank’s American Cinema George Kouvaros 2015 Fall

A long overdue critical study of the work of a legendary American photographer and filmmaker

A Geology of Media Jussi Parikka 2015 Spring

A sweeping new ecological take on technology

Fiery Cinema The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 Weihong Bao 2015 Spring

Examines media spectatorship and affect through the unique case of modern China

Players and Their Pets Gaming Communities from Beta to Sunset Mia Consalvo and Jason Begy 2015 Spring

An unprecedented look at the lifespan of an online game that went against the grain

Deep Mapping the Media City Shannon Mattern 2015 Spring

Examines the material spaces in which our networks entangle themselves

Cinema Approaching Reality Locating Chinese Film Theory Victor Fan 2015 Spring

Examines ways in which Chinese and Euro-American film theorists conceptualize reality and cinema

Digital Shift The Cultural Logic of Punctuation Jeff Scheible 2015 Spring

Examines the punctuation of our digital lives and why it matters

The Poitier Effect Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation Sharon Willis 2015 Spring

Sidney Poitier as an icon of the civil rights era, signifying racial reconciliation without threat to the white status quo

World Projects Global Information before World War I Markus Krajewski 2014 Fall

Before Google and globalization, big-thinking Germans brought the world closer together

Gaming at the Edge Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture Adrienne Shaw 2014 Fall

A major new analysis of the representation of marginalized groups in video games

“Night and Fog” A Film in History Sylvie Lindeperg 2014 Fall

A microhistory of arguably the most important documentary ever made

Mechademia 9 Origins Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2014 Fall

Explores and challenges the origins of manga, anime, and Japanese popular culture

Savage Preservation The Ethnographic Origins of Modern Media Technology Brian Hochman 2014 Fall

How ethnographic encounters shaped audiovisual media in late nineteenth and early twentieth century America

University of Minnesota Press