Film and Media

The Anthrobscene Jussi Parikka 2015 Spring

Critiques the environmental destruction caused by media technologies in the anthropocene era

Chasing the Light The Cloud Cult Story Mark Allister 2014 Fall

The inspired and inspiring story of one of indie rock’s most loved and spiritual bands

Celebrity and Power Fame in Contemporary Culture P. David Marshall 2014 Fall

A foundational media studies text—now with a new introduction

Gestures Vilém Flusser 2014 Spring

An analysis of gestures great and small, from a renowned media theorist—available in English for the first time

Reading Writing Interfaces From the Digital to the Bookbound 2014 Spring

Uncovers a lineage of writers and thinkers who have rebelled against the means of production

Coproducing Asia Locating Japanese–Chinese Regional Film and Media Stephanie DeBoer 2014 Spring

Reframes our understanding of regional coproduction and East Asian film and media

Split Screen Korea Shin Sang-ok and Postwar Cinema Steven Chung 2014 Spring

How the career of Korea’s most important postwar film director reveals surprising continuities between South and North Korea

Self-Projection The Director’s Image in Art Cinema Linda Haverty Rugg 2014 Spring

An innovative argument for narrative art films as autobiographical acts

The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson Robert Hofler 2014 Spring

The revealing—and often shocking—biography of legendary Hollywood agent Henry Willson

Mechanization Takes Command A Contribution to Anonymous History Sigfried Giedion 2013 Fall

One of the twentieth century’s best-known architectural theorists examines the impact of mechanization on daily life

Mechademia 8 Tezuka’s Manga Life Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2013 Fall

Provides new perspectives on the renowned anime and manga creator, Tezuka Osamu, and examines his legacy

The Fourth Eye Māori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand Brendan Hokowhitu and Vijay Devadas, Editors 2013 Fall

A comprehensive look at the complex relationship between Māori culture and the media

Fritz Lang The Nature of the Beast Patrick McGilligan 2013 Fall

The definitive life of the dark genius who gave us M and Metropolis—a New York Times Notable Book

Off the Network Disrupting the Digital World Ulises Ali Mejias 2013 Spring

Critiques how the Internet, social media, and the digital network change users’ understanding of the world

The Heretical Archive Digital Memory at the End of Film Domietta Torlasco 2013 Spring

Explores how contemporary digital artworks are changing our memories of film and our understanding of the cinematic and psychoanalytic archives

University of Minnesota Press