Film and Media

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

Mediators Aesthetics, Politics, and the City Reinhold Martin 2015 Spring

Toward a theory of the city at the crossroads of aesthetics and politics

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

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