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Sep
Remembering Godard
By Daniel Morgan, author of Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema There was a time in my early twenties when I had gone a while, probably a year or more, without …
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02
Aug
UC Press Award-Winning Authors
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from July 2022. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by …
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Jul
UC Press Award-Winning Authors
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are some of our recent award winners from May & June 2022. Please join us in celebrating these …
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Jun
How Do We Reckon with The Colonial Past of Media Studies?
By Armond R. Towns, author of On Black Media Philosophy In 1955, the British colonial psychiatrist J.C. Carothers published The Psychology of Mau Mau. The report was directed to the Protectorate of Kenya …
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May
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos Announces Early Career Article Award Winners
The editorial committee of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos is pleased to announce the award for best article by an early-career scholar published in 2020-2021. The award aims to recognize contributions of the highest …
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Apr
From Celebrated Film Scholar Dudley Andrew: Andre Bazin on Adaptation
Available for the first time in English, these previously unavailable essays introduce readers to the foundational concepts of the relationship between film and literary adaptation as put forth by one of the …
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Mar
Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran — A Found Audio Tour
By Kaveh Askari, author of Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran investigates how the cultural translation of cinema has been shaped by the physical …
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Mar
#SCMS22: Explore Free Content from UC Press Journals
For #SCMS22, we’re pleased to offer free online content from Film Quarterly, Feminist Media Histories, Representations, Afterimage, and more. In Film Quarterly‘s new March issue, Diana Flores Ruíz considers the works of …
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Mar
Deleted Scene: The Archival Memo I Had To Lose To Find My Book’s Argument
By Annie Berke, author of Their Own Best Creations: Women Writers in Postwar Television At a recent book event– co-hosted with Liz Clarke, author of The American Girl Goes to War– one …
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Mar
Revisiting an Oscar Night Controversy — in 1975
By 1967, the commercial and political impact on Hollywood of the sixties counterculture had become impossible to ignore. The studios were in bad shape, still contending with a generation-long box office slump …
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