“…This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading international scholars of migration from perspectives as varied as literature, linguistics, area and cultural studies, media and communication, visual arts, and film studies. Together, they offer innovative interpretations of migrants and contemporary migration to Europe, enriching today's political and media landscape, and engaging with the ongoing debate on forced mobility and rights of both extra-European migrants and European citizens"--Contracubierta…”

“…A key resource for educators in the Medical Humanities, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese Studies and Film Studies as well as global health, medical anthropology and medical history"--…”

“…Bridging and synthesizing linguistic anthropology, film studies, visual studies, and media anthropology, Onscreen/Offscreen rethinks key issues across a number of fields concerned with the semiotic constitution of social life, from the performativity and ontology of images to questions of spectatorship, realism, and presence. …”

“…Film theory no longer gets top billing or plays a starring role in film studies today, as critics proclaim that theory is dead and we are living in a post-theory moment. …”

“…In close readings of key texts spanning from the early 20th century to the present the author crosses expertly between American, German, and British versions of art history, cultural studies, aesthetics, and film studies Besprochen in: optische fenomenen, 400 (2020)…”

“…Introduced and commented by specialists in film studies and philosophy, Meunier's intricate phenomenological descriptions of the spectator's engagement with fiction films, documentaries and home movies can reach the wide audience they have deserved ever since their publication in French in 1969.…”

“…A key resource for educators in the Medical Humanities, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese Studies and Film Studies as well as global health, medical anthropology and medical history"--…”

“…The book is aimed at readers interested in philosophical and theoretical approaches to film studies…”

“…Intended for scholars and enthusiasts of film studies, the book offers a rigorous methodology for analyzing the rhetorical dimensions of cinema…”

“…The book targets scholars and readers interested in film studies, ethics, and history…”

“…With a Marxist orientation inspired by the thinking of Louis Althusser, Jacques Lacan and Roland Barthes, the "red years" of 'Cahiers du cinema' produced a theoretical outpouring that was formative for the establishment of film studies as an academic discipline in the 1970s, and is still of vital relevance for the contemporary audiovisual landscape. …”

“…Contributions draw upon established discourses in electroacoustic music, media art history, film studies, critical theory and dance; framing and critiquing these arguments within the context of diverse audiovisual practices. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Westmoreland -- Ethics of citizen media research / Sandra Smeltzer -- Facebook / Zoetanya Sujon -- Fandom / Eva Cheuk-Yin Li -- Film studies and citizen media / Jens Eder and Britta Hartmann -- Flash mobs / Christian DuComb -- Graffiti and street art / Myrto Tsilimpoinidi and Konstantinos Avramidis -- Hacking and hacktivism / Julia Rome -- Hip-hop / Christopher Vito -- Hyperlocal media / Jerome Turner and David Harte -- Immaterial labour / Dario Lolli -- Indymedia / Dorothy Kidd -- Journalism studies and citizen media / Karin Wahl-Joregensen -- Media / Marwan M. …”

“…The text is intended for scholars and students of film studies, philosophy, and political theory, aiming to provide a critical understanding of how cinema influences societal norms and ideologies…”

“…These books set the agenda of academic film studies during its formative period. Metz's ideas were taken up, digested, refined, reinterpreted, criticized and sometimes dismissed, but rarely ignored. …”

“…This volume brings together contributions by authors from various countries working in disciplines such as literary, media, and film studies, linguistics, cultural and visual culture studies, and in poetic practice. …”

“…While the consideration of landscape on film has been growing in currency over the past four to five years. as yet no single publication has attempted to embrace the multitude of nationalities, cinematic examples and critical approaches that Cinema and Landscape encompasses. written by reputed cinema scholars and academic innovators, this volume both extends the existing field of film studies and stakes claims to overlapping, contested territories in the art and humanities and the social sciences." …”

“…Moving away from the recent prevalence of text-based analysis in the field of film studies, 'Audience' tackles one of the most important issues in cinema - how the audience engages with film. …”

“…By analyzing films serving "mundane" purposes as cinematic forms of meaning-making, it opens up audiovisual discourse formations to aesthetic and political critique. This film studies perspective sheds new light on media practices where propaganda, advertising, and public relations intersect. …”