“…Ausführliche Analysen diverser Filmformate - vom Hollywoodfilm bis zur Politreportage - zeigen, dass und wie das Metaphorisieren ein durch die Performativität audiovisueller Bilder strukturiertes filmisches Denken ist This book develops a transdisciplinary perspective at the interface between a linguistic study of metaphor focused on language use and a theory of audio-visual media as moving images rooted in film studies. Detailed analyses of different film formats - from Hollywood movies to political reportage - show how metaphorization is a filmic type of thinking structured by the performativity of audio-visual images…”

“…This Publication unites perspectives from English, American, German, Romance, Slavic, archive and film studies, history, art history, musicology and philosophy to explore this culturally significant ‚networking’ medium. …”

“…It will appeal to those interested in fields such as anthropology, film studies, literary studies, political science, public health, sociology, and socio-legal studies.Queer in Africa forms an entry point for understanding the vulnerabilities of queer Africans as shaped by social, cultural and political processes, aiming to provide innovative insights about contentious disagreements over their lives. …”

“…Drawing on critical concepts from diaspora studies, anthropology, socio-historical research on diasporic families and the burgeoning field of transnational film studies, this book is an essential read for Film Studies scholars and students who are researching families and issues of race and ethnicity in cinema, the media and visual culture…”

“…The volume is interdisciplinary, featuring contributions from literary studies, linguistics, art history, semiotics and film studies…”

“…"Making Films in Contemporary Hollywood contains analysis, interviews and case studies of Chinatown, Jurassic Park and When Harry Met Sally, bringing a fresh perspective to the study of filmmaking that will be both informative and provocative for Media and Film Studies students at all levels…”

“…The Insectile and the Deconstruction of the Non/Human will be of interest for scholars, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates in film studies, visual culture, popular culture, cultural and literary studies, comparative literature, and critical theory, offering the insectile as new category for theoretical thought…”

“…Essential reading for students and scholars in Film Studies, this engaging study will also be a valuable resource for critical theorists…”

“…Thematically organized, it explores:- the work of classical and contemporary thinkers who have contributed most to this theoretical framework- the foundational concepts of the dramaturgical approach- a rich array of substantive areas of empirical investigation to which dramaturgy continues to contribute - directions for future dramaturgical thinkingAn indispensable collection that updates and extends the dramaturgical framework, The Drama of Social Life will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, social psychology, performance studies, cultural studies, communication, film studies, and anthropology - and all those interested in the work of Goffman and symbolic interactionist theory and practice…”

“…Written by a team of international scholars, this book highlights a diversity of methodologies that will be of interest to scholars and doctoral students across disciplinary areas such as media studies, film studies, literature, aesthetics, and cultural studies. …”

“…By analyzing how we think, discuss, and marvel about the films we see, Projecting a Camera, offers insights rich in implications for our understanding of film and film studies…”
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“…By helping to bridge the gap between the gift economy and commodity culture, this book will appeal to students and scholars of media industry studies, media finance and economics, fan and audience studies, film studies, film history, and media marketing"--…”

“…The editors are pleased to strengthen the link between film studies and psychology in the interest of gaining tangible insight into the ancient mystery of the link between art and aesthetic experience…”

“…As such, Aggression in Pornography will be of interest to students and researchers in sociology, gender and sexuality studies, and media and film studies, as well as to wider audiences who are interested in today's pornography industry and to policymakers looking to devise empirically driven policies regarding this industry and its potential effects…”

“…It will be a key resource for students and researchers in a broad range of areas including literature, film studies, narrative studies, cultural studies, international politics and ecocriticism"--…”

“…It is of interest to academics working in Film Studies, Globalisation Studies, and International Relations"--…”
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“…By addressing these issues, Media Authorship demonstrates that the concept of authorship as formulated in literary and film studies is reinvigorated, contested, remade--even, reauthored--by new practices in the digital media environment"--…”
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“…Covering such diverse topics, this volume brings together scholars from cultural studies, literary studies, and film studies. Their analyses of twenty-first-century Holocaust films venture across national and linguistic boundaries and make visible various formal and intertextual relationships within the substantial body of Holocaust cinema."…”

“…This book identifies a number of common themes and ideas that have been explored by historians for decades: the use of history on film and television as a way to teach the past; the challenge of filmic and televisual history to more traditional historiography; and an ongoing battle to find an 'appropriate' historical way to engage with Film Studies and Theory. Screened History offers an approach to exploring History, Film and Television that allows room for future developments, while connecting them to a rich and diverse body of past scholarship. …”