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Queering the Asian Diaspora (2024)
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Bao, H. (in press). Queering the Asian Diaspora. SAGE Publications

The current COVID-19 pandemic has exuberated global geopolitical tensions and led to rising Sinophobia and anti-Asian racism worldwide. At the same time, there has been a nascent Asian diaspora consciousness emerging in the West, celebrating Asian id... Read More about Queering the Asian Diaspora.

Hammer Goes to Hell: The Unmade Films of the House of Horror (2023)
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Foster, K. (2023). Hammer Goes to Hell: The Unmade Films of the House of Horror. Edinburgh University Press

This book utilises never seen before materials held in the Hammer Script Archive to present a new perspective on one of the most famous British production studios of all time. While many studies of Hammer Films have been written, none have accounted... Read More about Hammer Goes to Hell: The Unmade Films of the House of Horror.

Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement (2023)
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Atkin, W. (2023). Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement. Bloomsbury Publishing

Often regarded as an artistic movement of interwar Paris, Surrealism comprised an international community of artists, writers, and intellectuals who have aspired to change the conditions of life itself over the course of the past century. Consisting... Read More about Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement.

London as Screen Gateway (2023)
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Evans, E., & Guha, M. (Eds.). (2024). London as Screen Gateway. Routledge

London as Screen Gateway explores how London features within screen narratives and as a location of screen industry activity. Reflecting the diversity of roles the city plays both on screen and within the screen industries, the volume explores the in... Read More about London as Screen Gateway.

Contemporary Queer Chinese Art (2023)
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Bao, H., Mergenthaler, D., & Zhao, J. J. (2023). Contemporary Queer Chinese Art. Bloomsbury Publishing

Contemporary Queer Chinese Art is the first English-language academic book that explores the intersections of queer culture and contemporary Chinese art from the mid-1980s to the present. This book brings together 15 internationally renowned artists,... Read More about Contemporary Queer Chinese Art.

News Journalism and Twitter: Disruption, Adaption and Normalisation (2022)
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Dagoula, C. (2023). News Journalism and Twitter: Disruption, Adaption and Normalisation. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003231776

This book provides a critical account of the impact of Twitter on journalism, exploring how the news media has adapted to and normalised the use of the platform in the industry. Offering a comprehensive understanding of Twitter uses for journalist... Read More about News Journalism and Twitter: Disruption, Adaption and Normalisation.

Returning To Lacan's Seminar XVII (2022)
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Litten, R., & Wright, C. (Eds.). (2022). Returning To Lacan's Seminar XVII. New York: Lacanian Press

We now read Jacques Lacan’s seventeenth seminar from “the other side” of a fifty-year gap separating us from its initial delivery, at the Place du Panthéon, in the academic year 1969-1970. This is factually the case, yet viewing it this way is akin t... Read More about Returning To Lacan's Seminar XVII.

TV and Cars (2022)
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Grainge, P. (2022). TV and Cars. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

TV and Cars offers a compelling lens on television in a mobile media era. Cars are vehicles for television, a fixture of the shows and ads that drive TV. In this original approach to contemporary television, Paul Grainge looks beyond questions of spe... Read More about TV and Cars.

New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy (2021)
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Abrams, N., & Frame, G. (Eds.). (2021). New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy. Bloomsbury Publishing

As a period of film history, The American New Wave (ordinarily understood as beginning in 1967 and ending in 1980) remains a preoccupation for scholars and audiences alike. In traditional accounts, it is considered to be bookended by two periods of c... Read More about New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy.

Negotiating Noise: Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines (2021)
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Krogh Groth, S., & Mansell, J. (Eds.). (2021). Negotiating Noise: Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines. Sound Environment Centre, Lund University. https://doi.org/10.37852/oblu.115

Negotiating Noise Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines brings together writing by 20 researchers from across Europe and South-East Asia on the slippery but fascinating topic of noise. What is noise, where can it be heard, and what should we do with... Read More about Negotiating Noise: Across Places, Spaces and Disciplines.

New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy (2021)
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Frame, G., & Abrams, N. (Eds.). (2021). New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501360374

As a period of film history, The American New Wave (ordinarily understood as beginning in 1967 and ending in 1980) remains a preoccupation for scholars and audiences alike. In traditional accounts, it is considered to be bookended by two periods of c... Read More about New Wave, New Hollywood: Reassessment, Recovery, and Legacy.

Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism (2020)
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Bao, H. (2020). Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism. Routledge India. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003027898

This book analyses queer cultural production in contemporary China to map the broad social transformations in gender, sexuality and desire. It examines queer literature and visual cultures in China’s post-Mao and postsocialist era to show how these d... Read More about Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism.

Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius (2020)
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Hadas, L. (2020). Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429340956

This book discusses the use of authorship discourses and author figures in the promotion and marketing of media content, dealing with the U.S. mainstream media, including franchise film, network television, and triple-A video games. The research t... Read More about Authorship as Promotional Discourse in the Screen Industries: Selling Genius.

Understanding Engagement in Transmedia Culture (2019)
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Evans, E. (2019). Understanding Engagement in Transmedia Culture. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315208053

This book offers a new, interdisciplinary model for understanding audience engagement as a type of behaviour, a form of response and a cost to audiences that, combined, offer value to the screen industries. Audience ‘engagement’ has become the key p... Read More about Understanding Engagement in Transmedia Culture.