Cinema Studies & Popular Cinema Books

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Black American Cinema

   Race, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies

   Edited by Mia Mask

   Contemporary Black American Cinema offers a fresh collection of essays on African American film, media, and visual culture in the era of global multiculturalism. Integrating theory, history, and criticism, the contributing authors deftly connect interdisciplinary perspectives from American studies,...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S.

   By Susan C. Boyd

   Series: Routledge Advances in Criminology

   Drug prohibition emerged at the same time as the discovery of film, and their histories intersect in interesting ways. This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of one hundred fictional drug films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Global Perspectives on Tarzan

   From King of the Jungle to International Icon

   Edited by Annette Wannamaker, Michelle Abate

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   This collection seeks to understand the long-lasting and global appeal of Tarzan: Why is a story about a feral boy, who is raised by apes in the African jungle, so compelling and so adaptable to different cultural contexts and audiences? How is it that the same narrative serves as the basis for...

   Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s

   Blackness and Genre

   By Novotny Lawrence

   Series: Studies in African American History and Culture

   During the early years of the motion picture industry, black performers were often depicted as shuckin’ and jivin’ caricatures. Specifically, black males were portrayed as toms, coons and bucks, while the mammy and tragic mulatto archetypes circumscribed black femininity. This misrepresentation...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. Westerns

   The Essential 'Journal of Popular Film and Television' Collection

   Edited by Gary Edgerton, Michael Marsden

   For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in literature, painting, film, radio and television to explore questions of national identity and purpose. Westerns: The Essential Collection...

   Published March 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Multiplex in India

   A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure

   By Adrian Athique, Douglas Hill

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times – both a symptom and a symbol of new social values. Indicative of a consistent push to create a ‘globalised’ consuming middle class and a new urban environment, multiplex theatres have thus...

   Published February 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Persistence of Hollywood

   By Thomas Elsaesser

   While Hollywood’s success – its persistence – has remained constant for almost one hundred years, the study of its success has undergone significant expansion and transformation. Since the 1960s, Thomas Elsaesser’s research has spearheaded the study of Hollywood, beginning with his...

   Published December 5th 2011 by Routledge
8. South Asian Cinemas

   Widening the Lens

   Edited by Sara Dickey, Rajinder Dudrah

   This path-breaking collection explores the breadth and depth of South Asia’s many vibrant cinemas. It extends well beyond Bollywood to Nepali, Sri Lankan, Pakistani Panjabi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Kannada, and early Tamil cinemas, while unpacking the category of 'Bollywood' itself. The coverage of...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
9. Crime

   By Sarah Casey Benyahia

   Series: Routledge Film Guidebooks

   Crime films have, since the earliest days of cinema, been popular with audiences, industry and critics alike and encompassed a diverse range of subjects, styles and themes. The genre provides a range of pleasures for the spectator, from taking on the role of the detective in the pursuit of clues in...

   Published November 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. Introduction to Film Studies

    5th Edition

    Edited by Jill Nelmes

    Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and introduces some of the worlds key national cinemas....

    Published October 31st 2011 by Routledge