Contemporary 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. Celebrity and Glamour in Contemporary Russia

   Shocking Chic

   Edited by Helena Goscilo, Vlad Strukov

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This is the first book to explore the phenomenon of glamour and celebrity in contemporary Russian culture, ranging across media forms, disciplinary boundaries and modes of inquiry, with particular emphasis on the media personality. The book demonstrates how the process of ‘celebrification’ in...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Film in Contemporary Southeast Asia

   Cultural Interpretation and Social Intervention

   Edited by David C. L. Lim, Hiroyuki Yamamoto

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   This book discusses contemporary film in all the main countries of Southeast Asia, and the social practices and ideologies which films either represent or oppose. It shows how film acquires signification through cultural interpretation, and how film also serves as a site of contestations between...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
4. New Documentary

   A Critical Introduction

   New Documentary: A Critical Introduction provides a comprehensive account of the last two decades of documentary filmmaking in Britain, the US and Europe. Stella Bruzzi's engaging textbook discusses key genres, filmmakers, and issues for the study of non-fiction film and television, including:* key...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas

   The Reel Asian Exchange

   Edited by Philippa Gates, Lisa Funnell

   Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

   This collection examines the exchange of Asian identities taking place at the levels of both film production and film reception amongst pan-Pacific cinemas. The authors consider, on the one hand, texts that exhibit what Mette Hjort refers to as, "marked transnationality," and on the other, the...

   Published October 20th 2011 by Routledge
6. Feminism at the Movies

   Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema

   Edited by Hilary Radner, Rebecca Stringer

   Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today’s changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge
7. Global Chinese Cinema

   The Culture and Politics of 'Hero'

   Edited by Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   The film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou and released in 2002, is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster. A big expensive film with multiple stars, spectacular scenery, and astonishing action sequences, it touched on key questions of Chinese culture, nation...

   Published August 31st 2011 by Routledge
8. Japanese Cinema and Otherness

   Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

   By Mika Ko

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
9. Documentary

   Witness and Self-Revelation

   By John Ellis

   Digital technologies have transformed documentary for both filmmakers and audiences. Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation takes an audience-centred approach to documentary, arguing that everyday experiences of what it feels like to film and to be filmed have developed a new sophistication and...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
10. Neoliberalism and Global Cinema

    Capital, Culture, and Marxist Critique

    Edited by Jyotsna Kapur, Keith Wagner

    Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies

    In cinema studies today, rarely do we find a direct investigation into the culture of capitalism and how it has been refracted and fabricated in global cinema production under neoliberalism. However, the current economic crisis and the subsequent Wall Street bailout in 2008 have brought about a...

    Published April 10th 2011 by Routledge