Film and Television Studies

Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series

The Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series has as its focus original areas of film research and innovative critical approaches to film, television, and new media. The series publishes works, including books and multimedia, that will open further avenues for research and debate for both the scholar and the general reader.

TV Milestones Series

TV Milestones is a distinct series of short monographs written in a critical but accessible and lively manner. Each book offers a comprehensive account of a particular television show, placing that show in the context of the history of television and broader cultural history and discussing representative episodes of the show in detail.

Contact Zones
Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema

By Sheila J. Petty

Explores the contributions of black diasporic filmmakers and thinkers to contemporary artistic and theoretical discourses.

The Flip Wilson Show

By Meghan Sutherland

Analyzes the social, political, and institutional context of The Flip Wilson Show, which ran on NBC between 1970 and 1974.

Script Culture and the American Screenplay

By Kevin Alexander Boon

By considering the screenplay as a literary object worthy of critical inquiry, this volume breaks new ground in film studies.

Wilson: Italian Neorealism and Global CinemaItalian Neorealism and Global Cinema

Edited by Laura E. Ruberto and Kristi M. Wilson

Essays examining the impact of neorealism on ideas of nation, national cinema, and national identity.

Metz: BewitchedBewitched

Walter Metz

A study of the sitcom Bewitched that examines its entire run to discover the show’s numerous interlocking themes, tensions, and innovations.

Fowler: Representing the RuralRepresenting the Rural: Space, Place, and Identity in Films about the Land

Edited by Catherine Fowler and Gillian Helfield

A comprehensive and in-depth examination of the role of rural space in the cinema, contributing needed analysis to existing work on space, place, and identity in film.

Framework journalFramework: The Journal of Cinema and Media

Edited by Drake Stutesman

Framework is an international journal dedicated to theoretical and historical work on the diverse and current trends in media and film scholarship. Published twice a year.