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