Film and Television Studies

Film Theory

Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body

New Edition

Peter Lehman

An expanded, updated version of Peter Lehman’s classic text that became the leading source for the study of masculinity, the male body, and sexuality in film.

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.

Personal Views: Explorations in Film

Robin Wood

A reissue of a significant and hard-to-find text in film studies with a new introduction and three additional essays included.

Crowds, Power, and Transformation in Cinema

Lesley Brill

A noted critic brings crowd theory to Film Studies, offering a bold new analysis of the pervasive cinematic themes of transformation and power.