A collection of original essays and previously untranslated critical writings on the renowned Brazilian documentary filmmaker, Eduardo Coutinho.

Examines the increasingly reciprocal nature of Franco-Japanese cultural exchange through films that center on nuclear issues.

Examines how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in films and television programs.

Explores how Black women have continually used sound to convey stories and forge community across generations.

A freewheeling, nonlinear exploration of the performing duo and their decade-long collaboration from 1946 to 1956.

Makes a case for the power of music and sound in the face of fascistic forces, from modernism to the present.

Offers a fresh approach to the problem of the human figure in an age of digital cinema.

This entertaining and accessible guide shows readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.

Offers a bold new reading of Yiddish cinema by exploring the early diasporic cinema's fascination with media and communication.

Considers how popular Haitian films not only provide entertainment but also help audiences in Haiti and the diaspora think through daily challenges.

Explores how popular novels, short stories, and television shows from the United States and Britain illustrate the positive effects of feminism and promote gender equity.

Explores the “torture” of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary Hollywood and European cinema.

Explores the role of print media in conversations about race and belonging across Central America.

Traces the influence of the stock market on Americans' beliefs about politics.

The definitive philosophical exploration of the work of pioneering filmmaker Terrence Malick.

Examines literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of Chinese women, across centuries and continents.

Explores the figure of the detective as a pursuer of knowledge in four noir films.

Brings together Ana M. López's field-defining essays on Latin American film and media in one indispensable volume.

Argues that transgender representations in film make it more difficult for cisgender people to understand the experiences of transgender people and for transgender people to fully participate in public life.

Extensive meditations on silence in the films of Alfred Hitchcock.

Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan’s postwar "economic miracle," challenging the prevailing view that it was a story of great national success.

Illuminates the complex factors that have helped or hindered creative work by and about women in the twenty-first-century Brazilian film industry.

Contextualizes Sabha Theatre historically, politically, and aesthetically, revealing how it expresses a Tamil Brahmin identity that is at once traditional and modern.

Traces the complex and contradictory representations of Hawai’i in popular film and television programs from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Explores Italian filmmakers' representations of China and the Chinese, both at home and abroad.