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“My admiration for this book is immense. Impeccably researched and written with compelling clarity and wit,  Unhomed has much to teach us about film’s participation in modern American life.”—Dana Polan, author of Dreams of Flight: "The Great Escape" in American Film and Culture "Pamela Wojcik provides a fascinating look at recurring portrayals of uprooted, unhoused, and transient figures in American cinema, including silent-era tramps, World W...

“My admiration for this book is immense. Impeccably researched and written with compelling clarity and wit,  Unhomed has much to teach us about film’s participation in modern American life.”—Dana Polan, author of Dreams of Flight: "The Great Escape" in American Film and Culture "Pamela Wojcik provides a fascinating look at recurring portrayals of uprooted, unhoused, and transient figures in American cinema, including silent-era tramps, World W...

Gidget: Origins of a Teen Girl Transmedia Franchise examines the multiplicity of books, films, TV shows, and merchandise that make up the transmedia Gidget universe from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

Gidget: Origins of a Teen Girl Transmedia Franchise examines the multiplicity of books, films, TV shows, and merchandise that make up the transmedia Gidget universe from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

Pamela Robertson Wojcik is Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame and author of The Apartment Plot: Urban Living in American Film and Popular Culture, 1945 to 1975, also published by Duke University Press.

Pamela Robertson Wojcik is Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame and author of The Apartment Plot: Urban Living in American Film and Popular Culture, 1945 to 1975, also published by Duke University Press.

This is the most extensive--and the most subtle and complex--examination of the feminist 'angle' on camp I have seen."--Alexander Doty, author of "Making Things Perfectly Queer "and coeditor of "Out in Culture

American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish musicals, but became flummoxed as new aesthetics and modes of production emerged, and low-budget youth pictures like "Easy Rider "became commercial hits. "New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s" tells the story of the final glory days of the ...

Movie Acting: The Film Reader explores one of the most central but often overlooked aspects of cinema: film acting. Combining classic and recent essays, it examines key issues such as: What constitutes film acting? How is film acting different from stage acting?How has film acting changed over time?What signifies realism in film acting?How is acting different in different genres?What is the role of the character actor? In addition to theoretic...

Combining classic and recent essays and examining key issues such Movie Acting, the Film Reader explores one of the most central but often overlooked aspects of cinema: film acting.

Tells the story of the final glory days of the studio system and changing conceptions of stardom, considering such Hollywood icons as Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman alongside such hallmarks of youth culture as Mia Farrow and Dustin Hoffman. Others, like Sidney Poitier and Peter Sellers, took advantage of the developing independent film markets to craft truly groundbreaking screen personae. And some were simply "famous for being famous", with...

This is the most extensive--and the most subtle and complex--examination of the feminist 'angle' on camp I have seen."--Alexander Doty, author of "Making Things Perfectly Queer "and coeditor of "Out in Culture

From the early twentieth century to the present day, countless books and films have portrayed the solitary exploration of urban spaces as a source of empowerment and delight for children. Fantasies of Neglect explains how this trope of the self-sufficient, mobile urban child originated and considers why it persists, even as it goes against the grain of social reality.

From the early twentieth century to the present day, countless books and films have portrayed the solitary exploration of urban spaces as a source of empowerment and delight for children. Fantasies of Neglect explains how this trope of the self-sufficient, mobile urban child originated and considers why it persists, even as it goes against the grain of social reality.

Looks at how the apartment figures in mid-20th century US film and television as a mechanism for discussing issues of class, race, urbanism, and sexuality.

Looks at how the apartment figures in mid-20th century US film and television as a mechanism for discussing issues of class, race, urbanism, and sexuality.