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Film & Media Studies film, media, and popular culture studies rights catalog university of texas press INES TER HORST | [email protected] Above: ©Image from The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz by R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance Front page photo: ©Image from Hollywood in San Francisco: Location Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline by Joshua Gleich We live in an information-rich World. As a publisher of international scope, the University of Texas Press serves the University of Texas at Austin community, the people of Texas, and knowledge seekers around the globe by identifying the most valuable and relevant information and publishing it in books, journals, and digital media that educate students; advance scholarship in the humanities and social sciences; and deepen humanity’s under- standing of history, current events, contemporary culture, and the natural environment. university of texas press INES TER HORST | [email protected] SCREENING Screening Stephen King Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television BY SIMON BROWN Surveying adaptations of Stephen King’s work across four decades, this volume links ADAPTATION AND THE HORROR GENRE IN FILM AND TELEVISION the evolution of King’s “brand” to the changing preoccupations and industrial con- SIMON BROWN texts of the horror genre in film and TV since the seventies. UT Press controls all rights February 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 250 pages | 16 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback CinemaTexas Notes The Early Days of Austin Film Culture EDITED BY LOUIS BLACK WITH COllINS SWORDS Written to accompany movies screened by the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas, the CinemaTexas Notes open a fascinating window on the early Austin film scene and the rise of film studies. UT Press controls all rights February 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 332 pages | 29 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before Subversive Portrayals in Speculative Film and TV BY DIANA ADesOLA MAFE With in-depth explorations of six contemporary American and British films and shows, this pioneering volume spotlights black female characters who play central, subversive roles in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. UT Press controls all rights March 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 184 pages | 26 b&w photos | $27.95 paperback A Place of Darkness The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema BY KeNDALL R. PHILLIps Analyzing films fromLa manoir du Diable to Dracula and Frankenstein, as well as their promotion and critical reception, this book reveals how tales of horror are inti- mately bound to questions of nationhood and national identity. UT Press controls all rights March 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 268 pages | 14 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback INES TER HORST | [email protected] Red Hot Mama The Life of Sophie Tucker BY LAUREN RebeCCA SKLAROFF This entertaining biography of the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas” reveals how Sophie Tucker became one of the most powerful women in show business, blazing a trail for performers such as Judy Garland, Carol Channing, and Bette Midler. american music series UT Press controls all rights April 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 300 pages | 25 b&w photos | $27.95 hardcover The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz EDITED BY R. BARTON PALMER AND MURRAY POMERANCE Leading film studies scholars explore the astonishing range of Michael Curtiz, the most prolific director of studio-era Hollywood, whose nearly one hundred films in- clude Casablanca, White Christmas, and Mildred Pierce. UT Press controls all rights July 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 316 pages | 35 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback The Comedy Studies Reader EDITED BY NICK MARX AND MATT SIENKIEWICZ Surveying comedic texts and performers from The Jack Benny Program to Key and Peele, Saturday Night Live, and Stephen Colbert, this classroom-ready anthology of- fers a first-ever overview of the field of comedy studies. UT Press controls all rights August 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 310 pages | 12 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback The Comedy Studies Reader edited by Nick Marx & Matt Sienkiewicz The Television Code Regulating the Screen to Safeguard the Industry BY DebORAH L. JARAMIllO Revisiting early debates about TV content and censorship from industry and govern- ment perspectives, this book recounts the development of the Television Code, the TV counterpart to the Hays Motion Picture Production Code. UT Press controls all rights September 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 280 pages | 10 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback INES TER HORST | [email protected] On Story—The Golden Ages of Television BY AUSTIN FILM FesTIVAL EDITED BY MAYA PEREZ AND BARBARA MORGAN FOREWORD BY NOAH HAWLEY Award-winning television creators and writers discuss the evolution of TV storytelling in these lively conversations from the acclaimed PBS series On Story. UT Press controls all rights October 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 224 pages | $19.95 paperback Hollywood in San Francisco Location Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline BY JOSHUA GleICH This pioneering study of postwar feature films set in San Francisco tracks the transformation of Hollywood filmmaking as location shooting became the dominant production method in an era of urban anxiety. UT Press controls all rights November 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 342 pages | 63 b&w photos | $34.95 paperback Breaking the Frames Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies BY MARC SINGER Challenging common critical practices and offering new interpretations of canoni- cal texts by Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Kyle Baker, Chris Ware, and others, this volume offers the first major critique of the field of comics studies. UT Press controls all rights January 2018 | 6 x 9 inches | 312 pages | 9 color and 21 b&w photos | $34.95 paperback INES TER HORST | [email protected] THE The Nutshell Technique Nutshell Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting Technique BY JIll CHAMbeRLAIN FOREWORD BY PATRICK WRIGHT Presenting a proven technique for screenwriting centered on a character’s flaw s a nd s t reng t h s , a n ex per t scre enw r it i ng c oa ch show s w r it er s ex a c t ly how to construct screenplays that tell compelling, satisfying stories. Jill Chamberlain Available March 2016 | 7 x 10 | 224 pp. | 11 b&w illustrations | $25.00 paperback UT Press controls all rights except electronic or digital reproduction Trying to Get Over African American Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977–1986 BY KeITH CORSON This groundbreaking text focuses on the post-blaxploitation era of American filmmak- ing and illuminates contributions of directors who, although largely unrecognized, have African American shaped popular culture over the past quarter century. Directors after Blaxploitation, 1977–1986 Available March 2016 | 6 x 9 | 274 pp. | 30 b&w photos | $27.95 paperback UT Press controls all rights KEITH CORSON GRAPHIC Graphic Borders Latino Comic Books Past, Present, and Future BoRdErS EDITED BY FREDERICK LUIS AlDAMA AND LATINO COMIC BOOKS CHRISTOPHER GONZÁLEZ PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE The first volume in a trailblazing series on world comics and graphic nonfiction, this book presents a comprehensive array of historical, formal, and cognitive ap- pr o a c he s t o L a t i n o c om ic s—a n e xc i t i ng p o pu l a r c u l t u r e s p a c e t h a t c a p t u r e s t he distinctive and wide-ranging experiences of US Latinos. EDITED BY FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA Available April 2016 | 6 x 9 | 324 pp. | 51 illustrations | $29.95 paperback & CHRISTOPHER GONZÁLEZ UT Press controls all rights Cycles, Sequels, Spin-offs, Remakes, CYCLES SEQUELS and Reboots Multiplicities in Film and Television SPIN-OFFS REMAKES EDITED BY AMANDA ANN KleIN AND R. BARTON PALMER Surveying a wide range of international productions, this collection of essays by es- tablished and emerging scholars investigates the important cultural work performed AND REBOOTS by repetition, or multiplicities, in film and television. MULTIPLICITIES IN FILM & TELEVISION Available March 2016 | 6 x 9 | 366 pp. | 50 b&w photos | $29.95 paperback EDITED BY AMANDA ANN KLEIN & R. BARTON PALMER UT Press controls all rights INES TER HORST | [email protected] The Classical Mexican Cinema The Poetics of the Exceptional Golden Age Films BY CHARles RAMÍREZ BERG In one of the first systematic studies of style in Mexican filmmaking, a preeminent film scholar explores the creation of a Golden Age cinema that was uniquely Mexican in its themes, styles, and ideology. 7 x 10 | 246 pp. | 250 b&w photos, 30 b&w illustrations | $24.95 paperback UT Press controls all rights Independent Stardom Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System BY EMILY CARMAN Bringing to light an often-ignored aspect of Hollywood studio system history, this book focuses on female stars who broke the mold of a male-dominated, often manipulative industry to dictate the path of their own careers through freelancing. 6 x 9 | 236 pp. | 37 b&w photos | $24.95 paperback UT Press controls all rights Dirty Words and Filthy Pictures Film and the First Amendment BY JEREMY GelTZER FOREWORD BY AleX KOZINSKI, CHIEF JUDGE OF THE U.S. COURT OF AppeAls FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT This comprehensive history of censorship and cinema reveals the ways in which film has had a lasting impact on the legal concept of free speech and personal freedoms. 6 x 9 | 316 pp. | 44 b&w photos | $30.00 paperback UT Press controls all rights except motion picture or television Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and DOUGLAS BRODE Lost Continents FANTASTIC The 100 Greatest Science-Fiction Films PLANETS, BY DOUGLAS BRODE FORBIDDEN With revelations for even the most avid fans, here are the one hundred greatest sci-fi ZONES, films of all time, from today’s blockbusters such as Guardians of the Galaxy and AND LOST Gravity to forgotten classics and overlooked gems.
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