Book Release: The Cinema of Robert Altman
The Cinema of Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick Robert Niemi Wallflower Press (an imprint of Columbia University Press) http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cinema-of-robert-altman/9780231176279 Publication date: March 1, 2016 In a controversial and tumultuous filmmaking career that spanned nearly fifty years, Robert Altman mocked, subverted, or otherwise refashioned Hollywood narrative and genre conventions. Altman’s idiosyncratic vision and propensity for formal experimentation resulted in an uneven body of work: some rank failures and intriguing near-misses, as well as a number of...
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From Dennis Cutchins <dennis_cutchins@byu.edu> Call for Contributors: Hooray for Hollywood: A Cultural Encyclopedia of America’s Dream Factory, edited by Bob Batchelor, Norma Jones, and Kathleen Turner Hollywood has long influenced popular culture, both as a source of entertainment and as the subject of legends. Written for high school and college students, as well as intelligent general readers yearning for factual, well-research and well-written material, this encyclopedia examines the history and mystery of Hollywood, focusing on the presence of Hollywood in the American...
Read MoreIndependent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System
Free postage to UK customers We hope the following titles will be of interest to you. Independent Stardom Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System Emily Carman “Carman upends conventional wisdom in this valuable and informative historical study of the business practices of freelance actresses during the 1930s.”—Publishers Weekly During the heyday of Hollywood’s studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at the price of their independence. This familiar narrative of Hollywood stardom receives a long-overdue shakeup in Emily Carman’s new book. Far...
Read MoreFirst Comes Love: Power Couples, Celebrity Kinship and Cultural Politics
New celebrity studies book now available from Bloomsbury Academic (discount code below): First Comes Love: Power Couples, Celebrity Kinship and Cultural Politics, eds. Shelley Cobb (Southampton) and Neil Ewen (Winchester) With the prominence of one-name couples (Brangelina, Kimye) and famous families (the Smiths, the Beckhams), it is becoming increasingly clear that celebrity is no longer an individual pursuit-if it ever was. Accordingly, First Comes Love explores celebrity kinship and the phenomenon of the power couple: those relationships where two stars come together and where their...
Read MoreAmerica’s First Conference on Celebrity Culture Presents Exclusive Readings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE America’s First Conference on Celebrity Culture Presents Exclusive Readings New York City, NY (August 10, 2015) – The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) reception will feature exclusive book readings by Samita Nandy, and Josh Nathan. This is an exclusive event for attendees of the international media conference Bridging Gaps: Where is the Persona in Celebrity and Journalism? Samita Nandy is the director of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) and writes as a cultural critic on fame. She earned her PhD in media and celebrity culture from...
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