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[Commlist] New book: Screening the Crisis: US Cinema and Social Change...

Mon Sep 12 17:11:47 GMT 2022


New collection of essays
Screening the Crisis: US Cinema and Social Change in the Wake of the 2008 Crash <https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/screening-the-crisis-9781501388125/>, available now from Bloomsbury Academic.

Available at a 35% discount with this flyer <https://uniofnottm-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/gregory_frame_nottingham_ac_uk/EXYH8RIBVYhCotMucLk_r_IBHe_BTWfta3e-A3i1qiMbAA?e=H4d0gO>.


The financial collapse of 2008 extended and deepened a prolonged, multilayered crisis that has transformed, often in unexpected ways, how we think about all aspects of social life. Amid these turbulent times, film studies scholars have begun to ask new questions and create fresh strategies in order to integrate intellectual and political work in ways that directly address our current predicament. This timely volume reconsiders the relationships between cinema and society at a time when neoliberal policies threaten not only civic culture but also nearly every aspect of human life.

Screening the Crisis brings together established authors as well as brilliant young scholars in the field of film studies to explore the ways in which new tendencies in US cinema enhance awareness of the complexity of the problems facing contemporary society. The issues addressed include economic inequality, shifts in gender roles, racial conflicts, immigration, surveillance practices, the environmental crisis, the politics of housing, and the fragility of nationhood.

These questions are explored through in-depth studies and contextualized analyses of a wide variety of recent films, genres, and filmmakers. With its ample range of topics and perspectives, this collection provides an essential reference work for those who want to research how US cinema has responded to the manifold interconnected crises that characterize our current times.


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