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

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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