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[Commlist] New Book: The Richard Dyer Reader

Mon Sep 11 21:41:40 GMT 2023





Glyn Davis is delighted to announce that The Richard Dyer Reader, which Davis co-edited with Jaap Kooijman, has just been published by BFI/Bloomsbury. It's a chunky volume, with 53 essays, four interviews, and over 100 illustrations (and all for the bargain price of £28.99 in paperback!). There are new essays by Richard written specifically for the collection, as well as some archival pieces that have never been republished. Launch events for the book will be taking place in Amsterdam (31 October), St Andrews (15 November) and London (8 December) - more information on all of those to follow. In the meantime, here's the link to the book, and the blurb from the Bloomsbury website.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/richard-dyer-reader-9781839023194/

Richard Dyer is a foundational figure for the critical study of cinema and popular culture. Across a career spanning five decades, he has made path-breaking contributions to our understanding of stardom and celebrity, gay and queer politics and cultural history, film music, race and whiteness and the pleasures of popular entertainment.

The Richard Dyer Reader brings together for the first time key writings by this vital and influential figure, many of which are not otherwise available. The anthology guides readers through Dyer's prolific and rich output through six thematic selections of essays and extracts, each centred on a key theme in Dyer's work: stardom and the image; entertainment and ideology; gay politics and representation; whiteness; bodies and affect; and textual analysis. A seventh section comprises a selection of interviews conducted across the span of his career, as well as a new interview with editors Glyn Davis and Jaap Kooijman.

The book will provide an introduction for those new to Dyer's writings, as well as offering a fresh perspective for readers with a more comprehensive knowledge of his work. The collection includes archival and recent pieces of writing never previously anthologised, newly commissioned essays, a substantial introduction to Dyer's life and work and a framing introduction to each section.

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