[ecrea] New publication: Questions of cultural value: The London Film & Media Reader 5

The London Symposium is pleased to announce the e-book publication of 
its latest Conference Reader, QUESTIONS OF CULTURAL VALUE. Edited by 
Phillip Drummond, the volume  brings together 30 compact and highly 
readable essays from around the world based on research presented at 
FILM & MEDIA 2016: The Fifth Annual London Film & Media Conference. 
Established and emerging scholars from 16 countries offer fascinating 
analytic and critical perspectives on a wide range of international 
films, TV, and digital media. The London Symposium 2017 / ISBN 
978-0-9573631-7-5 / 373 pages / fully searchable. Kindle e-book (Print 
Replica) available from Amazon at £9.99.

1 NATIONAL IDENTITIES ● Frank Scheide, 'Cultural Values and Biases in 
Post-WWI Hollywood ‘Ruritanian’ Films: 'The Prisoner of Zenda' and the 
Figure of the Doppelgänger' ● Lela Tsiphuria, 'Moral Values in 
Contemporary Literature and Film from Georgia:  'Journey to Africa' and 
'The Other Bank' ' ● Ana Došen, 'Schizoculture in Japan: Re-inventing 
Family Values in 'Noriko's Dinner Table' ' ● 2 THE AMERICAN DREAM ● 
Antonio Sanchez-Escalonilla, 'The Values of the New American Dream: The 
Case of 'Indiewood' ' ● Pablo Echart, 'The Idea of 'Success' in the 
Humanist Cinema of Alexander Payne' ● Andrea Rinke, 'Drug Experience 
Films and the Cultural Values of the American Dream: 'The Wolf of Wall 
Street' ' ●

3  FILM & TELEVISION IN INDIA ● Mona Sinha, 'The Cultural Values of the 
Wedding Narrative on Indian Television: 'Band Baaja Bride' '● Neerja 
Vyas & Sushila Shekhawat, 'Cultural Value and Questions of Morality: The 
Bollywood Biopic' ● Gauri Durga Chakraborty, 'Re-interpreting Family 
Values in Modern India: Role Reversal and Gender Stereotyping and in 'Ki 
& Ka' '● 4 MEDIA MORALITIES ● Wajiha Raza Rizvi, 'The Censorship of 
Visual Pleasure in Pakistani Cinema' ● Pauliina Tuomi, 'Moral and Social 
Values in Finnish Television' ● Chioma Deborah Ekhaeyemhe, 'Reality 
Television and the Youth Audience in Nigeria: 'Big Brother Africa' '●

5 MASCULINITIES ● Nandabalan Panneerselvam, 'Masculinity in Crisis in 
Post-Imperial Britain: The Television Sitcoms of Tony Hancock' ● 
Saravanan Mani, 'Cultures of Violence and Justice in 'The Shield' '● 
Carlos A. Rabassó & Francisco Javier Rabassó, 'Trans-gender Roles Under 
Patriarchy: Mariana Rondon’s 'Pelo Malo' ('Bad Hair')'● 6 FEMININITIES ● 
Angela Tumini & Malin Isaksson, 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 
Lisbeth Salander: Unique yet Familiar Female Hero' ● Emily Oghale 
God’spresence, 'African Cultural Values and Female Representation in 
Nollywood: 'Iyore' '● Phillip Drummond, 'Questions of Gender, Knowledge 
and Identity In the WWI Film: The Cinematic Mata Hari'●

7 THE AUDIOVISUAL FAIRY TALE ● Indre Jakucione, 'Family, Femininity and 
Cultural Anxiety in the Contemporary Fairy Tales of Disney' ● Tamara 
Barreiro Neira, 'Humour and Protest in Chicano Cinema: 'Quinceañera' ' ● 
Marina Gabelica, 'Videogames - New Forms of Fairy Tale?' ● 8 GENERIC 
PARADIGMS ● Sigrun Lehnert, 'Questions of German Art and Culture: The 
Post-WWII Newsreel' ● Mariana Medeiros Seixas & Frédéric Gimello 
Mesplomb, 'Translating Cultural Values through the Aesthetics of the 
Fashion Film' ● Raffaele Pavoni, 'Interactive Music Videos: The 
Negotiation of Values between Authors, Audiences and Producers' ●

9 MEDIA ONTOLOGIES ● Gillian McIver, 'Painting, Cinema, and the Exchange 
of Cultural Value' ● Stuart Richards, 'The Cultural Value of Peripheral 
Texts in a Transmedia Narrative: 'The Simpsons Tapped Out' ' ● Kristina 
Graour, 'The Value of 'Wholeness', and the Cancelled Series as 
'Incomplete' Text: The Case of 'Twin Peaks' ' ● 10 ENGAGING AUDIENCES ● 
Alison Wilde & Stephen Millett, 'The Cultural Value of Cinematic 
Representations of Disablement: Young People’s Understandings of 
'Finding Nemo' ' ●  Jani Wilson, 'The Silent Māori Audience: 
Contemporary Resistance to Historical Film - 'The Seekers' ' ● Ruchika 
Gurung,  'Media Education and Cultural Violence: The Role of 
Participatory Media'  ●


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