Studies the intertwined manner in which Arabic and Turkish literatures took shape as national traditions.
Bringing together leading scholars, this volume is the first of its kind to address the growing global phenomenon of transnational repression – using tactics that include surveillance, coercion, harassment and physical violence – in a comparative perspective.
Argues that Kafkaesque cinema is a critical category that can enable us to consider the interconnections between historical events, politics and aesthetics in films across the globe.
Examines the mental health interventions that changed 1960s British and American cinema
Examines Thai horror film and the central role this genre plays in Thailand’s film industry
Investigates how geographical environments are mapped in Taiwanese cinema
A lively hands-on introduction to the use of electronic corpora in the description and analysis of English.
Examines the affective response to rape-revenge films, and how this response can be harnessed to work through complex questions about rape.
Examines modes of resistance within contemporary Indian documentary culture and films.
Analyses the relation between visual culture, militarisation, and liberal governance.
Critically examines the work of American filmmaker and screenwriter, Lawrence Kasdan
A collection of critical chapters on Larisa Shepitko, one of the most significant Soviet (Ukrainian born) filmmakers