Communal consumption is often described as inherently playful; previous research focuses
mainly on successful ludic communal experiences and largely disregards their potential …

Hollywood's live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the
characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than …

The precarity and violation that has resulted from decades of neoliberal reforms have been
made clear in the global COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in terms of access to healthcare …

Other titles: Studies in comics and cartoons. Description: Columbus: The Ohio State
University Press,[2018]| Series: Studies in comics and cartoons| Includes bibliographical …

Beginning film studies offers the ideal introduction to this vibrant subject. Written accessibly
and with verve, it ranges across the key topics and manifold approaches to film studies …

Urban Comics: Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives makes
an important and timely contribution both to comics studies and urban studies, offering a …

Arguing for the need to understand Gothic cinema as an aesthetic mode, this book explores
its long history, from its transitional origins in phantasmagoria shows and the first 'trick'films …

Current media production is characterized by two major trends. On the one hand, giant
conglomerates like Disney stream their content across as many media as possible. On the …

Neil Archer's original study makes a timely and politically-engaged intervention in debates
about national cinema and national identity. Structured around key examples of'culturally …

A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in
contemporary film, Guillermo del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art is a major contribution to the …