Category: Media Studies

May 16, 2018

Q&A with David Maguire on I Spit on Your Grave

This week, our featured book is I Spit on Your Grave. Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author David Maguire! Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free copy! • • •...

May 14, 2018

Book Giveaway! I Spit on Your Grave

This week, our featured book is I Spit on Your Grave, by David Maguire! Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page. Loading…

May 10, 2018

“There was no other way”: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

This week, our featured book is Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Today, we are happy to present you with a guest post by author Terence McSweeney. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

May 9, 2018

(Prologue) Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe

This week, our featured book is Avengers Assemble!: Critical Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, by Terence McSweeney! Today we are happy to present you with the book’s prologue. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

March 21, 2018

Party Rape: An Excerpt from Hunting Girls

As long as college men continue to see women as sexual prey or trophies, rape will continue to plague college campuses. –Kelly Oliver As part of Women’s History Month, we have dedicated this month to highlighting titles about women’s issue. Today we...

March 20, 2018

Hollywood, Step Up!

There was a strong price to pay for being a tough independent teenage girl. Arguably, within the narratives of the films, their independence became the justification for beating the crap out of them. —Kelly Oliver At Columbia University Press, we...

March 16, 2018

An Introduction to Danger: Diabolik

In honor of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual meeting in Toronto, we’re featuring Danger: Diabolik by Leon Hunt. Today we’re happy to present you with the introduction of the book. Enter our book giveaway by 1 PM EDT for a chance...

March 15, 2018

Q&A: Leon Hunt on Danger: Diabolik

This week, one of our featured books is Danger: Diabolik, by Leon Hunt. Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author Leon Hunt. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

January 25, 2018

Tapehead: Video Store Film School

This week, our featured book is The Cinema of Tom DiCillo: Include Me Out. Today, we are happy to present an essay in which author Wayne Byrne, reveals how the book came to be. CUP Blog Essay – Tapehead: Video Store...

January 24, 2018

An Interview with Wayne Byrne, Author of The Cinema of Tom DiCillo: Include Me Out

This week, our featured book is The Cinema of Tom DiCillo: Include Me Out. Today, we are happy to present an exclusive interview with author Wayne Byrne. Q: What attracted you to Tom DiCillo’s work enough for you to embark...

January 15, 2018

Book Giveaway! Ingmar Bergman’s Face to Face

This week, our featured book is Ingmar Bergman’s Face to Face, by Michael Tapper. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its author on our blog as well as on our Twitter feed and our Facebook page....

June 30, 2017

Capitalism and the History of the iPhone

On the iPhone’s 10th birthday, read an excerpt from MOVING DATA: THE IPHONE AND THE FUTURE OF MEDIA, by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau.