{"id":12452,"date":"2019-03-11T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=12452"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:45:23","slug":"berghahn-books-at-scms-2019-conference-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/berghahn-books-at-scms-2019-conference-2","title":{"rendered":"Berghahn Books at SCMS 2019 Conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the 60th Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference<\/strong> in Seattle, Washington on March 13th to 17th, 2019. Please stop by our stand to meet the editor, browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices and pick up free journal samples.<\/p>\n

If you are unable to attend, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. For the next 30 days, receive a 25% discount<\/strong> on all Film<\/a> & Media<\/a> Studies titles found on our website. At checkout, simply enter the discount code SCMS19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Visit our website\u00ad to browse our newly published interactive online Film & Media Studies 2019 Catalog<\/a> or use the new enhanced subject searching features\u00ad for a complete listing of all published and forthcoming titles. Also available is FULL ACCESS<\/strong> to our journal, Projections<\/em><\/a> until 3\/31. Access code and instructions are below.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget about our expanding list of eBooks available for download directly via our site. Visit our Film Studies eBooks site.<\/p>\n

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\"SofiaSOFIA COPPOLA<\/a>
\nThe Politics of Visual Pleasure
\nAnna Backman Rogers<\/p>\n

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Drawing on insights from feminist philosophy and psychology, the author here takes an original approach to Coppola, exploring vital themes from the subversion of patriarchy in The Virgin Suicides<\/em> to the \u201cfemale gothic\u201d in The Beguiled<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0The Surface of The Image is Political<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Polish2nd, Updated Edition<\/p>\n

POLISH CINEMA<\/a>
\nA History
\nMarek Haltof<\/p>\n

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This thoroughly revised and updated edition takes stock of these dramatic shifts to provide an essential account of Polish cinema from the nineteenth century to today, covering such renowned figures as Kie\u015blowski, Skolimowski, and Wajda along with vastly expanded coverage of documentaries, animation, and television, all set against the backdrop of an ever-more transnational film culture.<\/p>\n

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\"LessonsOPEN ACCESS!<\/p>\n

LESSONS IN PERCEPTION<\/a>
\nThe Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist
\nPaul Taberham<\/p>\n

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Lessons in Perception<\/em> melds film theory and cognitive science in a stimulating investigation of the work of iconic experimental artists such as Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Maya Deren, and Jordan Belson.<\/p>\n

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\"HumanitarianismHUMANITARIANISM AND MEDIA<\/a>
\n1900 to the Present
\nEdited by Johannes Paulmann<\/p>\n

Volume 9, New German Historical Perspectives<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Humanitarianism & Media<\/em> brings together scholars from a variety of backgrounds to offer an unprecedented exploration of the history behind humanitarian efforts and the media, spanning from the late nineteenth century to the present day.<\/p>\n

Read Humanitarianism and Media: Introduction to an Entangled History<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"ScreenedSCREENED ENCOUNTERS<\/a>
\nThe Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990
\nCaroline Moine
\nEdited by Skyler J. Arndt-Briggs<\/p>\n

NEW SERIES:<\/strong> Volume 1, Film and the Global Cold War<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Established in 1955, the Leipzig Film Festival\u2019s location in the GDR deeply implicated it in the cultural and political competition between East and West Germany. Screened Encounters<\/em> offers a comprehensive study of the festival\u2019s history, as well as its influence on international relations during the Cold War.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0A Festival at the Heart of the Cold War<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"PersistentlyPERSISTENTLY POSTWAR<\/a>
\nMedia and the Politics of Memory in Japan
\nEdited by Blai Guarn\u00e9, Artur Lozano-M\u00e9ndez, and Dolores P. Martinez<\/p>\n

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Through a series of stimulating case studies, this volume examines the political and cultural representations of Japan\u2019s past, showing how they have reinforced personal and collective narratives while also formulating new cultural meanings, both on a local scale and in the context of transnational media production and consumption.<\/p>\n

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\"ScreeningSCREENING ART<\/a>
\nModernist Aesthetics and the Socialist Imaginary in East German Cinema
\nSe\u00e1n Allan<\/p>\n

Volume 20, Film Europa<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Spanning newsreels, documentaries, and feature films, Screening Art<\/em> is the first full-length investigation into a genre that has been largely overlooked in studies of DEFA, the state-owned Eastern German film studio. As it shows, \u201cartist-films\u201d played an essential role in the development of new paradigms of socialist art in postwar Europe.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Texts and Contexts<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"MonetisingMONETISING THE DIVIDUAL SELF<\/a>
\nThe Emergence of the Lifestyle Blog and Influencers in Malaysia
\nJulian Hopkins<\/p>\n

Volume 8, Anthropology of Media<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Combining theoretical and empirical discussions with shorter \u201cthick description\u201d case studies, this book offers an anthropological exploration of the emergence in Malaysia of lifestyle bloggers \u2013 precursors to current social media \u201cmicrocelebrities\u201d and \u201cinfluencers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Anthroblogia: Participant Observation and Blogging in Malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"EmpireNew in Paperback<\/p>\n

EMPIRE OF PICTURES<\/a>
\nGlobal Media and the 1960s Remaking of American Foreign Policy
\nS\u00f6nke Kunkel<\/p>\n

Volume 8, Explorations in Culture and International History<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cKunkel provides an empirically grounded framework for understanding the United States as an imperial power that cultivated recognition through pictures.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Diplomatic History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Why Empires Need Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"DreamsLISTED AS ONE OF HISTORY TODAY’S<\/em><\/a> BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2018<\/p>\n

DREAMS OF GERMANY<\/a>
\nMusical Imaginaries from the Concert Hall to the Dance Floor
\nEdited by Neil Gregor and Thomas Irvine<\/p>\n

Volume 18, Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Through case studies that range from Bruckner to the Beatles and from symphonies to dance-club music, this volume looks at how German musicians and their audiences responded to the most significant developments of the twentieth century, including mass media, technological advances, fascism, and war on an unprecedented scale.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"DesiresNew in Paperback<\/p>\n

DESIRES FOR REALITY<\/a>
\nRadicalism and Revolution in Western European Film
\nBenjamin Halligan<\/p>\n

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As with many aspects of European cultural life, film was galvanized and transformed by the revolutionary fervor of 1968. This groundbreaking study provides a full account of the era\u2019s cinematic crises, innovations, and provocations, as well as the social and aesthetic contexts in which they appeared.<\/p>\n

Read Chapter 1.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAll All All\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"TheTHE VIRAGO STORY<\/a>
\nAssessing the Impact of a Feminist Publishing Phenomenon
\nCatherine Riley<\/p>\n

Volume 23, Protest, Culture & Society<\/em><\/a>
\nThis engaging history explains how, from modest beginnings, Virago managed to weather epochal transformations in gender politics, literary culture, and the book publishing business. Drawing on original interviews with many of the press’s principal figures, it gives a compelling account of Virago\u2019s place in recent women’s history while also reflecting on the fraught relationship between activism and commerce.<\/p>\n

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\"MuseumNew in Paperback<\/p>\n

MUSEUM WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA<\/a>
\nIssues of Participation, Sustainability, Trust and Diversity
\nAna Luisa S\u00e1nchez Laws<\/p>\n

Volume 8, Museums and Collections<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis monograph should be praised for combining theoretical discussions with operable advice and examples, thus equipping a mixed audience of students, researchers and practitioners to navigate the varied and demanding space of digital heritage.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 International Journal of Heritage Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Archaeogaming:ARCHAEOGAMING<\/a>
\nAn Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games
\nAndrew Reinhard<\/p>\n

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This book serves as a general introduction to “archaeogaming”; it describes the intersection of archaeology and video games and applies archaeological method and theory into understanding game-spaces as both site and artifact.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"CuratingCURATING LIVE ARTS<\/a>
\nCritical Perspectives, Essays, and Conversations on Theory and Practice
\nEdited by Dena Davida, Marc Pronovost, V\u00e9ronique Hudon, and Jane Gabriels<\/p>\n

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Curating Live Arts<\/em> brings together bold and innovative essays from an international group of theorist-practitioners to pose vital questions, propose future visions, and survey the landscape of this rapidly evolving discipline.<\/p>\n

Read A Collective Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Projections\"NEW IN 2018!<\/p>\n

Projections<\/a>
\nThe Journal for Movies and Mind
\nEditor:\u00a0Ted Nannicelli,\u00a0University of Queensland<\/p>\n

Current Issue: Symposium on Murray Smith’s Film, Art, and the Third Culture<\/a><\/p>\n

PROMO CODE: SCMS19PROJ
\nExpires 3\/31\/19
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\"ScreenScreen Bodies<\/a>
\nAn Interdisciplinary Journal of Experience, Perception, and Display
\nEditor:\u00a0Brian Bergen-Aurand,\u00a0Bellevue College, Washington<\/p>\n

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Current Issue: Vol. 2, Issue 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"JournalJournal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society<\/a><\/p>\n

Editor:\u00a0Eckhardt Fuchs,\u00a0Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research<\/p>\n

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Current Issue: Vol. 10, Issue 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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