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The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television
Often disguised in public discourse by terms like "gay," "homoerotic," "homosocial," or "queer," bisexuality is strangely absent from queer studies and virtually untreated in film and media criticism. Maria San Filippo aims to explore the central role bisexuality plays in contemporary screen culture... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Provocauteurs and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century Media
Twenty-first century media has increasingly turned to provocative sexual content to generate buzz and stand out within a glut of programming. New distribution technologies enable and amplify these provocations, and encourage the branding of media creators as "provocauteurs" known for challenging sex... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Appropriate Behavior (Queer Film Classics)
Premiering at Sundance in 2014, Desiree Akhavan’s acclaimed debut feature, Appropriate Behavior, introduced the indie film world to the deadpan, irreverent wit that had already won over fans of her trailblazing LGBTQ web series The Slope. The first volume in the Queer Film Classics series to spotlig... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Film Criticism in the Digital Age
by Greg Taylor • Maria San Filippo • Noah Tsika • Nick James • Mattias Frey • Cecilia Sayad • Giacomo Manzoli • Daniel Mcneil • Outi Hakola • Anne Hurault-Paupe • Thomas Elsaesser • Paolo Noto • Armond White • Jasmina KallayOver the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a "crisis of criticism" and mourned the "death of the critic." Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have given new ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
After "Happily Ever After": Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)
by Maria San Filippo • Deborah Jermyn • Martha Shearer • John Alberti • James MacDowell • Tom Cunliffe • Beatriz Oria • Betty Kaklamanidou • Mary Harrod • Maya Montañez Smukler • Elizabeth Alsop • Alice Guilluy • Ash Kinney D'Harcourt • Tamar Jeffers MacDonald • Sueyoung Park-Primiano • Manuela RuizIn defiance of the alleged "death of romantic comedy," After "Happily Ever After": Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age edited by Maria San Filippo attests to rom-com’s continuing vitality in new modes and forms that reimagine and rejuvenate the genre in ideologically, artistically, and commerci... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021