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continues to expand and thrive, attracting new scholars and fresh ideas, direction, and research. Given the dynamism of the field, experienced and beginning instructors alike need resources for bringing the study of film into the classroom. This volume will help instructors conceptualize contemporary film studies in pedagogical terms. The first part of the volume features essays on theory and on
Acknowledgments (xi) Introduction (1) Edvige Giunta and Kathleen Zamboni McCormick Part I: Mapping Italian American Studies The History of Italians in the United States (33) Donna R. Gabaccia The History of Italian American Literary Studies (43) Robert Viscusi The History of Italian American Film and Television Studies (59) Anthony Julian Tamburri Italian American Studies in Italy (70) Mark
important issues. The essays in this volume address a rich variety of texts spanning film, television, stand-up, cartoons, and memes as well as conventional literary works from different places and times. Contributors offer theoretical foundations and practical methods for a broad range of courses, including guidance on contextualizing the humor of historical works and on navigating the ways that comedy
This volume brings a diverse range of voices—from anthropology, communication studies, ethnomusicology, film, history, literature, linguistics, sociology, theater, and urban geography—into the conversation about film from the People's Republic of China. Essays seek to answer what films can reveal or obscure about Chinese history and society and demonstrate how studying films from the PRC can
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