Realism and the Audiovisual Media L. Nagib 9781137306739

This collection examines two recent phenomena: the return of realist tendencies and practices in world cinema and television, and the 'rehabilitation' of realism in film and media theory. The contributors investigate these two phenomena in detail, querying their origins, relations, divergences and intersections from a variety of perspectives.

About the Author
LOUIS BAYMAN is a PhD candidate at King's College London, UK MARY ANN DOANE is George Hazard Crooker Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University, USA THOMAS ELSAESSER is Professor of Film and Visual Culture at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands ARMIDA DE LA GARZA is Associate Professor in International Communication at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus, China LEIGHTON GRIST is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at the University of Winchester, UK BETH JOHNSON is a Lecturer in Media and Film Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK JACOB LEIGH teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK DIANE MYERS leads the BA Broadcasting programme within the Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds, UK DAVINA QUINLIVAN is a PhD candidate in the Film Studies department at King's College London, UK MING-YEH T. RAWNSLEY lectures on Chinese-language films at the University of Leeds, UK ANNA ROGERS is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, UK JOAO MOREIRA SALLES is a documentary filmmaker MARC SILBERMAN is Professor of German and Director of the Centre for German and European Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA VLAD STRUKOV is Lecturer in Russian and World Cinemas at the University of Leeds, UK ISMAIL XAVIER is Professor of Film at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Reviews

'The issue of realism is a fundamental conceptual question for film as well as for audiovisual media in general, and this collection is a very major and timely contribution that re-assesses the impetus to realism in cinema and the form and style of realism in contemporary film in the context of the digital, of multi-platform viewing, and world cinema. The wide-ranging essays draw on classical film theory while developing new insights into and understanding of current cinema. I have no doubt that it will be required reading on many courses.'

Elizabeth Cowie, University of Kent, UK

'Realism and the Audiovisual Media is an extremely topical collection of essays, one that will be most valuable to students and researchers in the field of media studies.'

Martine Beugnet, University of Paris 7 Diderot, France

Book Information
ISBN 9781137306739
Author L. Nagib
Format Paperback
Page Count 257
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan