Books selected by Jill Chisnell (Art, Architecture & Design Librarian), Kristen Heath (Music & Catalog Librarian), and Ashley Werlinich (English & Drama Librarian).
African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics by
Cajetan Iheka examines the ecological footprint of media in Africa alongside the representation of environmental issues in visual culture. Iheka shows how, through visual media such as film, photography, and sculpture, African artists deliver a unique perspective on the socioecological costs of media production, from mineral and oil extraction to the politics of animal conservation.
Experiencing Music and Visual Cultures: Threshold, Intermediality, and Synchresis
Bringing the research of musicologists, art historians, and film studies scholars into dialogue, this book explores the relationships between visual art forms and music.
Experimental Filmmaking and Punk: Feminist Audio Visual Culture in the 1970s and 1980s by
In this book, Rachel Garfield breaks new ground in exploring the rebellious, feminist Punk audio-visual culture of the 1970s, tracing its roots and its legacies.
Media Crossroads: Intersections of Space and Identity in Screen Cultures
The contributors to Media Crossroads examine space and place in media as they intersect with sexuality, race, ethnicity, age, class, and ability.
On Black Media Philosophy by
Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy.