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"What Film Is Good For is a wonderfully ambitious and timely collection that takes the form, in a sense, of a questionnaire--one that importantly does not seek or need a singular response to the question it asks, as if film could only be good in one way or for one thing, or simply not at all. The diversity of responses collected here is itself a profound lesson in how capacious a moral claim need be if moral it truly is."--Brian Price, author of A Theory of Regret "Whether one agrees with the writers' propositions, the pleasure of thinking through the claims, pondering these questions of worth, value, profit, loss, the many 'good fors' as well as the occasional 'not good for, ' is a good, indeed, an excellence in itself, opening to a vast and valuable conversation."--Janet Staiger, author of Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema and Perverse Spectators: The Practices of Film Reception "Their volume bookended by two marvelous pieces by filmmakers (Mike Figgis and Radu Jude), Julian Hanich and Martin Rossouw have assembled a peerless group of contributors to explore a wide range of compelling questions about film ethics and the value(s) of spectatorship. The result is a foundational volume for Screen Studies."--Catherine Grant, founding author of Film Studies for Free

"Those for Whom the Lamp Shines is an outstanding and important contribution. It is the first sustained account of ethnic rhetoric as it rises in prevalence in late antique Egypt. With admirable sensitivity to the complexities of group conflict, Bantu lucidly charts the significant changes in ethnic reasoning about 'Egyptianness' in late antiquity."--Mary K. Farag, author of What Makes a Church Sacred? Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity

"What Film Is Good For is a wonderfully ambitious and timely collection that takes the form, in a sense, of a questionnaire--one that importantly does not seek or need a singular response to the question it asks, as if film could only be good in one way or for one thing, or simply not at all. The diversity of responses collected here is itself a profound lesson in how capacious a moral claim need be if moral it truly is."--Brian Price, author of A Theory of Regret "Whether one agrees with the writers' propositions, the pleasure of thinking through the claims, pondering these questions of worth, value, profit, loss, the many 'good fors' as well as the occasional 'not good for, ' is a good, indeed, an excellence in itself, opening to a vast and valuable conversation."--Janet Staiger, author of Interpreting Films: Studies in the Historical Reception of American Cinema and Perverse Spectators: The Practices of Film Reception "Their volume bookended by two marvelous pieces by filmmakers (Mike Figgis and Radu Jude), Julian Hanich and Martin Rossouw have assembled a peerless group of contributors to explore a wide range of compelling questions about film ethics and the value(s) of spectatorship. The result is a foundational volume for Screen Studies."--Catherine Grant, founding author of Film Studies for Free

"This deeply researched and elegantly written study brings into sustained conversation migration, borderlands, and water studies. Lucia Carminati bids us consider who really built the Suez Canal, how they did it, and what the historical consequences were for a host of social actors from near and far. Carminati advances provocative arguments that transform current paradigms of labor, mobility, technologies of imperialism, and much more. Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said is a tour de force that demonstrates in highly original fashion the productivity of transnational history as envisioned by a sophisticated scholar."--Julia Clancy-Smith, author of Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800-1900 "In the best tradition of social history, Carminati weaves together strands from the lives of ordinary workers from around the Mediterranean who answered the call to build the Suez Canal and the new towns and cities servicing it in the isthmus--most notably Port Said. Superbly documented, astutely argued, and incredibly well-written, Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said gives us a new understanding of the international effort that went into developing the region."--Beth Baron, author of Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics "Drawing on extensive archival research, Carminati reanimates the bustling landscape of Port Said and the migrants who flocked there to build and service the Suez Canal. The vivid experiences she documents of everyday people working, hustling, brawling, and becoming immiserated reveal changing and complex patterns of mobility and illuminate a vital and fascinating urban history that took shape outside the region's major cities. A rich and innovative book that restores a human dimension to hydraulic infrastructure."--Nancy Reynolds, author of A City Consumed: Urban Commerce, the Cairo Fire, and the Politics of Decolonization in Egypt "Some arteries are so important that they conceal the heart that pumps the lifeblood through them. This is the case with the Suez Canal, the boomtown of Port Said, and the people who built it. Seeking Bread and Fortune in Port Said brings the place to life and back to history through hundreds of micronarratives of these men and women, Egyptians and others, weaving them into a superb global urban history of migration."--On Barak, author of Powering Empire: How Coal Made the Middle East and Sparked Global Carbonization

"If you're looking for a primer on how to do community-engaged research in environmental justice (EJ) communities, look no further. Chad Raphael and Martha Matsuoka (and their various coauthors) offer a comprehensive account of why EJ research must be rooted in community, as well as a step-by-step guide as to how to actually do that work and a vision of how to move the field to even more authenticity in the future. Offering a striking breadth of coverage of topics, studies, and methods, this invaluable contribution to the literature will be embraced by academics and practitioners alike."--Manuel Pastor, Jr., Distinguished Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity; Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change; Director, USC Equity Research Institute, University of Southern California "Want to know exactly how to flip the academic script and do community-centered environmental justice research? This book is that guide, and offers a powerful journey into how the pursuit of knowledge can empower true change! Ground Truths is patient and powerful, emphasizes relationships, and is written by a wonderful team of genuine environmental justice practitioners from all walks of life and work."--Kyle Whyte, George Willis Pack Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability, and Faculty Director, Tishman Center for Social Justice and the Environment, University of Michigan "Giving primacy to frontline communities most directly affected by contamination, Raphael and Matsuoka emphasize that building mutually beneficial partnerships for research yields rich and sophisticated practices and outcomes. This book will be especially useful for researchers who are embarking on a career in research and want to know how to approach working with communities to produce respectful and useful research."--Teresa Córdova, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago "Dismantling the academic monopoly on what is deemed legitimate knowledge is necessary to ensure that research is used for liberation, not reproduction of oppressive social orders. Raphael and Matsuoka's brilliant new book on community-engaged research provides a visionary yet practical guide for those who wish to use this transformative and collaborative approach for achieving environmental justice."--Jonathan London, Professor, Human and Community Development, University of California, Davis

"At long last, a top film scholar takes a deep dive into New Line Cinema's remarkable and most unlikely history, from an independent purveyor of midnight movies and slasher films after its founding in 1967 to the very top of the industry as a Warner subsidiary in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Mining a wealth of primary sources and trade press accounts, and with access to New Line's renegade founder and chief executive Bob Shaye himself, Daniel Herbert deftly recounts the company's rags-to-riches saga, culminating in the Lord of the Rings triumph before its equally spectacular flameout. In the process, Maverick Movies firmly situates New Line as one of the most important Hollywood studios in the past half-century."--Thomas Schatz, author of The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era "Focusing on New Line Cinema, an indie outfit rooted in 1960s college-campus film culture that in the 1990s briefly became the tail that wagged the dog at the WB, Herbert crafts a comprehensive history of postclassical Hollywood, a compelling road map of the volatile movie industry from the late 1960s through the early 2000s."--Jon Lewis, author of Road Trip to Nowhere: Hollywood Encounters the Counterculture "Maverick Movies revitalizes the field of distribution studies. Exhibiting the same archival dexterity he brought to Videoland, Herbert reconsiders how New Line's eclecticism both predicted and reflected broader changes in US film culture of the late twentieth century. Maverick Movies will engage scholars across media industry studies, production studies, and new cinema history."--Caetlin Benson-Allott, author of The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of Film and Television

"Kinetic Cultures delivers on its promise to challenge conventional narratives of ballet music and choreography. Rachana Vajjhala explores a wealth of untapped archival sources and methods with captivating style and insight. Her richly textured study offers fresh, persuasive analyses of familiar belle époque works and sets a new standard for music and dance scholarship."--Jessie Fillerup, author of Magician of Sound: Ravel and the Aesthetics of Illusion

"Ibrahim Nasrallah has been a stellar producer of literature, particularly in relation to Palestine. Nora Parr, through this sophisticated and engaging study, shows the multifaceted nature of his literary project and his commitment to the literary construction of Palestinian nationhood. Parr's study is unparalleled in its systematic and deeply informed treatment of Nasrallah's fictional world. It should serve as an excellent guide to anyone interested in Arabic literature and Palestinian studies more specifically. This book is not only an insightful study of Nasrallah's literary output, but it also opens a vista on the enduring genius of the Palestinian novel and Nasrallah's place in its luminous journey."--Atef Alshaer, author of Poetry and Politics in the Modern Arab World "A compelling, sophisticated, and long overdue analysis of the works of the prolific but hitherto neglected Palestinian author Ibrahim Nasrallah. An outstanding achievement. Parr's exploration of Nasrallah's works offers the opportunity to reconsider and reinterpret many of the most dominant discourses and motifs in Palestinian culture."--Joseph R. Farag, Assistant Professor of Modern Arab Studies, University of Minnesota "Novel Palestine is a timely and significant intervention in our understanding of the Palestinian novel and identity. In her interrogation of the concept of the 'nation through the works of Ibrahim Nasrallah, ' Parr offers critical reflections on Nasrallah and his innovative contributions to the Palestinian novel and on the evolving Palestinian community and belonging at the turn of the twenty-first century. It is a must read for everyone interested in Palestine, identity, and literature."--Wen-chin Ouyang, author of Politics of Nostalgia in the Arabic Novel "Novel Palestine stakes a claim about the relation between Palestinian literary writing and the ways in which this writing figures the experience of being Palestinian in excess of the terms of the settler state and its linear, developmental, narrative, and critical forms. Parr shows that literature enables a thinking of Palestinian life beyond these terms, and in this she powerfully suggests the relevancy of language and aesthetic form in the ongoing resistance to settler colonization, the regime of the modern carceral state, and the modes of thought and life these sustain."--Jeffrey Sacks, Associate Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature/Arabic, University of California, Riverside "In her pioneering study of the curiously neglected Ibrahim Nasrallah, Parr shows how his epic Palestine Project expands the notion of a literary series to re-image not only Palestine, but the notion of the nation itself. A welcome demonstration of the power of writing to redefine the political domain."--Lyndsey Stonebridge, author of We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience "Parr's Novel Palestine is a welcome critical intervention and vitally important addition to Palestinian literary studies in its focus on the one of the foremost writers of the Palestinian epic, Ibrahim Nasrallah. It can be situated within a tradition of literary criticism charted by the leading efforts of authors such as Mary Layoun and Barbara Harlow."--Najat Rahman, author of In the Wake of the Poetic: Palestinian Artists after Darwish

"Breaks new ground in introducing analytic induction as an approach distinct from qualitative comparative analysis. Charles Ragin's writing is among the clearest, most accessible, and engaging that I know."--Peer C. Fiss, Jill and Frank Fertitta Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California "At a time when methodological debates are becoming increasingly mathematical, this intervention is both refreshingly nontechnical and unusually helpful for qualitative researchers in sociology and political science. Because of its clarity, brevity, and usability, qualitative researchers in the social sciences are going to want a copy of this book."--James Mahoney, Gordon Fulcher Professor in Decision-Making and Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University

"In this provocative and deeply humane new book, sociologist Michaela Soyer dissects the stark differences in punishment systems between the United States and Germany through the experiences of incarcerated young men. The Price of Freedom deftly shows the relation between punishment, the welfare state, and diversity--and the difficult trade-offs ahead."--François Bonnet, author of The Upper Limit: How Low-Wage Work Defines Punishment and Welfare "In both Germany and the United States, racialized young men are far more likely to be imprisoned than their white peers--yet the societal responses to this fact have been profoundly different. Drawing on sensitive interviews and nuanced comparative ethnography, Soyer shows how these young men understand their place in their respective societies, the forces that led to their incarceration, and where they might go in the future. She thus reveals the hidden goals, understandings, and contradictions that shape both systems. The Price of Freedom sheds new light on the problem of mass incarceration while pointing to what the German and American justice systems might learn from each other."--Philip Kasinitz, coeditor of Growing Up Muslim in Europe and the United States "This innovative book breaks through the dulling sense of familiarity that focusing on only one society so easily engenders. By comparing young men's experiences with incarceration in Germany and the United States, Soyer invites us to view both criminal justice systems with fresh eyes and reveals the distinct ways in which marginalization and incarceration interact. American and German scholars alike have much to learn from Soyer's ambitious research."--Jan Doering, author of Us versus Them: Race, Crime, and Gentrification in Chicago Neighborhoods "In The Price of Freedom, Soyer provides a unique comparative analysis of incarceration in the United States and Germany. Her rich, in-depth qualitative analysis allows her to develop nuanced insights into processes of racial and ethnic marginalization and criminalization in the two countries and to develop explanations for what each country can learn from the other in terms of their treatment of racial and ethnic minorities. Soyer's book is an important read for social scientists and policymakers concerned with social inequality and incarceration."--Danielle Raudenbush, author of Health Care Off the Books: Poverty, Illness, and Strategies for Survival in Urban America "The Price of Freedom offers a much-needed comparative study of incarceration in two very different contexts, contrasting the quintessential mass incarceration nation of the United States with the more lenient German penal context. Through comparative ethnography and interviews, Soyer documents how such different contexts both produce prisons filled with the socially marginalized, and she elegantly links the conditions that bring marginalized men into prison to culturally conditioned explanations for their pathways to crime and imprisonment. This rare comparative work allows readers to see the much-studied but extreme US context through a new lens while offering lessons on how men interpret their histories through their cultural context. This book has much to offer prison scholars as well as those more generally interested in poverty, social marginalization, and comparative social theory."--Sara Wakefield, coauthor of Children of the Prison Boom: Mass Incarceration and the Future of American Inequality

"Sounding the Indian Ocean adeptly bridges music studies and Indian Ocean scholarship, history and ethnography, to show how music composes and transgresses categories, genealogies, and geographies in Afro-Asiatic seascapes. With a focus on three keywords--music, sound, and listening--fourteen essays by a global range of scholars offer rich cameos of the agency of communities and individuals in mediating space and memory in, and through, sonic life-worlds."--Smriti Srinivas, coeditor of Reimagining Indian Ocean Worlds "Evocative, wide-ranging, and fascinating, like the musics and communities it studies, Sounding the Indian Ocean makes a highly original contribution to Indian Ocean Studies and charts the way for many future paths of exploration."--Ronit Ricci, author of Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia "Sounding the Indian Ocean is a finely crafted voyage of discovery across a vast and relatively unexplored musical region, connecting distant geographies, temporalities, sacred practices, and everyday concerns. Drawing together an authoritative body of researchers, it pioneers a conversation about the role of sound and performance in rethinking transoceanic lateral networks and comparative cultural histories, securing the place of ethnomusicological scholarship in the reconstruction of one of the world's oldest long-distance trading arenas."--Angela Impey, author of Song Walking: Women, Music, and Environmental Justice in an African Borderland "This remarkable collection counters the inward-facing focus that has characterized most studies of South and Southeast Asian music and opens new pathways for thinking about the circulation of musical histories and forms in this region. It is undoubtedly the definitive, standard-bearing work on the deeply cosmopolitan and interconnected soundworlds of the Indian Ocean."--Davesh Soneji, author of Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India

"James Walvin's brilliant new book is more than a story about the fascinating legacy of a song written by an eighteenth-century English cleric that today has a unique status in American and indeed British life. It is also a story of cross-cultural translation and travel, of exploitation, adaptation, and commercial interests, and of the power of music-making in the service of humanistic freedom, regardless of faith, nation, or race."--Ben Carrington, author of Race, Sport and Politics: The Sporting Black Diaspora "A detailed and astonishing revelation of the forgotten history behind the seemingly familiar. Passionately written and meticulously researched."--David Olusoga, author of Black and British: A Short, Essential History "An illuminating history of the most resounding hymn in African American history. Born of the tortured soul of an English slaver, who found his faith and rejected slavery, 'Amazing Grace' became the soothing hymn that inspired millions. The enslaved cotton worker, the folk singer, the civil rights marcher, the gospel choir, the blues woman, and President Obama, all moved by the sweet sound of this beautiful, historic hymn."--Edward B. Rugemer, Professor of History and African American Studies, Yale University "This book tells the story of the Christian hymn 'Amazing Grace, ' from its creation by English former slave ship captain John Newton in 1772, through its popularization among performers and listeners in the United States, to its function today as a kind of anthem for healing in the US, Europe, and elsewhere in the world. The historical coverage as well as the range of subjects and musical scenes addressed is impressive."--Eric Porter, author of A People's History of SFO: The Making of the Bay Area and an Airport "A fun read that tracks 'Amazing Grace, ' a song that holds much meaningfulness across diverse swaths of society, across various genres and performance styles, and across the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries."--James Padilioni, author of To Ask Infinity Some Questions: San Martín de Porres and the Black Hagiographic Mysteries of Florida

"Beautifully organized through contrast and variation evocative of a musical composition, Fanfare for a City is a lively and engaging work of scholarship on music, urban space, and power. Jacek Blaszkiewicz convincingly traces how Baron Haussmann's individual taste in music shaped the tuning of Paris's urban design and policy, and conversely how Haussmannization had a lasting impact on musical spaces and tastes."--Aimée Boutin, author of City of Noise: Sound and Nineteenth-Century Paris "An important contribution to the literature on Baron Haussmann's famous reconfiguration of Paris during the Second Empire. Blaszkiewicz expertly maps musical life of the period onto the rapidly changing cityscape. In its move away from traditional methods and engagement with the burgeoning field of sound studies, this work offers a refreshing perspective on wider musical culture beyond the opera house, concert hall, and salon."--Steven Huebner, author of Les opéras de Verdi: Éléments d'un langage musico-dramatique "Fanfare for a City demonstrates in fascinating detail that the making of modern Paris in the nineteenth century was as much a matter of sound as of space. The book--highly readable, deeply informative--is a major contribution to a growing body of literature that recognizes sound as a fundamental cultural force."--Lawrence Kramer, author of Music and the Forms of Life "A sophisticated and rich exploration of the relationship between music and its urban environment, which sheds new light on little-studied musical phenomena, including street hawkers, as well as more familiar environments, such as world's fairs and cafés-concerts, all in the context of Haussmann's urban renewal project in Second Empire Paris."--Sarah Hibberd, author of French Grand Opera and the Historical Imagination "Deeply researched and engagingly written, Fanfare for a City has a great deal to teach us about the contested soundscapes of Second Empire Paris. A very impressive work."--Brian Hart, editor of The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume V: The Symphony in the Americas