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Laura Horak, "Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds" (U California Press, 2026)

Since the 1990s, a largely underground upwelling of trans creativity has helped new trans identities, communities, and political movements come together. In Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds (University of California Press, 2026), Dr. Laura Horak provides a ...  Show more

Daisuke Miyao, "Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy" (Duke UP, 2026)

Ozu and the Ethics of Indeterminacy (Duke University Press, 2026) re-examines cinema studies through the work of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu, employing the multiple methodologies and indeterminacy of Ozu’s films as a model for discussions of cinema’s relationship to the world ...  Show more

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