New from two American studies professors, each of whom will participate in a 嘿嘿视频 Humanities Institute Book Chat in the coming months.
Movies in the urban space
- Paris in the Dark: Going to the Movies in the City of Light, 1930-1950
- By Eric Smoodin
Says the publisher: 鈥淒rawing on a wealth of journalistic sources, Smoodin recounts the ways films moved through the city, the favored stars, and what it was like to go to the movies in a city with hundreds of cinemas. ... In mapping the cinematic geography of Paris, Smoodin expands understandings of local film exhibition and the relationships of movies to urban space.鈥
嘿嘿视频 Humanities Institute Book Chat: 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20.
鈥楨ssential primer鈥
- Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger
- By Julie Sze
Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger examines mobilizations and movements, from protests at Standing Rock to activism in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, along with dispossession, deregulation, privatization and inequality. 鈥淭his book is the essential primer on environmental justice, packed with cautiously hopeful stories for the future,鈥 the publisher says.
嘿嘿视频 Humanities Institute Book Chat: 5-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10.