New Releases by Robert Kolker

Robert Kolker is the author of Lạc vào tay tử thần (2023), Els nois de Hidden Valley Road (2022), 隱谷路:一部解開思覺失調遺傳祕辛,深入百年精神醫學核心爭議的家庭調查史 (2021), Οι γυναίκες που επιβίωσαν (2021), Barnen på Hidden Valley Road (2021).

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Lạc vào tay tử thần

release date: Jan 01, 2023

Els nois de Hidden Valley Road

release date: Sep 23, 2022
Els nois de Hidden Valley Road
Durant els anys setanta, sis dels dotze fills d''en Don i la Mimi Galvin van ser diagnosticats amb esquizofrènia. La vida de somni americà que havien construït es va ensorrar sense previ avís per donar pas a un futur marcat pels abusos, la violència i la vergonya social. Robert Kolker ens explica la història de tots els membres d''aquesta família, del seu amor i esperança, i repassa de manera brillant el llegat científic incalculable que han deixat i que ha permès entendre i avançar en el tractament i l''explicació d''aquesta malaltia a les futures generacions. Els nois de Hidden Valley Road és un text sensible i impactant que es llegeix amb la fluïdesa de les millors novel·les.

隱谷路:一部解開思覺失調遺傳祕辛,深入百年精神醫學核心爭議的家庭調查史

release date: Nov 30, 2021
隱谷路:一部解開思覺失調遺傳祕辛,深入百年精神醫學核心爭議的家庭調查史
蓋爾文家有十二個孩子,十個男孩,其中六個都患了思覺失調…… 本書不僅立下報導文學的里程碑 也是一場對人類同理心極限的偉大探索 ▌入選紀錄 ▌ |《紐約時報》2020年度十大好書|歐普拉圖書俱樂部2020年度選書|美國前總統歐巴馬2020年度選書 |《華盛頓郵報》2020年度十大好書|亞馬遜網站2020年度十大好書|《華爾街日報》2020年度十大好書 |《時代雜誌》2020年度百大必讀之書|《時人》雜誌2020年度最佳書籍第一名 |「全國公共廣播電台」(NPR)、《板巖》雜誌網站、《紐約郵報》2020年度必讀之書 |出版一年,亞馬遜網站評價破萬,五星好評累積超過8,000筆 張廷碩(台灣大學社會學系博士候選人、兒童青少年精神科醫師)▌審訂 安德魯.所羅門(《正午惡魔》、《背離親緣》作者)、歐普拉.溫芙蕾(美國知名主持人)、王浩威(精神科醫師,作家)、周慕姿(諮商心理師)、陳嘉新(國立陽明交通大學科技與社會所副教授,精神科專科醫師)、張子午(報導者主編)、曾凡慈(中央研究院社會學研究所助研究員)、楊添圍(精神科醫師)、蔡友月(中央研究院社會學研究所副研究員)▌國內外名人學者齊聲推薦 ▌ ▌內容簡介 ▌ 這是一個曾竭力掩蓋家人罹患思覺失調,窮盡一切可能、只願過上正常人生的家庭。 這也是一個醫界曾寄予深深期望、試圖從中找出引發思覺失調關鍵基因的瘋狂家庭。 在精神疾病的廣袤光譜中,思覺失調症是最難控制的一種。 蓋爾文一家有十二個孩子,十個男孩,其中六個都是思覺失調患者。 這一家人所承受的精神苦難延續了數十年,至今尚未結束,原因依然成謎。 然而,科學家從他們的基因中所獲得的驚人發現,成了他們留給後世最可貴的遺產。 ◇◇◇◇◇ 在二十世紀中的美國,萬事如新;住在隱谷路的蓋爾文夫婦膝下有十二個孩子,先生唐.蓋爾文上校是當地名人,太太咪咪亦不遑多讓。在咪咪對完美的憧憬與努力下,即使真實人生並不盡如人意,他們過得也看似體面。與上流社會往來酬酢、穿梭於衣香鬢影中,是蓋爾文家的尋常一景。然而,到了孩子接連步入青春期時,其中六個男孩卻逐漸逸出常軌,徵兆各有不同: 大兒子唐諾德的異常如山崩地裂。他毫無原因地虐殺貓咪、一頭衝入燃燒的熊熊營火、多次試圖以電線勒死自己,並深信自己是章魚的後代。 次子吉姆時常與唐諾德劇烈爭鬥,且同樣有嚴重暴力傾向。有時候,走在街上,吉姆會猛然拿自己的頭去撞牆;也有時候,他會突然跳入湖中,全身穿戴整齊。 四子布萊恩最為俊美,也是才華洋溢的音樂天才。沒有人發覺他在受苦。他把自己最深的恐懼鎖在心底,直到他犯下無可挽回的罪行。 馬修是一名陶藝家,他相信自己的心情可以控制天氣。當他不這麼想的時候,他就以為自己是披頭四成員保羅.麥卡尼。 喬瑟夫是生病的男孩中最溫和、病識感也最強的一個。他能聽到來自另一個時空的聲音,在不同的時間、不同的地點,從來無法擺脫。 彼得是家中最小的男孩。當他親眼看見父親中風倒地,過沒多久,他在學校發出了一連串無人理解的聲音,接著被緊急送入精神病院。多年來,他躁狂暴戾,拒絕一切幫助。 孩子一一病發,一個接著一個出現妄想、舉止怪異,間或夾帶暴力與自殘行為。他們被診斷為思覺失調、進了精神病院,從此一生在病院與家門之間的道路上來回往復。蓋爾文家恍若陷入地獄,整個家的地基朝著罹病的家庭成員歪斜傾圮,沒病的孩子也活在患病的陰影之下。有人遠走他鄉,有人死去;然而,母親咪咪從未離開,曾經飽受凌虐的小妹瑪麗也沒有。她曾受精神失常的哥哥們虐待欺凌,被她以為理所當然會愛她的家人遺棄,但她選擇留下。 ◇◇◇◇◇ 「……1908年,瑞士精神病學家尤金・布魯勒創造了『精神分裂症』(schizophrenia)這個術語(如今台灣已更名為思覺失調症),因為它的拉丁字根『schizo』(撕裂)暗示了心智功能出現尖銳而猛烈的分裂。後來事實證明,選擇這個詞彙是不幸的錯誤。幾乎從那時起,流行文化便將思覺失調與人格分裂混為一談。但布魯勒試圖描述的是病人外在與內在世界的分裂、一種認知脫離現實的狀態。思覺失調指的是個人在意識之外築起圍牆,最初或許緩慢、難以察覺,但病情劇烈時,患者會與現實全然隔離,直到意識被圍牆完全包圍,再也接觸不到他人眼中的真實世界。」 ╱╱╱╱╱ 從一九八○年代起,蓋爾文家便成了美國國家精神健康研究院研究的第一批家庭。他們的基因被研究人員視為破解思覺失調的關鍵之鑰,為精神醫學界和心理治療界長久以來「先天VS後天」的爭論之外,帶來了一線希望。 不僅美國國家精神健康研究院,包括科羅拉多大學健康科學中心,以及不只一家大型製藥公司都曾分析蓋爾文家的遺傳物質。和其他實驗的受試者一樣,他們的參與始終保持機密。藉由分析他們家的基因組成,並與一般大眾的基因樣本進行比對,蓋爾文一家為數十年來的遺傳研究提供了珍貴資訊。在將近四十年的研究之後,雖然進展緩慢,但思覺失調症的治療、預測已出現了曙光,研究甚至以預防為目標向前邁進,持續至今。 事實上,蓋爾文家本身亦反映了精神醫學的演進史──他們經歷了精神醫療機構化和電擊療法的年代,也走過了心理療法與生物醫學療法之間對立的年代。咪咪.蓋爾文畢生都活在污名攻擊之下,以心理治療師佛洛姆賴克曼為首,社會文化精神分析一派創造了「精神分裂母親」一詞,將精神疾病歸咎於母親的不當教養。 羅伯特.科爾克採訪了蓋爾文家族的每一位在世成員(包括於2017年去世之前的咪咪),訪談對象亦包含了蓋爾文家的數十位朋友、鄰居、老師、治療師與照顧者、同事、親戚以及研究人員。沒有任何場景出自虛構,所有對話都由作者親身見證並記錄,或是採用已發表過的紀錄文字,以及當時可靠消息來源提供者的回憶作為撰稿基礎。除此之外,科爾克亦參考了蓋爾文兄弟和唐.蓋爾文的所有可用病歷;唐的海軍和空軍服役紀錄;咪咪和唐的個人信件;大妹瑪格麗特分別於2003年和2008年對咪咪進行的一系列簡短談話紀錄,以及瑪格麗特的私人日記。在柯爾克精湛的敘事下,《隱谷路》揭露的並不僅是一面黑暗而碎裂的家庭鏡像,或一份又一份的醫學研究報告;將兩者串連起來的,是一段「愛與病」在家人間深刻互動的過程,是關於如何在被世人認定一無是處的家人身上,重新發現人性,也是關於倖存者如何把碎片重新拼貼起來,與之共存。 ▌名人媒體強力讚譽 ▌ ◆「《隱谷路》是一個引人入勝的美國家庭真實故事,讀來便如同經歷一場醫學推理之旅,揭示了許多人所面臨的一個主題:精神疾病。」──歐普拉.溫芙蕾(Oprah Winfrey) ◆「本書講述了一個飽受思覺失調之苦的家庭,內容廣博、可讀性強,令人深感不安。藉由這番書寫,作者從此病所造成的破壞中提供了富有意義的洞見。同樣地,本書也是一場研究,揭示了家人拒絕承認精神疾病將如何以多種方式加劇病情,而自身被診斷出患有此種疾病的人、選擇幫助和支持他們的人又需要何等勇氣。」──安德魯.所羅門(Andrew Solomon),《背離親緣》(Far From the Tree)作者 ◆「報導文學、研究和風格兼具的奇蹟之作,《隱谷路》提升了非虛構敘事寫作的可能性。羅伯特.科爾克深入探討了一個家庭如何遭受人類最神祕的疾病所圍困的非凡故事。科爾克以優雅和富有洞察力的文筆描繪出蓋爾文一家,與此同時,他將數十年來對思覺失調症在遺傳學的探索交互編織,他寫出的故事如同一部偉大的哥德式小說般令人難以忘懷,引人入勝。本書是一場勝利,一個無法遺忘的故事,你現在就該立刻翻開來讀。」──蘇珊娜.卡哈蘭(Susannah Cahalan),《我發瘋的那段日子》(Brain on Fire)、《大偽裝者》(The Great Pretender)作者 ◆「《隱谷路》將一切都囊括其中:科學陰謀、細膩的報導、驚人的真相,以及最重要的,深刻的人性。這是一本讓人能讀了一遍又一遍的珍貴作品。」──大衛.格雷恩(David Grann),《花月殺手》(Killers of the Flower Moon)作者 ◆「一份非凡的案例研究和報告。」──西爾維雅.娜薩(Sylvia Nasar),《美麗境界》(A Beautiful Mind)作者 ◆「這本書讓我心碎。它揭露了關於心理健康的治療史、關於創傷,最重要的,它揭露了關於家庭是什麼——本書是羅伯特.科爾克繼出色的《失蹤女孩》(Lost Girls)後,更有價值的醫學後續追蹤。」──梅根.亞伯特(Megan Abbott),愛倫坡獎得主,《給我你的手》(Give Me Your Hand)作者 ◆「在既扣人心弦又充滿人性的敘述中,科爾克敘述了一個最終充滿希望的故事,敘述了一個家庭的小勝利,以及進展緩慢的研究如何可能在有朝一日使數百萬人受益。」──馬林.薩迪(Marin Sardy),《每日邊緣》(The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia)作者 ◆「同理心和敘事新聞的壯舉。」──珍妮弗.薩萊(Jennifer Szalai),《紐約時報》非虛構類文學評論家 ◆「權威之作……由扣人心弦的報導文學和科學推理故事交織而成。……《隱谷路》註定要成為敘事非虛構作品中的經典。」──漢密爾頓.凱恩(Hamilton Cain),《明尼亞波里斯明星論壇報》(Minneapolis Star Tribune) ◆「蓋爾文家族的詛咒是希臘悲劇的產物。科爾克秉持著極強大的惻隱之心敘述他們的故事,深入挖掘每個孩子特定的妄想模式和住院治療的情形,同時記錄了這一家人如何愈趨孤注一擲地尋求幫助。但《隱谷路》不僅僅是一個絕望的故事,其中某些最引人入勝的章節來自於這個絕望故事的另一面:一道醫學之謎。」──山姆.多尼克(Sam Dolnick),《紐約時報書評》 ◆「讓人立刻深感憐憫,卻又不寒而慄。」──凱倫.艾瑞斯.塔克(Karen Iris Tucker),《華盛頓郵報》書評 ◆「《隱谷路》不僅生動地傳達了思覺失調症患者的內心經驗,也傳達了思覺失調症對其他家人的影響。……憑藉著偉大小說家的寫作技巧,科爾克讓蓋爾文的每個家庭成員都躍然紙上。」──理查.麥克納利(Richard J. McNally),《華爾街日報》書評 ◆「真實犯罪的狂熱讀者們,這本書是給你的。……它令人心旌動搖。」──《柯夢波丹》(Cosmopolitan)二○二○年非虛構類最佳書籍評論 ◆「一部令人驚嘆、引人入勝的編年史,充滿智慧和同情心。……科爾克出色而有效地處理了這個極其複雜的故事,讓讀者神魂顛倒。一部非凡、難忘且意義重大的作品,不容錯過。」──《書單》,星級評論(Booklist, starred review) ◆「引人入勝又令人不安。……科爾克巧妙地敘述為了解釋思覺失調症而提出的精神病學、化學和生物學理論以及強加給蓋爾文兄弟們的各種治療。他犀利而尖銳地描繪出這群兄弟的精神疾病對於其他健康孩子的影響、壓抑的情感氛圍,以及家庭不斷惡化的祕密。本書是一幅以令人震驚的深刻性和同理心所描繪出的家庭肖像。」──《柯克斯評論》,星級評論(Kirkus Reviews, starred review) ◆「本書是對思覺失調症強而有力的觀察,一場對它的追尋之旅。……針對精神疾病如何影響好幾個世代,本書所見令人縈繞於心,難以忘懷。」──《出版人週刊》,星級評論(Publishers Weekly, starred review)

Οι γυναίκες που επιβίωσαν

release date: Oct 25, 2021
Οι γυναίκες που επιβίωσαν
Ο Ντον και η Μίμι Γκάλβιν φαίνονταν ζευγάρι-πρότυπο. Εκείνος διακεκριμένος στρατιωτικός, εκείνη καλλιεργημένη, αφοσιωμένη σύζυγος-μητέρα, ενσάρκωναν τον λαμπρό αμερικανικό αιώνα. Ο κόσμος τους έδειχνε τέλειος. Όμως μερικά χρόνια αργότερα, έχοντας αποκτήσει δώδεκα παιδιά, η εικόνα άρχισε να ξεθωριάζει. Ήταν όντως τόσο ταιριαστοί, τόσο ευτυχισμένοι; Πράγματι ανέθρεφαν τόσο πειθαρχημένα παιδιά; Τι κρυβόταν στο παρελθόν του Ντον, στην οικογενειακή ιστορία της Μίμι; Ύστερα ήρθε η σφοδρή ανατροπή: Έξι γιοι της οικογένειας Γκάλβιν, ο ένας μετά τον άλλον, παρουσιάζουν ψυχωσική, βίαιη συμπεριφορά. Οι γονείς, τρομοκρατημένοι, αγνοούν την πραγματικότητα. Μέχρι που η τραγωδία, μια διπλή ανθρωποκτονία, τους αναγκάζει να δουν. Η σχιζοφρένεια χτυπά και σπάει την πόρτα του ειδυλλιακού σπιτιού τους. Τίποτα πια δεν θα είναι το ίδιο. Εν μέρει οικογενειακή εποποιία, εν μέρει ιστορία της πιο μυστήριας μέχρι και σήμερα ψυχικής νόσου, αυτή η αληθινή ιστορία, η γραμμένη με αφοπλιστική ειλικρίνεια και κατανόηση, είναι κάτι περισσότερο από μια συναρπαστική διπλή αφήγηση με λογοτεχνικές αρετές. Ειπωμένη από την οπτική γωνία τριών γυναικών –της Μίμι και των θυγατέρων της Μάργκαρετ και Μέρι–, που άντεξαν καταστάσεις πέρα από τις ανθρώπινες αντοχές, επιβεβαιώνει την αξιοθαύμαστη ψυχική δύναμη και τη γενναιότητα του θεωρούμενου «αδύναμου και ευάλωτου φύλου». Είναι ακόμη μια χωρίς παρωπίδες υμνητική εξιστόρηση του πραγματικού νοήματος της οικογένειας: πόσα μας προσφέρει, αλλά και πόσο δυσβάσταχτο κόστος απαιτεί συχνά να πληρώνουμε.

Barnen på Hidden Valley Road

release date: Apr 20, 2021
Barnen på Hidden Valley Road
Familjen Galvin tycktes vara en mönsterfamilj på alla sätt. Pappa Don gjorde karriär inom militären, hemma var mamma Mimi en strävsam matriark som uppfostrade de tolv barnen, varav tio pojkar, alla födda under babyboom-åren mellan 1945 och 1965. De bodde på Hidden Valley Road, i Colorado Springs, som en inkarnation av den amerikanska drömmen under rekordåren. Men under det turbulenta 60-talet rämnade den lyckliga fasaden och tragedierna kom slag i slag. Sex av familjens söner skulle komma att diagnosticeras med schizofreni, och sjukdomen förde familjen till ruinens brant. Robert Kolkers berättelse är en hisnande skildring av en familjs kamp mot en sjukdom som alltid gäckat vetenskapen, men visar också hur familjen Galvins unika sjukdomshistoria gav forskningen avgörande kunskaper som fört oss närmare svaret på schizofrenins gåta. "Barnen på Hidden Valley Road är en fängslande sann berättelse om en amerikansk familj, men fungerar samtidigt som en medicinsk detektivgåta som kastar ljus över en frågeställning så många av oss tvingas möta: mentalsjukdom.”, skrev Oprah Winfrey.

W ciemnej dolinie

release date: Jan 01, 2021

Hidden Valley Road

release date: Apr 07, 2020
Hidden Valley Road
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ''s TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science''s great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." —Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don''s work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family''s unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.

Politics Goes to the Movies

release date: Mar 14, 2018
Politics Goes to the Movies
Politics Goes to the Movies introduces the topic of political representation and ideology by analyzing some of the most important politically themed films across the history of cinema in a refreshing and concise volume. Offering a survey of political cinema from 1915 to present day, topics include: propaganda, Communism, Fascism, revolutionary cinema, and contemporary documentary. Using individual case studies that begin with The Birth of a Nation and end with O.J.: Made in America, the book introduces how various strands of international politics have been woven through the fabric of cinema by contextualizing each film in its particular historical moment. In addition, Robert Kolker offers formal analyses that explore not only overtly political themes but also how the structural properties of a film can themselves be political—how political films are made, politically. Including films produced across Europe, North Africa, the US, and Latin America, this accessible and engaging book is an ideal introductory text for students of political cinema.

Film, Form, and Culture

release date: Aug 14, 2015
Film, Form, and Culture
Film, Form, and Culture (4th edition) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores film from part to whole; from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. It then examines those narratives (both fiction and non-fiction) as stories and genres that speak to the culture of their time and our perceptions of them today. Composition, editing, genres (such as the gangster film, the Western, science fiction, and melodrama) are analyzed alongside numerous images to illustrate the discussion. Chapters on the individuals who make films - the production designer, cinematographer, editor, composer, producer, director, and actor - illustrate the collaborative nature of filmmaking. This new edition includes: An expanded discussion of the digital ''revolution" in filmmaking: exploring the movement from celluloid to digital recording and editing of images, as well as the use of CGI A new chapter on international cinema that covers filmmaking from Italy to Mumbai offering students a broader understanding of cinema on a worldwide scale A new chapter on film acting that uses images to create a small catalogue of gestures and expressions that are recognizable in film after film Expanded content coverage and in-depth analysis throughout, including a visual analysis of a scene from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight An expanded chapter on the cultural contexts of film summarizes the theories of cultural and media studies, concluding with a comparative analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Judd Apatow’s This is 40 Over 260 images, many in color, that create a visual index to and illustration of the discussion of films and filmmaking Each chapter ends with updated suggestions for further reading and viewing, and there is an expanded glossary of terms. Additional resources for students and teachers can also be found on the companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/kolker), which includes additional case studies, discussion questions and links to useful websites. This textbook is an invaluable and exciting resource for students beginning film studies at undergraduate level.

Cinq filles sans importance

release date: Feb 19, 2015
Cinq filles sans importance
LOST GIRLS : l''un des faits divers les plus mystérieux de ces dernières années, désormais un film Netflix. Un soir de mai 2010, les habitants de la petite ville d''Oak Beach sont réveillés par les cris d''une jeune femme. Elle est affolée, incohérente, hurle qu''on veut la tuer, et finit par s''enfuir dans la nuit. Elle s''appelait Shannan, elle avait vingt-quatre ans, elle était escort en ligne. En décembre de la même année, quatre corps sont retrouvés non loin de là, enterrés côte à côte. Maureen, Melissa, Megan, Amber, toutes quatre également escorts. Choquées par l''inertie des autorités peu empressées d''enquêter sur la disparition de prostituées, certaines familles s''organisent pour alerter l''opinion. Et attirent ainsi l''attention du journaliste Robert Kolker. Commence alors une enquête stupéfiante sur la nouvelle prostitution à l''ère d''Internet, sur la violence des clients, libérée par l''anonymat, l''extrême vulnérabilité des prostituées, mais aussi sur les habitants de cette communauté très secrète de Long Island...

Lost Girls

release date: Jul 09, 2013
Lost Girls
Soon to be a Netflix documentary One of Slate’s Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years A literary account of the lives and presumed serial killings of five “Craigslist” prostitutes, whose bodies were found on the same Long Island beach in 2010. Based on the New York Magazine cover story. Shannan wanted acceptance. Maureen wanted a solution. Megan wanted love. Melissa wanted adventure. Amber wanted to be saved. Over the course of three years, each of these young women vanished without a trace: Maureen in 2007, Melissa and Megan in 2009, and Amber and Shannan in 2010. All but one of their bodies was discovered on Gilgo Beach, Long Island, an unsettled, overgrown seven-mile stretch of shoreline on the string of barrier islands along South Oyster Bay. Sharing the same profile—all were in their twenties, all but one was under five feet tall, and all were prostitutes who advertised on Craigslist—the police concluded they were all the victims of one murderer, the Long Island serial killer—the most skillful and accomplished serial killer in New York since the “Son of Sam,” David Berkowitz. But as intrepid young reporter Robert Kolker discovered, the truth about these women went far deeper than common assumptions. The victims weren’t outcasts; they weren’t kidnapped or enslaved. All came from a slice of America ignored by politicians and the media: the poor, often rural and white parts of the country hit hard by economics, where limited opportunities force people to make hard choices—choices that lead them to places like Gilgo Beach. Working closely with the women’s families, Lost Girls tells the stories of their deaths and their lives, offering a searing portrait of crime and circumstance that goes to the heart of modern America itself.

Media Studies

release date: Feb 24, 2009
Media Studies
Media Studies is a comprehensive text for introductory and advanced courses in the growing field of media studies, integrating history with close textual analysis in a concise, readable style. Explores the growing synergies between print and online journalism, and the growth of independent journalism through blogging Discusses the ways advertising is connected to print and screen, economically and from the perspective of the reader Gives students the analytical skills they need in a presentation that is readable without sacrificing complexity Allows students to move within the media they know while increasing comprehension

Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

release date: Mar 23, 2006
Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
Almost all students have seen 2001, but virtually none understand its inheritance, its complexities, and certainly not its ironies. The essays in this collection, commissioned from a wide variety of scholars, examine in detail various possible readings of the film and its historical context. They also examine the film as a genre piece--as the summa of science fiction that simultaneously looks back on the science fiction conventions of the past (Kubrick began thinking of making a science fiction film during the genre''s heyday in the fifties), rethinks the convention in light of the time of the film''s creation, and in turn changes the look and meaning of the genre that it revived--which now remains as prominent as it was almost four decades ago. Constructed out of its director''s particular intellectual curiosity, his visual style, and his particular notions of the place of human agency in the world and, in this case, the universe, 2001 is, like all of his films, more than it appears, and it keeps revealing more the more it is seen. Though their backgrounds and disciplines differ, the authors of this essay collection are united by a talent for vigorous yet incisive writing that cleaves closely to the text--to the film itself, with its contextual and intrinsic complexities--granting readers privileged access to Kubrick''s formidable, intricate classic work of science fiction.
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