Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

Monday, September 17, 2018 to Friday, September 21, 2018

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MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

By erinhill

Monday, September 17, 2018

1 comment

The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

By Daniel Steinhart

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

By andymyers

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

By Mila Zuo

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Cultural Production of Black Panther behind the scenes

By Leah Aldridge

Friday, September 21, 2018

Recent comments

Re: MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

The Power of Studio Tours

By Daniel Steinhart

Monday, September 17, 2018 - 20:01

As you did in NEVER DONE, you show the value of studying studio tours and treating them as primary source objects. Your analysis of how these films reveal invisible labor and the structures of racism and sexism is sharp-eyed. Thanks for introducing...
Re: Being Seen: Cosplay and Performative Identity

Hmmm...

By TaLynn Kel

Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 01:54

In cosplay, there is still a reward for most closely resembling the character, which is one of the reasons why body types and skin tones are criticized. There is always the risk of elitism, as there is no one set of skills that impresses everyone...
Re: Crossplay vs Genderbend: How cosplayers play with gender

Eh...

By TaLynn Kel

Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 01:50

I'm going to say it's a safer space than outside a convention because many people assume crossplay is a joke, but there is still an inherent danger for people crossplaying from cisgender people. But the thing I enjoy about it is that these...
Re: Power Play in Cosplay: Performative Femininity

Cosplay as subculture?

By Emma Pett

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 22:51

Great post, it's really interesting to think of cosplay as a means of opting out of normative, patriarchal versions of femininity. It reminds me of some subcultural identities in the UK when I was growing up, like punk and goth, when women and...
Re: Power Play in Cosplay: Performative Femininity

Safe spaces

By Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 15:46

I've also found the world of cosplay to be a safe space for breaking gendered norms (for both men and women). And I wonder why that is? What is it about cosplay that so often (not always, but in the main) allows people the freedom to be, as...

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Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

MGM’s 1925 Studio Tour and Promotional “Tours” of Labor in Early Hollywood

The Making of The Night of the Iguana in Mexico

An Avant-Garde Promotional Film Directed by USC Student George Lucas

The ‘Making-of’ Featurette as a Flirty Object

Cultural Production of Black Panther behind the scenes

Making-Ofs and Behind the Scenes

Cosplay, Crossplay & Genderbent Cosplay

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Cinema Journal Presents In Focus: Why Adult Film History Matters

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