Anti-urbanism

From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2February 2, 2017<February 2, 2017

Hollywood and the Muslim Ban: The Contemporary War Film as Urban Cinema

by Johan Andersson

Johan Andersson considers the relationship between Trump's rhetoric and the anti-urban themes of the contemporary war film.

From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2January 27, 2017<February 2, 2017

Do Not Adjust Your Set! Recalibrating Urban Cinema and Media Studies Under Donald Trump

by Mark Shiel

Mark Shiel calls for urban cinema and media studies to reorient its methodologies in the wake of Donald Trump's election.

From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2January 24, 2017<January 25, 2017

No Cities to Love: The Urban as Population, not People

by Caitlin Bruce

Caitlin Bruce argues that the city could not figure in public imaginaries as a space for authentic populism in the 2016 U.S. election in part because of its long-standing representation as a contagion in cinema.