The Mediapolis Q&A: Cortland Rankin’s Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York
Robert Joseph and Cortland Rankin
Cortland Rankin discusses his new book, Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York, with Robert Joseph.
New York City
“Fix it! And Accessorize it!”: Gender, Nostalgia, and the City in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Helen Morgan Parmett
Can televisual nostalgia for midcentury Manhattan have feminist potential? Helen Morgan Parmett explores Greenwich Village and gender politics in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Erica Stein’s Seeing Symphonically
Paula J. Massood and Erica Stein
Erica Stein discusses her book, Seeing Symphonically: Avant-Garde Film, Urban Planing, and the Utopian Image of New York, with Paula J. Massood.
Getting to the Heights: The Latinx Neighborhood at Work and Play in Jon M. Chu’s and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New Musical
Catherine Benamou
Catherine Benamou discusses the urban musical In the Heights and unpacks its complex relationship with the Latinx neighborhood of Washington Heights.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Welcome to Fear City with Nathan Holmes
Noelle Griffis
Nathan Holmes discusses his new book Welcome to Fear City: Crime Film, Crisis, and the Urban Imagination with Mediapolis Reviews Editor Noelle Griffis.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Tim Lawrence on Dance Music Culture in New York City (Part Two)
Lawrence Webb
In part two of the Mediapolis Q+A, Lawrence Webb continues his conversation with Tim Lawrence about the history of dance music culture in New York City.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Tim Lawrence on Dance Music Culture in New York City (Part One)
Lawrence Webb
Tim Lawrence is author of three groundbreaking books on the history of dance music culture in New York City. He sits down with Lawrence Webb to discuss the importance of space and place to writing music history, the extraordinary cultural fertility of New York, and the convergences between disco, punk, and hip-hop in the early 1980s.
Excelsior: Reaching Toward Utopia in Marvel’s New York
Matt Yockey
In the first response, Matt Yockey argues Marvel links the superhero to the urban, and to New York City in particular, through affect-inducing strategies that belie both Marvel's, and the city's, "ever upward" aspirations.
Marvel Noir: Agent Carter, the Automat, and Urban Wholeness
Lorrie Palmer
Lorrie Palmer discusses the single period-set Marvel television offering, Agent Carter, and its use of locations like the Automat to evoke a unified city
Branding New York: Marvel Comics and Industry Tradition
Laura Felschow
Marvel Comics’ loyalty to New York City both in its business practices and its produced content have lent both the company and their product a certain degree of marketable perceived authenticity.
Marvel, the Urban, and Authenticity: An Introduction
Erica Stein
Since the release of its earliest comics, Marvel Inc. has foregrounded its use of real urban settings to differentiate itself from competitors and market its products in terms of authenticity. This Roundtable explores some of the strategies and consequences of this connection.