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no. 2, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 4June 22, 2019

The Mediapolis Q&A: Welcome to Fear City with Nathan Holmes

By Noelle Griffis

In this installment of our continuing series of conversations with authors of new books on cities and urban culture, reviews editor Noelle Griffis talks with Nathan Holmes, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at Purchase College – SUNY. His book, Welcome …

The Mediapolis Q&A: Tim Lawrence on Dance Music Culture in New York City (Part Two)

By Lawrence Webb

[Ed. note: In part two of this Mediapolis Q&A, Tim Lawrence discusses the rapid changes to New York’s music scene in the neoliberal 1980s and the importance of reclaiming the legacy of disco as radical counterculture. For part one, … Read More

no. 3, Q & A, vol. 3August 20, 2018

The Mediapolis Q&A: Tim Lawrence on Dance Music Culture in New York City (Part One)

By Lawrence Webb

[Ed. note: In this two-part Mediapolis Q&A, Lawrence Webb talks to Tim Lawrence about his research into the cultural history of New York City following the recent international conference on disco at the University of Sussex. To read part … Read More

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 2January 27, 2017

Excelsior: Reaching Toward Utopia in Marvel’s New York

By Matt Yockey

[Ed. note: this post is part of a roundtable discussion on “Marvel Entertainment and the Urban Spaces of Superhero Authenticity.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

Erica’s …

Marvel Noir: Agent Carter, the Automat, and Urban Wholeness

By Lorrie Palmer

[Ed. note: this post is part of a roundtable discussion on “Marvel Entertainment and the Urban Spaces of Superhero Authenticity.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

In …