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Across Documentary, Media Studies, Film, and History & Criticism — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Theorizing Documentary by Michael Renov.

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The Undocumented Everyday Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility — Rebecca Mina Schreiber

The Undocumented Everyday Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility

Rebecca Mina Schreiber

Themes: Documentary • Media Studies • Film

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing Techniques for TV & Film — Sam Billinge

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing Techniques for TV & Film

Themes: Documentary • Media Studies • Film

Animated Documentary — Annabelle Honess Roe

Animated Documentary

Annabelle Honess Roe

Themes: Documentary • Media Studies • Film

Telling Migrant Stories Latin American Diaspora in Documentary Film — Esteban E. Loustaunau

Telling Migrant Stories Latin American Diaspora in Documentary Film

Esteban E. Loustaunau

Themes: Documentary • Film • History & Criticism

Struggles for Representation African American Documentary Film and Video — Phyllis Rauch Klotman

Struggles for Representation African American Documentary Film and Video

Phyllis Rauch Klotman

Themes: Documentary • Film • History & Criticism

Feminism and Film Theory — Constance Penley

Feminism and Film Theory

Constance Penley

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Photography History and Theory — Jae Emerling

Photography History and Theory

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film — Keri Walsh

Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

From Hollywood with Love The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy — Scott Meslow

From Hollywood with Love The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Realism and the Audiovisual Media — L. Nagib

Realism and the Audiovisual Media

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Moralizing Cinema Film, Catholicism, and Power — Daniel Biltereyst

Moralizing Cinema Film, Catholicism, and Power

Daniel Biltereyst

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Sound Design Theory and Practice Working with Sound — Leo Murray

Sound Design Theory and Practice Working with Sound

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Horror Noire A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present — Robin R. Means Coleman

Horror Noire A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present

Robin R. Means Coleman

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Imagining America at War Morality, Politics and Film — Cynthia Weber

Imagining America at War Morality, Politics and Film

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

The Politics of Loss and Trauma in Contemporary Israeli Cinema — Raz Yosef

The Politics of Loss and Trauma in Contemporary Israeli Cinema

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Pervasive Animation — Suzanne Buchan

Pervasive Animation

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Burn it Down Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood — Maureen Ryan

Burn it Down Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

The Cinematic City — David B. Clarke

The Cinematic City

David B. Clarke

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Real Deceptions The Contemporary Reinvention of Realism — Jennifer Friedlander

Real Deceptions The Contemporary Reinvention of Realism

Jennifer Friedlander

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

New Silent Cinema — Paul Flaig

New Silent Cinema

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Contemporary American Independent Film From the Margins to the Mainstream — Chris Holmlund

Contemporary American Independent Film From the Margins to the Mainstream

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Thinking While Black Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation — Daniel McNeil

Thinking While Black Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

European Civil War Films Memory, Conflict, and Nostalgia — Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou

European Civil War Films Memory, Conflict, and Nostalgia

Eleftheria Rania Kosmidou

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

Postcolonial Cinema Studies — Sandra Ponzanesi

Postcolonial Cinema Studies

Sandra Ponzanesi

Themes: Media Studies • Film • History & Criticism

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Documentary, Media Studies, Film — the same threads that run through Theorizing Documentary by Michael Renov. Among the authors featured: Rebecca Mina Schreiber, Sam Billinge, Annabelle Honess Roe, Esteban E. Loustaunau, and others.

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