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Best podcasts about James S Williams

Latest podcast episodes about James S Williams

She Shield
100: Tactical Anatomy Summit Inspired by Dr. Williams Part II

She Shield

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 49:53


In this episode of the She Shield Podcast, we dive deep into the science and strategy behind effective defensive shooting with a focus on tactical anatomy. Join us for the first part of a two-part series as we explore the foundational principles taught by Dr. James S. Williams, M.D., in his renowned Tactical Anatomy Shooting With X-Ray Vision Instructor course.Our special guest trainers for this episode include nationally recognized firearms experts Chuck Haggard, Andy Anderson, Troy Miller, and Steve Moses. Together, they share their insights from two full days of intense classroom and live-fire training, designed to enhance your understanding of the human body's critical zones in the context of self-defense.Key topics discussed include:- The Zones of Effective Neutralization: Learn what they are and where they are located on the human body.- Lessons From the ER: Insights from the emergency room on gunshot wounds and their real-world implications.- Tales From the Streets: Real-life stories from historic gunfights and the crucial lessons they teach.- 3-D Approach to Defensive Shooting: Discover how to integrate a three-dimensional perspective into your defensive tactics.- Ballistic Performance: An analysis of the ballistic performance of popular defensive handgun calibers.We also provide details on the upcoming Tactical Anatomy Summit, happening on November 9-10 at the CCW Safe/FTA range near Oklahoma City. This event is a must-attend for anyone serious about mastering the art and science of defensive shooting.Tune in to Part I of this exciting series and equip yourself with the knowledge to enhance your self-defense skills through the lens of tactical anatomy.Follow the pod on instagram for more episode updates @sheshieldpod. Thank you all for your encouragement and support. If you are interested in exclusive content, become a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sheshieldpodPodcast Sponsors: Links and CodesBig Tex Ordnance: your soon-to-be favorite retailer for all of your firearms needs. Use code “FIT4FIA” for 10% off your BTO order and to support the pod via https://www.bigtexordnance.com/?ref=79990 Walkers Inc. Hearing Protection: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod https://www.walkersgameear.com/ SOG: Use code “SHESHIELD” to save and to support the pod https://sogknives.com/ GPS Range Bags: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod https://www.goutdoorsproducts.com/ Birchwood Casey: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod  https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/ Cold Steel: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod https://www.coldsteel.com/ Ciguera Gear:  https://ciguera.com/ All links: https://linktr.ee/sheshieldpodHold My Guns Firearms Storage for Those in Need: https://www.holdmyguns.org/Resources mentioned in this episode:1. More info and to sign up for the Summit

She Shield
99: Tactical Anatomy Summit Inspired by Dr. Williams Part I

She Shield

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 57:11


In this episode of the She Shield Podcast, we dive deep into the science and strategy behind effective defensive shooting with a focus on tactical anatomy. Join us for the first part of a two-part series as we explore the foundational principles taught by Dr. James S. Williams, M.D., in his renowned Tactical Anatomy Shooting With X-Ray Vision Instructor course.Our special guest trainers for this episode include nationally recognized firearms experts Chuck Haggard, Andy Anderson, Troy Miller, and Steve Moses. Together, they share their insights from two full days of intense classroom and live-fire training, designed to enhance your understanding of the human body's critical zones in the context of self-defense.Key topics discussed include:- The Zones of Effective Neutralization: Learn what they are and where they are located on the human body.- Lessons From the ER: Insights from the emergency room on gunshot wounds and their real-world implications.- Tales From the Streets: Real-life stories from historic gunfights and the crucial lessons they teach.- 3-D Approach to Defensive Shooting: Discover how to integrate a three-dimensional perspective into your defensive tactics.- Ballistic Performance: An analysis of the ballistic performance of popular defensive handgun calibers.We also provide details on the upcoming Tactical Anatomy Summit, happening on November 9-10 at the CCW Safe/FTA range near Oklahoma City. This event is a must-attend for anyone serious about mastering the art and science of defensive shooting.Tune in to Part I of this exciting series and equip yourself with the knowledge to enhance your self-defense skills through the lens of tactical anatomy.Follow the pod on instagram for more episode updates @sheshieldpod. Thank you all for your encouragement and support. If you are interested in exclusive content, become a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sheshieldpodPodcast Sponsors: Links and CodesBig Tex Ordnance: your soon-to-be favorite retailer for all of your firearms needs. Use code “FIT4FIA” for 10% off your BTO order and to support the pod via https://www.bigtexordnance.com/?ref=79990 Walkers Inc. Hearing Protection: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod https://www.walkersgameear.com/ SOG: Use code “SHESHIELD” to save and to support the pod https://sogknives.com/ GPS Range Bags: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod https://www.goutdoorsproducts.com/ Birchwood Casey: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod  https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/ Cold Steel: Use code “SHESHIELD20” to save and to support the pod https://www.coldsteel.com/ Ciguera Gear:  https://ciguera.com/ All links: https://linktr.ee/sheshieldpodHold My Guns Firearms Storage for Those in Need: https://www.holdmyguns.org/Resources mentioned in this episode:1. More info and to sign up for the Summit

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies
James S. Williams, "Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 71:06


Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. In Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty (Bloomsbury, 2019), James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Régina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Newton I. Aduaka, Jean-Pierre Bekolo and Mati Diop, who have begun to reassess and embrace the concept of cinematic beauty by not reducing it to ideological critique or the old ideals of pan-Africanism. Locating the aesthetic within a range of critical fields - the rupturing of narrative spectacle and violence by montage, the archives of the everyday in the 'afropolis', the plurivocal mysteries of sound and language, male intimacy and desire, the borderzones of migration and transcultural drift - this study reveals the possibility for new, non-conceptual kinds of beauty in African cinema: abstract, material, migrant, erotic, convulsive, queer. Through close readings of key works such as Life on Earth (1998), The Night of Truth (2004), Bamako (2006), Daratt (Dry Season) (2006), A Screaming Man (2010), Tey (Today) (2012), The Pirogue (2012), Mille soleils (2013) and Timbuktu (2014), Williams argues that contemporary African filmmakers are proposing propitious, ethical forms of relationality and intersubjectivity. These stimulate new modes of cultural resistance and transformation that serve to redefine the transnational and the cosmopolitan as well as the very notion of the political in postcolonial art cinema. James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also director of the Centre for Visual Cultures.  This interview was conducted by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Professor in Film Studies and Iberian Studies at Durham University (UK). Santiago's main work is on masculinites and male bodies on film. His interests include contemporary Spanish and European cinemas, queer cinema, LGBTQ+ studies, popular culture, comics and popular music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

New Books in Dance
James S. Williams, "Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

New Books in Dance

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 71:06


Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. In Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty (Bloomsbury, 2019), James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Régina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Newton I. Aduaka, Jean-Pierre Bekolo and Mati Diop, who have begun to reassess and embrace the concept of cinematic beauty by not reducing it to ideological critique or the old ideals of pan-Africanism. Locating the aesthetic within a range of critical fields - the rupturing of narrative spectacle and violence by montage, the archives of the everyday in the 'afropolis', the plurivocal mysteries of sound and language, male intimacy and desire, the borderzones of migration and transcultural drift - this study reveals the possibility for new, non-conceptual kinds of beauty in African cinema: abstract, material, migrant, erotic, convulsive, queer. Through close readings of key works such as Life on Earth (1998), The Night of Truth (2004), Bamako (2006), Daratt (Dry Season) (2006), A Screaming Man (2010), Tey (Today) (2012), The Pirogue (2012), Mille soleils (2013) and Timbuktu (2014), Williams argues that contemporary African filmmakers are proposing propitious, ethical forms of relationality and intersubjectivity. These stimulate new modes of cultural resistance and transformation that serve to redefine the transnational and the cosmopolitan as well as the very notion of the political in postcolonial art cinema. James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also director of the Centre for Visual Cultures.  This interview was conducted by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Professor in Film Studies and Iberian Studies at Durham University (UK). Santiago's main work is on masculinites and male bodies on film. His interests include contemporary Spanish and European cinemas, queer cinema, LGBTQ+ studies, popular culture, comics and popular music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

New Books in Film
James S. Williams, "Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

New Books in Film

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 71:06


Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. In Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty (Bloomsbury, 2019), James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Régina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Newton I. Aduaka, Jean-Pierre Bekolo and Mati Diop, who have begun to reassess and embrace the concept of cinematic beauty by not reducing it to ideological critique or the old ideals of pan-Africanism. Locating the aesthetic within a range of critical fields - the rupturing of narrative spectacle and violence by montage, the archives of the everyday in the 'afropolis', the plurivocal mysteries of sound and language, male intimacy and desire, the borderzones of migration and transcultural drift - this study reveals the possibility for new, non-conceptual kinds of beauty in African cinema: abstract, material, migrant, erotic, convulsive, queer. Through close readings of key works such as Life on Earth (1998), The Night of Truth (2004), Bamako (2006), Daratt (Dry Season) (2006), A Screaming Man (2010), Tey (Today) (2012), The Pirogue (2012), Mille soleils (2013) and Timbuktu (2014), Williams argues that contemporary African filmmakers are proposing propitious, ethical forms of relationality and intersubjectivity. These stimulate new modes of cultural resistance and transformation that serve to redefine the transnational and the cosmopolitan as well as the very notion of the political in postcolonial art cinema. James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also director of the Centre for Visual Cultures.  This interview was conducted by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Professor in Film Studies and Iberian Studies at Durham University (UK). Santiago's main work is on masculinites and male bodies on film. His interests include contemporary Spanish and European cinemas, queer cinema, LGBTQ+ studies, popular culture, comics and popular music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

New Books in African Studies
James S. Williams, "Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

New Books in African Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 71:06


Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. In Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty (Bloomsbury, 2019), James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Régina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Newton I. Aduaka, Jean-Pierre Bekolo and Mati Diop, who have begun to reassess and embrace the concept of cinematic beauty by not reducing it to ideological critique or the old ideals of pan-Africanism. Locating the aesthetic within a range of critical fields - the rupturing of narrative spectacle and violence by montage, the archives of the everyday in the 'afropolis', the plurivocal mysteries of sound and language, male intimacy and desire, the borderzones of migration and transcultural drift - this study reveals the possibility for new, non-conceptual kinds of beauty in African cinema: abstract, material, migrant, erotic, convulsive, queer. Through close readings of key works such as Life on Earth (1998), The Night of Truth (2004), Bamako (2006), Daratt (Dry Season) (2006), A Screaming Man (2010), Tey (Today) (2012), The Pirogue (2012), Mille soleils (2013) and Timbuktu (2014), Williams argues that contemporary African filmmakers are proposing propitious, ethical forms of relationality and intersubjectivity. These stimulate new modes of cultural resistance and transformation that serve to redefine the transnational and the cosmopolitan as well as the very notion of the political in postcolonial art cinema. James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also director of the Centre for Visual Cultures.  This interview was conducted by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Professor in Film Studies and Iberian Studies at Durham University (UK). Santiago's main work is on masculinites and male bodies on film. His interests include contemporary Spanish and European cinemas, queer cinema, LGBTQ+ studies, popular culture, comics and popular music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

New Books Network
James S. Williams, "Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 71:06


Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. In Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty (Bloomsbury, 2019), James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Régina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Newton I. Aduaka, Jean-Pierre Bekolo and Mati Diop, who have begun to reassess and embrace the concept of cinematic beauty by not reducing it to ideological critique or the old ideals of pan-Africanism. Locating the aesthetic within a range of critical fields - the rupturing of narrative spectacle and violence by montage, the archives of the everyday in the 'afropolis', the plurivocal mysteries of sound and language, male intimacy and desire, the borderzones of migration and transcultural drift - this study reveals the possibility for new, non-conceptual kinds of beauty in African cinema: abstract, material, migrant, erotic, convulsive, queer. Through close readings of key works such as Life on Earth (1998), The Night of Truth (2004), Bamako (2006), Daratt (Dry Season) (2006), A Screaming Man (2010), Tey (Today) (2012), The Pirogue (2012), Mille soleils (2013) and Timbuktu (2014), Williams argues that contemporary African filmmakers are proposing propitious, ethical forms of relationality and intersubjectivity. These stimulate new modes of cultural resistance and transformation that serve to redefine the transnational and the cosmopolitan as well as the very notion of the political in postcolonial art cinema. James S. Williams is Professor of Modern French Literature and Film at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also director of the Centre for Visual Cultures.  This interview was conducted by Santiago Fouz-Hernandez, Professor in Film Studies and Iberian Studies at Durham University (UK). Santiago's main work is on masculinites and male bodies on film. His interests include contemporary Spanish and European cinemas, queer cinema, LGBTQ+ studies, popular culture, comics and popular music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Rev. Brian Mack - Mack is in the House!

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2014 29:57


Dream makers and host, minister James S. Williams, welcomes Rev. Brian Mack to our show as he shares his vision for his new ministry, Mackhouse Ministries. Join us on November 20th, 2014 at 10 p.m. (CST) as we talk to this inspirational brother about his ministry, God's calling on his life and how to live out the dream God has given. If you want to be encouraged to go after your dreams, then join us here at 10 p.m. (CST) on November 20th. http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/ 

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Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Rev. Brian Mack - Mack is in the House!

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2014 29:57


Dream makers and host, minister James S. Williams, welcomes Rev. Brian Mack to our show as he shares his vision for his new ministry, Mackhouse Ministries. Join us on November 20th, 2014 at 10 p.m. (CST) as we talk to this inspirational brother about his ministry, God's calling on his life and how to live out the dream God has given. If you want to be encouraged to go after your dreams, then join us here at 10 p.m. (CST) on November 20th. http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/ 

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Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Dr. David Stevens - A man on a mission

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 30:11


Join minister James S. Williams on Dream Makers as he interviews Dr. David Stevens. Dr. Steven's was a previous guest on the show. However, we couldn't cover all that we wanted to cover so we welcome Dr. Stevens back to share with us his work and minstry. Join us Thursday, June 26, 2014, at 10 p.m. (CST) for this episode of Dream Makers, where we share the work of people living out their dreams.

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Dr. David Stevens - A man on a mission

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2014 30:11


Join minister James S. Williams on Dream Makers as he interviews Dr. David Stevens. Dr. Steven's was a previous guest on the show. However, we couldn't cover all that we wanted to cover so we welcome Dr. Stevens back to share with us his work and minstry. Join us Thursday, June 26, 2014, at 10 p.m. (CST) for this episode of Dream Makers, where we share the work of people living out their dreams.

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Nina Motivates, still motivating!

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2014 29:21


Minister James S. Williams, host of Dream Makers will interview a previous guest, Nina "Motivates U". There are several things going on with Nina and we wanted to have her back to share the new things in her life and to help her story, continue to motivate others to simply stop talking about their dreams and to start living them! For more information about the ministry, go to our website: http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/ or join us on our FB page, "Williams Innovative Network"

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Nina Motivates, still motivating!

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2014 29:21


Minister James S. Williams, host of Dream Makers will interview a previous guest, Nina "Motivates U". There are several things going on with Nina and we wanted to have her back to share the new things in her life and to help her story, continue to motivate others to simply stop talking about their dreams and to start living them! For more information about the ministry, go to our website: http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/ or join us on our FB page, "Williams Innovative Network"

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Dr. Wesley McNeese

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2014 28:15


Join us on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 10 p.m. (CST) as we interview Dr. Wesley McNeese and he discusses his newest book, "A SouthEnd Sunday Dawning". Pastor McNeese from Springfield, Illinois will talk about his book and his ministry. Join our host, minister James S. Williams to hear this great interview.  http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Dr. Wesley McNeese

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2014 28:15


Join us on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 10 p.m. (CST) as we interview Dr. Wesley McNeese and he discusses his newest book, "A SouthEnd Sunday Dawning". Pastor McNeese from Springfield, Illinois will talk about his book and his ministry. Join our host, minister James S. Williams to hear this great interview.  http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Created 4 Good Works, Minister Yolanda E. Brown

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2014 29:25


Join host, Minister James S. Williams for this episode of Dream Makers. He will interview the founder of Created 4 Good Works Minister Yolanda E. Brown as she shares her passion for the ministry God birthed in her. Join us on Thursday, February 20th at 10 p.m. (CST) on blogtalk radio for this encouraging 30 minutes. For more information about the ministry, go to our website.http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/

Dream Makers
Dream Makers - Created 4 Good Works, Minister Yolanda E. Brown

Dream Makers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2014 29:25


Join host, Minister James S. Williams for this episode of Dream Makers. He will interview the founder of Created 4 Good Works Minister Yolanda E. Brown as she shares her passion for the ministry God birthed in her. Join us on Thursday, February 20th at 10 p.m. (CST) on blogtalk radio for this encouraging 30 minutes. For more information about the ministry, go to our website.http://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/

MR ~ Men of Righteousness
M.R. Bible Study - Not Careless with God's Plan

MR ~ Men of Righteousness

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2013 30:09


Join Ministers James S. Williams, Michael Corks and Christopher Johnson for episode 8 taken from Daniel 10. This month's focus in about staying sharp through the spiritual discipline of prayer. For more information about M.R. ~ Men of Righteousness, go to our website:http://menofrighteousness.weebly.com/

MR ~ Men of Righteousness
M.R. Bible Study - Not Careless with God's Plan

MR ~ Men of Righteousness

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2013 30:09


Join Ministers James S. Williams, Michael Corks and Christopher Johnson for episode 8 taken from Daniel 10. This month's focus in about staying sharp through the spiritual discipline of prayer. For more information about M.R. ~ Men of Righteousness, go to our website:http://menofrighteousness.weebly.com/

MR ~ Men of Righteousness
M.R. Bible Study - Not Intimidated

MR ~ Men of Righteousness

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2013 29:03


M.R. - Men of Righteousness continues the study in the life of Daniel (Daniel 6) on Saturday, October 5th, noon (CST).  Ministers James S. Williams, Michael Corks and Christopher Johnson will discuss this month's top on not being intimidated. What things have you intimidated and keep you from stepping out in your purpose? Join us. For more information about M.R. - Men of Righteousness you can go to our website.http://menofrighteousness.weebly.com/index.htmlhttp://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/

MR ~ Men of Righteousness
M.R. Bible Study - Not Intimidated

MR ~ Men of Righteousness

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2013 29:03


M.R. - Men of Righteousness continues the study in the life of Daniel (Daniel 6) on Saturday, October 5th, noon (CST).  Ministers James S. Williams, Michael Corks and Christopher Johnson will discuss this month's top on not being intimidated. What things have you intimidated and keep you from stepping out in your purpose? Join us. For more information about M.R. - Men of Righteousness you can go to our website.http://menofrighteousness.weebly.com/index.htmlhttp://williamsinnovativenetwork.weebly.com/

New Books Network
James S. Williams, “Space and Being in Contemporary French Cinema” (Manchester University Press, 2013)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2013 66:57


In his new book, Space and Being in Contemporary French Cinema (Manchester University Press, 2013), James S. Williams engages the work of five contemporary filmmakers who are complex creators and interrogators of cinematic space in all its forms: screen, landscape, narrative, soundscape, and the space of spectatorship itself. Grappling simultaneously with film theory, the varieties of cinematic technique, and the social and political fields in which films are made and viewed, the book explores the spaces and places of films by Bruno Dumont, Robert Guédiguian, Laurent Cantet, Abdellatif Kechiche, and Claire Denis. The book’s seven chapters take the reader from the “provincial” films of Dumont, to Guédiguian’s versions of Marseilles, to Cantet’s space of the classroom, Kechiche’s filmic métissage, and Denis’ cinema of diaspora. A theoretically sophisticated study that includes close readings of key films, the book is throughout concerned with the ways that cinema is a crucial site of representations of, and challenges to, French culture and tradition. Contemporary France and some of its most significant auteurs/directors here offer readers opportunities to think through critical concepts, practices, and experiences of and in the cinema. At the same time, the cinema and its spaces are sites of deep feeling, expression, and politics framing, de-framing, and re-framing the investments and fault lines of the wild, urban, exclusionary, multicultural, and postcolonial Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices