Amanda Klein teaches courses in film history, theory and aesthetics. She recently completed a manuscript tracing the significance and function of the American film cycle in popular culture. Her primary research and teaching interests include film history and historiography, film genres, African American cinema, exploitation cinema, television studies, and star culture.
Degrees
B.A. Cornell University
M.A. University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Primary Areas of Research/Teaching
Film, Television and Media Studies
Genre Theory and History
Media Historiography
Courses Taught
5350: Special Topics in Film: History of African American Cinema
4530: Special Topics Seminar: American and International Film History, Part I
4920: Contemporary American and International Film
4910: Survey of Film Studies
2900: Introduction to Film Studies
Selected Publications and Presentations
"‘The Dickensian Aspect’: Melodrama, Viewer Engagement and the Socially Conscious Text.” All in the Game: Critical Studies of HBO’s The Wire. Eds. Tiffany Potter and C.W. Marshall. New York: Continuum Press, 2009. 195-209.
“Postmodern Marketing, Generation Y and the Multi-Platform Viewing Experience of MTV’s The Hills.” Jump Cut 51 <http://www.ejumpcut.org>.
“Work/Love/Film: Exploring the Ambiguities of Definition in Godard’s Passion.” Quarterly Review of Film and Video 24.1 (2007): 41-51.
“Realism, Melodrama or Horror?: The Depiction of Divorce in David Cronenberg’s The Brood.” Excavatio 22.1-2 (2007): 161-172.
“‘The Horse Doesn’t Get a Credit’: Analyzing the Western Syntax of Deadwood’s Opening Credits.” Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By. Ed. David Lavery. London: I.B. Tauris & Co., Ltd., 2006. 93-100.
Website Links
Film Studies Website
Judgmental Observer
