Category: List

focus | 17 | in blossom

Ried-Brig | Niklas Paschburg | 2025

Hiddensee | Daniel Selke, Sebastian Selke, Ceeys | 2019

Breath Hold | Fellini Félin | 2017

Memory Lane | Can Bora Tanzer | 2024

Hypnotic Dub Tool | Nuage | 2025

Natural Striptease – Mira (Berlin) & Christopher Schwarzwälder Remix | Britta Arnold, Unders, Britta Unders, Mira (Berlin), Christopher Schwarzwälder | 2016

Transcendental Fusion | I Hate Models | 2021

Storm Mother | Lord of Isles | 2022

Keep it Movin’ | Martin Roth | 2025

Nightcrawler | Nosaj Thing | 2010

My Goddess | Etyen | 2025

Faith in Her | Club Root | 2012

La Nuée | Sroka | 2025

We Collide | Grandbrothers | 2025

cine | KMRU | 2024

Rigning Níu | Yagya | 2018

1970’s Post Apocalyptic Skin Flick – Instrumental | Blockhead | 2024 (aybik’s)

Alone in the Crowd | Ohota | 2025

finito!

book lists by chatgpt I

Cultural Studies
Book Title Author Year Description
The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture Theodor W. Adorno 1981 a collection of essays that offers a influential critique of mass culture and its effects on society.
The Uses of Literacy Richard Hoggart 1957 an influential analysis of the role of culture and communication in shaping society and personal identity.
Orientalism Edward Said 1978 an influential critique of the way that Western cultures have represented and appropriated the cultures of the East.
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Erving Goffman 1959 an influential analysis of the role of social performance and impression management in shaping personal identity and social interactions.
The Production of Space Henri Lefebvre 1974 an influential analysis of the way that space and spatial relationships shape society and culture.
Culture and Imperialism Edward Said 1993 an influential critique of the way that imperialism has shaped and been shaped by culture.
The Condition of Postmodernity David Harvey 1989 an influential analysis of the nature of postmodernity and its impact on society and culture.
The Visual Culture Reader edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff 1998 a collection of essays that explores the role of visual media and representation in shaping culture and identity.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs 1961 an influential critique of urban planning and the impact of the built environment on culture and community.
The Location of Culture Homi K. Bhabha 1994 an influential analysis of the role of culture in shaping identity and power relations.
Media Studies
Book Title Author Year Description
The Media Effect: How the News Influences Politics and Government David D. Perlmutter 2010 a comprehensive analysis of the role of the media in shaping political discourse and decision-making.
The Cultivation Theory: How the Media Affects Our Perception of Reality George Gerbner and Larry Gross 1976 an influential theory of the way that media consumption shapes individuals’ perceptions of the world around them.
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Neil Postman 1985 an influential critique of the impact of entertainment values on public discourse and the erosion of serious intellectual content.
The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas Robert W. McChesney 2008 a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between media and power, and the ways in which media industries are shaped by economic and political forces.
The Media Monopoly Ben H. Bagdikian 1983 an influential critique of the concentration of media ownership and the impact on the diversity of viewpoints and information available to the public.
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky 1988 an influential analysis of the way that media serve as a propaganda system for the powerful and the ways in which media content is shaped by corporate and political interests.
The Spiral of Silence: Public Opinion, Our Social Skin Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 1984 an influential theory of the way that individuals’ perceptions of social norms and expectations shape their willingness to express their opinions publicly.
The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age Astra Taylor 2014 an influential critique of the concentration of power in the tech industry and the impact on culture and democracy.
Media, Culture, and Society: An Introduction David Gauntlett 2011 a comprehensive introduction to media studies, covering a wide range of topics including media representation, media effects, and the political economy of media.
The Culture of Control: Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society David Garland 2001 an influential analysis of the role of media and other cultural practices in shaping society’s understanding of crime and justice.
Film Theory
Book Title Author Year Description
Film Art: An Introduction David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson 1979 a classic introduction to film theory and analysis, covering a wide range of topics and offering a detailed analysis of the formal elements of film.
Screening the Male: Exploring Masculinities in Hollywood Cinema Steven Cohan and Ina Rae Hark 1993 an influential analysis of the representation of masculinities in Hollywood cinema and the cultural significance of these representations.
The Cinematic Apparatus Jean-Louis Baudry 1970 an influential theory of the way that cinema shapes our perception of reality and the ideological implications of this process.
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception Michel Foucault 1963 an influential analysis of the way that film and other visual media have shaped our understanding of the body and medicine.
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston 1981 a classic work on the history and techniques of animation, offering a detailed analysis of the art and craft of Disney animation in particular.
The Film Theory Reader: Debates and Arguments edited by Marc Furstenau 2010 a collection of classic and contemporary essays on film theory, covering a wide range of topics and providing a comprehensive overview of the field.
The Matrix of Visual Culture: Working with Deleuze in Film Theory Patricia Pisters 2003 an influential analysis of the way that film and other visual media shape our understanding of reality and the nature of experience.
The Audiovisual Essay: Practice and Theory of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies edited by Catherine Grant 2016 a collection of essays that explore the potential of the videographic essay as a form of film and media criticism and analysis.
Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema Christian Metz 1974 a classic work of film theory that offers a comprehensive analysis of the way that cinema communicates meaning through its formal elements.
Film, Form, and Culture Robert Phillip Kolker 2006 a comprehensive introduction to film theory and analysis, covering a wide range of topics and offering a detailed analysis of the formal elements of film.
Literary Criticism
Book Title Author Year Description
Literary Theory: An Introduction Terry Eagleton 1983 a classic introduction to literary theory, covering a wide range of approaches and offering a detailed analysis of the key concepts and ideas of each.
The Death of the Author Roland Barthes 1967 an influential critique of the concept of the author and the role of the reader in the interpretation of texts.
Structuralism and Semiotics Terence Hawkes 1977 a classic introduction to structuralism and semiotics, covering the key ideas and concepts of these approaches and their application to literature and other cultural forms.
The Practice of Everyday Life Michel de Certeau 1980 an influential analysis of the way that individuals appropriate and resist cultural forms and practices in their everyday lives.
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster 2003 an accessible introduction to literary analysis, covering a wide range of topics and offering practical tips for interpreting and understanding literature.
The Psychoanalytic Theory of Greek Tragedy C. Fred Alford 1989 an influential analysis of the way that psychoanalytic theory can be used to interpret classical literature and the psychological themes it explores.
The Ideology of the Aesthetic Terry Eagleton 1990 an influential critique of the idea of the aesthetic and the ways in which it has been used to obscure political and social issues.
Ideology
Book Title Author Year Description
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction Michael Freeden 2011 a concise introduction to the concept of ideology, covering its history, key ideas, and its role in shaping political thought and action.
The Ideology of the Aesthetic Terry Eagleton 1990 an influential critique of the idea of the aesthetic and the ways in which it has been used to obscure political and social issues.
Ideology and Utopia Karl Mannheim 1936 a classic work of ideology theory that explores the ways in which ideas and beliefs shape social and political action.
Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses Louis Althusser 1970 an influential theory of the way that ideology shapes social and political structures and the ways in which individuals are subject to it.
The Ideology of the Text Jonathan Culpeper 2000 an influential analysis of the way that language and text can be used to express and obscure ideology.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Bernard Bailyn 1967 an influential analysis of the way that ideology shaped the American Revolution and the formation of the United States.
The Ideological Animal: The Nature of Beliefs and the Beliefs in Nature David L. Hull 1998 an influential analysis of the relationship between ideology and scientific belief, and the ways in which ideology shapes scientific understanding.