Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: David James collection
Creator:
James, David E., 1945-
Identifier/Call Number: 2670
Physical Description:
9 Linear Feet
8 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1990s
Abstract: This collection consists of the papers of University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts critical studies professor
David James.
Language of Material:
English.
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Biographical / Historical
David James is a critical studies professor at the University of Southern California in the School of Cinematic Arts. He has
written Written Within and Without: A Study of Blake's Milton (1979); Allegories of Cinema: American Film in the 60s (1989);
Power Misses: Essays across (Un)popular Culture (1996); The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas
in Los Angeles (2005); Rock 'N' Film: Cinema's Dance with Popular Music (2016); and Power Misses II: Cinema, Asian and Modern
(2021).
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of USC professor, David James. James is a professor of Critical Studies at the University
of Southern California in the Cinematic Arts school. These papers include photocopies of scholarly articles and chapters from
books, clippings, periodicals, film stills, and a film reel.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], David James collection, Collection no. 2670, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Critical theory -- Archival resources
Photocopies
Scholarly publishing
Clippings
Periodicals
Film stills
Film reels
James, David E., 1945-