Finding aid for the David James collection 2670

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2023 January
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu


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.

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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-