David James collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2670

Staff Only

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.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1920s-1990s

Creator

James, David E., 1945- (Person)

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.

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).