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Cynthia Erb

Associate Professor

Office: 9307.1, 5057 Woodward
Hours:
Phone: (313) 577-2978
E-mail: c.erb@wayne.edu

Area of Specialization
Religion and film; 1930s American cinema; feminist film theory; audience-oriented approaches to film.

Education

B.A., English, Stephens College, 1981
M.A., Comparative Literature, Indiana University--Bloomington, 1985
Ph.D., Comparative Literature with a concentration in Film Studies, Indiana University--Bloomington, 1991

Representative Publications

Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture (Wayne State UP, 1998.)

"The Madonna's Reproductions: Mieville, Godard, and the Figure of Mary," Journal of Film and Video, 45:4 (1993): 40-56.

"Another World or the World of an Other? The Space of Romance in Recent Versions of Beauty and the Beast," Cinema Journal.

Publications Available Through Amazon.com

Tracking King Kong : A Hollywood Icon in World Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series)

 


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