Animating Film Theory
(Duke University Press) Animation largely has been excluded from film theory; this collection of essays considers reasons for the marginalization of animated film, while bringing attention to key historical contributions across a wide range of animation practices, geographic and linguistic terrains, and historical periods. Beckman is a professor of cinema and modern media in the department of art history at the University of Pennsylvania.

Paw in print
Image

The Latest Issue
June 2026
Ivy Style finds new life; University ‘pauses’ Trenton program; Princeton’s dating culture.
