Wayne State University Press imprint: 405 books

Founded in 1910, Detroit’s Players Club is an all-male club devoted to the production of theater by members for other members’ enjoyment. Called simply "The Players," members of the club design, direct, and act in the shows, including playing the female roles. In Detroit on Stage, Marijean...

Contributors examine the early days of video game history before the industry crash of 1983 that ended the medium’s golden age.

Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today.

Examines the eight-year legal fight to overturn the Selden automobile patent in the early days of the American auto industry.

With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and even prosper as independent producers until they merged in 1954 to form the American Motors Company, which itself remained independent until it was bought...

Film scholars and fans have used distinctive terms to describe the Classic Hollywood comedian: He is a "trickster," a "rebel," or a "buffoon." Yet the performer is almost always described as a "he." In Buffoon Men: Classic Hollywood Comedians and Queered Masculinity, Scott Balcerzak reads the performances...

Chester Himes and John A. Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. Both men would go on to receive international acclaim for their work, including Himes’s Harlem detective novels featuring...

Studies the cultural impact and audience reception of King Kong from the 1933 release of the original film until today.

An interdisciplinary collection exploring the many ways risk plays a role in film.

A cultural history of gay filmmaking in Israel that explores its role in the rise of gay consciousness over the past three decades.

Intriguing, quirky, and deeply felt stories from Michigan fiction writer Andy Mozina, collected in his first full-length fiction release.

The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting—the Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different ways with a single topic—the Jewish confrontation with modernity. The authors of these novellas are among...

Now in paperback: a photo-driven insider’s look at Bob Seger’s career from the early days to his breakthrough as a world-famous musician.

An updated, expanded history of techno music with special attention to its roots in Detroit.