Dahlia Schweitzer Explained

Dahlia Schweitzer (born 1976) is an American pop culture critic and writer. She is chair of the Film and Media program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.[1] [2] She is the author of various books and articles on film, television, music, gender, and identity.

Biography

Born in Baton Rouge in 1976, Schweitzer studied English and studio art at Wesleyan University before moving to New York and Berlin to live and work. She moved to Los Angeles in 2006 to study criticism and theory at ArtCenter College of Design, where she taught in the Humanities and Science Department.[3] [4] In 2013, Schweitzer began in the PhD program in cinema and media studies at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.[5] [6] Her book Cindy Sherman's Office Killer: Another Kind of Monster[7] is the only text to investigate Cindy Sherman's feature-length studio film, Office Killer.[8] Going Viral, her second scholarly publication, focuses on the proliferation of outbreak narratives in media and popular culture.[9] L.A. Private Eyes, published in 2019, examines the character of the private detective in Los Angeles as depicted in film, television, and literature.[10] Haunted Homes, published in 2021, explores why haunted homes have become a prime stage for dramatizing anxieties about family, gender, race, and economic collapse.[11]

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIT Welcomes New Faculty Members. Fashion Institute of Technology. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200223075951/https://news.fitnyc.edu/2019/08/26/fit-welcomes-16-new-faculty-members/ . 2020-02-23 . 2019-09-06.
  2. Web site: Film and Media . 2023-06-14 . www.fitnyc.edu.
  3. Web site: From punk rock cabaret to Cindy Sherman: Dahlia Schweitzer's compelling narrative extends well beyond the page. Anderson. Carolyn Gray. 2015-07-09. ArtCenter News. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150718032426/http://blogs.artcenter.edu:80/dottedline/2015/07/09/cindy-sherman-punk-rock-cabaret-critical-theory-writing-faculty-dahlia-schweitzers-compulsively-compelling-narrative-extends-beyond-page/ . 2015-07-18 . 2019-03-12.
  4. Web site: Dahlia Schweitzer . 2023-06-14 . ArtCenter College of Design.
  5. Web site: From punk rock cabaret to Cindy Sherman: Dahlia Schweitzer's compelling narrative extends well beyond the page. Anderson. Carolyn Gray. 2015-07-09. ArtCenter News. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150718032426/http://blogs.artcenter.edu:80/dottedline/2015/07/09/cindy-sherman-punk-rock-cabaret-critical-theory-writing-faculty-dahlia-schweitzers-compulsively-compelling-narrative-extends-beyond-page/ . 2015-07-18 . 2019-03-12.
  6. Web site: arTistic Attention: TA Dahlia Schweitzer brings background of experience to classroom . 2023-06-14 . Daily Bruin.
  7. Book: Dahlia., Schweitzer. Cindy Sherman : Another kind of monster. 2014. Intellect Books Ltd. 9781783202966. Bristol. 935256325.
  8. Web site: Book Review: Cindy Sherman's "Office Killer": Another Kind of Monster. 2014-07-20. Mediascape Blog. en-US. 2019-03-11. 2018-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180426073906/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/blog/book-review-cindy-shermans-office-killer-another-kind-of-monster/. dead.
  9. Web site: Grad student looks into epidemic of outbreak narratives in media. dailybruin.com. en. 2019-03-12.
  10. Web site: Dahlia Schweitzer, L.A. Private Eyes, Rutgers University Press, 2019..
  11. Web site: Book Details . 2023-06-14 . Rutgers University Press.
  12. Book: Dahlia, Schweitzer. Going viral : zombies, viruses, and the end of the world. 9780813593159. New Brunswick, New Jersey. 982605877.
  13. Web site: Opinion Noah Berlatsky: Trump's wall and "The Walking Dead" have this in common. NBC News. en. 2019-03-11.
  14. Book: Dahlia, Schweitzer. L.A. private eyes. 9780813596372. New Brunswick. 1047278213.
  15. Web site: Book Details . 2023-06-14 . Rutgers University Press.