James M. Collins
Professor, Department of Film, Television, and Theatre
Concurrent Professor, Department of English
Specialty
Postmodernism, cultural theory
Degrees
B.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Profile
James Collins is a concurrent professor of English who teaches and studies popular narrative, film, cultural studies, and postmodernism. He is the author of Uncommon Cultures: Popular Culture and Postmodernism and Architectures of Excess: Cultural Life in the Age of Information. He has also co-edited Film Theory Goes to the Movies. His most recent book is High-Pop: Making Culture into Popular Entertainment.
Selected Publications
High-Pop: Making Culture into Popular Entertainment. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.
Architecture of Excess: Cultural Life in the Information Age. New York: Routledge, 1995.
Uncommon Cultures: Popular Culture and Postmodernism. New York: Routledge, 1989.
Collins, Jim, Ava Preacher Collins and Hilary Radner, eds. Film Theory Goes to the Movies. New York: Routledge, 1993.
Contact Information
202 DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
(574) 631-7161
Collins.3@nd.edu