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Cinema Studies Affiliated Faculty Ramona Curry Titles Associate Professor of English Associate Professor of Cinema Studies Associate Professor of Women's Studies Address 247 English Building, MC-718 608 S. Wright Street Urbana, Illlinois 61801 phone: (217) 244-7946 fax: (217) 333-4321 email: rcurry@staff.illinois.edu Personal web page (English) Education Ph.D. Northwestern University Major research interests Critical theory and history of film and other forms of 20th century popular culture, in the U.S. and internationally Studies in early German cinema in relation to World War I Popular icons (especially female stars) in international, historical context Selected Publications Too Much of a Good Thing: Mae West as Cultural Icon. University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Articles on female stars, feminist film and video production, German cinema, and the history and cultural impact of media institutions University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Unit for Cinema Studies rleskosk@illinois.edu 5.16.2008 rjl