Thresholds: Interwar Lens Media Cultures 1919–1939

by Mats Jonsson, Annika Wickman (Contributor), Björn Axel Johanson (Contributor)

A richly illustrated anthology on film and photography between the wars This collection of 18 new essays by leading scholars examines the interwar entanglement of film and photography through case studies and reflections on concepts such as “the New Vision” and the uncanny, as well as imagery ranging from aerial views to microphotography, geopolitical mappings to racial typologies, surrealist montage to didactic films.

399 pages, Hardcover

Published November 9, 2021

About the author

Mats Jonsson is a Swedish comic creator. Debuting as a teenager in the Swedish fanzine society, Jonsson later became one of the prime Swedish representants for the autobiographical comic genre, inspired by American and Canadian comic creators such as Harvey Pekar, Seth, and Joe Matt.

Mats Jonsson has been published in several Swedish newspapers and magazines. Many of his works have been collected in albums.

Currently, Jonsson is the editor of the Swedish cultural magazine Galago.