Mihaela Mihailova is Assistant Professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. She has published in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, [in]Transition,Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Feminist Media Studies, animation: an interdisciplinary journal, Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema, Flow, and Kino Kultura. She has also contributed chapters to Animating Film Theory (with John MacKay), Animated Landscapes: History, Form, and Function, The Animation Studies Reader, and Drawn from Life: Issues and Themes in Animated Documentary Cinema. Dr. Mihailova is the co-editor of Animation Studies and currently serves as Secretary of the Society for Animation Studies
Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an exciting collection and a much welcome contribution to animation studies. The essays address Coraline from a range of perspectives, collectively positioning it as a key LAIKA feature and a landmark in stop-motion history. A great read for all animation enthusiasts. --Filipa Antunes, Lecturer in Humanities, University of East Anglia, UK A book of insightful and thoughtful readings, Coraline: A Closer Look at Studio LAIKA's Stop-Motion Witchcraft is an impressive kind of assemblage, in and of its own mode of witchcraft. Its editor, Mihaela Mihailova, has structured a hall of mirrors for animation scholars and students to accompany Coraline as she travels through the tunnel to arrive on yet another, albeit different side; one that addresses the critical complexity of animation history as a mode of art and cultural reflection well beyond the Hollywood sign. This collection of scholarly writing is a significant contribution to the canon of literature in animation history with the publishing of the first critical book on this film. Bravo. --Janeann Dill, Doktor der Philosophie, MFA, USA