About Arya Rani

Arya Rani is a PhD candidate in Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her dissertation looks at the politics and aesthetics of B-roll shots in cinema. She has contributed chapters to an edited anthology on the show Bojack Horseman, a forthcoming publication by McFarland in Fall 2023, and an edited anthology on Indian Indie cinema, a forthcoming publication by Routledge. Her research interests include Global Cinema, Film/TV Comedy, and Visual Anthropology. As a filmmaker, Rani focuses on the narratives of immigrant life and frequently experiments with film form and style.

Arya Rani is a PhD candidate in Film Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.

NBN Episodes hosted by Arya:

Leigh Claire La Berge, "Marx for Cats: A Radical Bestiary" (Duke UP, 2023)

January 5, 2024

Marx for Cats

Leigh Claire La Berge
Hosted by Arya Rani

At the outset of Marx for Cats: A Radical Bestiary (Duke UP, 2023), Leigh Claire La Berge declares that “all history is the history of cat struggle.” …