SEZIN DEVI KOEHLER at Books Inc. Alameda

Books Inc. Alameda is thrilled to present Sezin Koehler joining us to share their new book: Much Ado About Keanu: A Critical Reeves Theory.

Thanks to his prolific movie career (seventy-eight movies as of 2023) and endearing real-life persona, Keanu Reeves has become the universal screen saver of pop culture—nobody can go a few days without some reference to Keanu. Much Ado About Keanu provides a deep dive into his art, identity, and ethnicity.

Despite the sometimes-mocking estimations of his acting skills, Keanu is one of the most thoughtful and talented performers of Generation X, and during his forty-year career he has made huge strides for Asian representation in spite of his identity often being whitewashed. Pop-culture sociologist and Reeves devotee Sezin Devi Koehler explores all of this, presenting insightful essays that critically examine Reeves’s creative output from an interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective. Much Ado About Keanu connects existing media studies around various themes in Reeves’s films—particularly Asian and Indigenous representation, gender studies, philosophy, technology, and sexuality studies—in a “critical Reeves theory” sure to engage not just fans but all of us who live in Keanu’s world

Join us for a fabulous discussion and book-signing!

Sezin Devi Koehler is a pop-culture writer whose work has been featured in Bitch magazine both in print and online, Looper, Black Girl Nerds, Certified Forgotten, Teen Vogue, Shudder's The Bite, Horror Homeroom, Crooked Marquee, Scalawag magazine, and many others. She currently writes for Entertainment Weekly!'s movies section, and has published two indie horror novels.

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