| Description |
xxiii, 478 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Approaches to studying cinema -- 1. Rediscovering film studies : some fresh starting points / Patrick Phillips -- Pt. 2. Cinema as institution - industries, technologies and audiences -- 2. The industrial contexts of film production / Searle Kochberg -- Pt. 3. Approaches to studying film texts -- 3. Film form and narrative / Suzanne Speidel -- 4. Approaches to cinematic authorship / Paul Watson -- 5. Genre theory and Hollywood cinema / Paul Watson -- 6. Stardom and Hollywood cinema / Paul Watson -- 7. Spectator, audience and response / Patrick Phillips -- Pt. 4. Other genre forms -- 8. The documentary form / Paul Ward -- 9. The language of animation / Paul Wells -- Pt. 5. Cinema, identities and the politics of representation -- 10. Gender and film / Jill Nelmes -- 11. Lesbian and gay cinema / Chris Jones -- 12. Ethnicity, race, and cinema - African American film / Terri Francis -- Pt. 6. Cinema, nationhood and national identities -- 13. British cinema / Lawrence Napper -- 14. Indian cinema / Lalitha Gopalan -- 15. The Soviet montage cinema of the 1920s / Mark Joyce -- 16. The French New Wave / Chris Darke |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2003 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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| Author |
Nelmes, Jill, 1954-
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| LC no. |
2006026119 |
| ISBN |
9780415409292 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780415409285 paperback alkaline paper |
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