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American Cinema/American Culture

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ISBN-10: 0072886277

ISBN-13: 9780072886276

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: John Belton

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Ideal for introducing American cinema courses, this text offers a cultural examination of the US motion picture industry, with attention focused on the economic & aesthetic institution of Holywood.
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Book details

List price: $75.63
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 8/10/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Introduction
The Mode of Production
The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution
Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration
Classical Hollywood Cinema: Style
The Studio System
The Star System
Genre and the Genre System
Silent Film Melodrama
The Musical
American Comedy
War and Cinema
Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night
The Making of the West
A Post-War History
Hollywood and the Cold War
Hollywood in the Age of Television
The 1960's: The Counterculture Strikes Back
The Film School Generation
Into the Twenty-First Century
Glossary of Terms
Index