Film Studies Critical Approaches

Name: Film Studies Critical Approaches
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ISBN: 9780198742807

ISBN-10: 0198742800

ISBN-13: 9780198742807

Edition: 2000

Authors: John Hill, Pamela Church Gibson, Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, Paul Willemen

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The most up-to-date critical guide available, Film Studies: Critical Approaches covers all the significant theories, debates, and approaches to the subject. A team of international experts provides a clear and comprehensive overview of all the major theoretical and critical approaches involved in film analysis, including detailed coverage of established critical traditions--such as semiotics, feminism, and psychoanalysis--as well as important new areas of study such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, and identity politics. Chapter summaries and further reading lists help students to assimilate the material. Ideal for courses in film criticism and textual analysis, Film Studies:…

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List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.452

Pamela Church Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion. She is the co-editor of the "Oxford Guide to Film Studies."

List of Contributors	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. xii
General Introduction	p. xiv
Redefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives	p. 1
Concepts of national cinema	p. 1
Modernism and the avant-gardes	p. 11
Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory	p. 29
Redefining cinema: other genres	p. 42
The documentary	p. 42
The animated film	p. 50
European cinema	p. 56
Issues in European cinema	p. 56
Case-Studies: Movements, Moments, and Filmmakers	p. 65
The avant-gardes and European cinema before 1930	p. 65
Italian post-war cinema and Neo-Realism	p. 71
The French Nouvelle Vague	p. 77
New German Cinema	p. 82
East Central European cinema	p. 87
European film policy and the response to Hollywood	p. 94
Directors and stars	p. 102
Jean Renoir	p. 102
Ingmar Bergman	p. 104
Chantal Akerman	p. 105
Pedro Almodovar	p. 107
Luc Besson	p. 110
Brigitte Bardot	p. 112
Anglophone national cinemas	p. 117
Case-Studies	p. 117
British cinema	p. 117
Ireland and cinema	p. 126
Australian cinema	p. 132
Canadian cinema	p. 139
World cinema	p. 143
Issues in world cinema	p. 143
Case-Studies: Cinemas of the World	p. 151
Indian cinema	p. 151
Reading: Popular Hindi cinema	p. 157
Chinese cinema	p. 159
Hong Kong cinema
Discovery and pre-discovery	p. 166
China and 1997	p. 170
Talwanese New Cinema	p. 173
Japanese cinema	p. 178
African cinema	p. 185
Reading: Hyenas	p. 192
South American cinema	p. 194
Redefining cinema: film in a changing age	p. 211
Film and changing technologies	p. 211
Film and television	p. 221
List of Picture Sources and Readings	p. 228
Index of Selected Names and Film Titles	p. 229
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