World Cinema Critical Approaches

Name: World Cinema Critical Approaches
Price: 7.75 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780198742821

ISBN-10: 0198742827

ISBN-13: 9780198742821

Edition: 2000

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

List price: $94.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $7.75

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound May 1998 international coverage ranges from pre-1930s Europe to contemporary 'Bollywood' musicals first class range of contributors from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia many chapters specially commissioned emphasis throughout on critical concepts, methods and debates learning aids include chapter summaries, critiques of individual films and further reading This text is an ideal course companion for undergraduate students studying film, media studies, cultural studies and literary theory. It is especially relevant to 2nd and 3rd year students taking options in World cinema, European cinema,…

Book details

List price: $94.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.61" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

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


List of Illustrations


General Introduction



Redefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives



Concepts of national cinema




Modernism and the avant-gardes




Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory



Redefining cinema: other genres



The documentary




The animated film



European cinema



Issues in European cinema



Case-Studies: Movements, Moments, and Filmmakers



The avant-gardes and European cinema before 1930




Italian post-war cinema and Neo-Realism




The French Nouvelle Vague




New German Cinema




East Central European cinema




European film policy and the response to Hollywood




Directors and stars



Jean Renoir




Ingmar Bergman




Chantal Akerman




Pedro Almodovar




Luc Besson




Brigitte Bardot



Anglophone national cinemas


Case-Studies



British cinema




Ireland and cinema




Australian cinema




Canadian cinema



World cinema



Issues in world cinema



Case-Studies: Cinemas of the World



Indian cinema



Reading: Popular Hindi cinema




Chinese cinema




Hong Kong cinema



Discovery and pre-discovery




China and 1997




Talwanese New Cinema




Japanese cinema




African cinema



Reading: Hyenas




South American cinema



Redefining cinema: film in a changing age



Film and changing technologies




Film and television



List of Picture Sources and Readings


Index of Selected Names and Film Titles