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Refiguring American Film Genres Theory and History

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ISBN-10: 0520207319

ISBN-13: 9780520207318

Edition: 1998

Authors: Nick Browne

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This collection of essays by leading American film scholars charts a whole new territory in genre film criticism. Rather than assuming that genres are self-evident categories, the contributors offer innovative ways to think about types of films, and patterns within films, in a historical context. Challenging familiar attitudes, the essays offer new conceptual frameworks and a fresh look at how popular culture functions in American society. The range of essays is exceptional, from David J. Russell's insights into the horror genre to Carol J. Clover's provocative take on "trial films" to Leo Braudy's argument for the subject of nature as a genre. Also included are essays on melodrama,…    
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Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/22/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.02" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Nick Browne is Professor of Film at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coeditor of "New Chinese Cinemas: Forms, Identities, Politics" (1994).

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