Film studies : critical approaches

Author(s)

• Hill, John (W. John)
• Gibson, Pamela Church
• Dyer, Richard
• Kaplan, E. Ann
• Willemen, Paul

Bibliographic Information

Film studies : critical approaches

edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson ; consultant editors Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, Paul Willemen

Oxford University Press, 2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound, May 1998 covers all the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject chapter authors are international experts emphasis throughout on critical concepts, methods and debates includes material from important new fields such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, film and psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist approaches contains learning aids such as chapter summaries, critiques of individual films, and lists of further reading This text is the most up-to-date critical guide to the study of film. It is an ideal course companion for undergraduates taking courses in film criticism and textual analysis, and for students taking course options in gender, race and sexuality in film.

Table of Contents

• PART ONE. CRITICAL APPROACHES
• STUDYING THE FILM TEXT
• THE FILM TEXT: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS
• FILM TEXT AND CONTEXT: GENDER, IDEOLOGY, AND IDENTITIES
• FILM TEXT AND CONTEXT: CULTURE, HISTORY, AND RECEPTION

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Details

• NCID: BA47088439
• ISBN:
  • 0198742800
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 229 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 791.4375
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Film criticism
  • LCSH : Motion pictures