Traditions in world cinema
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Traditions in world cinema
(Traditions in world cinema / general editor, Steven Jay Schneider ; associate editors, Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer)
Edinburgh University Press, c2006
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, Chinese wenyi pian melodrama, Japanese horror, new Hollywood cinema and global found footage cinema. Features *Includes a preface by Toby Miller. *Each chapter covers a key world cinema tradition and is written by an expert in the field: Roy Armes, Nitzan Ben-Shaul, Peter Bondanella, Corey Creekmur, Adrian Danks, Peter Hames, Randal Johnson, Robert Kolker, Myrto Konstantarakos, Jay McRoy, Negar Mottahedeh, Richard Neupert, Christina Stojanova, J.P. Telotte, Stephen Teo. *Traditions are examined from a wide range of views and include historical, social, cultural and industrial perspectives.
Table of Contents
- Preface (Toby Miller)
- Introduction (Linda Badley & R. Barton Palmer)
- I. European Traditions
- 1. German Expressionism (J.P. Telotte)
- 2. Italian Neorealism (Peter Bondanella)
- 3. The French New Wave (Richard Neupert)
- 4. The British New Wave (R. Barton Palmer)
- II. Central, Eastern and Northern European Traditions
- 5. The Czechoslovak New Wave (Peter Hames)
- 6. Danish Dogma (Linda Badley)
- 7. Post-Communist Cinema (Christina Stojanova)
- III. South American Traditions
- 8. Post-Cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema (Randal Johnson)
- 9. New Argentine Cinema (Myrto Konstantarakos)
- IV. African and Middle Eastern Traditions
- 10. Early Cinematic Traditions in Africa (Roy Armes)
- 11. Israeli Persecution Films (Nitzan Ben-Shaul)
- 12. New Iranian Cinema (Negar Mottahedeh)
- V. Asian Traditions
- 13. Popular Hindi Cinema and the Film Song (Corey Creekmur)
- 14. Chinese Melodrama (Stephen Teo)
- 15. Japanese Horror Cinema (Jay McRoy)
- VI. American and Transnational Traditions
- 16. The 'New' American Cinema (Robert Kolker)
- 17. The Global Art of Found Footage Cinema (Adrian Danks).
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