The War Film

Robert Eberwein

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• War has had a powerful impact on the film industry. But it is not only wars that affect films; films influence war-time behavior and incisively shape ... Lees meer

Controlling Hollywood

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• For every movie shown on the big screen, there exists a behind-the-scene story of regulation and control. What social factors determine which movies g... Lees meer

Viewing Positions

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• The essays in this volume represent some of the best new thinking about the crucial relations between visual representation in film and human subjecti... Lees meer

The Horror Film

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• In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, ... Lees meer

Film and Nationalism

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• Today there is much debate over an increasingly "global economy." But commercial cinema has been, from the very beginnings of its existence, "globaliz... Lees meer

Silent Film

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• Silent Film offers some of the best recent essays on silent cinema, essays that cross disciplinary boundaries and break new ground in a variety of way... Lees meer

Film and Authorship

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• During the 1960s, when cinema first entered the academy as a serious object of study, the primary focus was on auteurism , or on films authorship. Bur... Lees meer

Defining Cinema

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• Defining Cinema is the first book to bring together leading theorists and scholars to discuss the importance of film theory to cinema studies. Peter L... Lees meer

Movies & Mass Culture

John Belton

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• Movies and Mass Culture looks at the ways in which American identity shapes and is shaped by motion pictures. Movies serve not only as texts that docu... Lees meer

The Visual Turn

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• A collection of cutting-edge articles that demonstrate an implicit dialogue between art historians and film specialists. The Visual Turn is a cutting-... Lees meer

Screening Genders

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• Gender roles have been tested, challenged, and redefined everywhere during the past thirty years, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in film. ... Lees meer

Film Adaptation

Naremore

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• Some of the earliest feature films were derived from classic literature. Even today, most of the movies we see are adaptations of one kind or another.... Lees meer

Pornography

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• Porn is big business. By some estimates, it grosses more revenue per year than the entire "legitimate" film and entertainment industry. Most large hot... Lees meer

Screening Violence

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• Graphic cinematic violence is a magnet for controversy. From passionate defenses to outraged protests, theories abound concerning this defining featur... Lees meer

Screening Asian Americans

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• This innovative essay collection explores Asian American cinematic representations historically and socially, on and off screen, as they contribute to... Lees meer

Representing Blackness

Valerie Smith

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• The essays in this collection provide a variety of perspectives on black representation and questions of racial authenticity in mainstream as well as ... Lees meer

Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media

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• Reflecting the burgeoning academic interest in issues of nation, race, gender, sexuality, and other axes of identity, Multiculturalism, Postcolonialit... Lees meer

The Historical Film

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• What is history? How do we represent it? How do our notions of history change over time? The essays in The Historical Film: History and Memory in Medi... Lees meer