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Record Nr.

UNISA996202117803316

Titolo

A companion to film theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Toby Miller and Robert Stam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 1999

ISBN

1-4051-6548-0

1-78268-462-X

1-281-31244-4

9786611312442

0-470-99841-5

0-470-99840-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

MillerToby

StamRobert <1941->

Disciplina

791.4301

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Motion pictures - Social aspects

Cinematografia

Condicions socials

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Companion to Film Theory; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Authorship; 3 Genre; 4 Enunciation and Narration; 5 Film Editing; 6 Film Semiotics; 7 Cognitivism; 8 Psychoanalytic Film Theory; 9 Spectatorship and Subjectivity; 10 Laura Mulvey Meets Catherine Tramell Meets the She-Man: Counter-History, Reclamation, and Incongruity in Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Film and Media Criticism; 11 Is There Class in this Text?: The Repression of Class in Film and Cultural Studies; 12 Culture Industries; 13 The Political Economy of Film; 14 The Work of Theory in the Age of Digital Transformation

15 Cultural Exchange16 Shooting Back: From Ethnographic Film to Indigenous Production/ Ethnography of Media; 17 Psycho's Bad Timing: The Sensual Obsessions of Film Theory; 18 Historical Allegory; 19 Every



Picture Tells a Story: José Guadalupe Posada's Protocinematic Graphic Art; 20 "Historical Poetics," Narrative, and Interpretation; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its international and interdisciplinary approach will have a broad appeal to those interested in this multifaceted subject.:.; Provides a major collection of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies.; Represents material under a variety of headings, including class, race, gender, queer theory, nation, stars, ethnography, authorship, and spectatorship.; Offers an international approach to the subject, including coverage of topics such as g