Refiguring American film genres : history and theory / / Nick Browne, editor
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| Autore: |
Browne Nick
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| Titolo: |
Refiguring American film genres : history and theory / / Nick Browne, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 326 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Film genres - United States |
| Film | |
| Music, Dance, Drama & Film | |
| Altri autori: | BrowneNick |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Reusable packaging: generic products and the recycling process / Rick Altman -- Melodrama revised / Linda Williams -- World War II and the Hollywood "war film" / Thomas Schatz -- Lounge time: postwar crises and the chronotype of film noir / Vivian Sobchak -- "Democracy and burnt cork": the end of blackface, the beginning of civil rights / Michael Rogin -- Genre anxiety and racial representation in 1970s cinema / George Lipsitz -- Monster roundup: reintegrating the horror genre / David J. Russell -- "God bless juries!" / Carol J. Clover -- The genre of nature: ceremonies of innocence / Leo Braudy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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, race, film noir, and the industrial context of genre production. The contributors confront the poststructuralist critique of genre head-on; together they are certain to shape future debates concerning the viability and vitality of genre in studying American cinema. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Refiguring American film genres |
| ISBN: | 0-520-91855-X |
| 0-585-27292-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996248207503316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.