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What is film theory? : an introduction to contemporary debates / Richard Rushton and Gary Bettinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rushton, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures.
- Cinematography.
- Physical Description:
- 211 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Maidenhead, England : Open University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- This engaging and accessible book explores major debates in contemporary film theory, providing a detailed introduction to the central arguments advanced by film theorists since the 1960s.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Half title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction: What is film theory?
- 1 Structuralism and semiotics: The foundations of contemporary film theory
- 2 Apparatus theory: Jean-Louis Baudry and Christian Metz
- 3 Screen theory: Colin MacCabe and Stephen Heath
- 4 Feminism and film: Visual pleasure and identificatory practices
- 5 Cinemas of the other: Postcolonialism, race and queer theory
- 6 Philosophers and film: Gilles Deleuze and Stanley Cavell
- 7 Film as art: Historical poetics and neoformalism
- 8 The cognitive turn: Narrative comprehension and character identification
- 9 Recent developments: Phenomenology, attractions and audiences
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-33866-1
- 9786613338662
- 0-335-24038-0
- OCLC:
- 664232418
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