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What is film theory? : an introduction to contemporary debates / Richard Rushton and Gary Bettinson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rushton, Richard.
Contributor:
Bettinson, Gary.
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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