A companion to film theory / edited by Toby Miller and Robert Stam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Toby.

Stam, Robert, 1941-

Series:

Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 1.

Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611312442

9781405165488

1405165480

9781782684626

178268462X

9781281312440

1281312444

9780470998410

0470998415

9780470998403

0470998407

OCLC:

184983716