Refiguring American Film Genres: Theory and History - Softcover

Browne, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520207319 ISBN 13: 9780520207318

Verlag: University of California Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

BROWNE, N., ED. REFIGURING AMERICAN FILM GENRES. THEORY AND HISTORY [PAPERBACK]. BERKELEY, CA, 1998, xiv 326 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

Nick Browne is Professor of Film at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coeditor of New Chinese Cinemas: Forms, Identities, Politics (1994).

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0520207319
• ISBN 13: 9780520207318
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344