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Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

first class team of international contributors
comprehensive guide to recent theoretical developments
illustrated throughout

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Description

'The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound, May 1998

covers all the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject

chapter authors are international experts

emphasis throughout on critical concepts, methods and debates

includes material from important new fields such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, film and psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist approaches

contains learning aids such as chapter summaries, critiques of individual films, and lists of further reading

This text is the most up-to-date critical guide to the study of film. It is an ideal course companion for undergraduates taking courses in film criticism and textual analysis, and for students taking course options in gender, race and sexuality in film.

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Introduction, John Hill
PART ONE. CRITICAL APPROACHES
1:Introduction to Film Studies, Richard Dyer
STUDYING THE FILM TEXT
2:The Film Text and Film Form, Robert Phillip Kolker
Readings:
Written on the Wind, Robin Wood
Citizen Kane, Peter Wollen
3:Film Acting, Paul McDonald
4:Film Costume, Pamela Church Gibson
5:Film Music, Claudia Gorbman
THE FILM TEXT: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS
6:Classic Film Theory and Semiotics, Anthony Easthope
7:Formalism and Neo-formalism, Ian Christie
Reading: `Poetry and Prose in Cinema', Victor Schlovsky
8:Impressionism, Surrealism, and Film Theory, Robert B. Ray
9:Film and Psychoanalysis, Barbara Creed
10:Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, Peter Brunette
11:Film and Postmodernism, John Hill
FILM TEXT AND CONTEXT: GENDER, IDEOLOGY, AND IDENTITIES
12:Marxism and Film, Chuck Kleinhans
Reading: `The Political Thriller Debate', John Hill
13:Feminism and Film, Patricia White
Readings:
Rebecca, Mary Anne Doane
Rebecca, Tania Modleski
14:Gay and Lesbian Criticism, Anneke Smelik
15:Queer Theory, Alexander Doty
16:Pornography, Laura Kipnis
17:Race, Ethnicity, and Film, Robyn Wiegman
18:Film and Cultural Identity, Rey Chow
FILM TEXT AND CONTEXT: CULTURE, HISTORY, AND RECEPTION
19:Film and History, Dudley Andrew
20:Sociology and Film, Andrew Tudor
21:Cultural Studies and Film, Graeme Turner
22:Film Audiences, Jostein Gripsrud
23:Hermeneutics, Reception Aesthetics, and Film Interpretation, Noel King

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Author Information

Edited by John Hill, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Performance Studies, University of Ulster at Coleraine, and Pamela Church Gibson, Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Cultural Studies, The London Institute

Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, Department of Film Studies, University of Warwick, E. Ann Kaplan, Department of English, Stony Brook, New York, and Paul Willemen, Napier University, Edinburgh

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Reviews and Awards

""A succinct, legible and important guide to the study of film. The book presents a well organised approach to film studies with each chapter containing valuable information and detail", Luis Teixeira, Universidade Catolice Portuguese - Fine Arts School"

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Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Description

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Table of Contents

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Author Information

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Reviews and Awards

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Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Description

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Table of Contents

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Author Information

Film Studies

Critical Approaches

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Reviews and Awards

Also of Interest

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Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen

Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, and Paul Willemen