What Is Film Theory?
| Author/creator | Rushton, Richard Author |
| Other author | Bettinson, Gary Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education Blacklick : McGraw-Hill Companies, The [Distributor] |
| Description | 216 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation <i><b>"... authoritative, always engaged, and grounded in the detailed study of well chosen films. This is an exceptionally useful introduction, and good to read."</b></i><b><br />Professor James Donald, The University of New South Wales, Australia</b><p>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.</p><p><i>What is Film Theory?</i>outlines the discipline's key theoretical concepts, perspectives, and traditions, and critically examines the assertions posited by exemplary film theorists and philosophers of film. A step-by-step approach to these issues guides the reader through the central topics of film theory.</p><p>Beginning with a discussion of structuralism and semiotics, and moving through debates on psychoanalysis, feminism, Screen theory, and cultural studies, the authors then examine the perspectives of 'post-theory', cognitivism, and historical poetics, as well as recent developments such as audience research and the 'cinema of attractions'.</p><p>Analysis of the major theories is supported with detailed and wide-ranging case studies of particular films, including Singin' in the Rain, The Searchers, Tout va bien, Jaws, Do the Right Thing, Brokeback Mountain, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. These case studies are accompanied by a series of illustrative film and production stills.</p><p><i>What is Film Theory?</i>is indispensable reading for all students of Film and Media Studies, as well as for general readers interested in the debates which have defined film theory.</p> |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780335234233 |
| ISBN | 0335234232 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780335234233 |
| Stock number | 0335234232 00992953 |
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