Perverse spectators : the practices of film reception / Janet Staiger.
| Author/creator | Staiger, Janet |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, ©2000. |
| Description | vi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Modes of reception -- The perversity of specators: expanding the history of the classical Hollywood cinema -- Writing the history of American film reception -- Hybrid or inbred: the purity hypothesis and Hollywood genre history -- The romances of the blonde Venus: movie censors versus movie fans -- The cultural productions of A clockwork orange -- The places of empirical subjects in the event of mass culture: Jeanie Bueller and ideology -- Finding community in the early 1960s: underground cinema and sexual politics -- Taboos and totems: cultural meanings of The silence of the lambs -- Hitchcock in Texas: intertextaulity in the face of blood and gore -- Securing the fictional narrative as a tale of the historical real: The return of Martin Guerre -- Cinematic shots: the narration of violence. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 00008433 |
| ISBN | 081478139X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814781381 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1995.9.A8 S69 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |