Research Catalog

Title

The cinema book / edited by Pam Cook.

Publication

London : BFI, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Cook, Pam, 1943-

Description

xiv, 610 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.

Summary

This new edition of 'The Cinema Book' looks at the recent developments in the field of cinema studies whilst retaining the historical coverage and depth of the original.

Subject

• Motion pictures

Note

• Previous ed.: 1999.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [549]-589) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Hollywood Cinema and Beyond -- Early and Pre-Sound Cinema / Richard Abel -- Rise of the American Film Industry / Annette Kuhn and Richard Abel -- Classic Studio System / Annette Kuhn and Thomas Schatz -- Classic Hollywood Narrative / Annette Kuhn -- Global Hollywood -- At the Edges of Hollywood -- Pt. 2. Star System -- Hollywood Star Machine / James Donald -- Acting in Cinema / James Naremore -- Stars Before Sound / Gaylyn Studlar -- Stars After Sound / Erica Carter -- Stars in Postwar Cinema / Steven Cohan -- Contemporary Stardom / Chris Holmlund -- Pt. 3. Technologies -- Introduction / Michael Allen -- Sound / Michael Allen and Annette Kuhn -- Colour / Michael Allen and Annette Kuhn -- Deep-Focus / Michael Allen and Annette Kuhn -- Lighting / Michael Allen and Annette Kuhn -- Widescreen / Michael Allen -- Cameras / Michael Allen -- Alternative Production Formats / Michael Allen -- Digital Video / Michael Allen -- Editing / Michael Allen -- Multimedia Technologies / Michael Allen -- Pt. 4. World Cinemas -- National Cinemas in the Global Era / Elizabeth Ezra -- Australian Cinema / Brian McFarlane -- British Cinema -- Chinese Cinema / Chris Berry -- Danish Cinema / Richard T. Kelly -- French Cinema -- German Cinema -- Hindi Cinema / Ashish Rajadhyaksha -- Hong Kong Cinema / Stephen Teo -- Irish Cinema / John Hill -- Italian Cinema / Richard Dyer -- Japanese Cinema -- Soviet Cinema / Annette Kuhn -- Spanish Cinema / Nuria Triana-Toribio -- Pt. 5. Genre -- History of Genre Criticism -- Action-Adventure / Steve Neale -- Comedy / Steve Neale -- Contemporary Crime / Steve Neale -- Costume Drama -- Exploitation Cinema / Linda Ruth Williams -- Film Noir / Jane Root -- Melodrama / Christine Gledhill -- Musical / Steve Neale -- Science Fiction and Horror -- Teenpics / Steve Neale -- Western / Christine Gledhill -- Pt. 6. Authorship and Cinema -- Introduction / Pam Cook -- For a New French Cinema: The Politique Des Auteurs / Pam Cook -- Auteur Theory / Pam Cook -- Auteur Theory in Britain / Pam Cook -- Auteur Theory and Structuralism / Pam Cook -- Auteur Study After Structuralism / Pam Cook -- Author Never Dies / Pam Cook -- Auteurism in the 1990s / Noel King and Toby Miller -- Authorship Revised and Revived / Pam Cook -- Pt. 7. Developments in Theory -- Feminism and Film Since the 1990s / Barbara Creed -- Feminist Film Theory / Anneke Smelik -- Queer Theory and New Queer Cinema / Jackie Stacey -- Transnational Film Studies / Dina Iordanova -- Structuralism and Its Aftermaths / John Thompson -- Post-Theory, Neoformalism and Cognitivism / Daniel Barratt -- Looking at Film / Richard Neupert -- Spectatorship and Audience Research / Pamela Robertson Wojcik -- Postmodernism and Film / Noel King.

Call Number

MFL 08-3462

ISBN

• 9781844571925 (hbk.)
• 1844571920 (hbk.)
• 1844571939 (pbk.)
• 9781844571932 (pbk.)

OCLC

145389386

Title

The cinema book / edited by Pam Cook.

Imprint

London : BFI, 2007.

Edition

3rd ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [549]-589) and index.

Added Author

Cook, Pam, 1943-

Research Call Number

MFL 08-3462