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Film Histories: An Introduction and Reader
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Description for Film Histories: An Introduction and Reader
Hardback. A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. Editor(s): Grainge, Paul; Jancovich, Mark; Monteith, Sharon. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1244.
A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by the editors on the key developments within the period, followed by a classic piece of historical research about that period. Various types of film history are undertaken in the articles, so that students can become familiar with different types of film historical research. For example, topics include the history of audiences; exhibition; marketing; censorship; aesthetic history; political history; and historical reception studies. The book is therefore designed to provide ... Read more
A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by the editors on the key developments within the period, followed by a classic piece of historical research about that period. Various types of film history are undertaken in the articles, so that students can become familiar with different types of film historical research. For example, topics include the history of audiences; exhibition; marketing; censorship; aesthetic history; political history; and historical reception studies. The book is therefore designed to provide ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748619061
SKU
V9780748619061
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About Grainge
Paul Grainge is Associate Professor in Film Studies, University of Nottingham Mark Jancovich is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia. Sharon Monteith is Professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham. She is author of Advancing Sisterhood? Interracial Friendships in Contemporary Southern Fiction (2000) and Pat Barker (2002) and co-author of ... Read more
Reviews for Film Histories: An Introduction and Reader
With essays by Tom Gunning, Richard Abel, Douglas Gomery, Tino Balio, Barbara Klinger, etc., this collection assembles some of the best historical writing on cinema, and links them together through a sequence of introductory essays providing an overview and a context for each piece. Together, Film Histories offers its reader a collection of the leading examples of the methodologies available ... Read more