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Notions of Genre: Writings on Popular Film Before Genre Theory
Barry Keith Grant
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Description for Notions of Genre: Writings on Popular Film Before Genre Theory
Paperback. Editor(s): Grant, Barry Keith; Kurtz, Malisa. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 303 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Much of the writing in film studies published today can be understood as genre criticism, broadly speaking. And even before film studies emerged as an academic discipline in the 1970s, cultural observers within and beyond the academy were writing about genre films and making fascinating attempts to understand their conventions and how they speak to, for, and about the culture that produces them. While this early writing on genre film was often unsystematic, impressionistic, journalistic, and judgmental, it nonetheless produced insights that remain relevant and valuable today. Notions of Genre gathers the most important early ... Read more
Much of the writing in film studies published today can be understood as genre criticism, broadly speaking. And even before film studies emerged as an academic discipline in the 1970s, cultural observers within and beyond the academy were writing about genre films and making fascinating attempts to understand their conventions and how they speak to, for, and about the culture that produces them. While this early writing on genre film was often unsystematic, impressionistic, journalistic, and judgmental, it nonetheless produced insights that remain relevant and valuable today. Notions of Genre gathers the most important early ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
483 g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9781477311080
SKU
V9781477311080
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About Barry Keith Grant
Barry Keith Grant is a professor emeritus of film studies and popular culture at Brock University. He is the author or editor of two dozen previous books on film and popular culture, including The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film and four editions of Film Genre Reader. Malisa Kurtz received her PhD from Brock University in Interdisciplinary Humanities. ... Read more
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