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Understanding Film: Marxist Perspectives
Mike Wayne (Ed.)
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Description for Understanding Film: Marxist Perspectives
Paperback. Ideal for students looking for a radical approach to film studies. Editor(s): Wayne, Mike. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Film remains one of the most dominant cultural forms in the world today. Crossing classes and cultures, it permeates many aspects of our consciousness. In film, perhaps more than any other medium, we can read the politics of time and place, past and present.
The history of Marxism has intersected with film in many ways and this book is a timely reminder of the fruits of that intersection, in film theory and film practice. Marxist film theory returns to film studies some of the key concepts which make possible a truly radical, political understanding of the ... Read more
Film remains one of the most dominant cultural forms in the world today. Crossing classes and cultures, it permeates many aspects of our consciousness. In film, perhaps more than any other medium, we can read the politics of time and place, past and present.
The history of Marxism has intersected with film in many ways and this book is a timely reminder of the fruits of that intersection, in film theory and film practice. Marxist film theory returns to film studies some of the key concepts which make possible a truly radical, political understanding of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745319926
SKU
V9780745319926
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About Mike Wayne (Ed.)
Mike Wayne is Professor of Film and Television Studies at Brunel University, London. He is the author of England's Discontents: History, Politics, Culture and Identities (Pluto, 2018), Understanding Film (Pluto, 2005) and Marxism and Media Studies (Pluto, 2003).
Reviews for Understanding Film: Marxist Perspectives
A well thought out and timely proposal .. a book I would [be] ready to order and teach from as soon as it is available.
Robert Ferguson, Institute of Education
Robert Ferguson, Institute of Education