Critical visions in film theory : classic and contemporary readings / edited by Timothy Corrigan, University of Pennsylvania, Patricia White, Swarthmore College ; with Meta Mazaj, University of Pennsylvania.

This anthology incorporates fresh perspectives in areas such as perception and reception, film form, modernism and realism, auteur theory, and genre; with sections devoted to sexuality and gender, race and ethnicity, national and transnational film histories, documentary and experimental film, as we...

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Other Authors: Corrigan, Timothy, 1951-, White, Patricia, 1964-, Mazaj, Meta, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2011]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Experiencing film : from perception to reception
  • Part 2. The sights, sounds, and signs of cinema
  • Part 3. Modernism and realism : debates in classical film theory
  • Part 4. Auteurism : directors, stars, and beyond
  • Part 5. Genre : classifying stories
  • Part 6. Narrative : telling stories
  • Part 7. Alternative modes : experimental and documentary film
  • Part 8. Sexuality and gender in cinema : from psychoanalysis to performativity
  • Part 9. Race and ethnicity in cinema : from stereotypes to self-representation
  • Part 10. National and transnational film histories
  • Part 11. Screen cultures : current debates.