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Film: The Key Concepts presents a coherent, clear and exciting overview of film theory for beginning readers. The book takes the reader through the often conflicting analyses that make up film theory, illustrating arguments with examples from mainstream and independent films. Concise and comprehensive, the book guides the reader through realism, formalism, structuralism, semiotics, Marxism, psychoanalysis, feminism, cognitivism, post-colonialism, postmodernism, gender and queer film theory, stardom and film audience research. The book as a whole provides a complete overview of the evolution of film theory. Throughout, the analysis is illustrated with lively boxed studies of key mainstream and independent films. Bulleted chapter summaries, questions and guides to further reading are also provided.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
170
Release Date:
2007-01-24
Publication Date:
2007-01-01
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1845203666
ISBN13:
9781845203665
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Weight:
269 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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