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Film: Annotated Edition
Author(s): Nitzan Ben-Shaul (Author)
- Publisher: Berg Publishers
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2007
- Edition: Annotated
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845203666
- ISBN-13: 9781845203665
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
There are few introductions to the discipline of film studies that explore the major theories with this book’s depth and attention to context… an exciting addition to the increasing body of sources about the sources of film theory. –Screening the Past
