Faulkner, Sally
Middlebrow Cinema (Remapping World Cinema)
- ISBN 13:
- 9781138777132
- author:
- Faulkner, Sally
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 238
- Dimensions:
- 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Media Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Middlebrow Cinema explores the concept of middlebrow culture in film and its often overlooked significance. By redefining the term relationally against shifting concepts of 'high' and 'low', this book considers its deployment in connection with text, audience and institution.
The volume recovers films that were widely meaningful to contemporary audiences yet sometimes overlooked by critics. It also addresses the question of socially-mobile audiences who might express their aspirations through film-watching, tracing the cultural consequences of the movement of films across borders and between institutions.
This first study of its kind comprises 11 original essays that test the purchase of the term 'middlebrow' across cultures, including those of Europe, Asia and the Americas. Ideal for students and researchers in this area, Middlebrow Cinema brings into view a popular and aspirational area of film and film culture.
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