Hutchings, Peter
The Film Studies Reader
- ISBN 13:
- 9780340692790
- author:
- Hutchings, Peter
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Hodder Arnold
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 384
- Genre:
- Film theory & criticism
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Introducing Film Studies A Reader, a comprehensive introduction to the main theoretical approaches within film studies. This text brings together primary sources from key critics and theorists, including Tom Gunning, Steven Cohan, Janet Staiger, James Naremore, Jim Kitses, Carol Clover, and Jane Gaines.
The book provides a general introduction and chapter introductions that put these extracts in historical context, explaining their contributions to the debates in film studies. Ranging from mass culture critics to postcolonial and queer theory, this text offers a broad overview of the key theoretical approaches in film studies.
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