What Is Film Theory?
This engaging and accessible book explores major debates in contemporary film theory, providing a detailed introduction to the central arguments advanced by film theorists since the 1960s.
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| Language: | English |
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Maidenhead :
McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd.,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction: What is film theory?; 1 Structuralism and semiotics: The foundations of contemporary film theory; 2 Apparatus theory: Jean-Louis Baudry and Christian Metz; 3 Screen theory: Colin MacCabe and Stephen Heath; 4 Feminism and film: Visual pleasure and identificatory practices; 5 Cinemas of the other: Postcolonialism, race and queer theory; 6 Philosophers and film: Gilles Deleuze and Stanley Cavell; 7 Film as art: Historical poetics and neoformalism.
- 8 The cognitive turn: Narrative comprehension and character identification9 Recent developments: Phenomenology, attractions and audiences; Notes; References; Index; Back cover.