American cinema and Hollywood : critical approaches / edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. - xiii, 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American cinema and film history / John Belton -- History and cinema technology / Duncan Petrie -- Hollywood as industry / Douglas Gomery -- Early American film / Tom Gunning -- Classical Hollywood film and melodrama / E. Ann Kaplan -- Post-classical Hollywood / Peter Kramer -- Authorship and Hollywood / Stepen Crofts -- Genre and Hollywood / Tom Ryall -- The star system and Hollywood / Jeremy G. Butler -- Hollywood film and society / Douglas Kellner -- Film policy : Hollywood and beyond / Albert Moran -- Hollywood and the world / Toby Miller.
Explains important concepts and arguments in the critical study of American cinema, provides selected readings as examples of various critical perspectives, and discusses the emergence of the studio system, the key characteristics of Hollywood films, and Hollywood's relationship with American society and the world. The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound May 1998 Top international contributors Emphasis throughout on critical concepts, methods and debates Learning aids include chapter summaries, critiques of individual films and further reading This text is perfectly tailored to meet the needs of students taking a course in Hollywood cinema as part of a degree in film, media studies, or cultural studies.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources. Young Adult.
0198742819
00699696
GB99-V4043
Motion picture industry--History--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures--History--United States
Film criticism
PN1993.5.U65 / A48 2000
384/.8/0979494
Includes bibliographical references and index.
American cinema and film history / John Belton -- History and cinema technology / Duncan Petrie -- Hollywood as industry / Douglas Gomery -- Early American film / Tom Gunning -- Classical Hollywood film and melodrama / E. Ann Kaplan -- Post-classical Hollywood / Peter Kramer -- Authorship and Hollywood / Stepen Crofts -- Genre and Hollywood / Tom Ryall -- The star system and Hollywood / Jeremy G. Butler -- Hollywood film and society / Douglas Kellner -- Film policy : Hollywood and beyond / Albert Moran -- Hollywood and the world / Toby Miller.
Explains important concepts and arguments in the critical study of American cinema, provides selected readings as examples of various critical perspectives, and discusses the emergence of the studio system, the key characteristics of Hollywood films, and Hollywood's relationship with American society and the world. The contributors supply skilful overviews of the major critical approaches' Sight and Sound May 1998 Top international contributors Emphasis throughout on critical concepts, methods and debates Learning aids include chapter summaries, critiques of individual films and further reading This text is perfectly tailored to meet the needs of students taking a course in Hollywood cinema as part of a degree in film, media studies, or cultural studies.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources. Young Adult.
0198742819
00699696
GB99-V4043
Motion picture industry--History--California--Los Angeles
Motion pictures--History--United States
Film criticism
PN1993.5.U65 / A48 2000
384/.8/0979494