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American cinema and Hollywood : critical approaches /

Title By: Hill, John, (W. John) [Editor] | Gibson, Pamela Church [Editor] | Dyer, Richard [Consultant Editors] | Kaplan, E. Ann [Consultant Editors] | Willemen, Paul [Consultant Editors]
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: xiii, 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0198742819Subject(s): Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History | Motion pictures -- United States -- History | Film criticismDDC classification: 384/.8/0979494
Summary:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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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.

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