Film Histories : : An Introduction and Reader / / Sharon Monteith, Paul Grainge, Mark Jancovich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Grainge, Paul,; Jancovich, Mark,; Monteith, Sharon,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (616 p.)

A wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by the editors on the key developments within the period, followed by a classic piece of historical research about that period. Various types of film history are undertaken in the articles, so that students can become familiar with different types of film historical research. For example, topics include the history of audiences; exhibition; marketing; censorship; aesthetic history; political history; and historical reception studies. The book is therefore designed to provide students with a narrative history spine while simultaneously introducing them to different approaches to the study and research of film history. Concentrating on the plurality of the ‘historical turn’ in film studies, this book demonstrates that film history is, and should be, about more than simply key films, directors and movements.Key features*Contains a preface that explains the structure and organisation of the book*Chapter introductions provide a chronological sense of international developmentsA wide-ranging introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895 to the present day. The book is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction by the editors on the key developments within the period, followed by a classic piece of historical research about that period. Various types of film history are undertaken in the articles, so that students can become familiar with different types of film historical research. For example, topics include the history of audiences; exhibition; marketing; censorship; aesthetic history; political history; and historical reception studies. The book is therefore designed to provide students with a narrative history spine while simultaneously introducing them to different approaches to the study and researc

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Part I: Film History from its Origins to 1945 -- 1. The Emergence of Cinema -- 2. Organising Early Film Audiences -- 3. Nationalism, Trade and Market Domination -- 4. Establishing Classical Norms -- 5. The Age of the Dream Palace and the Rise of the Star System -- 6. Competing with Hollywood: National Film Industries outside Hollywood -- 7. The Rise of the Studios and the Coming of Sound -- 8. Realism, Nationalism and ‘Film Culture’ -- 9. Adjustment, Depression and Regulation -- 10. Totalitarianism, Dictatorship and Propaganda -- 11. The Common People, Historical Drama and Preparations for War -- 12. Wartime, Unity and Alienation -- Part II: Film History from 1946 to the Present -- 13. Postwar Challenges: National Regeneration, HUAC -- 14. The Politics of Polarisation: Affluence, Anxiety and the Cold War -- 15. Cinematic Spectacles and the Rise of the Independents -- 16. New Waves, Specialist Audiences and Adult Films -- 17. Radicalism, Revolution and Counter-Cinema -- 18. Modernism, Nostalgia and the Hollywood Renaissance -- 19. From Movie Brats to Movie Blockbusters -- 20. The Exhibitors Strike Back: Multiplexes, Video and the Rise of Home Cinema -- 21. Postmodernism, High Concept and Eighties Excess -- 22. Cults, Independents and ‘Guerrilla’ Filmmaking -- 23. From Cinemas to Theme Parks: Conglomeration, Synergy and Multimedia -- 24. Globalisation and the New Millennium -- Bibliography -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Index