Film Histories : : An Introduction and Reader /

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

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 res...

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

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