Film Genre : : Hollywood and Beyond /

Film Genre : : Hollywood and Beyond / / Barry Langford.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619030);Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. The book ranges widely across the field, dealing separately and in detail wit...

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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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Langford, Barry,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2005
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • About this Book
  • 1 Who Needs Genres?
  • 2 Before Genre: Melodrama
  • Part 1: Classical Paradigms
  • Introduction
  • 3 The Western: Genre and History
  • 4 The Musical: Genre and Form
  • 5. The War/Combat Film: Genre and Nation
  • 6. The Gangster Film: Genre and Society
  • Part 2: Transitional Fantasies
  • Introduction
  • 7. The Horror Film
  • 8. The Science Fiction Film
  • Part 3: Post-Classical Genres
  • Introduction
  • 9. Film Noir
  • 10. The Action Blockbuster
  • 11. Genre: Breaking the Frame
  • 12. Conclusion: Transgenre?
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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