| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction: What is film theory?; 1 Structuralism and semiotics: The foundations of contemporary film theory; 2 Apparatus theory: Jean-Louis Baudry and Christian Metz; 3 Screen theory: Colin MacCabe and Stephen Heath; 4 Feminism and film: Visual pleasure and identificatory practices; 5 Cinemas of the other: Postcolonialism, race and queer theory; 6 Philosophers and film: Gilles Deleuze and Stanley Cavell; 7 Film as art: Historical poetics and neoformalism |
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8 The cognitive turn: Narrative comprehension and character identification9 Recent developments: Phenomenology, attractions and audiences; Notes; References; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
This engaging and accessible book explores major debates in contemporary film theory, providing a detailed introduction to the central arguments advanced by film theorists since the 1960s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-204) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Philosophy
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Motion pictures -- Philosophy
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Filmtheorie
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Filmtheorie.
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| Genre/Form |
Einführung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780335240388 |
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0335240380 |
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9780335234233 |
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0335234232 |
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