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1 online resource |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Contents |
volume 1. Academy Awards® / Diane Carson / Cynthia Baron -- Action And Adventure Films / Yvonne Tasker -- Adaptation / Graham Petrie -- Africa South Of The Sahara / Sheila Petty -- African American Cinema / Frances K. Gateward -- Agents And Agencies / Tino Balio -- Animal Actors / Murray Pomerance -- Animation / Paul Wells -- Arab Cinema / Malek Khouri -- Archives / Jan-Christopher Horak -- Argentina / David William Foster -- Art Cinema / Tom Ryall -- Asian American Cinema / Peter X Feng -- Australia / Geoff Mayer -- Auteur Theory And Authorship / Jim Hillier -- Bmovies / Eric Schaefer -- Biography / Marcia Landy -- Brazil / Ana Del Sarto and Abril Trigo -- Camera / Kristen Anderson Wagner -- Camera Movement / Lisa Dombrowski -- Camp / Harry M. Benshoff -- Canada / Barry Keith Grant -- Canon And Canonicity / Lisa Dombrowski -- Cartoons / Paul Wells -- Casting / Dennis Bingham -- Censorship / Ian Conrich -- Character Actors / Dennis Bingham -- Child Actors / Timothy Shary -- Children's Films / Timothy Shary -- Chile / Catherine L. Benamou and Andreea Marinescu -- China / John A. Lent and Xu Ying -- Choreography / Barbara Cohen-Stratyner -- Cinematography / Murray Pomerance -- Cinephilia / Catherine Russell -- Class / Sean Griffin -- Cold War / Kim Newman -- Collaboration / John C. Tibbetts and Jim Welsh -- Colonialism And Postcolonialism / Corinn Columpar -- Color / Murray Pomerance -- Columbia / Thomas Schatz -- Comedy / Wes D. Gehring -- Comics And Comic Books / Bart Beaty -- Co-Productions / Mark Betz -- Costume / Drake Stutesman -- Credits / Murray Pomerance -- Crew / Deborah Allison and Joseph Lampel -- Crime Films / Thomas Leitch |
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volume 2. Criticism / Robin Wood -- Cuba / Ruth Goldberg -- Cult Films / Mikita Brottman -- Czechoslovakia / Peter Hames -- Dance / Barbara Cohen-Stratyner -- Denmark / Peter Schepelern -- Dialogue / Sarah Kozloff -- Diasporic Cinema / Michael T. Martin and Marilyn Yaquinto -- Direction / Aaron E.N. Taylor -- Disaster Films / Maurice Yacowar -- Distribution / Tino Balio -- Documentary / Barry Keith Grant -- Dubbing And Subtitling / Mark Betz -- Early Cinema / Charlie Keil -- Editing / Stephen Prince -- Egypt / Samirah Alkassim -- Epic Films / Steve Neale -- Exhibition / Gregory A. Waller -- Experimental Film / Craig Fischer -- Exploitation Films / Eric Schaefer -- Expressionism / Jan-Christopher Horak -- Fans And Fandom / Matt Hills -- Fantasy Films / Katherine A. Fowkes -- Fashion / Stella Bruzzi -- Feminism / E. Ann Kaplan -- Festivals / David Sterritt -- Film History / Gregory A. Waller -- Film Noir / William Luhr -- Film Stock / Erin Foster -- Film Studies / Bill Nichols -- Fine Art / Angela Dalle Vacche -- Finland / Tytti Soila -- France / Hilary Ann Radner -- Gangster Films / Thomas Leitch -- Gay, Lesbian, And Queer Cinema / Harry M. Benshoff -- Gender / Alison Butler -- Genre / Barry Keith Grant -- Germany / Stan Jones -- Great Britain / Scott Henderson -- Great Depression / Charles J. Maland -- Greece / Dan Georgakas -- Guilds And Unions / Janet Wasko -- Heritage Films / Anne Morey -- Historical Films / Robert Burgoyne -- Holocaust / Maureen Turim -- Hong Kong / Jenny Kwok Wah Lau -- Horror Films / Barry Keith Grant -- Hungary / Graham Petrie -- Ideology / Douglas Kellner |
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volume 3. Independent Film / Jon Lewis -- India / Corey K. Creekmur and Jyotika Virdi -- Internet / James Castonguay -- Iran / Mita Lad -- Ireland / Martin McLoone -- Israel / Nitzan Ben-Shaul -- Italy / Peter Bondanella -- Japan / David Desser -- Journals And Magazines / Ian Conrich -- Korea / Kyung Hyun Kim -- Latinos And Cinema / Mary Beltrán -- Lighting / Deborah Allison -- Mainland Southeast Asia / Adam Knee -- Makeup / Drake Stutesman -- Martial Arts Films / David Desser -- Marxism / Christopher Sharrett -- Melodrama / John Mercer -- Merchandising Janet Wasko / -- Mexico / Joanne Hershfield -- MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) / Thomas Schatz -- Mise-en-Scène / Robert Kolker -- Music / Kathryn Kalinak -- Musicals / Barry Keith Grant -- Narrative / Richard Neupert -- National Cinema / Christopher E. Gittings -- Native Americans And Cinema / Beverly R. Singer -- Nature Films / Cynthia Chris -- Neorealism / Peter Bondanella -- Netherlands / Ivo Blom and Paul van Yperen -- New Wave / Jim Hillier -- New Zealand / Ian Conrich -- Paramount / Thomas Schatz -- Parody / Victoria Sturtevant -- Philippines / John A. Lent -- Poland / Janina Falkowska and Graham Petrie -- Populism / Leland Poague -- Pornography / Nina K. Martin -- Post Modernism / Mattias Frey -- Pre-Cinema / Kristen Whissel -- Prizes And Awards / Janet Wasko -- Producer / Matthew H. Bernstein -- Production Design / Charles Tashiro -- Production Process / Deborah Allison and Joseph Lampel -- Propaganda / Frank P. Tomasulo -- Psychoanalysis / Todd McGowan -- Publicity And Promotion / Moya Luckett -- Queer Theory / Michael DeAngelis -- Race And Ethnicity / Joanna Hearne -- Radio / Michele Hilmes -- Realism / Phil Watts -- Reception Theory / Kristen Anderson Wagner -- Religion / Paul Coates -- Rko Radio Pictures / Thomas Schatz -- Road Movies / David Laderman -- 50500 volume 4. Romantic Comedy / David R. Shumway -- Russia And Soviet Union / Vance Kepley, Jr. -- Science Fiction / Heather Hendershot -- Screenwriting / Andrew Horton -- Screwball Comedy / Wes D. Gehring -- Semiotics / John Mercer -- Sequels, Series, And Remakes / Steve Neale -- Sexuality / Sean Griffin -- Shots / Stephen Prince -- Silent Cinema / Charlie Keil -- Slapstick Comedy / Tamar Jeffers McDonald -- Sound / Stephen Handzo and Elisabeth Weis -- Spain / Marvin D'Lugo -- Special Effects / Sean Cubitt -- Spectatorship And Audiences / Michele Schreiber -- Sports Films / Aaron Baker -- Spy Films / Thomas Leitch -- Star System / Paul McDonald -- Stars / Paul McDonald -- Structuralism And Poststructuralism / Mattias Frey -- Studio System / Thomas Schatz -- Supporting Actors / Kristen Anderson Wagner -- Surrealism / Erin Foster -- Sweden / Rochelle Wright -- Technology / Drew Todd -- Teen Films / Timothy Shary -- Television / Christopher Anderson -- Theater / John C. Tibbetts -- Theaters / Gregory A. Waller -- Third Cinema / Catherine L. Benamou -- Thrillers / Martin Rubin -- Turkey / Dilek Kaya Mutlu -- Twentieth Century Fox / Thomas Schatz -- UFA (Universum Film Aktiengesellschaft) / Jan-Christopher Horak -- United Artists / Tino Balio -- Universal / Thomas Schatz -- Video / Catherine Russell -- Video Games / Geoff King and Tanya Krzywinska -- Vietnam War / Amanda Howell -- Violence / Christopher Sharrett -- Walt Disney Company / Janet Wasko -- War Films / Jeanine Basinger -- Warner Brothers / Thomas Schatz -- Westerns / Corey K. Creekmur -- Woman' Spictures / Annette Kuhn -- World War I / Michael Williams -- World War II / Amanda Howell -- Yiddish Cinema / David Desser -- Yugoslavia / Bohdan Y. Nebesio |
| Summary |
This reference provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to film and film studies, covering such aspects as production, national traditions, studios, genres, critical theory and film history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Original: 4 volume : ill ; cm |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Encyclopedias.
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Filmkunst.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grant, Barry Keith, 1947-
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Thomson Gale (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0028657918 |
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0028657926 |
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0028657934 |
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0028657942 |
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0028657950 |
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0028661001 |
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9780028657912 |
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9780028657929 |
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9780028657936 |
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9780028657943 |
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9780028657950 |
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9780028661001 |
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