Genre, Gender, Race and World Cinema: An Anthology / Edition 1

by Julie F. Codell

Overview

Genre, Gender, Race, and World Cinema is an innovative anthology that introduces the study of film theory using the four topics of genre, gender, race, and world cinema, to encourage critical discussion.

• A major anthology geared towards course use, which covers key concepts in film studies through analysis of important films from American, Asian, European and African cinema
• Combines formal, historical, cultural, and theoretical approaches to study
• Analyzes how film represents and influences individual and societal constructs of identity
• Uses selected readings to introduce inter-textual relations between the readings and the films they discuss
• Contains section introductions that map the themes and histories of each topic, and raise theoretical issues specific to each

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405132336
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/29/2006
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.72(w) x 9.65(h) x 1.07(d)

About the Author

Julie F. Codell is Professor of Art History and English at Arizona State University. She is the author of The Victorian Artist: Artists’ Lifewritings in Britain (2003).

Table of Contents

Preface viii

General Introduction: Film and Identities 1

Part I Genres: Ever-Changing Hybrids 5

Part II Genders – More Than Two 117

Part III Race: Stereotypes and Multiple Realisms 213

Part IV World Cinema: Joining Local and Global 359

Acknowledgments 471

Editorial Reviews

"An invaluable resource that should (and will) be used by anyoneinterested in studying, or otherwise thinking about cinema."M/C Reviews

“Julie Codell’s anthology does not so much as carveout a niche in film studies as dive in and out of severalpre-existing niches, helping itself en route to anything that looksbright and attractive. The result is a collection that overlaps theterritory of various recent publications… while forging linksand mapping interconnections between its prime concerns…Altogether, this collection should encourage students to exploreareas of cinema beyond the conventional English-languagemainstream, enriching their viewing experience and offeringinsights and wider cultural contexts for the films theywatch.” The Times Higher EducationSupplement

“This is a volume whose time has come: a new kind of filmtext to suit an era when globalization challenges the authority oflocal cultures, and diasporic mobility is the order of theday.” E. Ann Kaplan, State University of New York atStony Brook

"A superb collection that insightfully demonstrates that raceand gender shape global cinema. Ideal for film courses and foranyone interested in world cinema, this is a well-balanced,rigorous, and accessible group of essays sure to provoke deepreflection and passionate discussion." Daniel Bernardi,Arizona State University

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