Table of Contents
List of ContributorsList of IllustrationsGeneral IntroductionPART 1. CRITICAL APPROACHES1. Introduction to film studies, Richard DyerStudying the film text2. The film text and film form, Robert P. KolkerReadings: Written on the Wind, Robin WoodCitizen Kane, Peter Wollen3. Film acting, Paul McDonald4. Film costume, Pamela Church Gibson5. Film music, Claudia GorbmanThe film text: theoretical frameworks6. Classic film theory and semiotics, Antony Easthope7. Formalism and neo-formalism, Ian ChristieReading: Poetry and prose in cinema, Viktor Shklovsky8. Impressionism, surrealism, and film theory, Robert B. Ray9. Film and psychoanalysis, Barbara Creed10. Post-structuralism and deconstruction, Peter Brunette11. Film and postmodernism, John HillFilm text and context: gender, ideology, and identities12. Marxism and film, Chuck KleinhansReading: The political thriller debate, John Hill13. Feminism and film, Patricia WhiteReadings: Rebecca, Mary Ann DoaneRebecca, Tania Modleski14. Gay and lesbian criticism, Anneke Smelik15. Queer theory, Alexander Doty16. Pornography, Laura Kipnis17. Race, ethnicity, and film, Robyn Wiegman18. Film and cultural identity, Rey ChowFilm text and context: culture, history, and reception19. Film and history, Dudley Andrew20. Sociology and film, Andrew Tudor21. Cultural studies and film, Graeme Turner22. Film audiences, Jostein Gripsrud23. Hermeneutics, reception aesthetics, and film interpretation, Noel KingPART 2. AMERICAN CINEMA AND HOLLYWOOD: CRITICAL APPROACHESAmerican cinema: history, industry, and interpretation1. American cinema and film history, John Belton2. History and cinema technology, Duncan Petrie3. Hollywood as industry, Douglas Gomery4. Early American film, Tom Gunning5. Classical Hollywood film and melodrama, E. Ann KaplanReadings: Casablanca, Richard MaltbyCasablanca, Rick Altman6. Post-classical Hollywood, Peter KramerCritical concepts7. Authorship and Hollywood, Stephen CroftsReading: John Ford, Peter Wollen8. Genre and Hollywood, Tom RyallReading: Body Genres, Linda Williams9. The star system and Hollywood, Jeremy G. ButlerPolitics and society10. Hollywood film and society, Douglas KellnerReading: Hollywood and ideology, Robert B. Ray11. Film policy: Hollywood and beyond, Albert Morgan12. Hollywood and the world, Toby MillerPART 3. WORLD CINEMA: CRITICAL APPROACHESRedefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives1. Concepts of national cinema, Stephen Crofts2. Modernism and the avant-gardes, Murray Smith3. Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory, Ashish RajadhyakshaRedefining cinema: other genres4. The documentary, John Izod and Richard Kilborn5. The animated film, Michael O'PrayEuropean cinema6. Issues in European cinema, Ginette VincendeauCASE-STUDIES: MOVEMENTS, MOMENTS, AND FILMMAKERS7. The avant-gardes and European cinema before 1930, Ian Christie8. Italian post-war cinema and Neo-Realism, Simona Monticelli9. The French Nouvelle Vague, Jill Forbes10. New German Cinema, Ulrike Sieglohr11. East Central European cinema, Daniel J. Goulding12. European film policy and the response to Hollywood, Armand Mattelart13. Directors and stars(a) Jean Renoir, Keith Reader(b) Ingmar Bergman, Chris Darke(c) Chantal Akerman, Cathy Fowler(d) Pedro Almodovar, Jose Arroyo(e) Luc Besson, Susan Hayward(f) Brigitte Bardot, Ginette VincendeauAnglophone national cinemasCASE-STUDIES14. British cinema, Andrew Higson15. Ireland and cinema, Martin McLoone16. Australian cinema, Elizabeth Jacka17. Canadian cinema, Will StrawWorld cinema18. Issues in world cinema, Wimal DissanayakeCASE-STUDIES: CINEMAS OF THE WORLD19. Indian cinema, Ashish RajadhyakshaReading: Popular Hindi cinema, Rosie Thomas20. Chinese cinema, Berenice Reynaud21. Hong Kong cinema(a) Discovery and pre-discovery, Stephen Teo(b) China and 1997, N.K. Leung22. Taiwanese New Cinema, Kuan-Hsing Chen23. Japanese cinema, Freda Freiberg24. African cinema, N. Frank UkadikeReading: Hyenas, Richard Porton25. South American cinema, Julianne Burton-CavajalRedefining cinema: film in a changing age26. Film and changing technologies, Laura Kipnis27. Film and television, John HillList of Picture Sources and ReadingsIndex of Selected Names and Film Titles
