World Cinema: Critical Approaches / Edition 1

by John Hill, Pamela Church Gibson, Richard Dyer, E. Ann Kaplan, Paul Willemen

Overview

Ranging from pre-1930s Europe to contemporary "Bollywood" musicals, this extensive guide to international film covers areas as diverse as New German, Australian, Indian, and South American cinema. A team of international contributors explains the key arguments and debates involved in the study of world cinema and also provides an overview of the avant-garde, the documentary, and recent technological developments. Featuring illustrations throughout, further reading recommendations, and chapter summaries, World Cinema: Critical Approaches serves as an exceptional text for courses in film and media studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198742821
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/17/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	9.76(w) x 7.46(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

John Hill is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Media and Performance Studies at the University of Ulster at Coleraine

Pamela Church Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, a constituent college of the London Institute

CONSULTANT EDITORS

Richard Dyer is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick

E. Ann Kaplan teaches in the Department of English at the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook, New York

Paul Willemen is Professor, Department of Media Studies, Napier University, Edinburgh

Table of Contents

REDEFINING CINEMA: INTERNATIONAL AND AVANT-GARDE ALTERNATIVES1. Concepts of National Cinema, Stephen Crofts2. Modernism and the Avante-Gardes, Murray Smith3. Realism, Modernism, and Post-Colonial, Ashish RajadhyakshaREDEFINING CINEMA: OTHER GENRES4. The Documentary Film, John Izod & 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, by Keith Reader; (b) Ingmar Bergman, by Chris Darke; (c) Chantal Akerman, by Cathy Fowler; (d) Pedro Almodóvar, by José Arroyo; (e) Luc Besson, by Susan Hayward; (f) Brigitte Bardot: A Star Case Study, by 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 (a). Hong Kong Cinema: Discovery and Pre-Discovery, Stephen Teo21 (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-CarvajalFILM IN A CHANGING AGE26. Film and Changing Technologies, Laura Kipnis27. Film and Television, John Hill