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Film Genre : Hollywood and Beyond / Barry Langford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748619030
  • 9781474470131
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- About this Book -- 1 Who Needs Genres? -- 2 Before Genre: Melodrama -- Part 1: Classical Paradigms -- Introduction -- 3 The Western: Genre and History -- 4 The Musical: Genre and Form -- 5. The War/Combat Film: Genre and Nation -- 6. The Gangster Film: Genre and Society -- Part 2: Transitional Fantasies -- Introduction -- 7. The Horror Film -- 8. The Science Fiction Film -- Part 3: Post-Classical Genres -- Introduction -- 9. Film Noir -- 10. The Action Blockbuster -- 11. Genre: Breaking the Frame -- 12. Conclusion: Transgenre? -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619030);Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. The book ranges widely across the field, dealing separately and in detail with not only classic genres - including the Western, the musical, the war film, the gangster film, and film noir - but also more recent trends such as body-horror, Holocaust film, and the action blockbuster. Throughout the book, genre is presented as a constantly evolving phenomenon. Writing in a sophisticated yet accessible style, Barry Langford shows how notions of genre help shape the ways that filmmakers, critics and audiences view films and how the often complex scholarly debates around genre reflect important differences in the ways cinema is understood in relation to its social and historical contexts. The book encourages students to interrogate and broaden received ideas about genre.Key FeaturesKey text suitable for both undergraduate and advanced students Detailed close analyses of key films (including The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan and Singin' in the Rain) Comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading Up-to-date and theoretically informed"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474470131

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- About this Book -- 1 Who Needs Genres? -- 2 Before Genre: Melodrama -- Part 1: Classical Paradigms -- Introduction -- 3 The Western: Genre and History -- 4 The Musical: Genre and Form -- 5. The War/Combat Film: Genre and Nation -- 6. The Gangster Film: Genre and Society -- Part 2: Transitional Fantasies -- Introduction -- 7. The Horror Film -- 8. The Science Fiction Film -- Part 3: Post-Classical Genres -- Introduction -- 9. Film Noir -- 10. The Action Blockbuster -- 11. Genre: Breaking the Frame -- 12. Conclusion: Transgenre? -- Bibliography -- Index

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619030);Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. The book ranges widely across the field, dealing separately and in detail with not only classic genres - including the Western, the musical, the war film, the gangster film, and film noir - but also more recent trends such as body-horror, Holocaust film, and the action blockbuster. Throughout the book, genre is presented as a constantly evolving phenomenon. Writing in a sophisticated yet accessible style, Barry Langford shows how notions of genre help shape the ways that filmmakers, critics and audiences view films and how the often complex scholarly debates around genre reflect important differences in the ways cinema is understood in relation to its social and historical contexts. The book encourages students to interrogate and broaden received ideas about genre.Key FeaturesKey text suitable for both undergraduate and advanced students Detailed close analyses of key films (including The Matrix, Saving Private Ryan and Singin' in the Rain) Comprehensive bibliography and guide to further reading Up-to-date and theoretically informed"

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)