Cinema Studies & Popular Cinema Books

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51. Brazilian National Cinema

    By Lisa Shaw, Stephanie Dennison

    Series: National Cinemas

    Brazilian cinema is one of the most influential national cinemas in Latin America and this wide-ranging study traces the evolution of Brazilian film from the silent era to the present day, including detailed studies of more recent international box-office hits, such as Central Station (1998) and...

    Published August 19th 2007 by Routledge
52. Queer Screen

    A Screen Reader

    Edited by Jackie Stacey, Sarah Street

    Series: The Screen Readers

    Queer Screen: A Screen Reader brings together a selection of key articles on queer cinema published over the past two decades in the internationally renowned journal, Screen, with new introductory editorial material from Jackie Stacey and Sarah Street. Queer Screen features scholarship which...

    Published May 16th 2007 by Routledge
53. America First

    Naming the Nation in US Film

    Edited by Mandy Merck

    At a time when the expanded projection of US political, military, economic and cultural power draws intensified global concern, understanding how that country understands itself seems more important than ever. This collection of new critical essays tackles this old problem in a new way, by...

    Published March 7th 2007 by Routledge
54. Philosophy Goes to the Movies

    An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition

    By Christopher Falzon

    Drawing on a wide range of films from around the world, and the ideas of a diverse selection of thinkers from Plato and Descartes to Marcuse and Foucault, Philosophy Goes to the Movies introduces and discusses central areas of philosophical concern, including: *the theory of knowledge *...

    Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge
55. Feminist Film Theorists

    Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis, Barbara Creed

    By Shohini Chaudhuri

    Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers

    Focusing on the ground-breaking work of Laura Mulvey, Kaja Silverman, Teresa de Lauretis and Barbara Creed, this book explores how, since it began in the 1970s, feminist film theory has revolutionized the way that films and their spectators can be understood. Examining the new and distinctive...

    Published August 23rd 2006 by Routledge
56. Color, The Film Reader

    Edited by Angela Dalle Vacche, Brian Price

    Series: In Focus: Routledge Film Readers

    This is the first anthology devoted exclusively to the subject of colour in film and its history, production and technology. Set out in thematic sections, the book addresses key issues in the field including: the development of colour technology how visual stule was affected by the shift from...

    Published June 22nd 2006 by Routledge
57. Screening World Cinema

    Edited by Catherine Grant, Annette Kuhn

    Series: The Screen Readers

    Screening World Cinema brings together a selection of the best articles on the topic of world cinema published in the esteemed Screen journal. Available in one volume for the first time, this collection allows readers to cross-reference debates and essays that have ranged across many issues of...

    Published April 11th 2006 by Routledge
58. British Queer Cinema

    Edited by Robin Griffiths

    Series: British Popular Cinema

    British Queer Cinema draws together a diverse range of innovative new essays that explore, for the first time, the provocative history of lesbian, gay and queer representation in British cinema. From the early years of ‘Pre-Gay’ film, through to the social upheaval of post-war ‘permissiveness’,...

    Published March 1st 2006 by Routledge
59. Projecting a Camera

    Language-Games in Film Theory

    By Edward Branigan

    In Projecting a Camera, film theorist Edward Branigan offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding film theory. Why, for example, does a camera move? What does a camera "know"? (And when does it know it?) What is the camera's relation to the subject during long static shots? What happens when...

    Published January 12th 2006 by Routledge
60. French National Cinema

    2nd Edition

    By Susan Hayward

    Series: National Cinemas

    This revised and updated version of a successful and established text, French National Cinema offers a thorough and much-needed historical overview of French cinema at a time when it continues to grow in popularity with films such as Amelie and Belleville Rendez-vous. Brought wholly up to date...

    Published June 16th 2005 by Routledge