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Zusatztext Deftly negotiating the territory between introducing theoretical concepts and developing nuanced analyses, Walker's approach is ideally suited to engaging those new to considering how profoundly music and sound influence the experience of cinema. Informationen zum Autor Elsie Walker is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Salisbury University, Maryland. She has taught film in three countries (New Zealand and England, as well as the United States) and she has published many articles on film, sound tracks, and adaptations of Shakespeare. She co-edited Conversations With Directors (2008), and she is coeditor-in-chief of Literature/Film Quarterly. Klappentext Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory analyzes all aural aspects of cinema using several approaches: feminism, genre studies, post-colonialism, psychoanalysis, and queer theory. In her analysis of each sound track, Walker brings together film studies, musicology, history, politics, and culture in an accessible yet rigorous way. Zusammenfassung Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory analyzes all aural aspects of cinema using several approaches: feminism, genre studies, post-colonialism, psychoanalysis, and queer theory. In her analysis of each sound track, Walker brings together film studies, musicology, history, politics, and culture in an accessible yet rigorous way. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction Part One: Genre Studies Part Two: Postcolonialism Part Three: Feminism Part Four: Psychoanalysis Part Five: Queer Theory Coda Select Filmography Further Perceiving Select Glossary Index
