Film Genre - From Iconography to Ideology - From Iconography to Ideology

Informationen zum Autor Barry Keith Grant Klappentext This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic in an accessible way and includes sections on the principles of studying and understanding "the idea of genre"; genre and popular culture; the narrative and stylistic conventions of specific genres; the relations of genres to culture and history, race, gender, sexuality, class and national identity; and the complex relations between genre and authorship. Case studies include: 42nd Street, Pennies from Heaven, Red River, All That Heaven Allows, Night of the Living Dead, Die Hard, Little Big Man, Blue Steel, and Posse. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Approaching Film Genre 2. Genre and Society 3. Genre and Authorship 4. Genre and Representation Conclusion: Beyond Hollywood Filmography Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Barry Keith Grant
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2007
• EAN: 9781904764793
• ISBN: 978-1-904764-79-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Short Cuts (Wallflower); Shortcuts; Short Cuts (Wallflower)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet