French National Cinema

Informationen zum Autor Susan Hayward is Professor of French in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on French film and gender and sexuality in film. Her most recent publication is Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign (Continuum, 2003) Klappentext This revised and updated edition of a successful and established text provides a much-needed historical overview of French cinema from its roots through to the political and social developments in the 1990s and beyond. Zusammenfassung This revised and updated edition of a successful and established text provides a much-needed historical overview of French cinema from its roots through to the political and social developments in the 1990s and beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Defining the 'National' of a Country's Cinematographic Production  1. A Brief Ecohistory of France's Cinema Industry 1895-2003  2. Magical Moments of Musical Silence: French Cinema's Classical Age 1895-1929  3. From Clarity to Obscurity: French Cinema's Age of Modernism 1930-1958  4. From Ideology to Narcissism: French Cinema's Age of the Postmodern 1958-1991  5. Towards a Multiplicity of Voices: French Cinema's Age of the Postmodern, Part Two 1992-2004

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• Authors: Susan Hayward, Susan (University of Exeter Hayward, Will Higbee, Will Hayward Higbee, HIGBEE WILL HAYWARD SUSAN
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2005
• EAN: 9780415307826
• ISBN: 978-0-415-30782-6
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: National Cinemas; National Cinemas
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science