Approaches to Popular Film
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Approaches to Popular Film
By (Author) Joanne Hollows
Edited by Mark Jancovich
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
30th March 1995
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
791.43015
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
An introduction to popular film and the way in which it is studied, this book brings together the critical approaches and issues that have sought to define popular film from the 1950s to the present day. It inlcudes discussion of mass culture theory and political economy; autuer theory; genre theory; star studies; historical poetics; screen theory; feminism; and cultural studies.
Author Bio
Joanne Hollows is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Nottingham Trent University Mark Jancovich is Reader and Director of the Institute of Film Studies at the University of Nottingham
