Film Studies Critical Approaches

by Hill, John; Gibson, Pamela Church; Dyer, Richard; Kaplan, E. Ann; Willemen, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780198742807
• ISBN10: 0198742800
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The most up-to-date critical guide available, Film Studies: Critical Approaches covers all the significant theories, debates, and approaches to the subject. A team of international experts provides a clear and comprehensive overview of all the major theoretical and critical approaches involved in film analysis, including detailed coverage of established critical traditions--such as semiotics, feminism, and psychoanalysis--as well as important new areas of study such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, and identity politics. Chapter summaries and further reading lists help students to assimilate the material. Ideal for courses in film criticism and textual analysis, Film Studies: Critical Approaches guides students through the maze of theory to the heart of the subject.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
List of Illustrations	xi
General Introduction	xiii
John Hill
FILM STUDIES: CRITICAL APPROACHES	1	(8)
Introduction to film studies	1	(8)
Richard Dyer
Studying the film text	9	(40)
The film text and film form	9	(19)
Robert P. Kolker
Readings: Written on the Wind	24	(2)
Robin Wood
Citizen Kane	26	(2)
Peter Wollen
Film acting	28	(6)
Paul McDonald
Film costume	34	(7)
Pamela Church Gibson
Film music	41	(8)
Claudia Gorbman
The film text: theoretical frameworks	49	(55)
Classic film theory and semiotics	49	(7)
Antony Easthope
Formalism and neo-formalism	56	(9)
Ian Christie
Reading: Poetry and prose in cinema	65	(1)
Viktor Shklovsky
Impressionism, surrealism, and film theory	65	(10)
Robert B. Ray
Film and psychoanalysis	75	(14)
Barbara Creed
Post-structuralism and deconstruction	89	(5)
Peter Brunette
Film and postmodernism	94	(10)
John Hill
Film text and context: gender, ideology, and identities	104	(70)
Marxism and film	104	(11)
Chuck Kleinhans
Reading: The political thriller debate	114	(1)
John Hill
Feminism and film	115	(18)
Patricia White
Readings: Rebecca	132	(1)
Mary Ann Doane
Rebecca	133	(1)
Tania Modleski
Gay and lesbian criticism	133	(13)
Anneke Smelik
Queer theory	146	(5)
Alexander Doty
Pornography	151	(5)
Laura Kipnis
Race, ethnicity, and film	156	(11)
Robyn Wiegman
Film and Cultural identity	167	(7)
Rey Chow
Film text and context: culture, history, and reception	174	(48)
Film and history	174	(14)
Dudley Andrew
Sociology and film	188	(5)
Andrew Tudor
Cultural studies and film	193	(7)
Graeme Turner
Film audiences	200	(10)
Jostein Gripsrud
Hermeneutics, reception aesthetics, and film interpretation	210	(12)
Noel King
List of Picture Sources and Readings	222	(1)
Index of Selected Names and Film Titles	223