Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415227402 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 552 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is the author of French National Cinema (Routledge, 1993). . Susan Hayward is Professor of French and lectures in French cinema at the University of Exeter
Entries include:* auteur theory* Blaxploitation* British New Wave* feminist film theory* intertextuality* method acting* pornography* Third World Cinema* Vampire movies.. Now in its second edition, the text has been completely revised and expanded to meet the needs of today's students and film enthusiasts. This is the essential guide for anyone interested in film. Some 150 key genres, movements, theories and production terms are explained and analyzed with depth and clarity
Elyse Stever said Excellent Reference. I've taken several film studies classes while in college and this book makes an excellent reference guide. The information she provides is to the point, easily accessible and supplements any film class. Sure, it's not a very interesting cover to cover read because it's a reference guide. It will help you when you forget specific terms and vocabulary in film studies, and terms are easy to look up quickly before you get called on in class!. Scholarly, Well Researched, Dense with Theory Susan Hayward has done a good job putting together a compendium of cinema concepts. Her work is very scholarly and well researched with a good deal of additional references (for further reading.)Professor Hayward's bio says she is a Professor of French Studies. It shows in her book. If you feel like you haven't had your fill of post modernism, semiotics and structuralist/post structuralist theory, this book will get your diet straight.This isn't the kind of book you'd just sit down and read from cover to cover. It's more of a reference. My complaint is that
. About the Author Susan Hayward is Professor of French and lectures in French cinema at the University of Exeter. She is the author of French National Cinema (Routledge, 1993)