Film Theory, 1st Edition
An Introduction
$60.80
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
16 December 1999
Summary
This book is a lively and provoking introduction to film theory. It is suitable for students from any discipline but is particularly aimed at students studying film and literature as it examines issues common to both subjects such as realism, illusionism, narration, point of view, style, semiotics, psychoanalysis and multiculturalism. It also includes coverage of theorists common to both, Barthes, Lacan and Bakhtin among others.
Robert Stam, renowned for his clarity of writing, will a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780631206545 |
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| ISBN-10: | 063120654X |
| Author: | Robert Stam |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 December 1999 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 147mm x 18mm |
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“A remarkable synthesis, recommended to anyone who wants to understand the questions and debates that have animated film theory in the twentieth century. Throughout, Stam’s discussion is lucid, generous, and intelligent.” James Naremore, Indiana University
About The Author
Robert Stam
Robert Stam is Professor in the Cinema Studies Department at New York University. His many books include Film Theory: An Introduction (Blackwell Publishers, 1999), Tropical Multiculturalism: A Comparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema and Culture (1997), Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media with Ella Shohat (1994), which won the Katherine Singer Kovocs ‘Best Film Book Award’; and Subversive Pleasures: Bakhtin, Cultural Criticism, and Film (1992).
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