
- 664 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Now in its sixth edition, this essential guide for students provides accessible definitions of a comprehensive range of genres, movements, world cinemas, theories and production terms.
This fully revised and updated book includes new topical entries that explore areas such as film and the environmental crisis; streaming and new audience consumption; diversity and intersectionality; questions related to race and representation; the Black Lives Matter movement; and New Wave Cinemas of Eastern European countries. Further new entries include accented/exilic cinema, border-cinema, the oppositional gaze, sonic sound and Black westerns. Existing entries have been updated, including discussion of #MeToo, and more contemporary film examples have been added throughout.
This is a must-have guide for any student starting out on this fascinating area of study and arguably the greatest art form of modern times.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface, how to use the book and acknowledgements
- List of key concepts
- The key concepts
- Bibliography
- Index of films
- Name index
- Subject index