Refiguring American film genres : history and theory /
Refiguring American film genres : history and theory /
Nick Browne, editor.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
- xiv, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A collection of essays by American scholars examining fresh territory in genre film criticism. The contributors offer ways to think about types of films and patterns in films in a historical context. Included are essays on melodrama, race, "film noir" and the industrial context of genre production.
0520207319 (alk. paper) 9780520207318 0520207300 (alk. paper) 9780520207301
97042091
Film genres--United States.
Géneros cinematográficos--Estados Unidos
Cine --Historia--Estados Unidos
PN 1993.5 / R332 1998
791.43/6
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A collection of essays by American scholars examining fresh territory in genre film criticism. The contributors offer ways to think about types of films and patterns in films in a historical context. Included are essays on melodrama, race, "film noir" and the industrial context of genre production.
0520207319 (alk. paper) 9780520207318 0520207300 (alk. paper) 9780520207301
97042091
Film genres--United States.
Géneros cinematográficos--Estados Unidos
Cine --Historia--Estados Unidos
PN 1993.5 / R332 1998
791.43/6