| Screening World Cinema: A Screen Reader Contributor(s): Grant, Catherine (Editor), Kuhn, Annette (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041538429X ISBN-13: 9780415384292 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: "Screening World Cinema" brings together a selection of key articles on world cinema published over the past two decades in the internationally renowned journal "Screen." This new collection allows readers to cross-reference the wide-ranging debates on world cinema that have been pursued and developed across many issues of the journal. Themes addressed include the problem of defining "World Cinema; " the relationship between "First" and "Third" cinemas and criticisms; issues of modernity and modernization; and melodrama as a national and transnational cinematic mode. "Screening World Cinema "also features chapters on important contemporary world cinemas--New Iranian, Latin American and Chinese cinemas among them--as they negotiate issues of globalization and cultural and political modernity, as well as a complete listing of articles and other items on world cinema publishing in "Screen" since 1976."" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Film - Screenwriting - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.43 |
| LCCN: 2005029278 |
| Series: Screen Readers |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.28" W x 9.22" (0.85 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Screening World Cinema brings together a selection of the best articles on the topic of world cinema published in the esteemed Screen journal. Available in one volume for the first time, this collection allows readers to cross-reference debates and essays that have ranged across many issues of Screen. Themes addressed include:
With a selection of articles on key contemporary 'world' cinemas - New Iranian, Latin American and Chinese as well, this will be a must-read for all students of world cinema. |
