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Approaches to Popular Film

Paperback • 1995 • English • 1. edition

Approaches to Popular Film

By Joanne Hollows, Mark Jancovich

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About the book

An invaluable introduction to popular film and the way in which it is studied this book brings together the critical approaches and issues that have sought to define popular film from the 1950s to the present day. It includes discussion of mass culture theory and political economy; auteur theory; genre theory; star studies; historical poetics; screen theory; feminism and cultural studies. Written by specialists, Approaches to popular film is an ideal textbook for students coming to film theory f...Show more

Film history, theory or criticism
Popular culture
Media studies

Book details

ISBN

9780719043932

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published year

1995

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Approaches to Popular Film

Format

Paperback

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