Author: Ian Hunter
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date: 2017-01-12
Size: 42.47 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : PERFORMING ARTS
Languages : en
Pages : 472
View: 1750

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To British Cinema History

Book by Ian Hunter, The Routledge Companion To British Cinema History Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To British Cinema History books, Over 39 chapters The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History offers a comprehensive and revisionist overview of British cinema as, on the one hand, a commercial entertainment industry and, on the other, a series of institutions centred on economics, funding and relations to government. Whereas most histories of British cinema focus on directors, stars, genres and themes, this Companion explores the forces enabling and constraining the films’ production, distribution, exhibition, and reception contexts from the late nineteenth century to the present day. The contributors provide a wealth of empirical and archive-based scholarship that draws on insider perspectives of key film institutions and illuminates aspects of British film culture that have been neglected or marginalized, such as the watch committee system, the Eady Levy, the rise of the multiplex and film festivals. It also places emphasis on areas where scholarship has either been especially productive and influential, such as in early and silent cinema, or promoted new approaches, such as audience and memory studies.

---

---

Author: Martin Conboy
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2014-09-15
Size: 43.77 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 610
View: 2179

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To British Media History

Book by Martin Conboy, The Routledge Companion To British Media History Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To British Media History books, The Routledge Companion to British Media History provides a comprehensive exploration of how different media have evolved within social, regional and national contexts. The 50 chapters in this volume, written by an outstanding team of internationally respected scholars, bring together current debates and issues within media history in this era of rapid change, and also provide students and researchers with an essential collection of comparable media histories. The first two parts of the Companion comprise a series of thematic chapters reflecting broadly on historiography, providing historical context for discussions of the power of the media and their social importance, arranged in the following sections: Media History Debates Media and Society The subsequent parts are made up of in-depth sections on different media formats, exploring various approaches to historicizing media futures, divided as follows: Newspapers Magazines Radio Film Television Digital Media The Routledge Companion to British Media History provides an essential guide to key ideas, issues, concepts and debates in the field. Chapter 40 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at www.tandfebooks.com/openaccess. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.

---

---

Author: Daniel Biltereyst
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2019-02-05
Size: 36.34 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 410
View: 7604

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To New Cinema History

Book by Daniel Biltereyst, The Routledge Companion To New Cinema History Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To New Cinema History books, The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History presents the most recent approaches and methods in the study of the social experience of cinema, from its origins in vaudeville and traveling exhibitions to the multiplexes of today. Exploring its history from the perspective of the cinemagoer, the study of new cinema history examines the circulation and consumption of cinema, the political and legal structures that underpinned its activities, the place that it occupied in the lives of its audiences and the traces that it left in their memories. Using a broad range of methods from the statistical analyses of box office economics to ethnography, oral history, and memory studies, this approach has brought about an undisputable change in how we study cinema, and the questions we ask about its history. This companion examines the place, space, and practices of film exhibition and programming; the questions of gender and ethnicity within the cinematic experience; and the ways in which audiences gave meaning to cinemagoing practices, specific films, stars, and venues, and its operation as a site of social and cultural exchange from Detroit and Laredo to Bandung and Chennai. Contributors demonstrate how the digitization of source materials and the use of digital research tools have enabled them to map previously unexplored aspects of cinema’s business and social history and undertake comparative analysis of the diversity of the social experience of cinema across regional, national, and continental boundaries. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History enlarges and refines our understanding of cinema’s place in the social history of the twentieth century.

---

---

Author: John Hill
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date: 2019-07-18
Size: 43.98 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 608
View: 3008

Get Book

A Companion To British And Irish Cinema

Book by John Hill, A Companion To British And Irish Cinema Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download A Companion To British And Irish Cinema books, A stimulating overview of the intellectual arguments and critical debates involved in the study of British and Irish cinemas British and Irish film studies have expanded in scope and depth in recent years, prompting a growing number of critical debates on how these cinemas are analysed, contextualized, and understood. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema addresses arguments surrounding film historiography, methods of textual analysis, critical judgments, and the social and economic contexts that are central to the study of these cinemas. Twenty-nine essays from many of the most prominent writers in the field examine how British and Irish cinema have been discussed, the concepts and methods used to interpret and understand British and Irish films, and the defining issues and debates at the heart of British and Irish cinema studies. Offering a broad scope of commentary, the Companion explores historical, cultural and aesthetic questions that encompass over a century of British and Irish film studies—from the early years of the silent era to the present-day. Divided into five sections, the Companion discusses the social and cultural forces shaping British and Irish cinema during different periods, the contexts in which films are produced, distributed and exhibited, the genres and styles that have been adopted by British and Irish films, issues of representation and identity, and debates on concepts of national cinema at a time when ideas of what constitutes both ‘British’ and ‘Irish’ cinema are under question. A Companion to British and Irish Cinema is a valuable and timely resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of film, media, and cultural studies, and for those seeking contemporary commentary on the cinemas of Britain and Ireland.

---

---

Author: Paisley Livingston
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2008-10-27
Size: 51.64 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 704
View: 290

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To Philosophy And Film

Book by Paisley Livingston, The Routledge Companion To Philosophy And Film Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To Philosophy And Film books, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film is the first comprehensive volume to explore the main themes, topics, thinkers and issues in philosophy and film. The Companion features sixty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars and is divided into four clear parts: • issues and concepts • authors and trends • genres • film as philosophy. Part one is a comprehensive section examining key concepts, including chapters on acting, censorship, character, depiction, ethics, genre, interpretation, narrative, reception and spectatorship and style. Part two covers authors and scholars of film and significant theories Part three examines genres such as documentary, experimental cinema, horror, comedy and tragedy. Part four includes chapters on key directors such as Tarkovsky, Bergman and Terrence Malick and on particular films including Memento. Each chapter includes a section of annotated further reading and is cross-referenced to related entries. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy of film, aesthetics and film and cinema studies.

---

---

Author: Mark Clapson
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2009-06-23
Size: 13.93 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
View: 2790

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To Britain In The Twentieth Century

Book by Mark Clapson, The Routledge Companion To Britain In The Twentieth Century Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To Britain In The Twentieth Century books, The Routledge Companion to Twentieth-Century Britain is a jargon-free guide to the social, economic and political history of Britain since 1900. Opening with a general introduction and overview of twentieth century Britain, the book contains a wealth of chronologies, facts and figures, introductions to major themes, the historiography of twentieth century Britain, a guide to sources and resources, biographies of the most important figures and a dictionary of key terms, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to this key period of change and development in this most urban of nations. From the outbreak of World War One, to the introduction of the NHS, to the first television set, this book covers in detail some of the most important events that shaped twentieth-century Britain. Topics discussed include: class: the working and middle classes gender: women’s history ethnicity: immigration and the idea of multicultural Britain social policy: poverty and welfare economic paradox: decline and affluence economic change: manufacturing and services popular culture: music, fashion, sports, screen liberalisation: Victorian Values and permissiveness political parties: the major and minor parties governments: achievements and problems the wider world: Ireland; decolonization; European integration. Packed with useful information, this guide will be an indispensable reference tool for all those seeking an introduction to twentieth century British history.

---

---

Author: Ernest Mathijs
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2019-11-22
Size: 16.65 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
View: 4792

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To Cult Cinema

Book by Ernest Mathijs, The Routledge Companion To Cult Cinema Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To Cult Cinema books, The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema offers an overview of the field of cult cinema – films at the margin of popular culture and art that have received exceptional cultural visibility and status mostly because they break rules, offend, and challenge understandings of achievement (some are so bad they’re good, others so good they remain inaccessible). Cult cinema is no longer only comprised of the midnight movie or the extreme genre film. Its range has widened and the issues it broaches have become battlegrounds in cultural debates that typify the first quarter of the twenty-first century. Sections are introduced with the major theoretical frameworks, philosophical inspirations, and methodologies for studying cult films, with individual chapters excavating the most salient criticism of how the field impacts cultural discourse at large. Case studies include the worst films ever; exploitation films; genre cinema; multiple media formats cult cinema is expressed through; issues of cultural, national, and gender representations; elements of the production culture of cult cinema; and, throughout, aspects of the aesthetics of cult cinema – its genre, style, look, impact, and ability to yank viewers out of their comfort zones. The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema goes beyond the traditional scope of Anglophone and North American cinema by including case studies of East and South Asia, continental Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, making it an innovative and important resource for researchers and students alike.

---

---

Author: Toby Miller
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2014-12-05
Size: 52.50 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 558
View: 5609

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To Global Popular Culture

Book by Toby Miller, The Routledge Companion To Global Popular Culture Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To Global Popular Culture books, Research on popular culture is a dynamic, fast-growing domain. In scholarly terms, it cuts across many areas, including communication studies, sociology, history, American studies, anthropology, literature, journalism, folklore, economics, and media and cultural studies. The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture provides an authoritative, up-to-date, intellectually broad, internationally-aware, and conceptually agile guide to the most important aspects of popular culture scholarship. Specifically, this Companion includes: interdisciplinary models and approaches for analyzing popular culture; wide-ranging case studies; discussions of economic and policy underpinnings; analysis of textual manifestations of popular culture; examinations of political, social, and cultural dynamics; and discussions of emerging issues such as ecological sustainability and labor. Featuring scholarly voices from across six continents, The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture presents a nuanced and wide-ranging survey of popular culture research.

---

---

Author: British Film Institute Staff
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date: 1996
Size: 76.84 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
View: 2680

Get Book

The Companion To British And Irish Cinema

Book by British Film Institute Staff, The Companion To British And Irish Cinema Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Companion To British And Irish Cinema books, A comprehensive A-Z guide to British and Irish films past and present, this book includes introductory essays, biographies of film-makers, actors, actresses and other personnel, significant films, schools of thought and movements, as well as detailed filmographies and lists of institutions, technical innovations, awards, critics and archives. It also considers the relationships between British film, European cinema and Hollywood.

---

---

Author: Eduardo Navas
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date: 2014-11-27
Size: 25.44 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
View: 7669

Get Book

The Routledge Companion To Remix Studies

Book by Eduardo Navas, The Routledge Companion To Remix Studies Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Companion To Remix Studies books, The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies comprises contemporary texts by key authors and artists who are active in the emerging field of remix studies. As an organic international movement, remix culture originated in the popular music culture of the 1970s, and has since grown into a rich cultural activity encompassing numerous forms of media. The act of recombining pre-existing material brings up pressing questions of authenticity, reception, authorship, copyright, and the techno-politics of media activism. This book approaches remix studies from various angles, including sections on history, aesthetics, ethics, politics, and practice, and presents theoretical chapters alongside case studies of remix projects. The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies is a valuable resource for both researchers and remix practitioners, as well as a teaching tool for instructors using remix practices in the classroom.

---

---