Film genre : Hollywood and beyond /
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| Author / Creator: | Langford, Barry. |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2005. |
| Description: | x, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5935684 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Who needs genres?
- 2. Before genre : melodrama
- Pt. 1. Classical paradigms
- 3. The western : genre and history
- 4. The musical : genre and form
- 5. The war/combat film : genre and nation
- 6. The gangster film : genre and society
- Pt. 2. Transitional fantasies
- 7. The horror film
- 8. The science fiction film
- Pt. 3. Post-classical genres
- 9. Film Noir
- 10. The action blockbuster
- 11. Genre : breaking the frame
- 12. Conclusion : transgenre?
