Film as social practice /
Turner, Graeme,
Film as social practice / Graeme Turner. - Third edition. - xviii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Studies in culture and communication . - Studies in culture and communication .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The feature film industry -- 2. From seventh art to social practice -- a history of film studies -- 3. Film languages -- 4. Film narrative -- 5. Film audiences -- 6. Film, culture, and ideology -- 7. Applications.
"Explores cinema from a social and cultural perspective, discussing film as a cultural industry and examining how issues of gender, class and ethnicity impact upon representation and spectatorship. This third edition of the best-selling work has been updated to include: analysis of recent films such as Scream 2, Lethal Weapon 4, and The Wedding Singer; an expanded section on feminist approaches to film; new material on narrative approaches, spectatorship, and psychoanalytic approaches; and increased focus on the industry in Hollywood and the rise of multiplexes."--Publisher description.
0415215943 9780415215947 0415215951 9780415215954
99019988
Motion pictures--Social aspects
Communication.
PN1995.9.S6 / T87 1999
302.2343
Film as social practice / Graeme Turner. - Third edition. - xviii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Studies in culture and communication . - Studies in culture and communication .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The feature film industry -- 2. From seventh art to social practice -- a history of film studies -- 3. Film languages -- 4. Film narrative -- 5. Film audiences -- 6. Film, culture, and ideology -- 7. Applications.
"Explores cinema from a social and cultural perspective, discussing film as a cultural industry and examining how issues of gender, class and ethnicity impact upon representation and spectatorship. This third edition of the best-selling work has been updated to include: analysis of recent films such as Scream 2, Lethal Weapon 4, and The Wedding Singer; an expanded section on feminist approaches to film; new material on narrative approaches, spectatorship, and psychoanalytic approaches; and increased focus on the industry in Hollywood and the rise of multiplexes."--Publisher description.
0415215943 9780415215947 0415215951 9780415215954
99019988
Motion pictures--Social aspects
Communication.
PN1995.9.S6 / T87 1999
302.2343