TY - BOOK AU - Turner,Graeme TI - Film as social practice T2 - Studies in culture and communication SN - 0415215943 AV - PN1995.9.S6 T87 1999 U1 - 302.2343 21 PY - 1999/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Motion pictures KW - Social aspects KW - Communication N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -