Classical Hollywood Film Cycles (Routledge Advances in Film Studies) - Softcover

Wallin, Zoe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367660563 ISBN 13: 9780367660567

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book explores the ways in which Hollywood film cycles from the 1930s to the 1960s were shaped by their surrounding industrial contexts and market environments, to build an inclusive conception of the form, operation, and function of film cycles.

By foregrounding patterns of distribution, spaces of exhibition, and modes of consumption as key components of the form and mechanics of cycles, this book develops a methodology for defining cycles based on an analysis of the industry and trade discourse. Applying her unique framework to six case studies of different cycles, Zoe Wallin blends a wide range of historical sources to analyze the many cultural, social, political, aesthetic, and industrial contexts relevant to these films.

This book makes an important contribution to the literature in the area of film historiography, and will be of interest to any scholars of film studies, history and media studies.

About this title

About the Author

Zoe Wallin is a Research Associate in the Department of Screen and Media at Flinders University, South Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367660563
• ISBN 13: 9780367660567
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286