Defining Cinema - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0485300826 ISBN 13: 9780485300826

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2000

Synopsis

This text focuses on the theoretical foundations of film studies as a discipline. It combines reprints of essays by major film theorists with contemporary analyses of their work. They offer accounts of what cinema is, how people watch and respond to films, and what constitutes good film-making.

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About the Author

Peter Lehman is the director of the Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books, including "Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body" and "Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity", and is the editor of "Pornography: Film and Culture" (Rutgers University Press).

Peter Lehman is the director of the Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books, including "Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body" and "Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity", and is the editor of "Pornography: Film and Culture" (Rutgers University Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0485300826
• ISBN 13: 9780485300826
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: Lehman Peter