Hidden Foundation: Cinema and the Question of Class - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816627045 ISBN 13: 9780816627042

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 1996

Synopsis

Ranging from the earliest days of the cinema to the present, this volume re-establishes class as a fundamental aspect of film history. Featuring film scholars and historians, this volume begins with a review of the history of class in social and political thought, going on to chronicle its disappearance from film and cultural studies. Subsequent essays consider topics ranging from American and Soviet silent film through Chinese and American film in the 50s, to the restructuring of the working class that was a feature of films of the 1980s in both the United States and Britain.

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About the Author

David E. James is professor of critical studies in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816627045
• ISBN 13: 9780816627042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: James David, Berg Rick