Keyframes: Popular Cinema And Cultural Studies
by Amy Villarejo /
2001 / English / PDF
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Keyframes
Keyframes introduces the study of popular cinema of
Hollywood and beyond and responds to the transformative effect of
cultural studies on film studies.
introduces the study of popular cinema of
Hollywood and beyond and responds to the transformative effect of
cultural studies on film studies.
The contributors rethink contemporary film culture using ideas and
concerns from feminism, queer theory, 'race' studies, critiques of
nationalism, colonialism and post-colonialism, the cultural
economies of fandom, spectator theory, and Marxism. Combining a
film studies focus on the film industry, production and technology
with a cultural studies analysis of consumption and audiences,
The contributors rethink contemporary film culture using ideas and
concerns from feminism, queer theory, 'race' studies, critiques of
nationalism, colonialism and post-colonialism, the cultural
economies of fandom, spectator theory, and Marxism. Combining a
film studies focus on the film industry, production and technology
with a cultural studies analysis of consumption and audiences,Keframes
Keframes demonstrates the breadth of approaches now
available for understanding popular cinema. Subjects addressed
include:
demonstrates the breadth of approaches now
available for understanding popular cinema. Subjects addressed
include:
* Studying Ripley and the 'Alien' films
* Studying Ripley and the 'Alien' films
* Pedagogy and Political Correctness in Martial Arts cinema
* Pedagogy and Political Correctness in Martial Arts cinema
* Judy Garland fandom on the net
* Judy Garland fandom on the net
* Stardom and serial fantasies: Thomas Harris's 'Hannibal'
* Stardom and serial fantasies: Thomas Harris's 'Hannibal'
* Tom Hanks and the globalization of stars
* Tom Hanks and the globalization of stars
* Queer Bollywood
* Queer Bollywood
* Jackie Chan and the Black connection
* Jackie Chan and the Black connection
* '12 Monkeys', postmodernism and urban space.
* '12 Monkeys', postmodernism and urban space.
