The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, Chinese wenyi pian melodrama, Japanese horror, new Hollywood cinema and global found footage cinema.Features*Includes a preface by Toby Miller.*Each chapter covers a key world cinema tradition and is written by an expert in the field: Roy Armes, Nitzan Ben-Shaul, Peter Bondanella, Corey Creekmur, Adrian Danks, Peter Hames, Randal Johnson, Robert Kolker, Myrto Konstantarakos, Jay McRoy, Negar Mottahedeh, Richard Neupert, Christina Stojanova, J.P. Telotte, Stephen Teo.*Traditions are examined from a wide range of views and include historical, social, cultural and industrial perspectives.
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An introduction to a wide range of traditions in world cinema.
Preface (Toby Miller); Introduction (Linda Badley & R. Barton Palmer); I. European Traditions; 1. German Expressionism (J.P. Telotte); 2. Italian Neorealism (Peter Bondanella); 3. The French New Wave (Richard Neupert); 4. The British New Wave (R. Barton Palmer); II. Central, Eastern and Northern European Traditions; 5. The Czechoslovak New Wave (Peter Hames); 6. Danish Dogma (Linda Badley); 7. Post-Communist Cinema (Christina Stojanova); III. South American Traditions; 8. Post-Cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema (Randal Johnson); 9. New Argentine Cinema (Myrto Konstantarakos); IV. African and Middle Eastern Traditions; 10. Early Cinematic Traditions in Africa (Roy Armes); 11. Israeli Persecution Films (Nitzan Ben-Shaul); 12. New Iranian Cinema (Negar Mottahedeh); V. Asian Traditions; 13. Popular Hindi Cinema and the Film Song (Corey Creekmur); 14. Chinese Melodrama (Stephen Teo); 15. Japanese Horror Cinema (Jay McRoy); VI. American and Transnational Traditions; 16. The 'New' American Cinema (Robert Kolker); 17. The Global Art of Found Footage Cinema (Adrian Danks).
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748618620
Publisert
2005-12-08
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
556 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288

Biografisk notat

Linda Badley is Professor of English and Film Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. She is the author of Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic (1995), Writing Horror and the Body (1996), and Lars von Trier (2010), and the co-editor of Traditions in World Cinema (2006). With R. Barton Palmer, she co-edits Traditions in World Cinema and Traditions in American Cinema, companion series at Edinburgh University Press. R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature Emeritus at Clemson University. He is the author, editor, or general editor of many books including Hollywood’s Dark Cinema: The American Film Noir (1994), After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality (2006), and A Little Solitaire: John Frankenheimer and American Film (2011). He is the series editor for EUP’s traditions in World Cinema, Traditions in American Cinema and International Film Stars series, and he is co-editor of five recent EUP books: Michael Mann, George Cukor, Film Noir, International Noir and The Other Hollywood Renaissance. Steven Jay Schneider is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Media Culture at the City University of New York.