The New Film History
Subtitle: Sources, Methods, Approaches
Contributors: James Chapman (Editor); Mark Glancy (Editor); Sue Harper (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780230001695
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Film Criticism; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Motion pictures
Description: The New Film History is an accessible and wide-ranging account of the methods, sources and approaches used by modern film historians. Written in an engaging and lively style, the book seeks to overcome the traditional divide between Film Studies and Film History and to offer an overview of the key areas of research, including reception studies, genre, authorship and the historical film. It also offers detailed case studies on topics such as national identity and the historical film, the place of the screenwriter in authorship studies, the relationship between gangster and 'gansta', and the use of the Internet in reception studies. With contributions from fifteen leading film historians, this is the first major overview of the field of film history to be published in twenty years.