Synopses & Reviews
Now available in paperback, this first major overview of film history offers a wide-ranging account of the methods, sources and approaches used by modern film historians. Key areas of research are analyzed alongside detailed case studies of well-known American, Australian, British and European films.
Review
'A very welcome entry into the field of film history, the contributors to this exemplary collection engage rigorously and imaginatively with the structures and processes that have shaped the medium of film. Structured around the four key areas of History, Authorship, Genre and Reception, this collection tackles some of the big questions that have vexed film historians - what is the relationship between creativity and commerce, how do ideas "get into" film in a lively and informative manner. An indispensable collection for students and researchers of film, media and cognate disciplines.' - Melanie Bell, Lecturer in Film, Newcastle University, UK
Synopsis
The firstmajor overview of the field of film history in twenty years, this book offers awide-ranging account of the methods, sources and approaches used by modern film historians. Thekey areas of research are analysed, alongside detailed case studies centred on well-known American, Australian, British and European films."
Synopsis
The New Film History offers cutting-edge research and analysis by leading film historians, exploring the key approaches, methods and sources used within modern film history
About the Author
JAMES CHAPMAN is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. His books include
Licence To Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films (1999),
Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present (2003) and
Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film (2005).
MARK GLANCY is Senior Lecturer in History at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, where he teaches courses in American and British film history. His publications include When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film, 1939-45 (1999) and The 39 Steps: A British Film Guide (2003). He is currently completing a book entitled Hollywood and the Americanization of Britain, From the 1920s to the Present.
SUE HARPER is the author of Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film (1994), Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (2000) and, with Vincent Porter, British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference (2003). She is the leader of an AHRC research project on 1970s British cinema.
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