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Cynthia Lucia - American Film History: Selected Readings, 1960 to the Present - 9781118475126 - V9781118475126
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American Film History: Selected Readings, 1960 to the Present

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Description for American Film History: Selected Readings, 1960 to the Present Paperback. From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day. Editor(s): Lucia, Cynthia; Grundmann, Roy; Simon, Art. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; APF; HBJK; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1038.

From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day.

  • Considers essential subjects that have shaped the American film industry—from the impact of television and CGI to the rise of independent and underground film; from the impact of the civil rights, feminist and LGBT movements to that of 9/11.
  • Features a student-friendly structure dividing coverage into the periods 1960-1975, 1976-1990, and 1991 to the present day, each of which opens with an historical ... Read more
  • Brings together a rich and varied selection of contributions by established film scholars, combining broad historical, social, and political contexts with detailed analysis of individual films, including Midnight Cowboy, Nashville, Cat Ballou, Chicago, Back to the Future, Killer of Sheep, Daughters of the Dust, Nothing But a Man, Ali, Easy Rider, The Conversation, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Longtime Companion, The Matrix, The War Tapes, the Batman films, and selected avant-garde and documentary films, among many others.
  • Additional online resources, such as sample syllabi, which include suggested readings and filmographies, for both general and specialized courses, will be available online.
  • May be used alongside American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960 to provide an authoritative study of American cinema from its earliest days through the new millennium
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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781118475126
SKU
V9781118475126
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Ref
99-1

About Cynthia Lucia
Together, Cindy Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon are the editors of the four volume reference work, The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film (2012), of this volume and its companion, American Film History: Selected Readings, Origins to 1960 ( both 2016), all published by Wiley-Blackwell. Cynthia Lucia is Professor of English and Director of Film and Media Studies ... Read more

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