Film Genre From Iconography to Ideology by Barry Keith Grant

Film Genre From Iconography to Ideology by Barry Keith Grant

This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic in an accessible way and includes sections on the principles of studying and understanding "the idea of genre"; genre and popular culture; the narrative and stylistic conventions of specific genres; the relations of genres to culture and history, race, gender, sexuality, class and national identity; and the complex relations between genre and authorship. Case studies include: 42nd Street, Pennies from Heaven, Red River, All That Heaven Allows, Night of the Living Dead, Die Hard, Little Big Man, Blue Steel, and Posse.

Barry Keith Grant, a film studies and popular culture professor at Brock University in St. Catharines, says Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, is the author of Frederick Wiseman's Cinema, co-author of The Film Studies Dictionary, and editor of The Fear of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film, Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video, and Film Genre Reader.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781904764793
ISBN 10	1904764797
Title	Film Genre From Iconography to Ideology
Author	Barry Keith Grant
Series	Short Cuts Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wallflower Press
Year published	2007-03-31
Number of pages	144
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.