Traditions in World Cinema

Linda Badley; R. Barton Palmer; Steven Jay Schneider

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2005

Traditions in World Cinema

Linda Badley , R. Barton Palmer and Steven Jay Schneider

In the series Traditions in World Cinema

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748626267

Overview
Contents

About this book

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.

Key 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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PREFACE Toby Miller Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
INTRODUCTION Linda Badley and R. Barton Palmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I EUROPEAN TRADITIONS
1 German Expressionism J. P. Telotte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 Italian Neorealism Peter Bondanella Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 The French New Wave Richard Neupert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4 The British New Wave R. Barton Palmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
PART II CENTRAL, EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN TRADITIONS
5 The Czechoslovak New Wave Peter Hames Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
6 Danish Dogma Linda Badley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
7 Post-Communist Cinema Christina Stojanova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
PART III SOUTH AMERICAN TRADITIONS
8 Post-Cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema Randal Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
9 New Argentine Cinema Myrto Konstantarakos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
PART IV AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN TRADITIONS
10 Early Cinematic Traditions in Africa Roy Armes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
11 Israeli Persecution Films Nitzan Ben-Shaul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
12 New Iranian Cinema Negar Mottahedeh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
PART V ASIAN TRADITIONS
13 Popular Hindi Cinema and the Film Song Corey Creekmur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
14 Chinese Melodrama Stephen Teo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
15 Japanese Horror Cinema Jay McRoy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
PART VI AMERICAN AND TRANSNATIONAL TRADITIONS
16 The ‘New’ American Cinema Robert Kolker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
17 The Global Art of Found Footage Cinema Adrian Danks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Keywords: Film, Media & Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: December 8, 2005
ISBN: 9780748626267