Reinventing Film Studies; Editor: Gledhill, Christine; Editor: Williams, Linda; Paperback

Editor: Gledhill, Christine; Editor: Williams, Linda
Reissue; Paperback; Facsimiles, Portraits
475 pages
Published: March 2000
Arnold
ISBN: 0340677236

This anthology of specially-commissioned essays introduces the film student to some of the central questions and debates that have concerned the development of film studies. Written by a team of noted scholars, the collection focuses on issues that confront us today, assessing the impact on the discipline of recent technological, cultural, and social developments; challenging received thinking, and reinventing film studies for the post-film era. In each of five thematic sections, early essays open up key problems, issues, and debates while a case study offers concrete examples of what various approaches can deliver. Covering all major topics and fully up-to-date, this reader will be a key text for all serious undergraduate and graduate students who want to understand where film iWritten by a team of internationally renowned film scholars. Fully comprehensive in content and up to the minute in focus. In this text film scholars reflect from the perspective of their own area of expertise on film studies in this changing environment. They examine key issues, assess the impact on the discipline of these developments, challenge recieved thinking, and reinvent film studies for the post-film era.