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Cinemas of the World

Cinemas of the World

by James Chapman
Cinemas of the World
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Cinemas of the World

Cinemas of the World

by James Chapman

Overview

Truly international in scope, Cinemas of the World covers US and European film, as well as Bollywood, Middle Eastern, Asiatic and other national cinemas. This is the only comprehensive, general overview of world cinema currently available.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781861895745
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 06/16/2011
Series: Globalities
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author


James Chapman is Lecturer in Film and Television History at the Open University. He is the author of The British at War: Cinema, State and Propaganda, 1939–1945 (1998) and Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films (1999).

Table of Contents


Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Film History: Sources, Methods, Approaches
2. World Cinemas: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
PART II: SILENT CINEMA
3. Early Cinema
4. The Emergence of National Cinemas
PART III: HOLLYWOOD CINEMA
5. The Dream Factory
6. New Hollywood
7. American Genres, American Society
PART IV: EUROPEAN CINEMAS
8. European Cinemas in Peace and War
9. New Waves, New Cinemas
10. Popular Genres, Popular Pleasures
PART V: WORLD CINEMAS
11. The Challenge of Third Cinema
12. Bollywood and Beyond
13. Asiatic Cinemas
14. Middle Eastern Cinemas
15. Anglophone Cinemas
PART VI: CONCLUSION
16. Cinema Without Frontiers
References
Select Bibliography
List of Illustrations
General Index
Film Index
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