Authorship and Film
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| Title: | Authorship and Film |
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| Description: | Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the question of authorship by connecting it to larger issues of identity--in film, in the marketplace, in society, in culture. Essays range from the auteur theory and Casablanca to Oscar Micheaux, from the American avant-garde to community video, all illuminating how'authorship'is a complex idea with far-reaching implications. This ambitious and wide-ranging book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with film studies and the concept of the author. |
| Authors: | David A. Gerstner, Janet Staiger |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Motion picture authorship, Motion pictures and literature, Auteur theory (Motion pictures) |
| Categories: | PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the question of authorship by connecting it to larger issues of identity--in film, in the marketplace, in society, in culture. Essays range from the auteur theory and Casablanca to Oscar Micheaux, from the American avant-garde to community video, all illuminating how'authorship'is a complex idea with far-reaching implications. This ambitious and wide-ranging book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with film studies and the concept of the author. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415939935 9780415939942 9781135225483 9781135225490 9781135372248 9781135372316 9780203698976 |
