Film and television analysis : an introduction to methods, theories, and approaches /

Benshoff, Harry M., 1963-

Film and television analysis : an introduction to methods, theories, and approaches / Harry M. Benshoff. - xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes glossary.


Includes bibliographical references and index.


Introduction to culture and cultural criticism -- Concepts of ideology -- Semiotics, structuralism, and beyond -- Authorship and the auteur theory -- Film and television genres -- Psychoanalysis (part one): basic concepts -- Psychoanalysis (part two): screen and apparatus theory -- Feminist approaches to film and television -- Film, television, and the postmodern -- Cultural studies and reception -- Audiences and fandoms -- Beyond identity politics: contemporary thinking on nation, race, gender, and sexuality.

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Film criticism.
Television criticism.





--Reading book

791.43015 / BEN