The Film Cultures Reader

by Graeme Turner (Editor), Graeme Turner (Editor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2001

  $41.20

  The Film Cultures Reader brings together key writings on contemporary cinema by leading authors in cinema and cultural studies. It focuses on film as a social and cultural practice, and on the relationship between cinema and popular culture. The Reader is divided into six thematic sections:

  • understanding film
  • technology
  • film Industries
  • meanings and pleasures
  • identities
  • audiences
  • consumption.

  The perfect companion to Film as Social Practics, key features of the Reader include the editor's introduction to each thematic section, the focus on contemporary popular cinema and a comprehensive bibliography and resource information.