The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)

Synopsis

Over 39 chapters The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History offers a comprehensive and revisionist overview of British cinema as, on the one hand, a commercial entertainment industry and, on the other, a series of institutions centred on economics, funding and relations to government. Whereas most histories of British cinema focus on directors, stars, genres and themes, this Companion explores the forces enabling and constraining the films’ production, distribution, exhibition, and reception contexts from the late nineteenth century to the present day. The contributors provide a wealth of empirical and archive-based scholarship that draws on insider perspectives of key film institutions and illuminates aspects of British film culture that have been neglected or marginalized, such as the watch committee system, the Eady Levy, the rise of the multiplex and film festivals. It also places emphasis on areas where scholarship has either been especially productive and influential, such as in early and silent cinema, or promoted new approaches, such as audience and memory studies.

Copyright:

2017

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

456 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781315392165

Related ISBNs:

9781315392189, 9780367581381, 9780415706193

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/10/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, I.Q. Hunter, Laraine Porter and Justin Smith

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

I.Q. Hunter

Edited by:

Laraine Porter

Edited by:

Justin Smith