Traditions in World CinemaLinda Badley The core volume in the Traditions in World Cinema series, this book brings together a colourful and wide-ranging collection of world cinematic traditions - national, regional and global - all of which are in need of introduction, investigation and, in some cases, critical reassessment. Topics include: German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French New Wave, British new wave, Czech new wave, Danish Dogma, post-Communist cinema, Brazilian post-Cinema Novo, new Argentine cinema, pre-revolutionary African traditions, Israeli persecution films, new Iranian cinema, Hindi film songs, Chinese wenyi pian melodrama, Japanese horror, new Hollywood cinema and global found footage cinema.Features*Includes a preface by Toby Miller.*Each chapter covers a key world cinema tradition and is written by an expert in the field: Roy Armes, Nitzan Ben-Shaul, Peter Bondanella, Corey Creekmur, Adrian Danks, Peter Hames, Randal Johnson, Robert Kolker, Myrto Konstantarakos, Jay McRoy, Negar Mottahedeh, Richard Neupert, Christina Stojanova, J.P. Telotte, Stephen Teo.*Traditions are examined from a wide range of views and include historical, social, cultural and industrial perspectives. |
Contents
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PART I EUROPEAN TRADITIONS | 13 |
1 GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM | 15 |
2 ITALIAN NEOREALISM | 29 |
3 THE FRENCH NEW WAVE | 41 |
4 THE BRITISH NEW WAVE | 52 |
PART II CENTRAL EASTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN TRADITIONS | 65 |
5 THE CZECHOSLOVAK NEW WAVE | 67 |
PART IV AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN TRADITIONS | 141 |
10 EARLY CINEMATIC TRADITIONS IN AFRICA | 143 |
11 ISRAELI PERSECUTION FILMS | 160 |
12 NEW IRANIAN CINEMA | 176 |
PART V ASIAN TRADITIONS | 191 |
13 POPULAR HINDI CINEMA AND THE FILM SONG | 193 |
14 CHINESE MELODRAMA | 203 |
15 JAPANESE HORROR CINEMA | 214 |
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Traditions in World Cinema Linda Badley,R. Barton Palmer,Steven Jay Schneider No preview available - 2006 |
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