Defining Cinema (Rutgers Depth of Field Series)

Lehman, Peter, ed. w. intro.

ISBN 10: 081352301X / ISBN 13: 9780813523019

Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997

About this Item

Brick cl., black lettering backstr. Viii, 216pp. incl. contributors, index. MINT.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1786896390688

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defining Cinema (Rutgers Depth of Field Series)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081352301X
• ISBN 13: 9780813523019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 16.51W x 24.13H x 2.54D centimeters 16.51 centimeters width by 24.13 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1.199 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Literature
  • Art History
  • Literary Criticism

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Synopsis

This text focuses on the theoretical foundations of film studies as a discipline. It combines reprints of essays by major film theorists with contemporary analyses of their work. They offer accounts of what cinema is, how people watch and respond to films, and what constitutes good film-making.

About the Author

Peter Lehman is the director of the Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books, including "Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body" and "Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity", and is the editor of "Pornography: Film and Culture" (Rutgers University Press).

Peter Lehman is the director of the Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books, including "Running Scared: Masculinity and the Representation of the Male Body" and "Roy Orbison: The Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity", and is the editor of "Pornography: Film and Culture" (Rutgers University Press).