The New Film History Sources, Methods, Approaches [Hardcover]

The first?major overview of the field of film history in twenty years,?this book offers a?wide-ranging account of the methods, sources and approaches used by modern film historians. The?key areas of research are analysed,?alongside detailed case studies centred on well-known American, Australian, British and European films.Notes on Contributors INTRODUCTION: The New Film History; J.Chapman, M.Glancy & S.Harper PART 1: HISTORY Gone With the Wind (1939) and the Lost Cause: A Critical View; M.Stokes History and Representation: The Case of 1970s British Cinema; S.Harper Gallipoli (1981): 'A Poignant Search For National Identity'; M.Connelly 'This Ship is England': History, Politics and National Identity in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003); J.Chapman PART 2: AUTHORSHIP Art In Context: British Film Design of the 1940s; L.Ede The Author as Author: Restoring the Screenwriter to British Film History; A.Spicer When 'Hanoi Jane' Conquered Hollywood: Jane Fonda's Films and Activism, 1977-81; P.Kr?mer PART 3: GENRE The Politics of the Swashbuckler; J.Richards The Stalinist Musical; R.Taylor Now Voyager (1942): Melodrama Then and Now; M.Shingler From Gangster to Gangsta: The Hood Film's Criminal Allegiance with Hollywood; J.Munby PART 4: RECEPTION Blackmail (1929): Hitchcock and Film Nationalism; M.Glancy British Cinema, American Reception: Black Narcissus (1947) and the Legion of Decency; S.Street Studying Cross-Cultural Marketing and Reception: Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966); I.Stigsdotter & T.Bergfelder The Wicker Man (1973) Email Digest: A Case Study in Web Ethnography; J.Smith Index

'A very welcome entry into the field of film history, the contributors to this exemplary collection engage rigorously and imaginatively with the structures and processes that have shaped the medium of film. Structured around the four key areas of History, Authorship, Genre and Reception, this collection tackles some of the big questions that have vexed film l£