Film Studies

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Beginning with the premise that the biopic is a form of adaptation and an example of intermediality, this collection examines the multiplicity of 'source texts' and the concurrent issues of celebrity, fidelity and authenticity that accompany this genre. Offering case studies of film biographies of l..

Both a work of feminist film criticism and an analysis of popular culture, this provocative book examines from a cultural studies perspective top film melodramas such as From Here to Eternity, A Streetcar Named Desire and East of Eden...

First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

In recent years few topics within film studies, and especially Hollywood cinema, have attracted more attention than American independent cinema. Written by some of the leading authors in the field, American independent cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond will introduce students to recent development..

In recent years few topics within film studies, and especially Hollywood cinema, have attracted more attention than American independent cinema. Written by some of the leading authors in the field, American independent cinema: indie, indiewood and beyond will introduce students to recent development..

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Beyond Spatial Montage: Windowing, or the Cinematic Displacement of Time, Motion, and Space offers an extended discussion of the morphology and structure of compositing, graphic juxtapositions, and montage employed in motion pictures. Drawing from the history of avant-garde and commercial cinema, as..

In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information a..

In Bollywood, anthropologist and film scholar Tejaswini Ganti provides a guide to the cultural, social and political significance of Hindi cinema, outlining the history and structure of the Bombay film industry, and the development of popular Hindi filmmaking since the 1930s. Providing information a..

This wide-ranging study traces the evolution of Brazilian film from the silent era, setting the context for a detailed study of more recent international box-office hits...