Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond

by Barry Langford

Book Overview

Film Genre: Hollywood and Beyond provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. The book ranges widely across the field, dealing separately and in detail with not only classic genres - including the Western, the musical, the war film, the gangster film, and film noir - but also more recent trends such as body-horror, Holocaust film, and the action...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748619038
• ISBN13: 9780748619030
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher