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Book SynopsisAn introduction to a wide range of traditions in world cinema.
Trade ReviewTraditions in World Cinema takes a more sophisticated and wide-ranging approach! This collection contains plenty of useful and informative material [and] several chapters throw light on neglected corners of cinematic history. Times Higher Education Supplement Traditions in World Cinema takes a more sophisticated and wide-ranging approach! This collection contains plenty of useful and informative material [and] several chapters throw light on neglected corners of cinematic history.
Table of ContentsPreface (Toby Miller); Introduction (Linda Badley & R. Barton Palmer); I. European Traditions; 1. German Expressionism (J.P. Telotte); 2. Italian Neorealism (Peter Bondanella); 3. The French New Wave (Richard Neupert); 4. The British New Wave (R. Barton Palmer); II. Central, Eastern and Northern European Traditions; 5. The Czechoslovak New Wave (Peter Hames); 6. Danish Dogma (Linda Badley); 7. Post-Communist Cinema (Christina Stojanova); III. South American Traditions; 8. Post-Cinema Novo Brazilian Cinema (Randal Johnson); 9. New Argentine Cinema (Myrto Konstantarakos); IV. African and Middle Eastern Traditions; 10. Early Cinematic Traditions in Africa (Roy Armes); 11. Israeli Persecution Films (Nitzan Ben-Shaul); 12. New Iranian Cinema (Negar Mottahedeh); V. Asian Traditions; 13. Popular Hindi Cinema and the Film Song (Corey Creekmur); 14. Chinese Melodrama (Stephen Teo); 15. Japanese Horror Cinema (Jay McRoy); VI. American and Transnational Traditions; 16. The 'New' American Cinema (Robert Kolker); 17. The Global Art of Found Footage Cinema (Adrian Danks).
