| Title |
Film genre : Hollywood and beyond / Barry Langford. |
|
| Table of Contents |
| 1 | Who needs genres? | 1 |
| 2 | Before genre : melodrama | 29 |
| Pt. 1 | Classical paradigms | |
| 3 | western : genre and history | 54 |
| 4 | musical : genre and form | 82 |
| 5 | war/combat film : genre and nation | 105 |
| 6 | gangster film : genre and society | 132 |
| Pt. 2 | Transitional fantasies | |
| 7 | horror film | 158 |
| 8 | science fiction film | 182 |
| Pt. 3 | Post-classical genres | |
| 9 | Film Noir | 210 |
| 10 | action blockbuster | 233 |
| 11 | Genre : breaking the frame | 257 |
| 12 | Conclusion : transgenre? | 273 |
| Call no. |
791.436 LANG |
| Phys. Description |
x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Content Type |
text |
| Format Type |
volume |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-296) and index. |
| Subject |
Film genres.
|
| ISBN |
0748619038 |
|
074861902X |
|
