Book Series in Media & Film Studies
In Focus: Routledge Film Readers
New & Published Titles:
Hollywood and War, The Film Reader
Discussing such classic films as Sergeant York, Air Force, and All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as more modern blockbusters like Apocalypse Now…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36780-6 (Routledge)
Color, The Film Reader
This is the first anthology devoted exclusively to the subject of colour in film and its history, production and technology.
Set out in thematic sections, the…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32442-7 (Routledge)
Transnational Cinema, The Film Reader
Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader provides an overview of the key concepts and debates within the developing field of transnational cinema.
Bringing together seminal essays…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37158-2 (Routledge)
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Technology and Culture, The Film Reader
Technology and Culture: The Film Reader brings together key theoretical texts from more than a century of writing on film and technology. It begins by…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31985-0 (Routledge)
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Queer Cinema, The Film Reader
Queer Cinema, The Film Reader examines the relationship between cinematic representations of sexuality and their social, historical, and industrial contexts.
Clearly divided into an introductory…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31987-4 (Routledge)
Movie Acting, The Film Reader
Movie Acting: The Film Reader explores one of the most central but often overlooked aspects of cinema: film acting.
Combining classic and recent essays, it…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31025-3 (Routledge)
Stars, The Film Reader
From two distinguished academics, Stars: The Film Reader brings together key writings and new perspectives on stars and stardom in cinema including coverage of stars…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27893-5 (Routledge)
Movie Music, The Film Reader
Bringing together material from the areas of documentary, fandom and animation, Movie Music, the Film Reader comprises an important first collection of writings about film… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28160-7 (Routledge)
Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader
Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader brings together key writings on one of the most consistently popular genres of Hollywood cinema. Despite the cult reputations enjoyed… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23552-5 (Routledge)
Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader
This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the long tradition of American avant-garde cinema, from its origins in the 1920s to the work of contemporary… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27787-7 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The In Focus series of readers is a comprehensive resource for students on film and cinema studies courses. The series explores the innovations of film studies while highlighting the vital connection of debates to other academic fields and to studies of other media. The readers bring together key articles on a major topic in film studies, from marketing to Hollywood comedy, identifying the central issues, exploring how and why scholars have approached it in specific ways, and tracing continuities of thought among scholars.
Each reader opens with an introductory essay setting the debates in their academic context, explaining the topic's historical and theoretical importance, and surveying and critiquing its development in film studies.