Published on December 1, 2011
Comprising over 90 essays and richly illustrated with over 200 images, the Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film provides a chronological portrait of American film history from its origins to the present day.
Taken as a whole, the essays in this collection represent a comprehensive and nuanced overview of American film history from the intersecting perspectives of industry, audiences, aesthetics, culture, politics, issues, and ideology.
Unabashedly ambitious, deeply historical, and unprecedented in its multi-faceted examination of film history, this collection offers you:
- Over 90 original essays written by an international cast of film scholars
- Discussions of the industrial and institutional components of film history, including multiple modes of production, distribution, and marketing
- Investigations into the political, social, and economic factors that informed industry change and framed the reception of films
- Engaging close readings and in-depth analysis of canonical and non-canonical films
- Profiles of essential industry figures – major directors, stars, and producers – along with important figures outside the industrial mainstream
- An exploration of the history of film criticism and culture, and central issues in American film historiography
- The most authoritative collection of fresh investigations available in one state-of-the-art resource
- Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (2011)
Co-Editors: Cynthia Lucia, Rider University; Art Simon, Montclair State University