Image and Influence Studies in the Sociology of Film Routledge Library Editions: Cinema Series
Auteur : Tudor Andrew
This text outlines what sociologists need to know of the nature of communication and of mass culture, while also looking in some empirical detail at the workings of the Hollywood community and the psychology of the star system. It explores trends such as attempts to adapt semiology and psycholinguistics to our understanding of film ?language?, using them to develop a paradigm for film analysis. The book goes on to offer a guide to comprehension of the relation between cinema and society through detailed analysis of the relation between the German silent cinema and its social context and extensive discussion of popular genres like the western, gangster movie and horror movie. Seeing movies in terms of meaning, as reservoirs of culture which audiences may use for a variety purposes, this book uses a combination of sociological perspective and critical method to present a unique intriguing perspective.
Preface 1. Forthcoming Attractions 2. Patterns of Communication 3. Movie Communicators 4. Movie Audiences 5. Movie Languages 6. Patterns of Culture 7. Cinema and Society: Film Movements 8. Cinema and Society: Popular Genres 9. Patterns of Change
Date de parution : 11-2013
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 12-2015
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes d’Image and Influence :
Mots-clés :
cinema sociology; film sociology; mass communication; mass culture; german silent film; german cinema; film genre; sociology method; society film; society cinema; film analysis; Horror Movie; Young Man; Wagon Train; Bela Lugosi; Classic Gangster Movies; Early German Cinema; German Silent Cinema; Payne Fund Studies; Mass Society Thesis; Shot Liberty Valance; German Film Makers; Aesthetic Break; Movie Communicator; Hypodermic Model; Genre Development; Die Nibelungen; Cinematic Culture; Hollywood System; Popular Cinema; Emotional Affinity; Classic Horror Movie; Social Structure; Thematic Structure; Reinhardt's Theatre