Cinema : A Visual Anthropology (Paperback)

1. Series Editor's Preface (Marcus Banks) 2. Introduction 3. History of Fiction Film i. Introduction ii. Precursors iii. Early cinema iv. The 'Golden' Era of Fiction Film v. Auteurs, Independents, and Global Blockbusters 4. Film Theory i. Introduction ii. Early film theory Formalism and Cine-Art Expressionism Kracauer and the Frankfurt School Montage and Editing iii. Critical film theories Neo-Realism and the French New Wave Marxism Structuralism Semiotics Psychoanalsysis iv. Literary theories v. Film Theory 5. Context of Production i. Introduction ii. National cinema iii. Third Cinema iv. An Anthropology of Fiction Film 6. Context of Viewing i. Introduction ii. Reception studies iii. Audience studies 7. Conclusion