An introduction to film studies / edited by Jill Nelmes. - 3rd ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - xxv, 500 p. : ill ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One : Institutions and audiences - 1. Cinema as institution -- Part Two: Approaches to studying film texts - 2. Film form and narrative - 3. Spectator, audience and response - 4. Critical approaches to Hollywood cinema: authorship, genre and stars -- Part Three : Genre forms - realism and illusion - 5. The documentary form: personal and social 'realities' - 6. Animation: forms and meanings -- Part Four: Representation of gender and sexuality - 7. Gender and film - 8. Lesbian and gay cinema -- Part Five: National cinemas - 9. Marking out the territory: aspects of British cinema - 10. Indian cinema - 11. The Soviet montage cinema of the 1920s - 12. The French new wave.

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