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Over 39 chapters The Routledge Companion to British Cinema History offers a comprehensive and revisionist overview of British cinema as, on the one hand, a commercial entertainment industry and, on the other, a series of institutions centred on economics, funding and relations to government. Whereas most histories of British cinema focus on directors, stars, genres and themes, this Companion explores the forces enabling and constraining the films' production, distribution, exhibition, and reception contexts from the late nineteenth century to the present day. The contributors provide a wealth of empirical and archive-based scholarship that draws on insider perspectives of key film institutions and illuminates aspects of British film culture that have been neglected or marginalized, such as the watch committee system, the Eady Levy, the rise of the multiplex and film festivals. It also places emphasis on areas where scholarship has either been especially productive and influential, such as in early and silent cinema, or promoted new approaches, such as audience and memory studies.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139780415706193
eBay Product ID (ePID)231407820
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Book TitleThe Routledge Companion to British Cinema History
AuthorLaraine Porter, Justin Smith, I.Q. Hunter
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
Number of Pages456 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height246mm
Item Width174mm
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Series TitleRoutledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
EditorLaraine Porter, I.Q. Hunter, Justin Smith
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom