Film Genre Reader

v. 2

By: Barry Keith Grant

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Paperback | 1 January 1997 | Edition Number 2

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For almost a decade, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film. Now Barry Grant has revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This second edition contains eight new essays for a total of twenty-nine essays by some of film' most distinguished critics and scholars, including John G. Cawelti, Thomas Elsaesser, Paul Schrader, Thomas Schatz, Robin Wood, Steve Neale, and Linda Williams.The anthology covers the full range of theoretical issues and critical approaches to film genre. The first section concentrates on genre theory, covering such topics as generic definition, genre and ideology, genre and sexuality, and the generic experience. The second section analyzes a wide variety of particular genres, including westerns, science fiction, film noir, melodrama, romantic comedy, musicals, horror, gangster, disaster, war, and epic films. The extensive bibliography has also been updated and expanded.

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Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Theory
Genre	p. 3
The Idea of Genre in the American Cinema	p. 11
A Semantic/Syntactic Approach to Film Genre	p. 26
Genre Films and the Status Quo	p. 41
Social Implications in the Hollywood Genres	p. 50
Ideology, Genre, Auteur	p. 59
"Cinema/Ideology/Criticism" Revisited: The Progressive Genre	p. 74
The Structural Influence: New Directions in Film Genre Study	p. 91
Genre Film: A Classical Experience	p. 102
Experience and Meaning in Genre Films	p. 114
Genre and Performance: An Overview	p. 129
Film Bodies: Gender, Genre, and Excess	p. 140
Questions of Genre	p. 159
Selected Genre Criticism
The Western (Genre and Movies)	p. 187
Apes and Essences: Some Sources of Significance in the American Gangster Film	p. 203
Notes on Film Noir	p. 213
Chinatown and Generic Transformation in Recent American Films	p. 227
Shoot-Out at the Genre Corral: Problems in the "Evolution" of the Western	p. 246
The Bug in the Rug: Notes on the Disaster Genre	p. 261
"Surge and Splendor": A Phenomenology of the Hollywood Historical Epic	p. 280
Children of the Light	p. 308
Monsters from the Id	p. 330
Tales of Sound and Fury: Observations on the Family Melodrama	p. 350
Screwball Comedies: Constructing Romance, Mystifying Marriage	p. 381
Redressing the "Natural": The Temporary Transvestite Film	p. 402
Friendly Civilians: Images of Women and the Feminization of the Audience in Vietnam War Films	p. 428
The Self-Reflexive Musical and the Myth of Entertainment	p. 441
The Black Gangster Film	p. 456
North of Pittsburgh: Genre and National Cinema from a Canadian Perspective	p. 474
Bibliography	p. 495
Notes on Contributors	p. 561
Index	p. 565
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