Engaging Cinema

An Introduction to Film Studies

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by Bill Nichols

Type

Didactic

Subject

Film Analysis

Keywords

analysis, sociology

Publishing date

2026 (July 01, 2026)

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Co

2nd edition

1st publishing

2010

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 672 pages
5 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches (13.5 x 21 cm)

ISBN

978-0-393-54395-7

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Book Presentation:
Highlights of this edition’s new content:
A new Chapter 1, The Terms of Cinematic Engagement, introduces students to the main concepts and ideas behind the book by establishing the formal context and social context framework and defining key terms students will need to analyze the relationships between these contexts in cinematic worlds.
Chapter 7: Hollywood and Beyond includes up-to-date analysis on the relationship between business and cinema in the twenty-first century.
Chapter 10: Ethnicity and Racism in Film expands the discussion of socialization as it relates to individual and institutional racism and includes a new section on intersectionality and inequality.
A new Chapter 11, Gender, Masculinity, and Feminism, presents a streamlined, updated discussion of gender representation in film.
A new Chapter 12, The Rise of Queer Cinema, devotes an entire chapter to the history of queer cinema, with a new section discussing transgender representation in film.
New examples throughout the book feature popular films and TV shows of the past five years, including Poor Things, Barbie, Parasite, Tár, Little Women, The Bear, Succession, and more.

About the Author:
Bill Nichols received the 2022 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies for his outstanding contributions to the field of film studies. He is a professor emeritus of cinema at San Francisco State University and has taught at several universities in the United States and abroad. Nichols has published a dozen books, written well over 150 articles, and lectured widely on six continents. His edited two-volume work Movies and Methods helped establish film studies as an academic discipline. Representing Reality launched the contemporary study of documentary film, and Introduction to Documentary is a landmark book that has been translated into numerous languages. Nichols has served as a consultant to different film organizations and also as a chair of film festival juries from Shanghai to São Paulo.

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