Film Studies
Critical Approaches
Edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
(0 vote)Average rating:
| 0 | rating |  = We can do without |
| 0 | rating |  = Good book |
| 0 | rating |  = Excellent book |
| 0 | rating |  = Unique / a reference |
Your rating: -
Book Presentation:
The most up-to-date critical guide available, Film Studies: Critical Approaches covers all the significant theories, debates, and approaches to the subject. A team of international experts provides a clear and comprehensive overview of all the major theoretical and critical approaches involved in film analysis, including detailed coverage of established critical traditions--such as semiotics, feminism, and psychoanalysis--as well as important new areas of study such as film audiences and reception, queer theory, and identity politics. Chapter summaries and further reading lists help students to assimilate the material. Ideal for courses in film criticism and textual analysis, Film Studies: Critical Approaches guides students through the maze of theory to the heart of the subject.
About the authors:
Edited by John Hill, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Performance Studies, University of Ulster at Coleraine, and Pamela Church Gibson, Senior Lecturer in Contextual and Cultural Studies, The London Institute Advisory Board: Richard Dyer, Department of Film Studies, University of Warwick, E. Ann Kaplan, Department of English, Stony Brook, New York, and Paul Willemen, Napier University, Edinburgh
Press Reviews:
""A succinct, legible and important guide to the study of film. The book presents a well organised approach to film studies with each chapter containing valuable information and detail", Luis Teixeira, Universidade Catolice Portuguese - Fine Arts School"
> Books with the same or similar title:
Film Studies (2015)
A Global Introduction
by Glyn Davis, Kay Dickinson, Lisa Patti and Amy Villarejo
Subject: Film Analysis
Film Studies (2006)
The Essential Resource
by Peter Bennett, Andrew Hickman and Peter Wall
Subject: Film Analysis
Film Studies (2002)
Women in Contemporary World Cinema
> From the same authors:
Film Policy in a Globalised Cultural Economy (2019)
Dir. John Hill and Nobuko Kawashima
Subject: Economics
Film in Britain in the New Millennium (2012)
Journal of British Cinema and Television Volume 9, Issue 3
Dir. John Hill and Julian Petley
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
American Cinema and Hollywood (2000)
Critical Approaches
Dir. John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Subject: History of Cinema
The Oxford Guide to Film Studies (1998)
Dir. John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson
Subject: Film Analysis
> On a related topic:
A Level Film Studies (2025)
The Essential Introduction
by Sarah Casey Benyahia and John White
Subject: Film Analysis
Looking at Movies (2025)
An Introduction to Film
by Dave Monahan and Richard Barsam
Subject: Film Analysis
Cinephilia and the Adventure for Existential Health (2025)
Recomposing Subjectivity at the Cinema
Subject: Film Analysis
Film and Television Analysis (2024)
An Introduction to Methods, Theories, and Approaches
by Harry M. Benshoff and Caryn Murphy
Subject: Film Analysis
Back
