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History, Ideology, Genre
Jim Kendrick
ISBN: 9781906660260
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Wallflower Press
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A concise and accessible introduction to the role of violence from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural, and industrial contexts. After considering problems of definition, the book offers a systematic history of film violence and examines three of the most popular violent genres…
A concise and accessible introduction to the role of violence from the silent era to the present, this volume illustrates the breadth and depth of screen bloodshed in historical, cultural, and industrial contexts. After considering problems of definition, the book offers a systematic history of film violence and examines three of the most popular violent genres: western, horror, and action. It concludes with a case study on the centrality of film violence to the directors of the New American Cinema, such as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg, offering a strong example of how violence, history, ideology, and genre are deeply intertwined.
| ISBN | 1906660263 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9781906660260
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 260 | | Publisher | Wallflower Press | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Wallflower Press | | Series title | Short Cuts | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 202 | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2009 | | Width (mm) | 162 | | DEWEY | 791.436552 | | Spine width (mm) | 10 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 144 | |
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| | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1 | | What do we mean by "film violence"? | | 6 | | 2 | | A history of film violence | | 32 | | 3 | | Violence and genre: the western, horror and action film | | 69 | | 4 | | Case study: violence and the new American cinema | | 96 | | | | Notes | | 114 | | | | Filmography | | 120 | | | | Bibliography | | 126 | | | | Index | | 136 |
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