The Routledge Companion to Film History (Paperback)

From the Publisher: `The book is intended as a companion volume, but it would serve as well as the central text, certainly in a study of film history. Complex ideas are presented clearly without oversimplifying them.' Hugh McCarney, Western Connecticut State University, USA||The Routledge Companion to Film History is an indispensable guide for anyone studying film history for the first time. The approach taken presents a substantial and readable overview of the field and provides students with a tool of reference that will be valuable throughout their studies. The volume is divided into two parts.||The second is a critical dictionary that explains concepts, summarizes debates in film studies, defines technical terms, describes major periods and movements, and discusses historical situations and the film industry. The volume as a whole is designed as an active system of cross-references: readers of the essays are referred to dictionary entries (and vice versa) and both provide short bibliographies that encourage readers to investigate topics.