Interpreting Films

Interpreting Films
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0691006164
ISBN-13 : 9780691006161
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Book Synopsis Interpreting Films by : Janet Staiger

Download or read book Interpreting Films written by Janet Staiger and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political, and economic conditions as well as the viewers' constructed images of themselves. Alter proposing a theory of reception study, the author demonstrates its application mainly through analyzing the varying responses of audiences to certain films at specific moments in history. Staiger gives special attention to how questions of class, gender, sexual preference, race, and ethnicity enter into film viewers' interpretations. Her analysis reflects recent.


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