Genre, myth, and convention in the French cinema, 1929-1939 / Colin Crisp.
Genre, Myth, and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929--1939 examines classic French film, exploring and analyzing the cinema as an institution, the textual system to which it gave rise, and the light that such an approach can shed on the process of production and reception of specific films. Colin...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE Identity: Reflecting on the Self; TWO Nation and Race: French and Not-French" Stereotypes and Myths; THREE Class: Authority, Oppression, and the Dream of Escape; FOUR Gender and the Family: The Formation and Dissolution of the Couple; FIVE Education, the Media, and the Law: The Training of a Citizen; SIX Art and Transcendence: Spirituality and Reflexivity; SEVEN Cinematic Genres in France: A grotesque maskŽ or the genius of the systemŽ?; EIGHT The Stars in Their (Dis)courses: Anemic dreamsŽ and poetry for pallid peopleŽ?