Serving as a guide to the study of film, this title covers the significant theories, debates and approaches to the subject. It provides an overview of the main disciplinary approaches to film studies, explaining the main concepts and methods involved in film analysis, including such areas as film audiences and reception, queer theory, and more. List of Contributors ix List of Illustrations xi General Introduction xiii John Hill FILM STUDIES: CRITICAL APPROACHES 1(8) Introduction to film studies 1(8) Richard Dyer Studying the film text 9(40) The film text and film form 9(19) Robert P. Kolker Readings: Written on the Wind 24(2) Robin Wood Citizen Kane 26(2) Peter Wollen Film acting 28(6) Paul McDonald Film costume 34(7) Pamela Church Gibson Film music 41(8) Claudia Gorbman The film text: theoretical frameworks 49(55) Classic film theory and semiotics 49(7) Antony Easthope Formalism and neo-formalism 56(9) Ian Christie Reading: Poetry and prose in cinema 65(1) Viktor Shklovsky Impressionism, surrealism, and film theory 65(10) Robert B. Ray Film and psychoanalysis 75(14) Barbara Creed Post-structuralism and deconstruction 89(5) Peter Brunette Film and postmodernism 94(10) John Hill Film text and context: gender, ideology, and identities 104(70) Marxism and film 104(11) Chuck Kleinhans Reading: The political thriller debate 114(1) John Hill Feminism and film 115(18) Patricia White Readings: Rebecca 132(1) Mary Ann Doane Rebecca 133(1) Tania Modleski Gay and lesbian criticism 133(13) Anneke Smelik Queer theory 146(5) Alexander Doty Pornography 151(5) Laura Kipnis Race, ethnicity, and film 156(11) Robyn Wiegman Film and Cultural identity 167(7) Rey Chow Film text and context: culture, history, and reception 174(48) Film and history 174(14) Dudley Andrew Sociology and film 188(5) Andrew Tudor Cultural studies and film 193(7) Graeme Turner Film audiences 200(10) Jostein Gripsrud Hermeneutics, reception aesthetics, and film interpretation 210(12) Noel King List of Picture Sources and Readings 222(1) Index of Selected Names and Film Titles 223