Moine, Raphaelle.

Cinema genre / Raphaelle Moine ; translated by Alistair Fox and Hilary Radner. - Malden, Mass ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2008. - xix, 248 p.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219). Filmography: (p. 220-230).

Organised into a series of simple but fundamental questions - such as how do we characterise genre, what are its functions and how does it give a film identity - this French textbook on cinematic genre includes a theoretical overview of the topic of genre as practiced in British, American and French film criticism.




Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.


Translated from the French.

9781444301274 (ebook)


Film genres.
Performing Arts.
Films, cinema
Communication studies
Sociology & anthropology
Film history, theory & criticism