Film history: Theory and practice
Book Details
Author(s)Robert C. Allen
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
ISBN / ASIN0394350405
ISBN-139780394350400
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank1,358,553
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The object of study in this book is historical writing on the cinema; film historiography. Although several specific case studies are presented, the primary concern is with the "big picture" - the larger questions that transcend any particular example of film historical writing. What precisely does film history claim to study? What is the nature of the knowledge gained through the study of film history?What materials do film historians work with? What approaches have film historians taken in their work How might these approaches be critiqued?


