New Hollywood Violence

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title New Hollywood Violence
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Steven Schneider
SeriesInside Popular Film
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreFilms and cinema
ISBN/Barcode 9780719067235
ClassificationsDewey:791.430973
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
General
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 7 October 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

New Hollywood violence is a groundbreaking collection of essays devoted to an interrogation of various aspects, dimensions, and issues relating to the depiction of violence in New Hollywood filmmaking. 'New Hollywood' refers to the return to genre filmmaking following America's flirtation with European art cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and is characterised by vast production budgets, and special effects. Focusing on the motivations, the formal and stylistic qualities and the cultural politics of violence as well as the effects on viewers, the collection is divided into four sections: 'Surveys and schemas'; 'Spectacle and style'; 'Race and gender' and 'Politics to ideology'. An Afterword by Stephen Prince reflects on the various essays and points the way towards areas of future exploration. -- .

Author Biography

Steven Jay Schneider is a PhD candidate in Cinema Studies at New York University -- .