Cinema and History - The Telling of Stories

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-905674-59-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 202 mm, Gewicht: 210 g

Reihe: Short Cuts

With its unparalleled capacity for realism, cinema seems uniquely positioned to bring history to life for a mass audience. Whether retelling stories about past events or reflecting more contemporary issues, cinema has been arguably the primary source of historical knowledge for many people from its earliest years right up to the present. This volume examines some of the key historical issues raised by popular film, including what film might tell us about the past, the reliability of movies as sources of historical knowledge, and how film might compare to more "serious" works of history. Combining historical methods with insights from linguistics and film studies, Cinema and History discusses the historical resonance of films such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Gangs of New York (2002) and United 93 (2006), and investigates the parameters and limitations of fiction film as a way to access history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chopra-Gant, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Über Autor(innen)

Mike Chopra-Gant is reader in media, communication, and cultural studies at London
Metropolitan University. He is the author of Hollywood Genres and Postwar America: Masculinity,
Family and Nation in Popular Movies and Film Noir (2005).