Film As Social Practice Av Graeme (University Of Queensland Australia) Turner, Michael F. Duckham

<P>This fourth edition of our bestselling classic text has been comprehensively updated and revised to include contemporary film analysis and recent films.</P><P>With a focus on contemporary popular cinema and examples from Classical Hollywood, Graeme Turner examines the social and cultural aspects of film from audiences and ideologies to exhibition and technology.</P><P>This fourth edition now includes:</P><UL><LI>new sections dealing with debates about spectacle and special effects </LI><LI>an extended treatment of sound and its contribution to cinema</LI><LI>film theory''s discussion of the representation of race and ethnicity</LI><LI>a thorough update of individual film references</LI><LI>a revised applications chapter that includes new contemporary examples</LI><LI>new illustrations from contemporary popular cinema.</LI></UL><P>Students of film studies, film practice and film theory will find this a welcome addition to their degree course studies.</P>