Towards a Sociology of the Cinema (Ils 92): A Comparative Essay on the Structure and Functioning of a Major Entertainment Industry

ISBN-13: 9780415176019 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 396 str.

Ian Charles Jarvie

Opis

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part 1 The Sociology of an Industry: Who Makes Films, How and Why?; Chapter 1 The Relevance of the Sociology of the Industry to the Sociology of the Medium-at-Large; Chapter 2 The Development of an Industry; Chapter 3 The Present Structure of Capitalist Production; Chapter 4 Roles and Recruitment to them; Chapter 5 Case Studies and Recapitulation; Part 2 The Sociology of an Audience: Who Sees Films and Why?; Chapter 6 The Role of the Audience in the Medium-at-Large; Chapter 7 Cinemagoing as a Social Institution; Chapter 8 The Screen Audiences; Part 3 The Sociology of an Experience: Who Sees Films and Why?; Chapter 9 The Role of Experience in the Medium-at-Large; Chapter 10 The Sociology of the Screen World; Chapter 11 The Western and the Gangster Film: The Sociology of Some Myths; Chapter 12 The Gangster-Spy; Chapter 13 The Musical; Part 4 The Sociology of Evaluation: How do We Learn about, and Appraise, Films?; Chapter 14 The Role of Evaluation in the Medium-at-Large; Chapter 15 The Structure of Promotion and Evaluation; Chapter 16 Towards an Objective Film Criticism;

O autorze

I. C. Jarvie