{"product_id":"classical-hollywood-narrative-the-paradigm-wars-9780822312994","title":"Classical Hollywood Narrative: The Paradigm Wars","description":"Since the 1970s film studies has been dominated by a basic paradigm--the concept of classical Hollywood cinema--that is, the protagonist-driven narrative, valued for the way it achieves closure by neatly answering all of the enigmas it raises. It has been held to be a form so powerful that its aesthetic devices reinforce gender positions in society. In a variety of ways, the essays collected here--representing the work of some of the most innovative theorists writing today--challenge this paradigm.\u003cbr\u003eSignificantly expanded from a special issue of \u003ci\u003eSouth Atlantic Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e (Spring 1989), these essays confront the extent to which formalism has continued to dominate film theory, reexamine the role of melodrama in cinematic development, revise notions of \"patriarchal cinema,\" and assert the importance of television and video to cinema studies. A range of topics are discussed, from the films of D. W. Griffith to sexuality in avant-garde film to television's \u003ci\u003eDynasty\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Rick Altman, Richard Dienst, Jane Feuer, Jane Gaines, Christine Gledhill, Miriam Hansen, Norman N. Holland, Fredric Jameson, Bill Nichols, Janey Staiger, Chris Straayer, John O. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane M. Gaines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 8.99w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822312994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Gaines is Associate Professor of English and Literature and Director of the Film and Video Program at Duke University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eContested Culture: The Image, the Voice, and the Law.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40801562034291,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":51.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c398fc2d-87cf-496d-9063-fc8ac324ffe4.jpg?v=1682426375","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/classical-hollywood-narrative-the-paradigm-wars-9780822312994","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}