What is the current state of film studies? How do you enter this field from a media studies background? Is it worthwhile for media scholars to engage in this neighboring field? Can you get a grasp of the key issues, theoretical currents, and analytical approaches consulting a limited number of publications? I will try to answer these questions in an extensive review essay on four fairly recent film studies books...
Keywords: film studies, media studies, handbooks, anthology, ?useful? film theory
01/2005 | Communications, Walter de Gruyter