{"product_id":"film-as-social-practice-9780415375146","title":"Film as Social Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fourth edition of our bestselling classic text has been comprehensively updated and revised to include contemporary film analysis and recent films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fourth edition now includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003enew sections dealing with debates about spectacle and special effects \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ean extended treatment of sound and its contribution to cinema\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efilm theory's discussion of the representation of race and ethnicity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea thorough update of individual film references\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea revised applications chapter that includes new contemporary examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enew illustrations from contemporary popular cinema.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents of film studies, film practice and film theory will find this a welcome addition to their degree course studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has published many books on media and cultural studies including British Cultural Studies: An Introduction, Understanding Celebrity and The Film Cultures Reader.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864323621138,"sku":"9780415375146","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82a52703-0f03-427e-b01f-552e71fbefb9.jpg?v=1767785041","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/film-as-social-practice-9780415375146","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}