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Genre, Gender, Race and World Cinema
An Anthology

Julie F. Codell (Edited by)

9781405132336, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 21 September 2006

496 pages
24.5 x 17.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.835 kg

"An invaluable resource that should (and will) be used by anyone interested in studying, or otherwise thinking about cinema." M/C Reviews

“Julie Codell’s anthology does not so much as carve out a niche in film studies as dive in and out of several pre-existing niches, helping itself en route to anything that looks bright and attractive. The result is a collection that overlaps the territory of various recent publications… while forging links and mapping interconnections between its prime concerns… Altogether, this collection should encourage students to explore areas of cinema beyond the conventional English-language mainstream, enriching their viewing experience and offering insights and wider cultural contexts for the films they watch.” The Times Higher Education Supplement

“This is a volume whose time has come: a new kind of film text to suit an era when globalization challenges the authority of local cultures, and diasporic mobility is the order of the day.” E. Ann Kaplan, State University of New York at Stony Brook


"A superb collection that insightfully demonstrates that race and gender shape global cinema. Ideal for film courses and for anyone interested in world cinema, this is a well-balanced, rigorous, and accessible group of essays sure to provoke deep reflection and passionate discussion." Daniel Bernardi, Arizona State University

Genre, Gender, Race, and World Cinema is an innovative anthology that introduces the study of film theory using the four topics of genre, gender, race, and world cinema, to encourage critical discussion.

  • A major anthology geared towards course use, which covers key concepts in film studies through analysis of important films from American, Asian, European and African cinema
  • Combines formal, historical, cultural, and theoretical approaches to study
  • Analyzes how film represents and influences individual and societal constructs of identity
  • Uses selected readings to introduce inter-textual relations between the readings and the films they discuss
  • Contains section introductions that map the themes and histories of each topic, and raise theoretical issues specific to each

Preface viii

General Introduction: Film and Identities 1

Part I Genres: Ever-Changing Hybrids 5

Part II Genders – More Than Two 117

Part III Race: Stereotypes and Multiple Realisms 213

Part IV World Cinema: Joining Local and Global 359

Acknowledgments 471

Subject Areas: Society & culture: general [JF]
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