{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-history-of-american-film-4-volume-set-isbn-9781405179843","title":"The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, 4 Volume Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eComprising over 90 essays and richly illustrated with over 200 images, the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWiley-Blackwell History of American Film\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e provides a chronological portrait of American film history from its origins to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaken as a whole, the essays in this collection represent a comprehensive and nuanced overview of American film history from the intersecting perspectives of industry, audiences, aesthetics, culture, politics, issues, and ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnabashedly ambitious, deeply historical, and unprecedented in its multi-faceted examination of film history, this collection offers you:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOver 90 original essays written by an international cast of film scholars  \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussions of the industrial and institutional components of film history, including multiple modes of production, distribution, and marketing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigations into the political, social, and economic factors that informed industry change and framed the reception of films\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngaging close readings and in-depth analysis of canonical and non-canonical films\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProfiles of essential industry figures - major directors, stars, and producers - along with important figures outside the industrial mainstream\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exploration of the history of film criticism and culture, and central issues in American film historiography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most authoritative collection of fresh investigations available in one state-of-the-art resource\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cb\u003eVolume I: Origins to 1928.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Setting the Stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Origins to 1914 .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: 1915–1928.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Film and Culture: Summary Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex to Volume I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II: 1929 to 1945.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Setting the Stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: 1929–1938.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: 1939–1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Film and Culture: Summary Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex to Volume II.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume III: 1946 to 1975.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume III.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Setting the Stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: 1946–1955.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: 1956–1965.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: 1966–1975.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Film and Culture: Summary Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex to Volume III.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume IV: 1976 to the Present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors to Volume IV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Setting the Stage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: 1976–1988.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: 1989–1998.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: 1999–Present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Film and Culture: Summary Essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex to Volume IV.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNamed CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012\u003c\/p\u003e “Both in terms of its scope and in terms of the expertise that has gone into making it, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell History of American Film\u003c\/i\u003e is an almost unique publishing event. The collection not only stands as a history of cinema but also as a time capsule for specific threads of contemporary film theory, capturing the epistemological zeitgeist as well as the cultural.” (\u003ci\u003eScope\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 February 2013)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Several contributions are excellent, e.g., Robert Sklar’s introduction to volume 1, “Writing American Film History.”  A superb compendium.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  All levels\/libraries.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Highly recommended for lovers of film, film history, and American culture.\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, 15 February 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “And, taken together, this is as extensive a consideration of this project as you are likely to read anywhere.”  (\u003ci\u003eSplice\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2012)  \u003cb\u003eCynthia Lucia\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English and director of the Film and Media Studies Program at Rider University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eFraming Female Lawyers:  Women on Trial in Film\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and writes for the film journal Cineaste, where she has served on the editorial board for more than two decades. Among her recent essays are those appearing in Film \u003ci\u003eand Sexual Politics: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eAuthorship in Film Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Grundmann\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Film Studies and director of the Film Studies Program in the Department of Film and Television at Boston University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAndy Warhol’s Blow Job\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Michael Haneke\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). Grundmann’s essays have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals, including Continuum, Cinemaya, The Velvet Light Trap, and Cineaste, where he also serves as Contributing Editor. He is the curator of “Michael Haneke: A Cinema of Provocation,” and has further curated retrospectives on Matthias Müller and Andy Warhol.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eArt Simon\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Film Studies in the English Department at Montclair State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDangerous Knowledge: The JFK Assassination in Art and Film\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). Most recently he contributed to \u003ci\u003e‘Un-American’ Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He has curated two film exhibitions for the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York City.  The \u003ci\u003eWiley-Blackwell History of American Film\u003c\/i\u003e is the first multi-volume reference of its kind, assembling the work of a diverse group of scholars who interrogate the entirety of American cinema. Unabashedly ambitious, deeply historical, and unprecedented in its multi-faceted examination of film history, this is the most striking and authoritative collection of fresh investigations available in one state-of-the-art resource.  \u003cp\u003eThe History offers essays on a number of specialized topics that, taken as a whole, represent a comprehensive and nuanced overview of American film history from the intersecting perspectives of industry, audiences, aesthetics, culture, politics, issues, and ideology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributions investigate: the industrial and institutional component of film, including studio production, distribution, and marketing; larger political, social, and economic factors, such as the Great Depression and World War II that informed industrial change and framed the reception of films; and individual artists -writers, directors, producers, stars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume I: Origins to 1928\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eTraces American cinema from its   early years to a stabilized commercial industry that would go on to dominate world screens, with essays on early cinema pioneers like Griffith, Porter, and Chaplin, the rise of the star system, and the role of women in the emerging industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II: 1929 to 1945\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eExamines the “golden age” of the studio era when Hollywood responded to tumultuous events such as the Great Depression and WW II. This volume also looks beyond the Hollywood studios to the work of the early American avant-garde and documentary filmmakers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume III: 1946 to 1975\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCovers the turbulent years from the decline of the studios to the emergence of the New Hollywood, including such crucial topics as the blacklist,   the rise of television, the flowering of underground film, and the mainstreaming of adult cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume IV: 1976 to the Present\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eExamines the period from 1976—when black independent, avant-garde, and feminist filmmakers were producing challenging and unconventional works—to the present, when high-concept blockbusters dominate mainstream screens and digital imaging is redefining the very concept of cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"A tremendous double achievement:  both a definitive collation of American cinema's history and a presentation of the personal perspectives of the top scholars working productively on that history.  A research must-have!\" \u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eDana Polan, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors have assembled a rich collection that provides authoritative, scholarly coverage of the key industrial, social and aesthetic elements of American film history.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBrian Neve, University of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990370631909,"sku":"NP9781405179843","price":726.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405179843.jpg?v=1761787550","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-history-of-american-film-4-volume-set-isbn-9781405179843","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}