World cinema : critical approaches / edited by John Hill and Pamela Church Gibson consultant...

List of contributors -- List of illustrations -- General introduction / John Hill -- Redefining cinema: international and avant-garde alternatives.-- 1. Concepts of national cinema / Stephen Crofts -- 2. Modernism and the avant-gardes / Murray Smith -- 3. Realism, modernism, and post-colonial theory / Ashish Rajadhyaksha -- Redefining cinema: other genres -- 4. The documentary / John Izod and Richard Kilborn -- 5. The animated film / Michael O'Pray -- European cinema. -- 6. Issues in European cinema / Ginette Vincendeau -- Case studies: movements, moments, and filmmakers. -- 7. The avant gardes and European cinema before 1930 / Ian Christie -- 8. Italian post-war cinema and neo-realism / Simona Monticelli -- 9. The French nouvelle vague / Jill Forbes -- 10. New German cinema / Ulrike Sieglohr -- 11. East Central European... [read full story]