The film studies reader / edited by Joanne Hollows, Peter Hutchings and Mark Jancovich

Includes bibliographical references and index

Section 1: political economy and mass culture theory -- Section 2: film and authorship -- Section 3: genre criticism -- Part 4: star studies -- Section 5: the historical poetics of cinema -- Section 6: screen theory 1: from Marxism to psychoanalysis -- Section 7: screen theory 2: psychoanalysis, feminism and film -- Section 8: cultural studies -- Section 9: theorizing differences

Ranging from the mass culture critics to post-colonial and queer theory, this film reader is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the main theoretical approaches within film studies.