Film as Social Practice

"This is the fourth edition of a classic student textbook which introduces film studies from a cultural studies perspective. Film as Social Practice is distinctive in that it approaches the study of film as a social and cultural practice that does not end with the text. Rather than being examined as a set of canonical texts, film is examined as entertainment, as narrative and as cultural event. The focus is upon the cultural function of film."--BOOK JACKET.

Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.