Who needs genres? -- Before genre : melodrama -- Classical paradigms -- The Western : genre and history -- The musical : genre and form -- The war/combat film : genre and nation -- The gangster film : genre and society -- Transitional fantasies -- The horror film -- The science fiction film -- Post-classical genres -- Film noir -- The action blockbuster -- Genre : breaking the frame -- Documentary -- Holocaust film -- Pornography -- Transgenre?
Summary:
Langford provides a comprehensive account of genre history and contemporary trends in Hollywood and global cinema alongside the critical debates they have provoked.
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