Cinemas of the World : Film and Society from 1895 to the Present

PREFACE 7(8) PART I: Introduction 1 I Film History: Sources, Methods, Approaches 15(18) 2 World Cinemas: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 33(18) PART II: Silent Cinema 3 Early Cinema 51(25) 4 The Emergence of National Cinemas 76(19) PART III: Hollywood Cinema 5 The Dream Factory 95(35) 6 New Hollywood 130(29) 7 American Genres, American Society 159(36) PART IV: European Cinemas 8 European Cinemas in Peace and War 195(43) 9 New Waves, New Cinemas 238(32) 10 Popular Genres, Popular Pleasures 270(35) PART V: World Cinemas 11 The Challenge of Third Cinema 305(17) 12 Bollywood and Beyond 322(32) 13 Asiatic Cinemas 354(32) 14 Middle Eastern Cinemas 386(16) 15 Anglophone Cinemas 402(17) PART VI: Conclusion 16 Cinema Without Frontiers 419(8) REFERENCES 427(30) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 457(9) LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 466(1) GENERAL INDEX 467(7) FILM INDEX 474