{"product_id":"studying-french-cinema-9781906733155","title":"Studying French Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sarah Perks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaking a text-led approach, with the emphasis on more recent popular films, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStudying French Cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is directed at non-specialists such as students of French, Film Studies, and the general reader with an interest in post-war French cinema. Each of the chapters focuses on one or more key films from the ground-breaking films of the nouvelle vague (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLes 400 coups\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1959) to contemporary documentary (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEtre et avoir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 2002) and puts them into their relevant contexts. Depending on the individual film, these include explorations of childhood, adolescence and coming of age (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLes 400 coups\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eL'Argent de poche\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); auteur ideology and individual style (the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Agnes Varda); the representation of recent French history (Lacombe Lucien and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAu revoir les enfants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); transnational production practices (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Pacte des loups\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); and popular cinema, comedy and gender issues (e.g. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLe Diner de cons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Each film is embedded in its cultural and political context. Together, the historical discussions provide an overview of post-war French history to the present. Useful suggestions are made as to studies of related films, both those discussed within the book and outside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268827865239,"sku":"9781906733155","price":5789.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781906733155.webp?v=1767105347","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/studying-french-cinema-9781906733155","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}