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Film theory (in all its various, heterogeneous guises) is still prevalent in film studies, even though it no longer plays a starring role, or top billing, and may have changed its identity through an alignment with science or philosophy. Film Theory and Contemporary Hollywood Movies presents current theoretical reflection and speculation into one of the dominant areas of film studies research since the 1990s – contemporary Hollywood movies. Serious study of Hollywood has galvanized around three trends: 1) the aesthetic; 2) the interpretive; and 3) the industrial-economic. This volume begins with an industrial-economic analysis before moving into a predominately aesthetic and interpretive framework, centered on three areas: ‘New Practices, New Aesthetics’; ‘Feminism, Philosophy, and Queer Theory’; and ‘Rethinking Affects, Narration, Fantasy, and Realism’. The editor has commissioned new research from established scholars as well as new scholars from Britain, the USA, Europe, and Australia.

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