Ranging from the mass culture critics to postcolonial and queer theory, this reader is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the main theoretical approaches within film studies. It provides students with an opportunity to engage with primary sources in the form of extracts from keycritics while also offering a general introduction and chapter introductions that help to locate the extracts in historical contexts and explain their contributions to, and interventions in, debates within the study of film. Among the distinguished contributors are Tom Gunning, Steven Cohan, JanetStaiger, James Naremore, Jim Kitses, Carol Clover, and Jane Gaines. | The Film Studies Reader by Joanne Hollows, Paperback | Indigo Chapters