Boaz Hagin carries out a philosophical examination of the issue of death as it is represented and problematized in Hollywood cinema of the classical era (1920s-1950s) and in later mainstream films, looking at four major genres: the Western, the gangster film, melodrama and the war film.
| ISBN: | 9780230236226 |
| Publication date: | 9th April 2010 |
| Author: | Boaz Hagin |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 201 pages |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism History of ideas Structuralism and Post-structuralism Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Performing arts Philosophy |