{"product_id":"cinema-and-spectatorship-1","title":"Cinema and Spectatorship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCinema and Spectatorship\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to focus entirely on the history and role of the spectator in contemporary film studies. While 1970s film theory insisted on a distinction betweeen the cinematic subject and film-goers, Judith Mayne suggests that a very real friction between \"subjects\" and \"viewers\" is in fact central to the study of spectatorship.\u003cbr\u003eIn the book's first section Mayne examines three theoretical models of spectatorship: the perceptual, the institutional and the historical, while the second section focuses on case studies which crystallize many of the issues already discussed, concentrating on textual analysis, the `disrupting genre', `star-gazing' and finally the audience itself. Case studies incude the place of the spectator in the textual analysis of individual films such as \u003cem\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/em\u003e; the construction of Bette Davis' star persona; fantasies of race and film viewing in \u003cem\u003eField of Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGhost\u003c\/em\u003e; and gay and lesbian audiences as \"critical\" audiences. The book provides a very thorough and accessible overview of this complex, fragmented and often controversial area of film theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54261688893784,"sku":"9781138136441","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138136441.jpg?v=1768313731","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/cinema-and-spectatorship-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}