This is a concise evaluation of film genre, discussing genre
theory and sample analyses of the western, science fiction, the
musical, horror, comedy, and the thriller. It introduces the topic
in an accessible way and includes sections on the principles of
studying and understanding "the idea of genre"; genre and popular
culture; the narrative and stylistic conventions of specific
genres; the relations of genres to culture and history, race,
gender, sexuality, class and national identity; and the complex
relations between genre and authorship. Case studies include: "42nd
Street," "Pennies from Heaven," "Red River," "All That Heaven
Allows," "Night of the Living Dead," "Die Hard," "Little Big Man,"
"Blue Steel," and "Posse."
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