"Classical Hollywood Film Cycles | Media & Cultural Studies

This book explores the ways in which Hollywood film cycles from the 1930s to the 1960s were shaped by their surrounding industrial contexts and market environments to build an inclusive conception of the form operation and function of film cycles. By foregrounding patterns of distribution spaces of exhibition and modes of consumption as key components of the form and mechanics of cycles this book develops a methodology for defining cycles based on an analysis of the industry and trade discourse. Applying her unique framework to six case studies of different cycles Zoe Wallin blends a wide range of historical sources to analyze the many cultural social political aesthetic and industrial contexts relevant to these films. This book makes an important contribution to the literature in the area of film historiography and will be of interest to any scholars of film studies history and media studies. |Classical Hollywood Film Cycles | Media & Cultural Studies