Histories on Screen: The Past and Present in Anglo-American Cinema and Television

Book Overview

How, as historians, should we 'read' a film? Histories on Screen answers this and other questions in a crucial volume for any history student keen to master source use.

The book begins with a theoretical 'Thinking about Film' section that explores the ways in which films can be analyzed and interrogated as either primary sources, secondary sources or indeed as both. The much larger 'Using Film' segment of the book then offers engaging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474217036
• ISBN13: 9781474217033
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"