Film and Culture Ser.: Film and Stereotype : A Challenge for Cinema and Theory by Jörg Schweinitz (2011, Hardcover)

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PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231151489
ISBN-139780231151481
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Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFilm and Stereotype : a Challenge for Cinema and Theory
Publication Year2011
SubjectFilm / General, Semiotics & Theory, Social Psychology, Film / History & Criticism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts, Psychology
AuthorJörg Schweinitz
SeriesFilm and Culture Ser.
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight29.1 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2010-044342
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"J rg Schweinitz's study of film stereotypes is impressively comprehensive, admirably rigorous, and appropriately international. It will surely invigorate long-standing discussion about the conventionalized shapes of the dominant cinema and the well-known patterns of recognition in film genre. The book also revisits classical and contemporary film theory in provocative ways, opening up this field of possibility and offering new points of departure." -- Eric Rentschler, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard, J rg Schweinitz's study of film stereotypes is impressively comprehensive, admirably rigorous, and appropriately international. It will surely invigorate debates on conventionalized shapes in dominant cinema and well-known patterns of recognition in film genre. Schweinitz also revisits classical and contemporary film theory in provocative ways, opening up this field of possibility and offering new points of departure., Film and Stereotype does a masterful job unpacking one of the thorniest concepts in film studies, tracing its multidisciplinary origins with theoretical agility and robust argumentation. This book is indispensable for those interested in the historical, cultural, and industrial utility of stereotypes; Schweinitz's use of theorists such as Béla Balázs and Rudolf Arnheim to reread the stereotype makes an important intervention in the theoretical and textual form of stereotypes. Film and Stereotype offers a rigorous critique of the form, function, and power of stereotypes within both the media industries and the cultural imaginary., Film and Stereotype does a masterful job unpacking one of the thorniest concepts in film studies, tracing its multidisciplinary origins with theoretical agility and robust argumentation. This book is indispensable for those interested in the historical, cultural, and industrial utility of stereotypes; Schweinitz's use of theorists such as Bla Balzs and Rudolf Arnheim to reread the stereotype makes an important intervention in the theoretical and textual form of stereotypes. Film and Stereotype offers a rigorous critique of the form, function, and power of stereotypes within both the media industries and the cultural imaginary., I was reading this book on the treadmill at the YMCA and got laughing so hard at the three wrestling brothers (Prime Rib, Prime Rate, and Prime Time) that I had to get off. Dobyns writes wonderfully surreal prose-it's like John Irving, Joseph Heller, and Norman Bates all rolled together. The Wrestler's Cruel Study is top-of-the-line entertainment: prime rib, prime rate, prime time., Jörg Schweinitz's study of film stereotypes is impressively comprehensive, admirably rigorous, and appropriately international. It will surely invigorate debates on conventionalized shapes in dominant cinema and well-known patterns of recognition in film genre. Schweinitz also revisits classical and contemporary film theory in provocative ways, opening up this field of possibility and offering new points of departure., Offering an unusually sophisticated, exhaustively researched and wide-ranging theoretical analysis as well as a series of deftly argued case studies, Schweinitz brings considerable erudition to bear on a subject that has until now often eluded scholarly attention. Film and Stereotype represents a novel contribution to ongoing debates concerning genre, style, national cinema, and identity., Jrg Schweinitz's study of film stereotypes is impressively comprehensive, admirably rigorous, and appropriately international. It will surely invigorate debates on conventionalized shapes in dominant cinema and well-known patterns of recognition in film genre. Schweinitz also revisits classical and contemporary film theory in provocative ways, opening up this field of possibility and offering new points of departure.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.43/6552
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Introduction Part I. Stereotype Theory: Concepts, Perspectives, and Controversies 1. The Stereotype in Psychology and the Humanities 2. Some Aspects and Levels of Stereotypization in Film 3. The Intellectual Viewpoint Versus the Stereotype in Mass Culture Part II. A Discourse History: The Topic of the "Stereotype" Throughout Film Theory 4. Prelude: Walther Rathenau's Cultural Criticism, Hugo Munsterberg's Euphoric Concept of Film as Art, and the Neglect of the Stereotype 5. Bela Balazs's New Visual Culture, the Tradition of Linguistic Skepticism, and Robert Musil's Notion of the "Formulaic" 6. The Readymade Products of the Fantasy Machine: Rudolf Arnheim, Rene Fulop-Miller, and the Discourse on the "Standardization" of Film 7 The Stereotype as Intelligible Form: Cohen-Seat, Morin, and Semiology 8. Irony and Transf iguration: The Postmodern View of the Stereotype Part III. Film Analysis: Critique and Transfiguration--Three Case Studies 9. McCabe and Buffalo Bill: On the Critical Reflection of Stereotypes in Two Films by Robert Altman 10. Enjoying the Stereotype and Intense Double-Play Acting: The Performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy Epilogue Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
SynopsisSince the early days of film, critics and theorists have contested the value of formula, cliché, conventional imagery, and recurring narrative patterns of reduced complexity in cinema. Whether it's the high-noon showdown or the last-minute rescue, a lonely woman standing in the window or two lovers saying goodbye in the rain, many films rely on scenes of stereotype, and audiences have come to expect them. Outlining a comprehensive theory of film stereotype, a device as functionally important as it is problematic to a film's narrative, Jörg Schweinitz constructs a fascinating though overlooked critical history from the 1920s to today. Drawing on theories of stereotype in linguistics, literary analysis, art history, and psychology, Schweinitz identifies the major facets of film stereotype and articulates the positions of theorists in response to the challenges posed by stereotype. He reviews the writing of Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes, Theodor W. Adorno, Rudolf Arnheim, Robert Musil, Béla Balázs, Hugo Münsterberg, and Edgar Morin, and he revives the work of less-prominent writers, such as René Fülöp-Miller and Gilbert Cohen-Séat, tracing the evolution of the discourse into a postmodern celebration of the device. Through detailed readings of specific films, Schweinitz also maps the development of models for adapting and reflecting stereotype, from early irony (Alexander Granowski) and conscious rejection (Robert Rossellini) to critical deconstruction (Robert Altman in the 1970s) and celebratory transfiguration (Sergio Leone and the Coen brothers). Altogether a provocative spectacle, Schweinitz's history reveals the role of film stereotype in shaping processes of communication and recognition, as well as its function in growing media competence in audiences beyond cinema., Since the early days of film, critics and theorists have contested the value of formula, clich , conventional imagery, and recurring narrative patterns of reduced complexity in cinema. Whether it's the high-noon showdown or the last-minute rescue, a lonely woman standing in the window or two lovers saying goodbye in the rain, many films rely on scenes of stereotype, and audiences have come to expect them. Outlining a comprehensive theory of film stereotype, a device as functionally important as it is problematic to a film's narrative, J rg Schweinitz constructs a fascinating though overlooked critical history from the 1920s to today. Drawing on theories of stereotype in linguistics, literary analysis, art history, and psychology, Schweinitz identifies the major facets of film stereotype and articulates the positions of theorists in response to the challenges posed by stereotype. He reviews the writing of Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes, Theodor W. Adorno, Rudolf Arnheim, Robert Musil, B la Bal zs, Hugo M nsterberg, and Edgar Morin, and he revives the work of less-prominent writers, such as Ren F l p-Miller and Gilbert Cohen-S at, tracing the evolution of the discourse into a postmodern celebration of the device. Through detailed readings of specific films, Schweinitz also maps the development of models for adapting and reflecting stereotype, from early irony (Alexander Granowski) and conscious rejection (Robert Rossellini) to critical deconstruction (Robert Altman in the 1970s) and celebratory transfiguration (Sergio Leone and the Coen brothers). Altogether a provocative spectacle, Schweinitz's history reveals the role of film stereotype in shaping processes of communication and recognition, as well as its function in growing media competence in audiences beyond cinema.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.S6956S3413

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