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Political Modernism and the Quest for Film Studies

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Author

Editor

  • Marianne Thormählen

Summary, in English

This article deals with the use of the term "modernism" in influential film studies texts primarily in the 1970s and 1980s. The main focus is put on the debate between film theoreticians Peter Wollen and Paul Willemen.

Department/s

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Publication/Series

Rethinking Modernism

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Arts

Keywords

  • studies
  • Screen
  • Peter Wollen
  • Colin MacCabe
  • Paul Willemen
  • film
  • Modernism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 1-4039-1180-0