Refiguring American Film Genres: Theory and History - Nick Browne - Google Books

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This collection of essays by leading American film scholars charts a whole new territory in genre film criticism. Rather than assuming that genres are self-evident categories, the contributors offer innovative ways to think about types of films, and…