ENGL 3860: Film Genre: Finding Books

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(Adapted from the University of PIttsburgh)

• Notions of Genre by Barry Keith Grant (Editor); Malisa Kurtz (Editor) 

  Call Number: PN1995 N68 2016

  ISBN: 1477303758

  Publication Date: 2016-11-08

   While this early writing on genre film was often unsystematic, impressionistic, journalistic, and judgmental, it nonetheless produced insights that remain relevant and valuable today. Notions of Genre gathers the most important early writing on film genre and genre films published between 1945 and 1969. It includes articles by such notable critics as Susan Sontag, Dwight Macdonald, Siegfried Kracauer, James Agee, André Bazin, Robert Warshow, and Claude Chabrol, as well as essays by scholars in academic disciplines such as history, sociology, and theater. Their writings address major issues in genre studies, including definition, representation, ideology, audiences, and industry practices, across genres ranging from comedy and westerns to horror, science fiction, fantasy, gangster films, and thrillers.
• Film Noir Reader by Alain Silver (Editor); Elizabeth Ward (Editor) 

  Call Number: 791.43655 F48 1992

  ISBN: 0879514795

  Publication Date: 1993-03-01

  This source lists and describes American films meeting the criteria of the film Noir style. Appendices include a chronology; names of writers, producers, actors and actresses, a bibliography; and essays on film styles and Film Noir.
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• Talkies, Road Movies and Chick Flicks by Heidi Wilkins 

  Call Number: 791.436521 W655t

  ISBN: 9781474406895

  Publication Date: 2016-03-01

   .While previous scholarly discussion has focused on visual or narrative portrayals of gender, this book considers the ways that film sound - music, voice, sound effects and silence - is used to represent gender. Taking a socio-historical approach, Heidi Wilkins investigates a range of popular US genres including screwball comedy, the road movie and chick flicks to explore the ways that film sound can reinforce traditional assumptions about masculinity and femininity, impart ambivalent meanings to them, or even challenge and subvert the notion of gender itself. Case studies include Mildred Pierce,Alien and The Deer Hunter.
  Also available in eBook. 
• The American Film Musical by Rick Altman 

  Call Number: 791.4309 A179a

  ISBN: 9780253304131

  Publication Date: 1987-06-01

  Traces the development of the movie musical, discusses the role of genre, and looks at the structure, style, and themes of American musicals, (Amazon)

Using the correct subject heading/ term can help find relevant material more effectively.

• Using the Library Catalog to search "film genres" as the Subject retrieves a number of items.
• Using the Library Catalog to search "film genres" in All fields retrieves a number of items.
• You can make your search more specific using Subject  or more general using the All Fields. 

Below is an example of a broader search for the topic of motion pictures, not limiting to film genre . 

See the sample headings below. ​ 

• motion pictures
• motion pictures history
• motion picture industry