Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, Lee Mordechai

Gebundenes Buch

Diseased Cinema

Plagues, Pandemics and Zombies in American Movies

Beschreibung

Discusses how the depiction of diseases in movies has changed over the last century and what these changes reveal about American culture

Autor

Robert Alpert is an Adjunct Instructor at Fordham University where he has taught courses on computers and robots in film, movies and the American experience, and media law. He haswritten extensively on movies, including on directors, such as Chaplin, Meyers, and Bigelow, as well as on other topics, such as gender, the Hollywood idiom, and the politics of science fiction. His publications can be found in Jump Cut, Senses of Cinema, and CineAction. Alpert received his M.F.A. in Film from Columbia University. He also received a J.D. from New York University and practiced intellectual property law for over 30 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781399521659
• ISBN-10: 1399521659
• Artikelnr.: 67979600