Film and Television Analysis is especially designed to introduce undergraduate students to the most important qualitative methodologies used to study film and television.

The methodologies covered include:

• ideological analysis


• auteur theory


• genre theory


• semiotics and structuralism


• psychoanalysis and apparatus theory


• feminism


• postmodernism


• cultural studies (including reception and audience studies)


• contemporary approaches to race, nation, gender, and sexuality.

With each chapter focusing on a distinct methodology, students are introduced to the historical developments of each approach, along with its vocabulary, significant scholars, key concepts and case studies.

Other features include:

• Over 120 color images throughout


• Questions for discussion at the end of each chapter


• Suggestions for further reading


• A glossary of key terms.

Written in a reader-friendly manner Film and Television Analysis is a vital textbook for students encountering these concepts for the first time.