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Understanding film

by Mike Wayne · 2005

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'Understanding Film' is an unabashedly Marxist introduction to film studies. The book contains contributions from key Marxist theorists in the field, including Marcia Landy, Douglas Gomery and Esther Leslie.

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adult
Length
medium · 253 pages

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