Understanding Representation

$41.99

Taxes may apply at checkout.

Preview sample

Understanding Representation

Film history, theory or criticism Media studies

Dinosaur mascot

Collection: Understanding the Moving Image

Language: English

Published by: British Film Institute

Published on: 25th July 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 230 pages

ISBN: 9781839021022


Series and Purpose

This is the third book in the Understanding the Moving Image series. Like other books in the series, it aims to provide a strong critical and theoretical base for the study of the media.

Authorship and Approach

It has been co-authored by experienced Media and Film Studies tutors, offering fresh and innovative ways of talking about the key concept of representation.

Key Questions and Perspectives

How is the world mediated to deliver messages and create beliefs about groups such as the mentally ill, institutions like the family and schools, minority and marginalised people and issues of nation seen through football and films? It also looks outside our ethnocentric mediated world to see how we are represented to others.

Content and Focus

The choice of texts reflects both an attempt to push the boundaries of the study of representation with new research, but also to make it accessible and stimulating for students coming into this area for the first time. Case studies reflect contemporary concerns in the media, often from different perspectives.

Show moreShow less