{"product_id":"100-years-of-european-cinema-diana-holmes-9780719058721","title":"100 Years of European Cinema: Entertainment or Ideology?","description":"\u003cp\u003eCinema provides entertainment, but it also communicates a set of values, a vision of the world or an ideology. From its beginnings more than a century ago, European cinema has dealt with the tension between these two functions in a variety of ways: at the extremes, dictatorial regimes have sweetened the pill of ideology with the sugar of entertainment. Meanwhile, spectators have persisted in seeking out, above all, the pleasure film can provide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow available again in paperback, this book explores the complex relationship between entertainment, ideology and audiences in European film, through studies that range from the Stalinist musicals of the 1930s, to cinematic representations of masculinity under Franco, to recent French films and their Hollywood remakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiverse and entertaining, this study is addressed to students of film - especially French, German, Russian or Spanish - and to those readers and academics interested in both the history of cinema and in European culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diana Holmes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719058724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719058721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.56w x 0.63d","brand":"Diana Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443636711679,"sku":"9780719058721","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12ef9c88-a688-40ea-afc9-3d2334b74fbc.jpg?v=1777206792","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/100-years-of-european-cinema-diana-holmes-9780719058721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}