Download or read book How a Film Theory Got Lost and Other Mysteries in Cultural Studies written by Robert B. Ray and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He is a member of The Vulgar Boatmen, whose records include You and Your Sister, Please Panic, and Opposite Sex.ContentsForeword by James NaremoreImpressionism, Surrealism, and Film Theory: Path Dependence, or How a Tradition in Film Theory Gets LostThe Bordwell Regime and the Stakes of KnowledgeSnapshots: The Beginnings of PhotographyTrackingHow to Start and Avant-GardeHow to Teach Cultural StudiesThe Best Way to Understand PostmodernismThe Mystery of Edward HopperFilm and LiteratureConclusion