Routledge Library of Media and Cultural Studies – serie

This volume brings together seminal articles from the years 1969-1972, when Cahiers writers were elaborating a major materialist account of the history, theory, and criticism of cinema.

Since its foundation in 1951, the French film journal Cahiers du Cin - perhaps, the most influential and probably the most interesting film journal ever published - has been a major source of ideas and controversy within film criticism and film-making. The fourth volume in this influential series of anthologies covers the vibrant and turbulent period from 1973 to 1978, in which the editorial make-up and policy of the journal changed radically, and issues of theory, history and politics dominated critical debate.The anthology combines essays by critics such as Pascal Bonitzer, Serge Daney and These Giraud; round-table discussions; reviews of contemporary films from Star Wars and King Kong to Padre Padrone and Jeanne Dielman; and interviews with leading theorists including Marc Ferro and Michel Foucault, presenting a rich sampler of Cahiers' provocative and indispensable contribution to debates in film and cultural politics.

The Cahiers du Cinéma has played a major role in establishing film theory and criticism as an essential part of the late twentieth century culture. This is the only source where Cahiers is sytematically represented in English.

The Cahiers du Cinéma has played a major role in establishing film theory and criticism as an essential part of the late twentieth century culture. This is the only source where Cahiers is systematically represented in English.

This new Major Work from Routledge is a six-volume facsimile collection featuring long-out-of-print articles, documents and books that shed light on the key developments in radio in the USA - most of which took place in the 1920s and 1930s. The volumes cover most aspects of radio broadcasting in its formative years. Selections include professional journal articles, descriptive and critical pieces from more general periodicals, government publications, short books and industry publications. Each volume includes an introduction by the editor, placing the chosen reprinted materials in their larger historical and intellectual context.