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Writing film industry history

Spicer, Andrew

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Authors

Andrew Spicer Andrew2.Spicer@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Cultural Production



Contributors

Paul McDonald
Editor

Abstract

This chapter provides a critical overview of the main ways in which film industry history has been formulated and described. It argues that any account must address three basic questions: (i) how film industry history has been defined and delimited (the object of study); (ii) the customary sources used and the major methodological approaches employed (what counts as evidence); and (iii) the purposes or intentions of film industry historians (what is being explained? The chapter explores how these issues have been tackled by a range of different scholars, discussing the ways in which they have conceptualized film industry history in what is a dynamic and shifting field populated by researchers from a variety of perspectives and disciplinary backgrounds with contrasting priorities and preoccupations. It uses as examples studies that have been influential, and/or illustrate broad trends or shifts in approach. A brief concluding section considers the possible future direction of film industry history.

Online Publication Date Oct 4, 2021
Publication Date Oct 5, 2021
Deposit Date May 30, 2022
Publicly Available Date Apr 5, 2023
Publisher Routledge
Pages 429-438
Book Title The Routledge Companion to Media Industries
Chapter Number 37
ISBN 9780429275340
Keywords film history
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9579962
Publisher URL https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Media-Industries/McDonald/p/book/9780367225261
Contract Date Dec 1, 2020

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