Indie: An American Film Culture

Michael Z. Newman

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Paper, 304 pages, 29 images, 1 table
ISBN: 978-0-231-14465-0
$26.50 / £18.50

March, 2011
Cloth, 304 pages, 29 images, 1 table
ISBN: 978-0-231-14464-3
$79.50 / £55.00

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Context

1. Indie Cinema Viewing Strategies

2. Home Is Where the Art Is: Indie Film Institutions

Part II: Character

3. Indie Realism: Character-Centered Narrative and Social Engagement

Part III: Formal Play

4. Pastiche as Play: The Coen Brothers

5. Games of Narrative Form: Pulp Fiction and Beyond

Part IV: Against Hollywood

6. Indie Opposition: Happiness vs. Juno

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Cultural Studies
• Film
• Popular Culture

Series

• Film and Culture Series

About the Author

Michael Z. Newman is an assistant professor of media studies in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He blogs at zigzigger.blogspot.com.

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