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A thought-provoking analysis of the thematic and formal qualities of a significant series of tendencies in American cinema beyond the mainstream, mixing detailed readings of individual films with consideration of broader cultural contexts in which they can be understood. -- Professor Geoff King A thought-provoking analysis of the thematic and formal qualities of a significant series of tendencies in American cinema beyond the mainstream, mixing detailed readings of individual films with consideration of broader cultural contexts in which they can be understood.

A thought-provoking analysis of the thematic and formal qualities of a significant series of tendencies in American cinema beyond the mainstream, mixing detailed readings of individual films with consideration of broader cultural contexts in which they can be understood. -- Professor Geoff King

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Claire Perkins is Senior Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. She is the author of American Smart Cinema (Edinburgh University Press, 2012) and co-editor of U.S Independent Film After 1989: Possible Films (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), B Is for Bad Cinema: Aesthetics, Politics and Cultural Value (2014) and Film Trilogies: New Critical Approaches (2012).

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