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CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF FILM AND
TELEVISION THEORY
CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF
FILM AND TELEVISION
THEORY
Edited by
Roberta
and
Philip Simpson

London and New York
First published 2001
by Routledge
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Critical dictionary of film and television theory/edited by Philip Simpson
and Roberta .
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Motion pictures-Dictionaries. 2. Television-Dictionaries. 3. Film
criticism-Dictionaries. , Philip. II. Pearson, Roberta E.
PN .C75 2000
’01–dc21
ISBN 0-203-99200-8 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-415-16218-1 (Print Edition)
Contents

List of contributors vii
Introduction xii
Acknowledgements xviii

Entries A-Z 1

Index 662
Contributors
Matthew Allen
Curtin University, Australia
Stuart Allan
University of the West of England, UK
Paula Tatla Amad
Chicago University, USA
Karen Backstein
City University of New York-Staten Island, USA
Neil Badmington
Cardiff University, UK
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