World Cinema through Global Genres introduces the complex forces of global filmmaking using the popular concept of film genre. The cluster-based organization allows students to acquire a clear understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world. Innovative pedagogical approach that uses genres to teach the more unfamiliar subject of world cinema - A cluster-based organization provides a solid framework for students to acquire a sharper understanding of core issues that apply to all films around the world - A "deep focus" section in each chapter gives students information and insights about important regions of filmmaking (India, China, Japan, and Latin America) that tend to be underrepresented in world cinema classes - Case studies allow students to focus on important and accessible individual films that exemplify significant traditions and trends - A strong foundation chapter reviews key concepts and vocabulary for understanding film as an art form, a technology, a business, an index of culture, a social barometer, and a political force. - The engaging style and organization of the book make it a compelling text for both world cinema and film genre courses US & CANADA: (Processed July 2013)"requested by the author"Cinema JournalCamera ObscuraFilm CommentJournal of Film and VideoJournal of Popular CultureThe Journal of Media Literacy Education (Journal of NAMLE, http: //jmle.org/index.php/JMLE/index)Columbia College Today Framework: The Journal of Cinema and MediaCinema ScopeCineastesThe Velvet Light TrapWide Angle UK & RoW: (Processed July 2013)Cahiers du CinemaFilm-PhilosophyNew Review of Film and Television StudiesScopeSenses of CinemaTHETLS US & CANADA: "requested by the author"Cinema JournalCamera ObscuraFilm CommentJournal of Film and VideoJournal of Popular CultureThe Journal of Media Literacy Education (Journal of NAMLE, http: //jmle.org/index.php/JMLE/index)Columbia College Today Framework: The Journal of Cinema and MediaCinema ScopeCineastesThe Velvet Light TrapWide Angle UK & RoW: Cahiers du CinemaFilm-PhilosophyNew Review of Film and Television StudiesScopeSenses of CinemaTHETLS "A wonderful textbook as well as a scholarly tour-de-force. Costanzo brings new meaning to the concept of global genres and offers up examples that convincingly demonstrate cinematic border crossings and cultural connections amongst far-flung places." ― David Desser, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA "Costanzo revitalizes both world cinema and genre studies with his stimulating, insightful cross cultural approach to warrior heroes, wedding films, horror and road movies. It's a well-written, scholarly work that's as inventive as it is enjoyable." ― Diane Carson, Past President, University Film and Video Assn (UFVA) "William Costanzo has cut the clearest path yet through the forest of World Cinema. Key genres take us confidently place to place, era to era; while maps, timelines, and surveys of national industries position a rich array of films, many analyzed with real mastery." ― Dudley Andrew, Professor of Film and Comparative Literature, Yale University, USA "A wonderful textbook as well as a scholarly tour-de-force. Costanzo brings new meaning to the concept of global genres and offers up examples that convincingly demonstrate cinematic border crossings and cultural connections amongst far-flung places." David Desser, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA "Costanzo revitalizes both world cinema and genre studies with his stimulating, insightful cross cultural approach to warrior heroes, wedding films, horror and road movies. It's a well-written, scholarly work that's as inventive as it is enjoyable." Diane Carson, Past President, University Film and Video Association (UFVA) "William Costanzo has cut the clearest path yet through the forest of World Cinema. Key genres take us confidently place to place, era to era; while maps, timelines, and surveys of national industries position a rich array of films, many analyzed with real mastery." Dudley Andrew, Professor of Film and Comparative Literature, Yale University, USA World Cinema through Global Genres offers a new response to recent trends in internationalism that shape the increasingly global character of movies. Costanzo is able to render the complex forces of global filmmaking accessible to students; instead of tracing the long histories of cinema country by country, this innovative textbook uses engaging, recent films like Hero (China), Monsoon Wedding (India), and Central Station (Brazil) as entry points, linking them to comparable American and European films. The book's cluster-based organization allows students to acquire a progressively sharper understanding of core issues about genre, aesthetics, industry, culture, history, film theory, and representation that apply to all films around the world. Students are empowered to look through the lens of genre for reasons behind the similarities and differenc