Histories on screen: the past and present in Anglo-American cinema and television - 3

How, as historians, should we 'read' a film? This title answers this and other questions in a crucial volume for any history student keen to master source use.

The book begins with a theoretical 'Thinking about Film' section that explores the ways in which films can be analysed and interrogated as either primary sources, secondary sources or indeed as both.

The much larger 'Using Film' segment of the book then offers engaging case studies which put this theory into practice.

Topics including gender, class, race, war, propaganda, national identity and memory all receive good coverage in what is an eclectic multi-contributor volume.