Argues that, before accepting the "reading as resistance" approach of contemporary cultural studies, "resistance" should be clearly articulated and coherently theorized. Asserts that doing so will avoid banal and repetitive analyses. Considers problems with audience-centered cultural studies and attempts to retheorize the…

Explores silent film actress Norma Talmadge's "star persona" in the 1920s. Focuses on the public discourses that provide the background for Talmadge's departure from the screen. Analyzes why her two "talkies" failed commercially and critically. Concentrates on promotional and publicity materials and on the films themselves. (PA)

Examines how, in the film "Lady of the Lake," an experiment with the conflation of the look of the camera with that of the protagonist through extended first-person camera techniques dismantles conventional voyeuristic visual pleasure, affects the representation/fetishization of women in the film, and figures into the debate on the…

Defines and analyzes the ideological conditions which motivate a writer to conclude a screenplay with an open ending. Questions whether screenwriting instructors in the 1990s should encourage their students to write nonclassical Hollywood cinema endings. (KEH)

Examines Cornell Woolrich's 1940 novel, "The Bride Wore Black," which Francois Truffaut scripted and adapted for the screen in 1967. Pursues the focus on audience receptivity, where an adaptation faces its ultimate test. Analyzes the novel from a reader response perspective, then moves to the film as Truffaut sought to…

Continues questioning the position of the ethnographer as filmmaker in relation to those of whom the filmmaker speaks, while arguing that attention be given to the position of those to whom the filmmaker speaks. Refocuses attention on the effects of the ethnographic film in the place of its reception. (PRA)

Considers television viewing practices during special events. Examines how audiences organize around such programing and whether this organization changes the understanding of audience connectiveness. Considers connectiveness and privatization in conjunction with conceptions of the public sphere, reviews literature on media events, and applies…