Film genres

Here are entered works on the theory of film genres and works discussing film genres collectively. Works on a specific film genre are entered under the heading for the genre, e.g. [Western films.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86003119
- info:lc/authorities/sh86003119
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh86003119#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Genre films
- Genres, Film
- Motion picture genres
Broader Terms
- Motion pictures
Related Terms
- Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc.
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12167635v
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4328427-9
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Film genre reader, 1986.
- found: Web. 3 (general def. only, not specifically motion pictures)
- found: Britannica Macro.: v. 12, p. 508, under Motion pictures, Art of (Motion picture genres)
- found: Americana (genre in index, only refers to literature)
- found: LC database, April 14, 1986 (film genres, genre film, film genre)
- notfound: Lincoln library of the arts, 1973
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the theory of film genres and works discussing film genres collectively. Works on a specific film genre are entered under the heading for the genre, e.g. [Western films.]
Change Notes
- 2000-12-18: new
- 2001-02-01: revised

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