The Jaws Book

New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster

IQ Hunter editor Matthew Melia editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:24th Mar '22

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The Jaws Book cover

A collection offering new research and insights into Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller Jaws.

After 45 years, Steven Spielberg’s Jaws remains the definitive summer blockbuster, a cultural phenomenon with a fierce and dedicated fan base. The Jaws Book: New Perspectives on the Classic Summer Blockbuster is an exciting illustrated collection of new critical essays that offers the first detailed and comprehensive overview of the film’s significant place in cinema history. Bringing together established and young scholars, the book includes contributions from leading international writers on popular cinema including Murray Pomerance, Peter Krämer, Sheldon Hall, Nigel Morris and Linda Ruth Williams, and covers such diverse topics as the film’s release, reception and canonicity; its representation of masculinity and children; the use of landscape and the ocean; its status as a western; sequels and fan-edits; and its galvanizing impact on the horror film, action movie and contemporary Hollywood itself.

An excellent variety of fascinating readings about a surprisingly complex film of the 1970s. The range of approaches is stimulating, accessible, and superbly thought out. Each essay increases our knowledge of Jaws from a variety of perspectives and heightens our understanding of the film. * Robert P. Kolker, Emeritus Professor of English, University of Maryland, USA *
The Jaws Book is rich, insightful and comprehensive. It revisits this landmark film from an extremely wide range of perspectives, covering production, film style, genre, representation and reception. As a consequence, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of American popular cinema, as well as the impact and legacy of this enduring, ever-popular film * Kate Egan, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media, Northumbria University, UK *
45 years after its release, Steven Spielberg's Jaws continues to endlessly fascinate and function as a cornerstone for contemporary popular culture. Hunter and Melia's collection brings together an impressive group of scholars, who deftly debate and analyse Jaws in a series of original, insightful and highly readable essays. Distinguishing fact from myth, and scrutinizing details pertaining to its production, textual organisation and reception, The Jaws Book offers genuinely new perspectives on why the film continues to resonate. No doubt, it will appeal to everyone interested in the film, its director and the industrial, cultural and political cultures that produced it. * Yannis Tzioumakis, Reader in Film and Media Industries, University of Liverpool, UK *
This is a terrific collection of essays that genuinely brings new insight, and with a foreword provided by Jaws’ screenwriter and supporting actor Carl Gottlieb himself, The Jaws Book is highly recommended for any fan of Jaws, or for anyone with even a passing interest in this crucial moment in film history. * Cinema Retro Magazine *

ISBN: 9781501373862

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294 pages