Magic Realist Cinema in East Central Europe (Hardcover, New)

This is a critical analysis of magic realism in the cinema of East Central Europe. This survey explores the interlocking complexities of two concepts: magic realism and East Central Europe. Each is a fascinating hybrid that resonates with dominant currents in contemporary thought on transnationalism, globalisation, and regionalism. Aga Skrodzka moves the current debate over magic realism's political impact from literary studies to film studies. Her close textual analysis of films by directors such as Jan Svankmajer, Jan Jakub Kolski, Martin Sulik, Ivo Trajkov, Dorota Kedzierzawska, Ildiko Enyedi, Bela Tarr and Emir Kusturica is accompanied by an investigation of the socio-economic and political context in order to both study and popularise an important and unique tradition in world cinema. The directors' artistic achievements illuminate the connections between a particular aesthetics and the social structure of East Central Europe at a precise moment of contemporary history.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Traditions in World Cinema
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	October 2012
Authors:	Aga Skrodzka
Series editors:	Linda Badley • R.Barton Palmer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	272
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7486-3916-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN:	0-7486-3916-0
Barcode:	9780748639168

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