Moving Pictures/Stopping Places - Hotels and Motels on Film (Hardcover, New)

Mobility has long been a defining feature of modern societies, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the various 'stopping places'_hotels, motels, and the like_that this mobility presupposes. If the paradoxical qualities of fixed places dedicated to facilitating movement have been overlooked by a variety of commentators, film-makers have shown remarkable prescience and consistency in engaging with these 'still points' around which the world is made to turn. Hotels and motels play a central role in a multitude of films, ranging across an immensely wide variety of genres, eras, and national cinemas. Whereas previous film theorists have focused on the movement implied by road movies and similar genres, the outstanding contributions to this volume extend the recent engagement with space and place in film studies, providing a series of fascinating explorations of the cultural significance of stopping places, both on screen and off. Ranging from the mythical elegance of the Grand Hotel, through the uncanny spaces of the Bates motel, to Korean 'love motels, ' the wealth of insights, from a variety of theoretical perspectives, that this volume delivers is set to change our understanding of the role played by stopping places in an increasingly fluid world

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Editors:	David B. Clarke • Valerie Crawford Pfannhauser • Marcus A Doel
Contributors:	Stuart Aitken • Yvette Blackwood • David B. Clarke • Valerie Crawford Pfannhauser • David Scott Diffrient • Asbjorn Gronstad • Greg Hainge
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	400
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-2855-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > Hotel & holiday accommodation guides > General Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > Hotel & holiday accommodation guides > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-2855-8
Barcode:	9780739128558

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