Cinema and the City: Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish date: 04/01/2001
Description:
Cinema and the City provides a vehicle for the expression of new analytical and theoretical approaches to the relationship of film and the city, as these impact upon the lived realities of urban societies. The emphasis is on international diversity and a conceptual organization that attempts to map out different relations of power in the geopolitical system in terms of dominance, subordination, mediation, and resistance, and their articulation in cinema and its political economy.
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The contributors show how various international cinemas, in their exploration of the fabric of contemporary urban spaces, articulate power in the contemporary world. The case studies presented range from prototypical postmodern cities such as Los Angeles to the colonial and post-colonial. Specific attention is devoted to the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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