The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Burucúa, Constanza (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sitnisky, Carolina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Global Cinema
• Θέματα: Motion pictures, American.; Motion pictures-United States.; Ethnology-Latin America.; United States-Study and teaching.; Latin American Cinema and TV.; American Cinema and TV.; Latin American Culture.; American Culture.; Latino Culture.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XXII, 301 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319768076
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76807-6

Historically, cinema in the Americas has been signed by a state of precariousness. Notwithstanding the growing accessibility to video and digital technologies, access to the material means of film production is still limited, affecting the spheres of production, distribution, and reception. Equally, questions about the precarious can be traced in cultural and archival policies, film legislations, as well as in thematic and aesthetic choices. While conventional definitions of the precarious have been associated with notions of scarcity and insecurity, this volume looks at precariousness from a non-monolithic angle, exploring its productivity and potential for original, critical approaches, with the aim of providing new readings to the variedly rich and complex cinemas of the Americas.