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oapen-20.500.12657-423302020-10-02T01:17:21Z Conflict and Controversy in Small Cinemas Falkowska, Janina Loska, Krzysztof Creative writing and creative writing guides Plays, playscripts Films, cinema Gender studies: women and girls bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AN Theatre studies bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APF Films, cinema::APFA Film theory & criticism bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AP Film, TV & radio::APF Films, cinema::APFG Film guides & reviews bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups::JFSJ1 Gender studies: women This book examines small cinemas and their presentation of society in times of crisis and conflict from an interdisciplinary and intercultural point of view. The authors concentrate on economic, social and political challenges and point to new phenomena which have been exposed by film directors. They present essays on, among others, Basque cinema; gendered controversies in post-communist small cinemas in Slovakia and Czech Republic; ethnic stereotypes in the works of Polish filmmakers; stereotypical representation of women in Japanese avant-garde; post-communist political myths in Hungary; the separatist movements of Catalonia; people in diasporas and during migrations. In view of these timely topics, the book touches on the most serious social and political problems. The films discussed provide an excellent platform for enhancing debates on politics, gender, migration and new aesthetics in cinema at departments of history, sociology, literature and film. 2020-10-01T19:36:52Z 2020-10-01T19:36:52Z 2018 book ONIX_20201001_9783631755174_237 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42330 eng Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance application/pdf n/a 9783631755174.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b14031 10.3726/b14031 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 12 268 Bern open access
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This book examines small cinemas and their presentation of society in times of crisis and conflict from an interdisciplinary and intercultural point of view. The authors concentrate on economic, social and political challenges and point to new phenomena which have been exposed by film directors. They present essays on, among others, Basque cinema; gendered controversies in post-communist small cinemas in Slovakia and Czech Republic; ethnic stereotypes in the works of Polish filmmakers; stereotypical representation of women in Japanese avant-garde; post-communist political myths in Hungary; the separatist movements of Catalonia; people in diasporas and during migrations. In view of these timely topics, the book touches on the most serious social and political problems. The films discussed provide an excellent platform for enhancing debates on politics, gender, migration and new aesthetics in cinema at departments of history, sociology, literature and film.
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