Spaces of the Cinematic Home: Behind the Screen Door Contributor(s): Andrews, Eleanor (Editor), Hockenhull, Stella (Editor), Pheasant-Kelly, Fran (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138791652 ISBN-13: 9781138791657 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Architecture | Interior Design - General |
Dewey: 791.436 |
LCCN: 2015008637 |
Series: Routledge Advances in Film Studies |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 244 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book examines the ways in which the house appears in films and the modes by which it moves beyond being merely a backdrop for action. Specifically, it explores the ways that domestic spaces carry inherent connotations that filmmakers exploit to enhance meanings and pleasures within film. Rather than simply examining the representation of the house as national symbol, auteur trait, or in terms of genre, contributors study various rooms in the domestic sphere from an assortment of time periods and from a diversity of national cinemas-from interior spaces in ancient Rome to the Chinese kitchen, from the animated house to the metaphor of the armchair in film noir. |