Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories Contributor(s): Ostrowska, Dorota (Editor), Pitassio, Francesco (Editor), Varga, Zsuzsanna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1784533971 ISBN-13: 9781784533977 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History | Social History - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 791.430 |
LCCN: 2017278034 |
Series: International Library of the Moving Image |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.35 lbs) 384 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The continued interest in the social and cultural life of the former Warsaw pact countries - looking at but also beyond their socialist pasts - encompasses a desire to know more about their national cinemas. Yet, despite the increasing consumption of films from these countries - via DVD, VOD platforms and other alternative channels - there is a lack of comprehensive information on this key aspect of visual culture. This important book rectifies the glaring gap and provides both a history and a contemporary account of East Central European cinema in the pre-WW2, socialist, and post-socialist periods. Demonstrating how at different historical moments popular cinema fulfilled various roles, for example in the capacity of nation-building, and adapted to the changing markets of a morphing political landscape, chapters bring together experts in the field for the definitive analysis of mainstream cinema in the region.Celebrating the unique contribution of films from Hungary, the Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia and Poland, from the award-winning Cosy Dens to cult favourite Lemonade Joe, and from 1960s Polish Westerns to Hollywood-influenced Hungarian movies, the book addresses the major themes of popular cinema. |