| Revisiting Space: Space and Place in European Cinema Contributor(s): Everett, Wendy (Editor), Goodbody, Axel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3039102648 ISBN-13: 9783039102648 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2005051156 |
| Series: Studies in European Cinema |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.19 lbs) 385 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The role of space and place in the creation of visual narratives constitutes one of the most dynamic and exciting debates in contemporary film studies. How does film construct space? What are the spatial codes and strategies that it uses? What is the relationship between space and time in film? How do spatial constructs enable us to understand new concepts of identity and the politics and geographies of exile and displacement? Such questions, whose importance to contemporary film and culture is fundamental, are explored in wide-ranging, challenging essays that re-evaluate and extend recent theoretical debate in relation to the regional and national cinemas of Europe. Alongside critical essays by scholars of international repute the book contains original contributions by practising film directors. Characterised by its interdisciplinary, cross-national focus, it is thematically structured to provide an insight into smaller and less well-explored cinemas as well as those of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain. Authoritative, lively, and jargon-free, these essays provide the reader with a clear understanding of the significance of space and place, and a fresh perspective on the fascinating diversity of European cinema. |