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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809891003321

Titolo

Postcommunist film : Russia, Eastern Europe and world culture : moving images of postcommunism / / edited by Lars Lyngsgaard Fjord Kristensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-47555-9

1-136-47556-7

0-203-13115-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series

Altri autori (Persone)

KristensenLars Lyngsgaard Fjord

Disciplina

302.23/430947

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Social aspects - Russia (Federation)

Motion pictures - Political aspects - Russia (Federation)

Motion pictures - Social aspects - Europe, Eastern

Motion pictures - Political aspects - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Social aspects - Russia (Federation)

Post-communism - Social aspects - Europe, Eastern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Postcommunist Film - Russia, Eastern Europe and World Culture; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Lars Kristensen; Part l: Cultural strategies, industry and reception; 1. National identity in post-9/11 transnational cinema: Jasmijn Van Gorp; 2. Baltic cinema: Zoe Aiano; 3. Belgrade as New York: Vlastimir Sudar; 4. 'Haven't you heard of internationalism?': Ros Gray; 5. The remains of socialist realism: Lars Kristensen; 6. Spotting the eagle on Anglophone turf: Bruce Williams; Part ll: People, place and nation

7. Demolish, preserve or beautify: Ewa Mazierska8. Treading new paths: Sune Bechmann Pedersen; 9. The crime that changed Serbia: Nevena Daković; 10. Projected nation and projected self: Yun-Hua Chen; 11. Truancy, or thought from the provinces: Yün Peng; 12. Representations of former USSR and Eastern European identity in Turkish cinema: Serazer Pekerman; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

A post-communist condition has arisen from the fall of the Berlin Wall and later the Soviet Empire: this book looks at how this condition has manifested itself globally in the production of post-communist film. It argues post-communism is a shared experience on a geopolitical level, unlimited by national state borders, and examines post-communist cross culturalism and global totalitarianism within film.The book examines different national cinemas and dissimilar cinematic modes - from Russian blockbuster cinema to Chinese independent cinema; from Serbian city films to revolutio