The cinema of Mika Kaurismäki : transvergent cinescapes, emergent identities /
Mika Kaurismäki's films challenge many boundaries - national societies, genre formations, art/popular culture, fiction/documentary, humanity/nature, and problematic distinctions between different zones of development. Synthesizing concepts from a range of thematic frameworks - e.g. auteurism, e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol, UK ; Chicago :
Intellect,
2011
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Mika Kaurismäki's films challenge many boundaries - national societies, genre formations, art/popular culture, fiction/documentary, humanity/nature, and problematic distinctions between different zones of development. Synthesizing concepts from a range of thematic frameworks - e.g. auteurism, eco-philosophy, genre, cartography, cineaste networks, global reception, distribution and exhibition practices, and the potential of postnationalism - this book provides an interdisciplinary reading of Kaurismäki's cinema. The notion of 'transvergence' - of thinking in heterogeneous and polyphonal terms - |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208). |
| ISBN: | 9781841504520 1841504521 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 11/24/2020). |
