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Slums on Screen: World Cinema and the Planet of Slums
Igor Krstic (Ed.)
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Paperback. From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums'. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Near to one billion people call slums their home, making it a reasonable claim to describe our world as a 'planet of slums.' But how has this hard and unyielding way of life been depicted on screen? How have filmmakers engaged historically and across the globe with the social conditions of what is often perceived as the world's most miserable habitats?
Combining approaches from cultural, globalisation and film studies, Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums', exploring the way accelerated urbanisation has ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474425933
SKU
V9781474425933
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99-50
About Igor Krstic (Ed.)
Igor Krstic studied German and Comparative Literature at the University of Tubingen, after which he obtained an M.A in Film and Television Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
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