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Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories
Ostrowska Dorota P
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Description for Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories
Hardcover. The leading account of Central Eastern European popular cinemas, providing a historical and a contemporary perspective on Hungarian, Polish and Czech/Czechoslovakian mainstream cinemas before, during and after the socialist period. Editor(s): Ostrowska, Dorota; Pitassio, Francesco; Varga, Zsuzsanna. Series: International Library of the Moving Image. Num Pages: 352 pages, 77 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
International Library of the Moving Image
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784533977
SKU
V9781784533977
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About Ostrowska Dorota P
Zsuzsanna Varga teaches Hungarian studies at the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include comparative literature and film studies. She has written numerous articles and book chapters on Central European TV, and Hungarian, Portuguese, and Scottish literature. Francesco Pitassio is the associate professor of film studies at the University of Udine in Italy. His main research interests are Italian cinema, ... Read more
Reviews for Popular Cinemas in East Central Europe: Film Cultures and Histories
'Yes, there was popular cinema in the Eastern bloc. Contrary to what some believe: we were not raised on a diet of Soviet war movies. This book tackles the socio-cultural factors that allowed for the continued development of comedies, crime films, sci-fi, rom-coms and other genres across the region, marking 80 years of film history.' - Dina Iordanova, University of ... Read more