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Description for Work in Cinema
Paperback. Cinema frequently depicts various types of work, but this representation is never straightforward. It depends on and reflects many factors, especially the place and time the film is made and the type of audience it addresses. Here, the contributors employ transnational and transhistorical perspectives to compare filmic depictions of work. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC; JFD; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
Cinema frequently depicts various types of work, but this representation is never straightforward. It depends on and reflects many factors, especially the place and time the film is made and the type of audience it addresses. Here, the contributors employ transnational and transhistorical perspectives to compare filmic depictions of work.
Cinema frequently depicts various types of work, but this representation is never straightforward. It depends on and reflects many factors, especially the place and time the film is made and the type of audience it addresses. Here, the contributors employ transnational and transhistorical perspectives to compare filmic depictions of work.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349475445
SKU
V9781349475445
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About E. Kerr
Alice Bardan, University of Southern California, USA Ib Bondebjerg, University of Copenhagen, Denmark William Brown, Roehampton University, UK Ian Fraser, Loughborough University, UK ?aneta Jamrozik, Jagiellonian University, Poland Lars Kristensen, University of Skövde, Sweden Alexandar Mihailovic, Hofstra University, USA Eva Näripea, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia Jonathan L. Owen, Exeter University, UK David Sorfa, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Christina ... Read more
Reviews for Work in Cinema
"This is a timely and stimulating book. It shows, convincingly and compellingly, that far from simply ignoring work, cinema has probed and investigated it in original and important ways. The book explores cinematic history but is, above all, of the current moment. At its most productive when it brings together contemporary theories of work with careful close analysis of films, ... Read more