Neoliberalism and Global Cinema
. Ed(S): Kapur, Jyotsna; Wagner, Keith B.
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Paperback. This text looks at how the production of cinema as commodity intersects with its production of subjectivities; how the transformation of the business of cinema was a central feature of the reorganisation of cultural production and also reveals the significance of culture in neoliberalism. Editor(s): Kapur, Jyotsna; Wagner, Keith B. Num Pages: 370 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
In cinema studies today, rarely do we find a direct investigation into the culture of capitalism and how it has been refracted and fabricated in global cinema production under neoliberalism. However, the current economic crisis and the subsequent Wall Street bailout in 2008 have brought about a worldwide skepticism regarding the last four decades of economic restructuring and the culture that has accompanied it. In this edited volume, an international ensemble of scholars looks at neoliberalism, both as culture and political economy, in the various cinemas of the world. In essays encompassing the cinemas of Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
Number of Pages
370
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415854146
SKU
V9780415854146
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About . Ed(S): Kapur, Jyotsna; Wagner, Keith B.
Jyotsna Kapur is an Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Sociology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and founding coeditor of Studies in South Asian Film and Media. She is the author of Coining for Capital: Movies, Marketing and the Transformation of Childhood and has co-edited with Sunny Yoon a special issue of Visual Anthropology on Neoliberalism and Asian Cinemas (Vol. ... Read more
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