Postmodernism in the Cinema

Postmodernism in the Cinema
ISBN-10
178920383X
ISBN-13
9781789203837
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
1998-07-01
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Author
Cristina Degli-Esposti

Description

Although "Postmodernism" has been a widely used catch word and its concept extensively discussed in philosophy, political thought, and the arts, many scholars still feel uneasy about it Despite the fact that the concept can be traced back to Arnold Toynbee's 1939 edition of A Study of History, or even back into the nineteenth century, its amorphous nature continues to confound many scholars, not least because there are not one but several kinds of postmodernism, each one pointing to different states of questioning and to diverse ways of remembering, interpreting, and representing. This anthology makes a significant contribution to the current debate in that it offers sophisticated and multi-faceted discussions of a number of key issues in relation to cinema such as auteurism, national cinemas, metacinema, the parodic, history, and colonization.

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