World Cinema

A Critical Introduction

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book World Cinema by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj ISBN: 9781136473180
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 17, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
ISBN: 9781136473180
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 17, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

World Cinema: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to film industries across the globe. From the 1980s onwards, new technologies and increased globalization have radically altered the landscape in which films are distributed and exhibited. Films are made from the large-scale industries of India, Hollywood, and Asia, to the small productions in Bhutan and Morocco. They are seen in multiplexes, palatial art cinemas in Cannes, traveling theatres in rural India, and on millions of hand-held mobile screens.

Authors Deshpande and Mazaj have developed a method of charting this new world cinema that makes room for divergent perspectives, traditions, and positions, while also revealing their interconnectedness and relationships of meaning. In doing so, they bring together a broad range of issues and examples—theoretical concepts, viewing and production practices, film festivals, large industries such as Nollywood and Bollywood, and smaller and emerging film cultures—into a systemic yet flexible map of world cinema.

The multi-layered approach of this book aims to do justice to the depth, dynamism, and complexity of the phenomenon of world cinema. For students looking to films outside of their immediate context, this book offers a blueprint that will enable them to transform a casual encounter with a film into a systematic inquiry into world cinema.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

World Cinema: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to film industries across the globe. From the 1980s onwards, new technologies and increased globalization have radically altered the landscape in which films are distributed and exhibited. Films are made from the large-scale industries of India, Hollywood, and Asia, to the small productions in Bhutan and Morocco. They are seen in multiplexes, palatial art cinemas in Cannes, traveling theatres in rural India, and on millions of hand-held mobile screens.

Authors Deshpande and Mazaj have developed a method of charting this new world cinema that makes room for divergent perspectives, traditions, and positions, while also revealing their interconnectedness and relationships of meaning. In doing so, they bring together a broad range of issues and examples—theoretical concepts, viewing and production practices, film festivals, large industries such as Nollywood and Bollywood, and smaller and emerging film cultures—into a systemic yet flexible map of world cinema.

The multi-layered approach of this book aims to do justice to the depth, dynamism, and complexity of the phenomenon of world cinema. For students looking to films outside of their immediate context, this book offers a blueprint that will enable them to transform a casual encounter with a film into a systematic inquiry into world cinema.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book The Environmental Tradition in English Literature by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book The State and Social Welfare, 1997 by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Artistic Approaches to Cultural Mapping by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Society and State in the Gulf and Arab Peninsula (RLE: The Arab Nation) by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Body, Paper, Stage by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book New European Identity and Citizenship by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book The Rise and Fall of the Amazon Rubber Industry by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Writing for Journalists by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Reason, Faith and History by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Managing Sustainable Development by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Three Plays by Aristophanes by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Education in the Second World War by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
Cover of the book Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction by Shekhar Deshpande, Meta Mazaj
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy