Mary Alemany-Galway

A Postmodern Cinema

The Voice of the Other in Canadian Film

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Produktbeschreibung

Investigates how postmodern techniques are used to create works that embody contemporary contradictions. The author proposes a poststructuralist/postmodern film theory which enhances the analysis of this type of film.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9780810840980
• ISBN-10: 0810840987
• Artikelnr.: 21363967

Autorenporträt

Mary Alemany-Galway teaches Media Studies at Massey University in New Zealand. Previously she taught Film Studies in Canada at Concordia University and Queen's University. She is the co-editor of Peter Greenaway's Postmodern/Poststructuralist Cinema (Scarecrow Press, 2001).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. Toward a Postmodern Film Theory Chapter 2 2. The Importance of
Eisenstein's Theories to Postmodernism Chapter 3 3. Bazin: Phenomenology
and Postmodernism Chapter 4 4. Metz: Structuralist Film Theory in the Light
of Poststructuralism Chapter 5 5. The Turning Point to Postmodernism: The
New Novel and Last Year at Marienbad Chapter 6 6. Canadian Film History and
Canadian Identity: Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism Chapter 7 7. Jesus
of Montreal Chapter 8 8. I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Chapter 9 9.
Family Viewing Chapter 10 10. Life Classes Chapter 11 11. Conclusion