Slums on screen world cinema and the planet of slums

A polycentric approach to the representation of slums in world cinemaNear to one billion people call slums their home, making it a reasonable claim to describe our world as a ‘planet of slums.’ But how has this hard and unyielding way of life been depicted on screen? How have filmmakers engaged hist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Krstić, Igor (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Edinburgh University Press 2016.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Slums on and off Screen
  • Part One. Global Currents
  • 2. Sensational Remediations
  • 3. Documentary Mappings
  • 4. Neorealist Narratives
  • 5. Third Docufictions
  • 6. Postmodern Bricolages
  • 7. Digital Realisms
  • Part Two. Local Expressions
  • 8. Favelas on Screen
  • 9. Bombay Cinema
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index