Mythopoetic Cinema: On the Ruins of European Identity 0231182198, 9780231182195

In Mythopoetic Cinema, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli explores how contemporary European filmmakers treat mythopoetics as a crit

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Mythopoetic Cinema: On the Ruins of European Identity
0231182198, 9780231182195

Mythopoetic Cinema explores how contemporary European filmmakers question the constant need to provide new identities, a

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From The Artist to The White Ribbon, from Oscar to Palme d’Or-winning productions, European filmmaking is more prominent

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Guilherme Carrera’s compelling book examines imagery of ruins in contemporary Brazilian documentary film-making and cons

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Many Japanese people consider themselves to be part of an essentially unchanging and isolated ethnic unit in which the b

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Many Japanese people consider themselves to be part of an essentially unchanging and isolated ethnic unit in which the b

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"This book offers an engaging insight into the European origins of the national values of Canadians and their futur

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Ingmar Bergman’s films had a very broad and rich relationship with the rest of European cinema, contrary to the myth tha

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In Ruins of the Mind, Jason Statlander examines friendship, love, family, tragedy, and American culture throughout this

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Traditional criticism on German post-war cinema tends to define rubble films as simplistic texts of low artistic quality

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Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. In this magisterial new study, Rosamond Mc

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